Angels fire GM Minasian, name Mozeliak consultant
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- Los Angeles Angels fired general manager Perry Minasian on Friday, barreling toward their 11th consecutive losing season.
- John Mozeliak, who served as Cardinals GM from 2007 to 2025, will serve as a consultant overseeing day-to-day baseball operations and assisting the GM search through the end of the calendar year.
- Minasian, 46, was in his sixth season as Angels GM and the final year of his contract; his successor will be the franchise's fourth full-time GM since 2012, following Jerry Dipoto and Billy Eppler.
- Under Minasian the Angels never finished a full season with more than 77 wins, including a franchise-record 99 losses in 2024, with only a nine-win improvement in 2025.
- The team sits 34-48 on the year, tied for the worst record in the American League.
- Molly Jolly, in her first year as Angels president, called Minasian a "valued leader who worked tirelessly over the last six years to strengthen our baseball-operations department."
Why it matters: The Angels will be hiring their fourth full-time GM since 2012 after Minasian's tenure produced zero winning seasons, with Mozeliak inheriting a club that lost 99 games as recently as 2024 and is now 34-48. First-year president Molly Jolly is using a respected outside operator to reset a baseball-operations department that has overseen 10 straight losing records.
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