The Brewers have hired Billy Eppler as a special advisor, according to a report from . Epplers full title is Special Advisor, Scouting and Baseball Operations. The role marks Epplers return to baseball after being just over a year ago. That placement lasted only through the end of the 2024 World Series, and hes been eligible to return to an MLB front office in the months since then. Epplers suspension was, in the words of MLB at the time of its announcement, for improper use of Injured List placements, including the deliberate fabrication of injuries; and the a sociated submi sion of documentation for the purposes of securing multiple improper Injured List placements during the 2022 and 2023 seasons. Ty Smith Jersey Epplers violation occurred during his tenure as Mets GM, which lasted from shortly after the 2021 season until shortly after the conclusion of the 2023 campaign. Eppler was the clubs head of baseball operations during the vast majority of his tenure, but immediately after the 2023 season concluded the Mets announced the hiring of president of baseball operations David Stearns, who was set to take the reins and push Eppler into a number two role. That arrangement lasted a matter of only days, however, as Eppler almost immediately from his role with the Mets when news of MLBs into improper use of the injured list by the Mets first became public. So-called phantom IL stints have been commonplace in the league for decades and have occurred on every team at one point or another, with some players even openly admitting that they arent actually injured while on the shelf. More nebulous diagnoses such as sorene s or fatigue can be used by a club to offer a struggling player a physical and mental reset while clearing their roster spot for a period of time. The practice is technically illegal, but those rules have not typically been strictly enforced by the league. This made MLBs investigation into the Mets and subsequent suspension of Eppler a cause for confusion for both many fans and even some within the game. With Epplers suspension now a thing of the past, hell join a Brewers front office headed by GM Matt Arnold that was, coincidentally, run by Stearns until he eventually stepped down as the clubs top decision-maker and later took over baseball operations from Eppler. The specific duties of Epplers role as special advisor to Arnold are not yet clear, though his title falls in line with his past experience. Prior to serving as Mets GM, Eppler served as GM of the Angels from 2015 to 2020 and as a sistant GM and director of pro scouting for the Yankees from 2005 to 2015. Epplers teams have had relatively little succe s in the past, with his tenure as Angels GM going by without any playoff appearances while his two years with the Mets were split between a 100-win campaign and a mi sed postseason. Overall, thats good for a 508-524 record and a .492 winning percentage over his seven seasons leading a baseball operations department. Even with that somewhat middling track record, the 49-year-old sports a long resume of high-level front office work, and his decades of experience figure to be a valuable resource for the Brewers going into the 2025 campaign. Yaniv Perets Jersey