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Mets' Billy Eppler must now fix broken franchise: Sherman - New York Post
Nov 20, 2021 1 min, 21 secs
Which quote below is from Arte Moreno upon hiring Billy Eppler as Angels GM six years ago and which is from Steve Cohen naming Eppler as the Mets GM on Friday: .

It is all pretty much scripted; I will not bore you to show how similar what Eppler said Friday was to what he offered upon taking the Angels job; just know it was. .

What follows the wedding, though, is the ad-lib portion of the program, and Eppler was not good at it with the Angels.

The Mets — from executive to executive and owner to owner — have failed as well.

Said one rival executive: “Billy is a good baseball guy who was in a no-win situation [with the Angels].” .

When the Mets officially announced Eppler’s hiring in a release Thursday evening, team president Sandy Alderson’s canned quote began, “Over the past two decades Billy has been a scout and an assistant GM.” Noticeably lacking was Eppler’s time with the Angels.

Alderson said this was “not a linear” search and that Eppler was the only one who was offered a contract

If Billy Beane, Theo Epstein or David Stearns expressed interest and/or were available, the Mets would have made an offer. 

But this too does not mean Eppler can’t do the job

Can Eppler be the leading man of a baseball department, or does he have those skills but really is best suited to be a lieutenant, like he was successfully for Yankees GM Brian Cashman? 

If he does so, then the Mets will have an orderly, successful search for a manager and coaching staff

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