If his third offseason as Angels general manager was his finest, the challenges Billy Eppler will contend with in his fourth will make matching his earlier success difficult.
He will have to reconstruct the team’s pitching staff and coordinate the rehabilitation process of two-way player Shohei Ohtani, who had elbow ligament-replacement surgery Monday.
Oh, and Eppler must hire a manager to transition out of the Mike Scioscia era. The search will include candidates who prefer to use analytically driven approaches.
The next few months will allow Eppler to put his boldest stamp on the organization that signed him to a four-year contract in 2015.