Billy Eppler has had tough jobs before.
He has worked in New York, as the assistant general manager of the Yankees. While GM in Anaheim, he worked for an owner generally regarded as an extremely -- to use a polite euphemism -- challenging, in the Angels' Arte Moreno.
But, as one of his peers said Wednesday, "Every job in baseball has its own distinct set of complications."
And the job Eppler is set to take over today -- he will be introduced as the Mets' general manager today at 12:30 p.m. -- has an organizational context that could make the position high-risk, but high-reward -- or downright impossible.