The Angels abruptly cut ties with three coaches — pitching coach Mike Maddux, bullpen coach Dom Chiti and assistant pitching coach Darryl Scott — in a midseason shakeup to manager Kurt Suzuki's coaching staff.The three were all working on one-year contracts that expire at year's end.The firings are the latest surprise under interim general manager John Mozeliak. Tim Leveque was named interim pitching coach and Michael Wuertz was named interim bullpen coach.The Angels' pitching staff has a 4.53 ERA and has issued the most walks in MLB.“After spending time discussing with Kurt where we are as a coaching staff and where we want to go in the future, we felt it was best to make a change,” Mozeliak said in a press release. “With seven weeks remaining, we plan to use this time to evaluate what additional steps are needed to elevate our entire pitching program and best position us for success moving forward.”More to come on this story.Add us as a preferred source on GoogleFollow