So let the rhetoric and the analysis begin as the LA Angels have chosen Brad Ausmus to be their 17th manager in club history. Ausmus beat out nine other candidates for the Angels job. So who is Brad Ausmus? Almost everyone knows Ausmus was a catcher for 18 seasons in the big leagues playing for four teams mostly with the Houston Astros.
Ausmus then became the manager of the Detroit Tigers for four seasons from 2014 to 2017 with mixed reviews. Ausmus managed the Tigers to a AL Central title in his first season, but then ended up with three years out of the playoffs and that was what ultimately got Ausmus contract to not be renewed.