{"id":737429,"date":"2026-06-28T04:33:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T04:33:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/737429\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T04:33:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T04:33:32","slug":"new-angels-interim-gm-provides-update-on-franchises-plan-for-kurt-suzuki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/737429\/","title":{"rendered":"New Angels Interim GM Provides Update on Franchise&#8217;s Plan for Kurt Suzuki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the Los Angeles Angels <a href=\"https:\/\/lasportsreport.com\/angels\/255807\/angels-fire-gm-perry-minasian-in-first-major-move-amid-calls-for-organizational-change\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fired general manager Perry Minasian<\/a> on Friday, first-year manager Kurt Suzuki\u2019s job seemed like it could be in danger. Under Suzuki this season, the Angels are 34-49.<\/p>\n<p><img data-od-added-loading=\"\" data-od-removed-fetchpriority=\"high\" data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='elementor elementor-246431 elementor-location-single post-255830 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-angels tag-angels tag-john-mozeliak tag-kurt-suzuki tag-perry-minasian mv-content-wrapper']\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[4][self::DIV]\/*[2][self::FIGURE]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" loading=\"lazy\" data-dominant-color=\"b26975\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/kurt-suzuki-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Los Angeles Angels manager Kurt Suzuki (8) watches from the dugout during the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park.\" class=\"wp-image-254649 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #b26975; width:634px;height:auto\" \/>Apr 11, 2026; Cincinnati, Ohio, USA; Los Angeles Angels manager Kurt Suzuki (8) watches from the dugout during the game against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park. Mandatory Credit: Aaron Doster-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The franchise hired former St. Louis Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak as a consultant to the baseball operations department. Mozeliak is expected serve as an interim general manager for the Angels until at least the end of the calendar year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his introductory press conference on Saturday, Mozeliak said he does not plan to fire Suzuki nor other members of the Angels\u2019 coaching staff this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI met with Kurt and most of (the coaches) this morning, and I told them they\u2019re all fine for this year,\u201d\u00a0Mozeliak said. \u201cThere\u2019s nothing they have to worry about. \u2026 They all have jobs moving forward. There\u2019s no reason for massive change right away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mozeliak Outlines His Short and Long-Term Plans for the Angels<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mozeliak told reporters what his short and long term plans for the Angels are in his introductory press conference. Instead of revamping the coaching staff, Mozeliak first plans to focus on acquiring talent through the 2026 MLB Draft and trade deadline then hiring a new general manager.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mozeliak said he hopes focusing on those three things will help the Angels develop into a winning franchise.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s a short view and a long view, and the short view is going to be coming through the draft, addressing the trade deadline, finding another new general manager,\u201d Mozeliak said. \u201cAnd then, ultimately, hopefully, we lead to that foundation and structure that provides perpetual winning for the Angels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img data-od-replaced- data-od-xpath=\"\/HTML\/BODY\/DIV[@class='elementor elementor-246431 elementor-location-single post-255830 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-angels tag-angels tag-john-mozeliak tag-kurt-suzuki tag-perry-minasian mv-content-wrapper']\/*[2][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[1][self::DIV]\/*[4][self::DIV]\/*[10][self::FIGURE]\/*[1][self::IMG]\" loading=\"lazy\" data-dominant-color=\"555953\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/John-Mozeliak-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"St. Louis Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak speaks before a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.\" class=\"wp-image-255808 not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #555953; width:620px;height:auto\" \/>Jul 4, 2025; Chicago, Illinois, USA; St. Louis Cardinals president of baseball operations John Mozeliak speaks before a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Mandatory Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first step in Mozeliak\u2019s plan will be focusing on the MLB Draft, which begins July 11 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Angels received the No. 12 overall pick in the draft back in December at the Winter Meetings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Photo Credit:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After the Los Angeles Angels fired general manager Perry Minasian on Friday, first-year manager Kurt Suzuki\u2019s job seemed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":722578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2390],"tags":[291,5,10146,44345,1165,446,3223,774,56,3224,3222,4,11479],"class_list":["post-737429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles-angels","tag-angels","tag-baseball","tag-john-mozeliak","tag-kurt-suzuki","tag-la","tag-la-angels","tag-laangels","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-angels","tag-losangeles","tag-losangelesangels","tag-mlb","tag-perry-minasian"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116825870017898326","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=737429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/737429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/722578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=737429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=737429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=737429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}