Billy Eppler
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Eppler in 2015
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| Born |
September 16, 1975 San Diego, California |
| Alma mater | University of Connecticut |
| Occupation | General manager |
| Organization | Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim |
Billy Eppler (born September 16, 1975) is an American baseball executive. He is the general manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim of Major League Baseball. He previously served as the New York Yankees' director of professional scouting and assistant general manager.
Eppler is a native of San Diego, California, and graduated from University of San Diego High School in 1993. He attended the University of Connecticut and pitched for the Connecticut Huskies baseball team, until an arm injury ended his playing career. He graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in finance in 1998.
After graduating from Connecticut, Eppler interned with the Washington Redskins of the National Football League. The Colorado Rockies of Major League Baseball hired Eppler as a scout in 2000. After the 2004 season, he was hired to scout for the New York Yankees, working in the Tampa office run by Mark Newman and Damon Oppenheimer. When Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman was given the authority to restructure the Yankees' front office after the 2005 season, he created a professional scouting department and promoted Eppler to serve as its director. In that role, Eppler and his staff were responsible for scouting acquisitions, which led to the signings of Bartolo Colón, Eric Chavez, Cory Wade, Freddy García, Russell Martin, Andruw Jones, and Luis Ayala. He was promoted to Assistant General Manager during the 2011–12 offseason.
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