Last year, the LA Angels were never going to sign Manny Machado or Bryce Harper. While every Angels fans secretly was holding out hope, there was a less than 1% chance of them signing either superstar. Basically, it would have taken Machado or Harper to tell the Angels they wanted to play for them, and would take a discount to do it.
So, the Angels went out and signed one-year deals. Those deals, as we all know, did not work out. However, Billy Eppler made those deals a single season for a reason. He knew the offseason after the 2019 season was going to be vital, and now he has to prove himself in one final phase of being a general manager.