Kahlil Lee is chill. There's less than one hour to go until Lee and his Syracuse teammates take to the field at NBT Bank Stadium for a Sunday night home game with the Rochester Red Wings. An enthusiastic crowd is expected of more than 7,000 fans for the New York Mets' Triple-A affiliate's game.
Kevin Boles is back managing in Central New York. The Syracuse Mets, Triple-A affiliate owned and operated by the National League baseball club that has residence in downstate Queens, is ready for their home opener Tuesday with the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders (New York Yankees affiliate) at 6:35 pm at NBT Bank Stadium. For longtime Utica baseball fans, there's a good chance the manager pacing in the Syracuse dugout this season will look familiar.
If you come out to 'Meet the 2022 Syracuse Mets' on Opening Day this year, you'll also have a chance to meet a legend from storybook 1986 Amazin' Mets.
One telephone call five months ago from New York Mets' Farm Director Jeremy Barnes is all it took to bring Steve Schrenk to Syracuse. Schrenk hadn't planned on being in uniform this season.
Pardon the pun but Chad Kreuter knows the score. A resume that reads 16 years of MLB play, coaching the USC Trojans baseball program, and now in his fourth season in the New York Mets' minor league system.