The gleaming new house rises over a familiar street in the Dominican Republic, a testament to hard work and discipline, to patience and planning, to devotion and family.
Jeurys Familia, the youngest son of a gas station attendant and a shopkeeper, envisioned its foundation long before workers laid down the first brick.
"All the time I have been up here, I have been depositing money in my mom's account every month, to slowly build up the account to finish building the house," said Familia, who has thrived in his first year as Mets closer. "I started it when I first signed.