Angels part ways with scouting director Matt Swanson

Matt Swanson has mislaid his occupation arsenic the Angels scouting manager aft overseeing the club’s drafts for the past 5 years.

It is the latest successful a bid of organizational changes nether wide manager Perry Minasian, who is astir to statesman his 2nd twelvemonth connected the job.

The Angels person besides reportedly parted ways with 3rd basal manager Brian Butterfield and catching manager Jose Molina.

The nine has made nary announcements astir the staffing changes. Minasian said the time aft the play ended that the nine would statesman a process of evaluating the staff.

Swanson was offered the accidental to stay successful the enactment successful a antithetic role, helium said by text.

Former wide manager Billy Eppler hired Swanson successful 2016 — a twelvemonth aft Eppler took implicit the club’s shot operations.

The archetypal draught tally by Swanson was successful 2017, erstwhile the Angels took outfielder Jo Adell and pitcher Griffin Canning with their archetypal 2 picks.

Over the past respective years the players drafted nether Swanson’s ticker person improved the Angels workplace system, though possibly not to the grade the nine had hoped. The Angels’ strategy was considered the worst successful shot successful 2016, and it’s present rated astir the mediate of the pack.

The large league squad has struggled to vie during that time, with six consecutive losing seasons. The Angels finished 77-85 successful 2021.