Brooklyn Cyclones

• Location: Brooklyn, NY
• League: New York-Penn League 2001-2019; High-A East 2021; South Atlantic League 2022-
• Affiliate: New York Mets 2001-present
• Ballpark: Maimonides Park

Team History

The Brooklyn Cyclones, of the High-A South Atlantic League, briefly in High-A East, and formerly of the Class A-Short Season New York-Pennsylvania League, were born in a political compromise. The New York Mets farmhands play their home games at Maimonides Park in Brooklyn, NY.

New York City is one of MLB's two-team markets, and most of them including this one are set up with territorial protection rights shared by the two and effective even over the other. Both the Mets and Yankees wanted to place a farm team nearby but could not get past the other's veto.

In 1998, NYC Mayor Rudy Guliani proposed building two stadiums - one in Brooklyn and the other on Staten Island - provided each parent team would allow the other to bring in a farm club.[1]

A side effect is that the Cyclones are owned by their parent club. The Mets purchased the St. Catharines Stompers, the Yankees bought the Watertown Indians, and the 2000 NYPL included those franchises playing in temporary digs as the Queens Kings and the Staten Island Yankees. Giuliani's ballparks opened the next season, hosting the now Cyclones and the SI-Yankees.

The Kings/Cyclones franchise has remained a Mets-owned and operated farm team since moving from Canada. The Kings were NYPL co-champions in their interim season; the playoffs were canceled out of respect for the loss of life that had just locally occurred on 9/11. After becoming they Cyclones, they once played as the "Baracklyn Cyclones" - a move announced during President Barack Obama's first inauguration and played on June 23, 2009.[2][3]

MLB's 2021 Minor League Reorganization raised the 'Clones two levels. They are one of three teams from the decommissioned NYPL to survive the reorganization as an affiliated team, with all moving up to the full-season "Sally" League.

The 'Clones play Copa de la Diversión Hispanic engagement campaign games as the Brooklyn Jefes (Brooklyn Bosses).

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach	Coach
2001	52-24	1st	Edgar Alfonzo	League Co-Champs
2002	38-38	7th	Howard Johnson		Donovan Mitchell
2003	47-28	2nd	Tim Teufel	Lost League Finals	Roger LaFrancois	Hector Berrios
2004	43-31	3rd	Tony Tijerina	Lost in 1st round	Donovan Mitchell	Hector Berrios
2005	40-36	6th	Mookie Wilson		Donovan Mitchell
2006	41-33	4th	George Greer	Lost in 1st round		Hector Berrios
2007	49-25	1st	Edgar Alfonzo	Lost League Finals		Hector Berrios
2008	45-30	4th	Edgar Alfonzo			Hector Berrios
2009	45-30	3rd (t)	Pedro Lopez	Lost in 1st round	Jack Voigt	Rick Tomlin	Joel Fuentes
2010	51-24	1st	Wally Backman	Lost League Finals		Rick Tomlin	Joel Fuentes
2011	45-29	2nd	Rich Donnelly	Lost in 1st round
2012	45-31	4th	Rich Donnelly	Lost in 1st round		Marc Valdes
2013	38-37	7th (t)	Rich Donnelly	Lost in 1st round		Marc Valdes
2014	42-34	5th	Tom Gamboa		Benny Distefano	Tom Signore / Dave LaRoche	Edgardo Alfonzo
2015	33-43	12th	Tom Gamboa		Yunir Garcia	Dave LaRoche	Edgardo Alfonzo
2016	37-39	10th	Tom Gamboa		Sean Ratliff	Billy Bryk, Jr.	Edgardo Alfonzo
2017	24-52	14th	Edgardo Alfonzo		Sean Ratliff	Royce Ring
2018	40-35	5th	Edgardo Alfonzo		Marlon Anderson	Royce Ring	Rich Donnelly
2019	43-32	1st (t)	Edgardo Alfonzo	League Champs	Delwyn Young	Josue Matos	Endy Chavez
2020	Season cancelled
2021	48-70	10th	Ed Blankmeyer		Nic Jackson	Royce Ring	Mariano Duncan
2022	70-62	5th	Luis Rivera	Lost in 1st round	Richie Benes	A.J. Sager	Chris Newell
2023	66-65	7th	Chris Newell		Richie Benes	Victor Ramos	John Vaughn, Juan Loyo
2024			Gilbert Gomez		Eduardo Nunez	Dan McKinney	John Vaughn, Regan Saulnier

The team's mascots with US Marines

External Link

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