Manager:
Edgardo Alfonzo has been named Cyclones manager for the 2017 season. Alfonzo had a 12 year MLB career with the Mets, Giants, Angels, and Blue Jays, retiring during the 2006 season. He was a Cyclones coach during the 2014, ’15 and ’16 seasons. His brother, Edgar was the Cyclones manager in 2001, and the 2007 and ’08 seasons. A nephew, also named Edgar pitched for the Cyclones during the 2004 and ’05 seasons.
Pitching Coach:
Royce Ring will be in Brooklyn for his first year after coaching for the Gulf Coast Mets for two seasons (2014-15) and last season with the Kingsport Mets. Ring was a first round draft pick in 2002 by the Chicago White Sox and was a major league pitcher for the Mets, Braves, Padres and Yankees from 2005-10.
Hitting Coach:
Sean Ratiff was a fourth round draft pick by the Mets in 2008 out of Stanford University. He played in the minor leagues for five years and spent the 2008 season with the Cyclones. He begins his second season coaching for the Cyclones after serving as the hitting coach for the Kingsport Mets in the Appalachian League in 2015.
Athletic Trainer: Giovanni D’Onza joins the Cyclones after serving as athletic trainer for the Dominican Summer League Mets in 2014 and the Gulf Coast League Mets in 2015. He has an M.S. degree in Athletic Training from Seton Hall University.
Photo Credits: Brooklyn Cyclones, Amazin' Avenue, Mets Merized Online
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