Angels fire Billy Eppler

[Inside Pitch]

11 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Harold Reynolds just made his suggestion: Logan White from the Padres FO.

He's about two months behind me and AO..   Tell him, brother!

[Angel Oracle]

58 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Harold Reynolds just made his suggestion: Logan White from the Padres FO.

Dombrowski as VP of baseball operations and White as GM, if Arte finally agrees with the new FO setting.

 

Edited September 27, 2020 by Angel Oracle

[DMVol]

Just now, Angel Oracle said:

Dombrowski as VP of baseball operations and White as manager

 

That would shake Madden up.

[Inside Pitch]

6 minutes ago, James said:

I would like to see Dombrowski as president and Billy Owens put in as GM. 

LaRussa and Dombrowski have a pretty close relationship. Pretty obvious a birdie is likely in the ear of Arte

Stoneman hand picked Dombrowski for his first GM job....   So, lots of people in the organization familiar with DD.

[Vlad27Trout27]

12 minutes ago, eligrba4ever said:

Harold Reynolds just made his suggestion: Logan White from the Padres FO.

I'll take it.

[Bronson]

Trout won’t be happy. 
 

That’s all I got to say on the matter. 
 

You know what will make him happy though? A playoff birth. So hopefully whoever they bring in can get us there next year or Trout might request a trade..... 

[Angels in 2030]

Is the same person who fired Eppler the same person who gave him a secrete one year extension a couple

months ago?  Hopefully not the same person hiring the next GM. 

[VariousCrap]

The issue was not Eppler.  He did a fine job.  The problem is Arte.

[Angel]

This sounds to me like Maddon voiced his concerns directly to the big man himself and the rights are being righted.  Conflict of interest? Trout and Eppler were apparently close, who knows if there was a falling out?

[Inside Pitch]

Only thing I like about this is that it came now, and they can get started on next year ASAP.

[Lou]

You guys don't know shit.

[Lhalo]

2 minutes ago, Bronson said:

Trout won’t be happy. 

Meh. He knows it’s a business. 

[Inside Pitch]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

You guys don't know shit.

I know @Tank   

[Bronson]

1 minute ago, Lhalo said:

Meh. He knows it’s a business. 

He just talked about how close he was to Eppler like 2 days ago and likes what he’s done here. He isn’t gonna be happy.

[Lou]

1 minute ago, Inside Pitch said:

I know @Tank   

Who cares?

Go Bye Bye 

[angelsnationtalk]

Expect some BIG changes with the new GM. 

Also, I'm not giving Eppler that much credit for "rebuilding" our farm system. They still have a bottom 5 system this year and have never had a strong farm. They have Adell and Marsh but if one is traded then it's thin again.

Eppler kept Trout, Brough in Ohtani, found Bundy/Goodwin/LaStella/Mayers and a few others, but still had some major whiffs. 

[VariousCrap]

Just now, Bronson said:

He just talked about how close he was to Eppler like 2 days ago and likes what he’s done here. He isn’t gonna be happy.

 

He may not be happy about it, but he understands the sport and will get over it.

Trout is going to be happy this offseason being at home taking care of his son everyday.

[Inside Pitch]

BTW -- @rafibomb deserves a trophy or something.  He beat @mymerlincatto a Twitter post.

Thats like Buster Douglas taking down Tyson.

[AngelsFaninGA]

By the end of Scioscia's tenure I had come to realize that he was not the cause of the team's struggles. I see it the same here. The one constant all these years has been Arte, and he is sadly the only person in the organization not accountable to anyone.

It's turning into a dangerous cycle where the more he meddles, the worse the team gets, which leads to him meddling even more to supposedly "fix" the issue. It's not going to get better soon. 

[Inside Pitch]

1 minute ago, Lou said:

Who cares?

Go Bye Bye 

[Lhalo]

1 minute ago, Bronson said:

He just talked about how close he was to Eppler like 2 days ago and likes what he’s done here. He isn’t gonna be happy.

I heard the interview. Winning is more important. 

[Lou]

What has Arte meddled in that caused us to have a lousy season?

[Vlad27Trout27]

I just one to say that Eppler did a pretty good job, especially with the environment he was brought into. He came into the organization, that had overpriced veterans taking most of the payroll flexibility and a farm system that ranked dead last! He was able to get the system to be in the middle of the pack, he did his best to improve the overall team. I know the biggest knock on him has been, his inability to build a pitching staff. I personally disagreed with this, for me the Knock on him was his inability to keep our main pitching staff healthy. He was able to built a rotation that had Ohtani, Richards, Heaney, Skaggs (RIP), and Barria. On paper this rotation looked really good, but injuries decimated the potential that could have been. Secondary, his hands were filled the first 2 or 3 years i believe. Arti wasn't willing to spend money.

[VariousCrap]

Just now, AngelsFaninGA said:

By the end of Scioscia's tenure I had come to realize that he was not the cause of the team's struggles. I see it the same here. The one constant all these years has been Arte, and he is sadly the only person in the organization not accountable to anyone.

It's turning into a dangerous cycle where the more he meddles, the worse the team gets, which leads to him meddling even more to supposedly "fix" the issue. It's not going to get better soon. 

100%.

[eligrba4ever]

7 minutes ago, Bronson said:

Trout won’t be happy. 

On Saturday, Trout said losing "sucks." He wants that to end. Winning will make him happy. He's not taking Billy on his next fishing trip in South Joizey.