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Albert Pujols met with the Angels about returning to their dugout as their next manager, a person with knowledge of the meeting told the Associated Press on Friday.

The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Angels aren’t publicly discussing their search for a successor to Ron Washington , who wasn’t brought back after two seasons.

Pujols met with general manager Perry Minasian in St. Louis, and the iconic slugger appears to be the current front-runner to take over the Angels in what would be his first in-season major league coaching job of any kind.

Angels owner Arte Moreno has remained fond of Pujols, who played first base and designated hitter for the Angels

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