Report: Mets Employee Provided MLB Info on Billy Eppler's Faking Injury Reports

Major League Baseball banned former New York Mets general manager Billy Eppler for one year earlier in February, noting that he violated injured list rules.

And apparently, it was someone within the Mets who informed MLB of those practices.

According to Jon Heyman of the New York Post, "Eppler's injury-related records were turned in by a whistleblower, believed to be a Mets employee, and while exaggerating or even faking injuries to keep them from leaving is a prevalent practice, the evidence doesn't usually wind up on Rob Manfred's desk."

In its statement announcing the year-long suspension, the league said Eppler was guilty of "improper use of injured list placements, including the…