The Los Angeles Angels are hiring Kurt Suzuki as manager, sources told ESPN on Tuesday, turning to the longtime major league catcher with no professional coaching experience to help turn around a franchise navigating the longest playoff drought in the major leagues.

The Angels are set to name Kurt Suzuki their next manager, according to multiple reports Tuesday. Jon Heyman of the New York Post was first to report the news on Twitter/X. Suzuki is a former Angels catcher who was working as a special assistant in the ...