Since retiring from managing in 2011 Tony La Russa has worked in the front office of the Arizona Diamondbacks and then doing the same thing for the Boston Red Sox in 2018 and 2019 and was part of the 2018 World Champion Red Sox squad.
This hiring caught many people by surprise, but it definitely strengthens the Angels front office and gives Billy Eppler another great baseball mind to bounce ideas off of. It can only help the Angels to have La Russa advising people in their minor league system has to be a good thing.
Fans and sports writers alike should not read anything more into La Russa’s hiring.