Angels to Conduct ‘Full Autopsy’ of Organization as More Changes May Be Coming

Something needs to change within the Halos organization.

The 2023 season was another frustrating year for the Los Angeles Angels, and their long playoff drought continued on. The team hasn't reached the postseason since 2014, and their struggles don't seem to be getting any better.

They decided to move on from manager Phil Nevin and now will be searching for the next person to take over. Whoever takes over will be the fifth manager that the team has seen since 2018, and this is another reflection of the dysfunction of the organization. But maybe this will be the offseason that the team takes a look in the mirror and makes a change.

Team general manager Perry Minasian said that the team would be doing a full autopsy across the franchise, so maybe there is hope after all.

“The decision was made yesterday, so I haven’t had an opportunity to wrap my head around what’s next, per se, but I’ll take the rest of the week to do that,” Minasian said. “We’re going to go through the team like we normally do every offseason. We’re going to go through coaching staff, we’ll go through the medical staff, the strength and conditioning. We’ll go through the support staff, player development and scouting, basically a full autopsy of the organization.”

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The Angels have to change something with how they run the organization. They have been stuck in mediocrity for years, and things don’t seem to be changing any time soon.

Firing Nevin makes sense on the surface after the tough season. but, it also felt like a knee-jerk reaction to the poor year that the team put together. Even multiple players showed their support to Nevin, but it didn’t matter.

“It was a tough decision to make, but it was something that we felt like needed to happen,” Minasian said. “We didn’t win enough games. And that's something that in sports, when you have certain expectations and you don't meet those expectations, you make changes. Does that mean Phil is to blame? He's not. No, it's all of us. Me, first and foremost. I have to do a better job putting this club together.”

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The Angels may have been better served to keep Nevin for at least another season, given that Minasian is only on the books for one more year. Many managers aren’t thrilled with the idea of coming on when the general manager could be out soon as well. 

Whatever happens this offseason, the Halos need to be looking toward the future. They can't keep acting like they have been, otherwise, they will be stuck in the same place for the next decade as well.