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Bring back Eppler...for another year

Angelsjunky

By Angelsjunky
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3 hours ago, tdawg87 said:

Doubtful. Probably after the WS.

Then again who knows? I don't.

I think if they intend to move on, Eppler will find out in a day or two, and Arte will conduct his search during the postseason.  Ideally, he'd have his new GM in place before the postseason ends, so that the GM can start to formulate a strategy for the offseason.

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8 hours ago, Angelsjunky said:

Here's why. Entering 2020, there was the sense that the clock was ticking, that he had through the end of his contract to produce signs that the team was headed in the right direction.

After the Angels started 10-22, their worst start in franchise history I believe, people were calling for his head. 

Since then, the Angels have played much better - and most of the signs we hoped to see materialized. The problem is that it was within a 60-game season, which Eppler couldn't do anything about.

Meaning, if the underlying requirement for him to stay beyond 2020 was for the team to start moving in the right direction, there are only two logical conclusions based on this year:

1) It is moving in the right direction, based on the performance of the team in the second half of the short season and the development and performance of various young players and Eppler acquisitions: Rendon, Bundy, Canning, Barria, Walsh, Ward, Mayers, etc.

2) It is too soon to tell: 25ish games does not give us enough information to go on, but it at least re-balanced the terrible start somewhat.

Either way, why fire him when the team--at the very least--tilted in the right direction? If they're legitimate moving in the right direction, great, let's keep going. If it is too soon to tell, then we need to give it more time, see how the offseason unfolds and what 2021 looks like. It isn't like the Angels are under the pressure of Trout potentially leaving anytime soon like they were a couple years ago.

Now some folks--those clamoring for a new GM--probably reached a third conclusion:

3) No postseason, no cigar. We need a new GM who will build a winner.

The problem here comes back to the shortened season. How can we base the firing of a GM based upon a 60-game season? The Angels have gone 16-11 since their 10-22 start. If we extrapolate that performance out over the 101 games that would normally remain, that's 60 more wins or an 86-76 final record. Probably not good enough for the postseason, but that would've been a +14 win swing from last year and their best record since 2014.

So give it another year, and only a one-year commitment. See what he does this offseason and whether the Angels can build upon what we've seen this year (the same logic applies to Maddon - he needs time to adjust the clubhouse culture to his style).

Looking forward to what Eppler, Maddon and the Angels do in 2021. 

I agree

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