Does the Mets' success this year change your opinion of Billy Eppler?

[T.G.]

15 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Who almost ruined the Mets with the Mariners trade?  

He!

[m0nkey]

Even though it was BVW

[Erstad Grit]

1 hour ago, m0nkey said:

And with the way Kelenic is(n't) developing, trade isn't looking as bad

Mets kinda got bailed out with Cano getting suspended. 

[Taylor]

2 hours ago, WicketMaiden said:

I can't think of a single thing one is not better at the second time around, especially in the management sphere. 

[Inside Pitch]

2 hours ago, Erstad Grit said:

He almost ruined the Mets with the Mariners trade. He's a hack. 

Eppler was the Angels GM for two more years after that trade was made by GM, Brodie Van Wagenen, Cano's former agent.

[Inside Pitch]

2 hours ago, Stradling said:

Who almost ruined the Mets with the Mariners trade?  

Not Eppler.

[Taylor]

It's interesting that Cohen is getting all the credit (and/or criticism) for the Mets' ridiculous off-season.

Yet it's Eppler who's closing the deals. When he was with the Angels we saw his ability to convince big stars to stay or join the team, for better (Ohtani and Trout) or worse (Rendon).

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

No, but with $400M to work with I could be a good GM

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

On 7/10/2022 at 4:43 PM, PattyD22 said:

Nope.  It just reminds me of every other ex-Angels person who goes on to bigger and better things when they leave.

The latest being 2022 All Star CJ Cron.

I was always a Cron fan, even defended him here on occasion.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

On 7/10/2022 at 5:06 PM, UndertheHalo said:

Oh wow.  I can’t believe being able to sign a bunch of good players yields results.  
 

Cohen not fucking around with Andrew Velasquez and Matt Duffy.  Much to consider. 

With a networth of $17.5B and being 66 years old what else does have to do with his money...

[Warfarin]

I don't give much credit to Eppler in terms of signing these players to gigantic contracts.  When your owner will outbid everyone, it is easy to spend that money.  He has to "close the deal," but I am sure outbidding others helps quite a bit.

The key part in terms of determining his success will be the kind of farm system we see developed over the next few years.  If he is able to use all of Cohen's financial resources to start to develop a farm system like Friedman has in LA, I will give Eppler full credit for that and for being great at his job.

All that said, I think he did a pretty decent job while here, considering the circumstances he inherited and the owner he worked for.  It is early, but I do feel like Minasian is superior to Eppler.

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, Taylor said:

It's interesting that Cohen is getting all the credit (and/or criticism) for the Mets' ridiculous off-season.

Yet it's Eppler who's closing the deals. When he was with the Angels we saw his ability to convince big stars to stay or join the team, for better (Ohtani and Trout) or worse (Rendon).

To be fair, I think Rendon was as simple as we offered him the most (but I have no idea).

Trout was willing to sign that deal a few years before it happened. So I'm not sure it was Eppler on that either.

That's not to say Eppler wasn't good by any stretch. He landed Ohtani.

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 hour ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

With a networth of $17.5B and being 66 years old what else does have to do with his money...

I'm at the Salty Dawg bar in Orange right now. It's "slutty Santa outfit" day with the staff.

Me personally, I'd make better use of that money here than on ballplayers. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

22 minutes ago, Warfarin said:

I don't give much credit to Eppler in terms of signing these players to gigantic contracts.  When your owner will outbid everyone, it is easy to spend that money.  He has to "close the deal," but I am sure outbidding others helps quite a bit.

It's kind of like giving your real estate agent credit when the seller accepts your offer.

[Docwaukee]

you can bet that Eppler is gonna take some heat if they don't win.  

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 minute ago, Docwaukee said:

you can bet that Eppler is gonna take some heat if they don't win.  

"Nothing I can't handle"

 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

4 minutes ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

I'm at the Salty Dawg bar in Orange right now. It's "slutty Santa outfit" day with the staff.

Me personally, I'd make better use of that money here than on ballplayers. 

pretty sure it wouldn't be one or the other

[ten ocho recon scout]

1 minute ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

pretty sure it wouldn't be one or the other

I could totally see how Verlander with Scherzer makes the Mets an absolute machine. And them winning will bring a lot of happiness to lots of fans.

Still. If it were me? Yeah.... the talented staff here today would be getting the Correa money right now.

 

I truly wish you were all here to see this. Santa Claus IS real. There's TWO of them. Bringing gifts of beers. 

I feel like Ralphie getting his BB gun right now.

[Jay]

2 hours ago, Taylor said:

It's interesting that Cohen is getting all the credit (and/or criticism) for the Mets' ridiculous off-season.

Yet it's Eppler who's closing the deals. When he was with the Angels we saw his ability to convince big stars to stay or join the team, for better (Ohtani and Trout) or worse (Rendon).

 

On 10/19/2022 at 10:54 PM, Taylor said:

I don't typically bump my own threads. 

 

[Taylor]

12 minutes ago, Jay said:

 

 

"Typically"

[Revad]

Watch Eppler sign Ohtani, fix the farm and laugh like hell.

[Angelsfan1984]

Ohtani seems like the kind of guy to sign a contract then request a trade to get assets, rather than just bouncing. Too damn nice.

[Redondo]

1 hour ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

I'm at the Salty Dawg bar in Orange right now. It's "slutty Santa outfit" day with the staff.

Me personally, I'd make better use of that money here than on ballplayers. 

Pictures? 

[Taylor]

Just now, Redondo said:

Pictures? 

[Inside Pitch]

3 hours ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

No, but with $400M to work with I could be a good GM

Or a terrible one.   You can't get blamed for not signing a bust, but you'll catch the blame if you do!