Source: Pujols, Pads to meet; talks with Angels off

Albert Pujols is nary longer a campaigner to beryllium the manager of the Los Angeles Angels, a root confirmed to ESPN connected Monday.

Pujols, though, is scheduled to interrogation for the San Diego Padres' managerial vacancy connected Wednesday, a root told ESPN. The Baltimore Orioles person besides antecedently reached retired with interest, though an interrogation has not been scheduled, a root said.

The Padres became 1 of 8 teams successful hunt of a caller manager aft Mike Shildt announced helium would discontinue from his role, joining the Angels, Orioles, Atlanta Braves, San Francisco Giants, Washington Nationals, Colorado Rockies and Minnesota Twins.

Pujols is held successful precocious respect by the Padres' 2 astir influential players -- Manny Machado and Fernando Tatis Jr.

Pujols is presently a peculiar adjunct for the Angels, arsenic portion of a 10-year, $10 cardinal declaration that was triggered aft helium retired successful 2022. He interviewed with Angels wide manager Perry Minasian successful St. Louis connected Oct. 9, but the 2 sides are nary longer successful talks, which was archetypal reported by the New York Post.

The Angels person since granted support to the Padres to interrogation Pujols, which was archetypal reported by the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Pujols has expressed beardown involvement successful managing astatine the large league level for years and led a Dominican wintertime shot team, the Leones del Escogido, to a title successful January. Pujols was antecedently named manager for his autochthonal Dominican Republic successful adjacent year's World Baseball Classic, though helium would apt rescind that relation if helium lands a large league occupation this offseason.