The Seattle Times · Feb 17, 2017
World Baseball Classic leaves pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre piecing together the Mariners’ spring pitching schedule
Pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre, right, watches James Pazos pitch, on the third day of Mariners spring training. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)PEORIA, Ariz. — It lingers over everything that Mel Stottlemyre does or plans for his pitchers. No matter how much he would love to ignore it or hope it would suddenly be canceled, the World Baseball Classic is going to happen this spring. And as pitching coach, Stottlemyre is dealing with the ramifications of having his No. 1 and No. 5 starter, his closer and possibly his No. 4 starter all leaving camp at some point to pitch for their respective countries.