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River Ave. Blues ยป Update: Yanks will give Padres permission to interview Eppler for GM job

Update: Yanks will give Padres permission to interview Eppler for GM job

June 26, 2014 by Mike 51 Comments

Thoughts on Thursday's off-day
Yankees have internal options if they want to shakeup the offense

Thursday: The Yankees will indeed give the Padres permission to speak with Eppler about their GM opening, reports Jon Heyman. Teams usually won’t block an front office member from interviewing for a promotion like this, so this isn’t a surprise.

Wednesday: Via Ken Rosenthal: The Padres have required permission to interview Yankees assistant general manager Billy Eppler for their now open GM position. Josh Byrnes was fired over the weekend and Eppler, a San Diego native who started his career as a scout with the Padres, is one of several candidates for the job. Buster Olney says he will receive “serious consideration.”

Eppler joined the Yankees in 2004 and was the director of pro scouting from 2005-11 before being promoted to assistant GM. The promotion appeared to put him in line to take over for Brian Cashman whenever the time came. The Padres did not interview Eppler for their last GM opening during the 2009-10 offseason, though he did interview for the Angels’ job three years ago and was reportedly the runner-up to Jerry Dipoto. It’s only a matter of time before Eppler becomes a GM, either as Cashman’s successor or for another team.

Thoughts on Thursday's off-day
Yankees have internal options if they want to shakeup the offense

Filed Under: Asides, Front Office Tagged With: Billy Eppler, San Diego Padres

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