The Los Angeles Angels hired former catcher Kurt Suzuki as their manager Tuesday, elevating the 42-year-old special assistant to GM Perry Minasian. A 16-year veteran who won a World Series with Washington and ended his playing career in Anaheim in 2022, Suzuki replaces Ron Washington after two losing seasons; Washington missed the second half following quadruple bypass surgery. Suzuki, the club’s fifth full-time manager in eight seasons, becomes MLB’s first Hawaiian-born full-time manager. His appointment comes as the Angels, mired in 10 straight losing seasons, face a high-profile wrongful death trial.

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