Billy Eppler front runner for GM job - Hal Morris a darkhorse candidate

[Jay]

I'm just happy that Reagins drafted Jett Bandy.

 

 

Thats a first round name if there ever was one IMO....

 

Sounds more like a NASCAR driver's name to me.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

If he ends up hitting like Mathis he will be known as Joan Jett.

 

I don't know of any songs about DC-3s, so if it goes that way, the walkup tune search will have to be redone.

[tomsred]

Here's one about a guy who really left on a Jet Plane (literally),

 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

Yecch.

[tomsred]

Yecch.

 

LOL, thought you might not like it.  It was big when it came out, and then Denver died in an experimental airplane crash off the coast in Monterey Bay.  Let's hope Jett Bandy doesn't go the same route.

[gotbeer]

Report: Jerry Dipoto, Billy Eppler finalists for Mariners GM job

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I suppose that it's Eppier, then, since I read it here that Dipoto will never get another GM job.

[NrM]

I suppose that it's Eppier, then, since I read it here that Dipoto will never get another GM job.

 

Pretty amazing that he made it to the final 2 in the same season he "quit" on the angels. Still will never be a GM again though!

Edited September 26, 2015 by Poozy

[tomsred]

I can't see Eppler as being a good candidate for the Seattle market.  I mean it's so different from New York it would be like taking a job on Mars for him.

[Tyler]

Pretty amazing that he made it to the final 2 in the same season he "quit" on the angels. Still will never be a GM again though!

 

It's the Mariners.

[Guest]

I can't see Eppler as being a good candidate for the Seattle market. I mean it's so different from New York it would be like taking a job on Mars for him.

Not to mention I've been told Eppler is a lock to take a job down here in Scioscialand.

Edited September 26, 2015 by ScottLux

[wopphil]

Was Mathis really a failed prospect? Overhyped, perhaps, but he has over 2,000 plate appearances to his name. If you are looking to draft a catcher at the end of the first round and you are told only that the player will eventually compile over 2,000 plate appearances, i think 30 out of 30 scouting directors would gladly make that draft selection.

[jimbo]

True. But 1000+ of those ab's were out of neSCIOSCIAty.

[Oz27]

Back on topic, multiple people including Len Rosenthal say we've interviewed Josh Byrnes for the GM job. Why not just cut the crap and re-hire Reagins or go hard at Amaro if we want to go down the 'dismal failure of a GM' route

[Redondo]

Dodgers executive Josh Byrnes is a candidate for Angels' GM position

[wopphil]

I don't know anything about Eppler, but it is hard to argue with the Yankees' success. I have to assume someone that high up in such a successful organization is probably pretty good at their job.

[Glen]

Dodgers executive Josh Byrnes is a candidate for Angels' GM position

Just about any "no" image or gif would work here.

[Inside Pitch]

Was Mathis really a failed prospect? Overhyped, perhaps, but he has over 2,000 plate appearances to his name. If you are looking to draft a catcher at the end of the first round and you are told only that the player will eventually compile over 2,000 plate appearances, i think 30 out of 30 scouting directors would gladly make that draft selection.

 

Yeah.... he was, at least from the standpoint of what he projected to be.   His Low A season at age 19 in the Midwest League really was impressive, possibly more impressive than what D-Mac and Kotchman did in the same league, on the same team...   But you are right when you say he's anything but a failure.   Among position players catchers are the biggest longshots, and HS catchers even more so than college ones --  When it's all said and done he beat the odds in a major way.

 

The scouting department was really something in those days -- Naps and Mathis were taken in back to back drafts..   Naps, D-Mac, Kotchman, Mathis, Santana, Saunders, and Peralta were all on that 2002 Low A team.

[Ohtaniland]

I don't know anything about Eppler, but it is hard to argue with the Yankees' success. I have to assume someone that high up in such a successful organization is probably pretty good at their job.

Eppler is a smart baseball executive. He's nobody's stooge. He's probably seeking a VP/GM position with full authority or he may just take Cashman's position in the future.

[wopphil]

Eppler is a smart baseball executive. He's nobody's stooge. He's probably seeking a VP/GM position with full authority or he may just take Cashman's position in the future.

Cashman is only 48. He has a lot of career left ahead of him.

[Ohtaniland]

Cashman is only 48. He has a lot of career left ahead of him.

Cashman will be moved to a higher position within the organization. He's already served as GM for 17 years.