Angels hire Eppler as GM

[beatlesrule]

I was excited about the Dipoto hire.  I was optimistic that Scioscia only ran things because Reagins had no business being a GM and was spineless. Diptoto was a real GM and actually looked like he could handle the job.  Now that we know how much power Scioscia really has, forgive me if I'm not excited this time around.  Scioscia is still running things for at least another 4 years and that's tough to fathom.

[tomsred]

I was excited about the Dipoto hire.  I was optimistic that Scioscia only ran things because Reagins had no business being a GM and was spineless. Diptoto was a real GM and actually looked like he could handle the job.  Now that we know how much power Scioscia really has, forgive me if I'm not excited this time around.  Scioscia is still running things for at least another 4 years and that's tough to fathom.

 

I'll forgive you for not being excited.  Can you be a little more specific though, what is Scioscia running that he shouldn't be running?  If we find that out, then we can ask Fletcher to ask Arte who is responsible for making the decisions in that regard, Eppler or Scioscia?

[seenoevil]

Hiring the the guy who they passed over for Dipoto, classic!

[tomsred]

Hiring the the guy who they passed over for Dipoto, classic!

 

At least they didn't make the same mistake twice.

[Pujols4MVP]

 

Eppler is well versed in the statistics of baseball, using them to sign Edwar Ramírez out of independent baseball.^[7

 

 

Garret Anderson has his 10 RBI game partly thanks to Edwar serving some of the most predictable changeups.

The Angels pounded him many other times as well.

[Make Angels Great Again]

Nothing like hanging your hat on a guy with a career ERA over 5.

[ScottT]

I'm glad Arte is willing to spend, but the field manager / gm power thing is weird.  How many other organizations are like this?

 

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/angels-686267-moreno-scioscia.html

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I'd like to go on record regarding this hire and say that I have no clue if it is a good one or not.

Me neither. I'm going to wait and see what the off season brings.

[mp170.6]

One good thing is that Eppler knows what it feels like to have overbearing owners interfering with their plans.  He might have greater flexibility on a personal level in that sense. 

 

Because, let's face it, there's not much difference between Moreno and dead old man and now his kids Steinbrenner, if you know what I mean. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

I am personally getting tired of Scioscia's ways.

Being a good manager of men does not mean that person is also a good decision maker on the field.

He thinks he's the biggest person for this franchise.

well....

[ten ocho recon scout]

this is like those "who wore it best" polls in the chick magazines

[tomsred]

I'm glad Arte is willing to spend, but the field manager / gm power thing is weird.  How many other organizations are like this?

 

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/angels-686267-moreno-scioscia.html

 

Actually there are quite a few.  Boston just put Hazen in as GM, and their manager doesn't report to him.  There was an article on this subject recently, but I can't find it now.  It's a nebulous thing anyway, because baseball operations are generally private businesses, they don't need to disclose who reports to who, or exactly what the relationships are.  It's something the public doesn't necessarily need to know, even though we think we need to know it.

 

At the presser today, it was stated that Eppler reports directly to Arte.  I thought maybe it might be Carpino.  The Angels also stated in a press statement earlier last week that they wouldn't seek two guys, one as President of Baseball Operations and the other as GM like some other organization have done.  The said they would hire a GM only, and they did.

Edited October 6, 2015 by tomsred

[CaliAngel]

Don't know anything about the guy.

 

Actions speak louder than words.

 

Lets see what happens this offseason.

[ukyah]

I'll forgive you for not being excited.  Can you be a little more specific though, what is Scioscia running that he shouldn't be running?  If we find that out, then we can ask Fletcher to ask Arte who is responsible for making the decisions in that regard, Eppler or Scioscia?

 

 

you're asking for a standard that can't be met. there's no transparency in baseball, but there is more than enough quotes and doublespeak from numerous parties to get an extremely clear picture of what is actually going on behind the scenes, which is that scioscia and his coaches are running this show the way they want to and that includes the FO yes men. in fact, i'd say the angels organization has greater transparency than the other mlb clubs specifically because of all this drama.

 

just so there's no confusion, it's not even about eppler's qualities at all, he's here to serve as the head of the angels FO and he'll get nothing done without mike's approval. the front office will make suggestions to inform the coach's decisions, and in my mind that's a disaster.

Edited October 6, 2015 by ukyah

[ABC]

Why did Eppler not wear an Angels pin? #pingate

 

[mp170.6]

Why did Eppler not wear an Angels pin? #pingate

 

 

 

It's because he's Jewish or an Anti-Semite

[ABC]

Is Aquafina even an Angels approved vendor? #watergate

[ABC]

[Glen]

I'm not one to make "Sosh is fat lolz!" jokes but damn, Scioscia's collar button hates him.

[seenoevil]

Sosh " I own your ass"

[Homebrewer]

"The mozzarella is flown in from Italy on the first of each month. It's kept at 33 degrees and 44 percent humidity in the locked fridge in my office. Get with Butchy this afternoon, and he'll fill you in on the other ingredients"

Edited October 6, 2015 by Homebrewer

[Jim]

Old

The chesse, not your comments on the cheese

[ABC]

[bloodbrother]

I'm not one to make "Sosh is fat lolz!" jokes but damn, Scioscia's collar button hates him.

 

Well he is the Big Catorce

[ABC]