Newcombe has a extremely high walk rate, has a 4.14 FIP suggesting his ERA should have been over 4.0 & has only a 1.9 WAR this season.
In terms of value Simmons trade is still a massive win for the Angels & Briceno was part of the trade too who's provided a WAR of 0.4
When DiPoto left the Angels the farm system was the worst in the entire league.
Since then Eppler has rebuilt the farm system to where it is now with trades & the guys drafted the past 3 years have been better.
The Mariners now have the worst farm system in the league, their short term success is what Dipoto pushed hard for & is gonna fall flat like it did with the Angels.
Eppler is aiming for substained success instead of a short burst of 88 wins in a single season.
I find the response quite disingenuous considering there are prospects now in the MLB from the DiPoto era. While the farm system was weak, it was weak before DiPoto got there. How is that possible? With the use of chronology, we can identify that the people in charge of drafting Trout and Richards were outsted by GM Tony Reagins on behest of Sosh - Sosh was running the show. Then in comes DiPoto.
Since you're a Ducks fan, then you'll love the parallelism of DiPoto and Bob Murray - they both were re-building on the fly. But there's a huge difference between the two situations, one owner was hands off and the other was hands on. Angels' owner Moreno loves the long ball. He wanted sluggers Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton. In that process, it cost the Angels the first round pick in consecutive years. DiPoto is more of "build from the mound out". DiPoto traded for P Greinke and wanted him retained, but Moreno wanted Hambone and got Hambone. When Hambone bombed out, DiPoto was proven correct and Moreno doesn't involve himself directly with baseball operations. Essentially, if we would have kept Greinke, then those assets in the trade for Greinke would have substance AND we keep a first round pick.
Now, it appears you're in love with the farm system more than the Major League Club production. But DiPoto was addressing both simultaneously, but not to your liking and also with ignorance of not having a first round pick for two consecutive seasons due to owner involvement. Also, you're n3glecting the young, starting pitchers the Angels do have and are employing. They're here because of DiPoto. And the reason why Eppler can nab some talent via trades is because he traded away more pitching prospects.
Here's what you don't know - I loved the Simmons trade, but also knew it was costly. Eppler stole the best defensive player in the league. We already have the best player in the league in Trout. Then Eppler was able to snatch away two-way threat Ohtani from everyone (not really, we were the only choice under Ohtani's demands, but Eppler put in work years ago when he was with the Yankees scouting him in Japan). These moves need to bring wins. Have they? Here's your repsonse:
Eppler is aiming for substained success instead of a short burst of 88 wins in a single season.
Eppler has yet to cross the .500 threshold in his three years as GM. The only thing Eppler's sustained is being under .500. That should be significant to you b/c I was all in the Eppler wagon until someone posted results between Eppler and DiPoto in an Angels blog this year. It made me do an about face. I shared with you the winning percentages, but you neglect them. Instead, you're "hoping" for success. Hope isn't a strategy. And if Eppler doesn't start acquiring pitching, in all phases, then his strategy has proven to be an under .500 team.
Dipoto's 4 years with the Angels: Over .500 three out of four years
DiPoto's 3 years with the Mariners: Over .500 two out of the three years
Eppler's 3 years with the Angels: Over .500 ZERO out of three years
Eppler inherited a team what was over .500 in two previous, consecutive seasons.
Maybe I should use actual Wins instead of winning pct b/c I don't think you comprehend your statement.
Angels (Dipoto)
Year.... Wins
2012...... 89
2013....... 78 (that was the 4 FA pitcher failure, lol)
2014....... 98
2015........ 85
Angels (Eppler)
Year.... Wins
2016...... 74
2017....... 80
2018....... 80
Mariners (Dipoto)
Year.... Wins
2016...... 86
2017....... 78
2018....... 89
I hated seeing DiPoto go b/c he exposed how bad our organization was run. I was loving was Eppler was doing in accruing GOATS in Trout, Simmons (Simba), and Ohtani. But take a step back and reflect and you have to wonder if flash is better than foundation? As of right now, the answer is no. Where would the Angels be right now if they kept DiPoto?
Blown Saves Stats (Angels)
2018......... 26 ............. 57% (27th best out of 30 teams)
I can't reiterate this. That's all on Eppler for not having talent on the backend in his third season as GM of the Angels. Since I'm an Angels fan, I'm pulling for Eppler to fix our woes. But I won't be blaming DiPoto for anything bad b/c he left behind a plethora of assets for Eppler to trade away, which includes trading for Simba, while posting up 0ver .500 records. If Eppler doesn't get the Angels over the .500 hump, then maybe we need to start questioning if he's the correct GM for the Angels.
