1. 新聞來源：
mlbtraderumors
2. 新聞標題：
Angels Fire Brad Ausmus
3. 新聞內容：
By Steve Adams | September 30, 2019 at 1:55pm CDT
1:55pm: Today’s news conference was canceled, but Eppler will speak to the
media on a conference call tomorrow, per Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com.
Bollinger adds that Eppler himself will be retained.
1:10pm: The Angels have formally announced that Ausmus will not manage the
team in 2020.
12:52pm: The Angels have decided to fire Brad Ausmus less than a year after
naming him manager, ESPN’s Buster Olney reports (via Twitter). The report
comes just one day after MLB.com’s Mark Feinsand reported that the Angels
were “contemplating” Ausmus’ job status. The Angels have a press
conference scheduled for this afternoon.
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Given the sudden nature of the move and the fact that the Cubs parted ways
with Joe Maddon over the weekend, speculation will surely abound that Maddon
is now the Angels’ top target. The 65-year-old Maddon spent more than a
decade as a coach on the Angels’ Major League staff and even served as
interim manager for the Halos in two different seasons, totaling 51 games at
the helm.
ESPN’s Jeff Passan tweets that “a number of sources” believe Maddon will
land with the Angels, although he adds that it is not yet set in stone. Mike
DiGiovanna of the Los Angeles Times also suggests that clearing way for
Maddon would be one of the only reasons the Angels would make the move at
this time (Twitter link).
It’s a brutal blow for Ausmus, whose tenure in the dugout will last only one
season despite signing a three-year contract just 49 weeks ago. The former
All-Star catcher and three-time Gold Glove winner previously spent four
seasons managing the Tigers and spent a year between managerial stints as a
special assistant to Angels general manager Billy Eppler. At the time, it
seemed possible that Ausmus was being groomed as an heir-apparent to manager
Mike Scioscia, and whether that was actually the case, matters played out in
exactly that fashion. Now, if Maddon lands with the Angels as many
anticipate, Ausmus will meet the same fate as Rick Renteria — a first-year
manager who is ousted with multiple years remaining on his contract because
of Maddon’s sudden availability.
The Angels certainly didn’t produce the results they hoped in 2019,
finishing out the season with a 72-90 record. But Ausmus was at the helm for
one of what was surely one of the most tumultuous and difficult seasons in
franchise history, guiding the team through the tragic loss of perhaps the
heart of its clubhouse: left-hander Tyler Skaggs. Indeed, Eppler said in a
statement announcing the move that Ausmus “navigated this franchise through
one of its most difficult seasons with class and professionalism.”
The Angels were also plagued by additional injuries up and down the roster
(again), as Mike Trout, Andrelton Simmons, Justin Upton, Andrew Heaney,
Shohei Ohtani, Tommy La Stella and others were absent for significant
stretches of time. That’s not to say that Ausmus had no hand in the team’s
lackluster performance, but it’s difficult to see how any manager could’ve
found success with the hand he was dealt.
If there’s a silver lining for Ausmus, perhaps it’s that there appears to
be a perhaps record level of managerial openings for him to explore around
the league — assuming he wants to continue managing. The Padres (Andy Green)
and Pirates (Clint Hurdle) have already fired their managers, and the Cubs,
of course, aren’t bringing back Maddon. The Royals (Ned Yost) and Giants
(Bruce Bochy) have both seen their longtime skippers retire, and it’s also
possible that the Mets (Mickey Callaway) and/or the Phillies (Gabe Kapler)
elect to move on from their current managers. Ausmus presumably wouldn’t be
a candidate for all of those clubs, but he’ll surely garner some interviews
if he seeks out another opportunity.
4. 新聞連結：
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2019/09/angels-fire-brad-ausmus-manager.html
5. 備註：
(1) 天使隊正式宣布開除總教練Brad Ausmus，球隊總管Billy Eppler則繼續留任，今天原
定的記者會被取消，改由總管於明日以視訊會議進行。Eppler對開除一事發表聲明：「他
在隊史其中一個最艱難的球季中，以他的專業引領著天使隊。」
(2) 根據ESPN資深記者Jeff Passan的多個消息來源指出，Joe Maddon將會是下任帶領天使
隊的總教練；洛杉磯時報的記者Mike DiGiovanna也表示現在會有開除的動作就是為了迎來
Joe Maddon做準備。
(3) 如果Joe Maddon真的接任天使總教練，Brad Ausmus將跟2014年的前小熊總教練Rick
Renteria一樣(現任白襪隊總教練)，另一位因為Joe Maddon到來被開除的總教練。
(4) 天使隊本季可說是命運多舛，戰績繳出不如預期的72-90、左投手Tyler Skaggs英年早
逝等。
(5) 目前大聯盟有總教練職缺的球隊：海盜、巨人、教士、小熊、皇家、天使。另外，大
都會跟費城人是潛在會對總教練一職做調整的球隊。
(6) Brad Ausmus生涯執掌球隊的成績表現：
W L W-L% 執教年數 季後賽成績(W-L,%) 備註
Tigers 2014-2017 314 332 .486 4 0-3, 0.000
Angels 2019 72 90 .444 1 0-0, 0.000
TOT 386 422 .478 5 0-3, 0.000