Any Guesses about a new Angels GM?

I don't know how many Angel fans there are on this forum, but I'm one, even though I refused to watch even a single game this year because of all the BLM logo bullshit.

Eppler was doomed to fail. First, he had never been a G.M. before, and he was not up to the job. Second, his scouting department let him down. Yes, Arte Moreno can be blamed for forcing his G.M.'s to hire overrated sluggers like Albert Pujols, Josh Hamilton, Vernon Wells, and it now appears maybe Justin Upton belongs on that list as well. Arte has always been enamored with homerun hitters, even when they have glaring other deficiencies like age (Pujols), one or two decent years (Wells), or an I-really-don't-give-a-shit attitude (Hamilton). But Eppler signed dogs like Zack Kozart, Matt Harvey, Ian Kinsler, Ricky Nolasco, Brandon Phillips and C.J. Wilson, all for more than $10 million a year, and none of them panned out. And it's also starting to look more and more like Shohei Ohtani was grossly overrated as well.

Eppler refused to trade his prospects for known quantities, and the cost was that he always greatly overrated his prospects, as almost none of them ever panned out. Premier free agents don't want to play here because the franchise is a losing wreck. So Eppler was reduced to trading for journeymen, or signing free agents nobody else wanted because they were clearly on the downside of their careers, or they were coming of terrible years or bad injuries.

If he's as serious about winning as he claims, Moreno needs to hire someone who's done it before. The best guy available is probably Dave Dombrowski, who has built World Series teams in two cities. Then Moreno needs to shut up and stop forcing his G.M. into deals or F.A. signings that don't make sense. Hire a top guy and let him do the job. Dombrowski has proven he can do that.

I don't know. Maybe, maybe not. But the last thing the Angels need is another rookie learning by making mistakes on the job. They need a proven commodity with the guts to tell Arte when to back off.

If I was a betting man, my money would be on Mike Scoscia not appreciating Moreno’s lack of true leadership.  

of course, he has enough class that he would never say anything like that, but just the absence of anything either pro or con about Moreno (or, by the way, Moreno’s wife who is also an owner) gives me the suspicion. 

I also believe what MDDad said about needing someone already competent at the job, although a Scoscia GM would give players, scouts, and fans a big boost of confidence.

Names I’ve heard floated in places other than here:

• Dave Dombowski (sitting on sidelines, has a nice track record)
• Tony LaCava (lost Blue Jays job to Atkins, no real track record)
• Brad Ausmus (really?  Already turned his nose up at the Angels, no GM track record)
• Eric Chavez (Experience around the edges of GM including Epplers ass’t and Salt Lake City AAA)
  
• Dino Ebel (Dark horse:  Good time in the Minors, but worked for Scoscia.  No real applicable track record)

I have only my suspicions, but I suspect your last suggestion is very close to accurate.

look how he reacted to the city of Anaheim telling him he couldn’t rename the team... and the nearly annual battles over use of and ownership of Angels Stadium...

By observation, it looks to me as if he wants control and, to him, that means no one else gets any.

which also means bringing on a GM that does have some GM success under his belt is unlikely.

mores the pity.

You’re probably right, but this doesn’t prove it one way or the other.

“Mexican” isn’t a race.  Most in Mexico are either Caucasian or at least a blend of Caucasian and Mestizo Indian.  

I don’t like Moreno because he has helped manage the team down into the basement.  But maybe I’m a sexist:  Who’s to say Arte isn’t just taking orders from his wife who also owns the team.