Angels News Oct 21, 2025 View Online Angels Name Kurt Suzuki as Major League Manager Kurt Suzuki becomes the Halos' full-time manager after spending the last three seasons as a Special Assistant to the General Manager, where he aided the club in all areas of baseball operations, including instruction with both the Major League team and minor league affiliates. Suzuki retired as a player following the 2022 season with the Angels, after compiling a 16-year career which featured a 2014 American League All-Star selection with the Minnesota Twins and a 2019 World Series Championship as a member of the Washington Nationals. Suzuki spent the last two years of his career (2021-22) with the Angels, where he became the 16th player in MLB history to record 10,000 career putouts at catcher on April 20, 2021. Suzuki attended Cal State Fullerton, located six miles from Angel Stadium. While at Fullerton, he led the Titans to a College World Series title in 2004, the fourth in CSUF history. A native of Wailuku, Hawaii, Suzuki will become the first Hawaiian-born full-time manager in Major League history. Congratulations, Kurt!  News  2026 Schedule  2026 Season Seats  Shop See terms and conditions that apply to the 2025 All-MLB Team presented by MGM Rewards ballot. © 2025 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You ([email protected]) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages or purchased a ticket from angels.com. Please add [email protected] to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from angels.com, please unsubscribe or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: angels.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Ave​nue of the Americas, New Yo​rk, NY 10020.