Eppler Resigns

[Gwreck]

“I wanted David to have a clean slate and that meant me stepping down. I hope for nothing but the best for the entire Mets organization.”

[kcmets]

[bIGPURPLE]Phwam![/bIGPURPLE]

Edited October 5, 2023 by Guest

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

This is a gut reno

[A Boy Named Seo]

He probably resigned like Buck did. I think Eppler was pretty decent, for sure better than I thought he'd be. But makes sense STOINS is going with all his own people.

[Edgy MD]

=smg58 post_id=138706 time=1696276487 user_id=62]
Like Eppler, Showalter had plusses and minuses and you can't credit him for last season while giving him a pass on this year. The Mets have done quite a bit worse in the recent past, but they can also do better and hopefully they will.



Remind me to copy and paste this post sometime later in the week when it's Eppler's turn.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Edgy MD wrote: =smg58 post_id=138706 time=1696276487 user_id=62] Like Eppler, Showalter had plusses and minuses and you can't credit him for last season while giving him a pass on this year. The Mets have done quite a bit worse in the recent past, but they can also do better and hopefully they will. Remind me to copy and paste this post sometime later in the week when it's Eppler's turn.

Everybody try to get the ball to smg. Feed the hot hand.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I haven't really been clear on what a GM does when he works under a POBO. Maybe Eppler wasn't either, or he found out and decided it wasn't for him.

[ashie62]

Amazin

[metirish]

Billy did the right thing

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I haven't really been clear on what a GM does when he works under a POBO. Maybe Eppler wasn't either, or he found out and decided it wasn't for him.

Mostly handles the details of contract negotiations, arbitration, liaisons with other GMs on trades, etc., while POBO directs the overall direction of the club and organization.

[MFS62]

He was given a lot of money to spend on the finest ride, and he did.

He bought a Mercedes-Benz.

And then he put bald tires on it.

Roster construction wasn't his strong point.



Later

[Fman99]

Way less surprising than the Buck shit canning

[Frayed Knot]

Did he put bald tires on it prior to the 101 win season or just the 75 ?

[ashie62]

There has been some talk about Buck and Eppler disagreeing about Vogelbach's playing time



Eppler may have pushed Buck to play Vogelbach more than Buck may have liked

[TransMonk]

Twitter scuttle is saying Eppler is being investigated by MLB for improper IL usage.



https://nypost.com/2023/10/05/billy-epplers-mets-resignation-came-amid-mlb-investigation/https://nypost.com/2023/10/05/billy-epplers-mets-resignation-came-amid-mlb-investigation/

[Gwreck]

Tommy Hunter and his back spasms were mighty suspicious.

[ashie62]

Why are the Mets so often caught up in the fugly

[G-Fafif]

Someday maybe the Mets will be investigated for being awesome, and hopefully not for Astro reasons.

[Bob Alpacadaca]

If he was doing that for some kind of competitive advantage, I don't think it worked.

[Edgy MD]

=ashie62 post_id=138939 time=1696551236 user_id=90]
There has been some talk about Buck and Eppler disagreeing about Vogelbach's playing time



Eppler may have pushed Buck to play Vogelbach more than Buck may have liked

[Bob Alpacadaca]

Here you go. It's a Puma story.



https://www.si.com/mlb/mets/news/new-york-mets-buck-showalter-billy-eppler-at-odds-over-daniel-vogelbachs-playing-time https://www.si.com/mlb/mets/news/new-york-mets-buck-showalter-billy-eppler-at-odds-over-daniel-vogelbachs-playing-time

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Gotta believe Puna's Met source is Buck

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

Say the phantom IL thing is true, and Martino is confirming that's the case. Wouldn't that be more of a slap-on-the-wrist kind of thing instead of clear-out-your-office offense?

[metirish]

A report in The Athletic says multiple execs on other teams said that is not a resignation thing, so what is going on?

[Gwreck]

Simplest explanation is that when you're the #1 guy, you don't want to be demoted to #2?

[Benjamin Grimm]

But he seemed to be okay with it. Maybe he found out that his role would be smaller than he thought it would be. Or maybe it's this IL thing. Maybe we'll find out. And maybe we won't.

[metsmarathon]

i like to think that on strearns' first day on the job he called in billy eppler for his one-on-one intro meeting, and it satarted off like, "have you noticed what the braves are doing in atlanta? explain to me why you hadn't locked up pete alonso yet?"



and that was that.

[Marshmallowmilkshake]

i like to think that on strearns' first day on the job he called in billy eppler for his one-on-one intro meeting, and it satarted off like, "have you noticed what the braves are doing in atlanta? explain to me why you hadn't locked up pete Alonso yet? Did you notice that Alonso just hired Scott Boras, which will make things more difficult?" and that was that.

I added one thing I think might be key.

[ashie62]

I might guess that Eppler was "asked" to resign



Eppler kinda looks like he was incompetent on some level and did play well with others



I do feel badly now about Buck leaving knowing this know

[metsmarathon]

i like to think that on strearns' first day on the job he called in billy eppler for his one-on-one intro meeting, and it satarted off like, "have you noticed what the braves are doing in atlanta? explain to me why you hadn't locked up pete Alonso yet? Did you notice that Alonso just hired Scott Boras, which will make things more difficult?" and that was that. I added one thing I think might be key.

well, yes. it was implied, but i should have stated it explicitly.