Former slugger Albert Pujols reportedly top candidate to be new Angels manager

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00:00There are currently 12 teams battling in the Major League Baseball playoffs.

00:04The rest of the league is looking to next season, and for some, it starts with a change at manager.

00:09The Los Angeles Angels are reportedly thinking about promoting a familiar face to run the show in Anaheim.

00:17The Athletic is reporting that future Hall of Famer Albert Pujols is the top choice of team owner Artie Moreno

00:23and will interview for the job.

00:26Pujols spent 10 of his 22 Major League seasons with the Angels and is currently with the team in an advisory role.

00:32He retired in 2022 and ranks 4th all-time with 703 home runs.

00:40Asked by reporters during spring training if he'd like to be a manager, Pujols said,

00:45I think if the opportunity is right one day, I think I'll be ready for that.

00:49The Angels dismissed Ron Washington, who missed most of the season after heart surgery.

00:54There are five managerial openings in MLB at the moment.

00:59The Atlanta Braves announced Wednesday that longtime manager Brian Snitker will leave the dugout

01:04and move into the front office as an advisor.

01:07Snitker guided the Braves to 911 wins, six NL East division titles,

01:12and seven postseason appearances over the last 10 years, including a World Series win in 2021.

01:19I'm excited. I'm excited for this new chapter in my life because I think at some point in time,

01:24everybody has to have that. So I'm blessed that I can do it here in a place where I was born and raised.

01:33The 69-year-old Snitker has been with the Braves in some capacity since 1977,

01:38but the team started slowly in 2025 and finished with just 76 wins.

01:45Bruce Bochy helped the Texas Rangers end one of the longest droughts in Major League history in 2023

01:50when the team won its first championship.

01:53The Rangers and Bochy, however, mutually agreed to part ways on Monday.

01:57The 70-year-old is sixth all-time on MLB's wins list with 2,252 and has four championships.

02:05Three of those came with the San Francisco Giants.

02:08San Francisco President of Baseball Operations Buster Posey, who played for Bochy,

02:13said Wednesday that Bochy's not a candidate to replace Bob Melvin, who was fired after two seasons.

02:20The Giants missed the playoffs with an 81-81 record.

02:23Posey wants someone who can provide stability for years to come.

02:27The Minnesota Twins are also looking for a manager after firing Rocco Baldelli on Monday.

02:32The Twins won the AL Central three times during his seven seasons,

02:37but went just 70-92 this year after trading 10 players off the big league roster at the trade deadline.

02:45For Straight Arrow News, I'm Chris Francis.