The recent collapse proved too much for a star-studded team with playoff aspirations. Phil Nevin was named the interim manager.
Joe Maddon became the latest Angels manager to fail to execute the team owner Arte Moreno’s vision of glory with Mike Trout and Shohei Ohtani and was fired Tuesday afternoon. The move comes amid a 12-game losing streak. The Angels have slid from a 24-14 record on May 16, when they were tied for first place in the American League West division with the Houston Astros, to a 27-29 mark and an 8.5-game deficit in the division entering Tuesday night’s game with Boston. With Monday night’s 1-0 loss to the Red Sox, Los Angeles has matched the longest single-season losing streak in club history, which was set in 1988. The club said that Phil Nevin, the team’s third base coach, will take over as the interim manager.
