AP file photo Kurt Suzuki has always worked extremely hard to cement his baseball legacy ... started the World Series opener as a 36-year-old catcher? He has handled the Washington Nationals ...

Angels catcher Kurt Suzuki tips his cap to fans during a celebration of his career before Los Angeles’ game against the Texas Rangers in Anaheim, Calif., last Friday. Suzuki, a 2001 graduate of ...

Free-agent catcher Kurt Suzuki and the Los Angeles Angels are in agreement on a one-year, $1.75 million contract, pending physical, according to sources familiar with the situation.

The top-ranked backstop in the draft class according to Baseball America ... The fact he ended up on fellow Hawaiian catcher Kurt Suzuki’s former team, with whom Suzuki won a World Series ...