MLB Rumors: Joe Maddon and the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim are finalizing a deal for Maddon to come on board as the new manager of the Angels, per multiple reports on the tweetbox.
This move has been expected since the Angels fired Brad Ausmus as their manager after his first year at the team’s helm in 2019. Maddon has a long, terrific track record as a manager with the Tampa Bay Rays and the Chicago Cubs, and after the Cubs opted not to bring him back for 2020, a return to Anaheim, where he coached for many years and won a World Series ring as Mike Scioscia’s bench coach, seemed inevitable.