ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Kurt Suzuki is taking over the Los Angeles Angels as a first-time manager with a monumental task before him — and perhaps a very limited amount of time to show progress.

Suzuki got just a one-year contract when he became the Angels' sixth manager in the past eight seasons, general manager Perry Minasian said Wednesday. Minasian also has one year left on his deal with the Angels, who are mired in a stretch of 10 straight losing seasons after finishing 72-90 last month.

“He's tied in with me,” Minasian said of Suzuki, the longtime catcher who served as Minasian's special assistant for the past three seasons after his retirement from a 16-year playing career.

Neither man expressed any worries about the brief window given to the 42-year-old Suzuki, who will be learnin

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