2026 Minor League Preview: Syracuse Mets

Jonah Tong | (Photo by Tanner Gatlin/MLB Photos via Getty Images) First Half Record: 31-44 (7/10, International League East Division) Second Half Record: 46-29 (2/10, International League East Division) When the 2025 season began, the Syracuse Mets had an assortment of the Mets’ top prospects and an additional nineteen players with major league experience. Syracuse had ended the second half of the 2024 season as one of the worst in the International League, but with so much talent on board, expectations were that the team would turn things around. All in all, the team got off to a sluggish start and struggled to really build momentum, with the promotion-and-demotion of players augmenting the Mets’ lineup really having an effect on the team.

They ended the first half with a 31-44 record, 7th in the International League East Division, 16. 0 games behind the first place Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp, and were one of the bottom teams in all of Triple-A baseball. In the second half, Syracuse benefited from promotions from Double-A Binghamton, with top prospects such as Carson Benge, Jett Williams, Jonah Tong, Nolan McLean, and Ryan Clifford all suiting up for Syracuse.

Additionally, a handful of players who had otherwise struggled in the first half righted the ship to some degree. The team went 46-29 in the second half, their magic number running out in the last week of the season. Dick Scott will be returning as team skipper, his fourth year as manager.

Joining him will be John Nogowski, who will be serving as bench coach, A. J. Sager, who will be serving as pitching coach, and Nate Irving, who will be serving as hitting coach.