The Mike Scioscia era with the Angels is about to come to an end.
According to The Athletics’s Ken Rosenthal, Scioscia will step down as the team’s manager at the end of the season which will complete an 19-year run with the organization.
#Angels manager Mike Scioscia expected to step down at the end of the season, sources tell The Athletic. Story: https://t.co/OeF1zOZiAG $
— Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) August 5, 2018
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There have been 111 other full-time MLB managers since Scioscia’s run with the Angels began in 2000, a total that jumps to 131 including interim managers. The Miami Marlins have had nine managers in that span, the most of any team. Only Adrian Beltre and Bartolo Colon were active players in 2000 and remain in the majors today.
The 60-year-old Scioscia is in the final year of a 10-year-contract with the Angels, while the choice to not renew it was apparently his and his alone.
Needless to say it’s probably time to move on for both sides. The Angels haven’t made the postseason since 2014 and have been wasting away the League’s best player – maybe ever – in Mike Trout since he started his career. Likewise LA is in fourth place in the AL West at 55-57 and were in sell mode at the non-waiver deadline.