Billy Eppler offered encouragement, not pink slips. The Mets general manager met with manager Buck Showalter and the team’s coaching staff Friday after a gut-punch, three-game sweep in Atlanta ...

Eppler was suspended last year after a Major League Baseball investigation concluded he directed Mets staff to fabricate injuries to create open roster spots, but that punishment expired after the ...

Billy Eppler’s belief remains steady. His belief in the club he assembled, the manager he selected, the coaching staff in the dugout and the ambitious plan to be a consistent World Series threat.

“These will be conversations that Buck and I’ll have with the staff as kind of camp goes on,” Eppler said. “I will remind people that Escobar had a really strong year last year. Brett’s ...

Eppler was represented by lawyer Jay Reisinger. Under MLB rules, a physician must certify an injury in the sport’s computer records. MLB concluded any other staff involved with the misconduct ...