How the Mets' season fell apart - ESPN
New York Mets general manager Billy Eppler watched the World Baseball Classic warily this spring. Of course, he knew there were inherent risks for his squad. And on March 16, as he sat in his spring training apartment with Catherine Eppler, his wife, he tried to mentally steer Edwin Diaz around the potholes of possibility from afar. Eppler followed Diaz's pitch count and tracked the outs remaining for Diaz, and when Diaz closed out a win for Puerto Rico, Eppler felt relief. He got up and walked into another room.
