The Los Angeles Angels’ front office picture is getting murkier by the day, and the next general manager could end up being one of the first major decisions made under Kroenke Sports & Entertainment.
With KSE set to take over the Angels after reaching a $4 billion agreement to buy the club from Arte Moreno on Sept. 1, the future of interim GM John Mozeliak is anything but settled. Mozeliak told reporters on Sept. 28 that a decision on Kurt Suzuki’s future was “pending,” though he “would like to see” Suzuki return. He also said the search for a new GM was “still paused” while the new ownership group figures out how it wants to structure the baseball side.
That pause has only added more uncertainty to a situation that has already gone sideways. The Angels opened the 2026 season with Suzuki in charge after Perry Minasian made the unusual choice to hire a manager with no previous managerial experience.
Suzuki, a former MLB catcher who had spent three seasons as a special assistant to the GM after his 16-year playing career ended in 2022, was handed a one-year deal after Minasian said, “I never thought I would be comfortable hiring a manager who wasn't a manager before, but this is a different person," Minasian said when Suzuki was hired. "I know he didn't have a coaching title, but even when he played, he coached-slash-managed for different places.
He managed a game for a long time. I believe he's the right person for the job."
That bet went badly. The Angels finished 62-100, giving the franchise its first 100-loss season in 66 years. Minasian, who had been GM since November 2020, was gone by late June, replaced on an interim basis by Mozeliak after overseeing more than 500 losses in five-and-a-half seasons.
So if Mozeliak doesn’t stick around, who could be next in line? On Oct. 5, Alex Sukyas of Inside Halos floated three names worth watching.
Matt Swanson is one of them. Mozeliak promoted him to assistant general manager in August, and he already has Angels ties from his time as the club’s scouting director from 2016-21.
Swanson also worked under Mozeliak during his time with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Another candidate is Amiel Sawdaye, who spent 15 years in different roles with the Boston Red Sox before moving on to 10 years as an assistant GM with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Sukyas described Sawdaye as “highly respected” among baseball executives and noted that he has interviewed with the Angels before, albeit under a different regime.
The third name is Matt Forman, currently an assistant GM with the Cleveland Guardians. Forman started as an intern in Cleveland in 2013 and has worked his way up the organization, with many around the game viewing him as a future GM.
Whoever lands the job - whether it’s one of those three, someone else entirely, or even Mozeliak on a full-time basis - will inherit a front office that has plenty of rebuilding to do. After more than a decade of wandering, the Angels’ next GM will have a heavy lift ahead.
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