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<\/p>\nFor the first time since 2023, Gilbert G\u00f3mez is not the manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones. Eduardo N\u00fanez, Brooklyn\u2019s hitting coach in 2024 and bench coach in 2025, is the new man in charge.\n<\/p>\n
N\u00fa\u00f1ez is in his seventh season with the New York Mets organization and is entering his third with the Cyclones. He was also with G\u00f3mez in 2023 in Single-A St. Lucie, when G\u00f3mez was the manager, and N\u00fa\u00f1ez was the hitting coach.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI learned a lot [from Gilbert],\u201d N\u00fa\u00f1ez said. \u201c\u2026 The way he goes about business, responsible, organized, being on top of everything. I think it was useful for me.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Now, that responsibility falls on his shoulders. It\u2019s an opportunity the 40-year-old has been waiting for.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of work,\u201d N\u00fa\u00f1ez said following the first game of Brooklyn\u2019s season. \u201cIt is a lot of stuff you need to be on top of. I\u2019m not used to that, so it\u2019s kind of overwhelming. But it\u2019s just the first day. I think I\u2019m going to be in a good spot.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
N\u00fa\u00f1ez brings a managerial philosophy that has been prevalent throughout the Mets organization for a number of years: It\u2019s about the process, not the results.\n<\/p>\n
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Eduardo N\u00fanez is the new manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones. Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn Cyclones<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are focused more on expected numbers than what really happens,\u201d N\u00fa\u00f1ez said. \u201cSo, we are more focused on hitting the ball hard in the air. If the balls get caught, it is something out of your control \u2026 that\u2019s the most important thing.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The front office, he said, will make decisions based on the expected numbers. If a player repeatedly hits the ball hard, but it keeps finding a glove, the organization can still tell that the player is on the right track, N\u00fa\u00f1ez said. Eventually, the tide will turn.\n<\/p>\n
That philosophy also extends to winning games. They obviously want to win, N\u00fa\u00f1ez said, but that is not the primary goal. Winning is secondary to development. Development is what N\u00fa\u00f1ez said is the most important function of his role.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cKnow my players, and have an open and clear conversation with them,\u201d N\u00fa\u00f1ez said. \u201cGiving the expectations and standards of our organization is pretty important. At the end of the day, just try to help them develop, because at the end of the day, no matter wins or losses, we develop players. Our goal is to win in the big leagues. Of course, it\u2019s easier to develop when you\u2019re winning, because it\u2019s kind of hard being in an environment when you\u2019re losing a lot. It\u2019s hard just to show up every day with the desire to work. But they need to learn the process, and they need to embrace it, and that\u2019s our job as coaches.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
The roster N\u00fa\u00f1ez has been given is filled with returning players from Brooklyn\u2019s 2025 South Atlantic League championship.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\u201cI know me and all the other returning guys are really happy to see him,\u201d Cyclones infielder Colin Houck said. \u201cWe really believe in him, and we know that he can lead this team, and we\u2019re excited to have him.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Also returning is Noah Hall, who just last week started his third Opening Day game for the Brooklyn Cyclones. Hall was Brooklyn\u2019s Opening Day starter in his first season in 2024, but suffered what was essentially a season-ending injury just four starts into his season. Healthy in 2025, Hall received the nod for a second time, and then once again in 2026.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cMy first year was jitters, last year, yeah [a little], but coming back now, it\u2019s just more exciting,\u201d Hall, who drove from Port St. Lucie to Brooklyn with a stopover at his home in Charlotte, said.\n<\/p>\n
Hall pitched well in 2025, posting a 2.72 ERA over 25 games and 112 and \u2154 innings. He struck out 115, but also walked 63. Still, that normally would have earned him a promotion to Double-A for the following season, but Hall returned to Brooklyn.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
He fell victim to what many in the Mets organization fell victim to: The Mets\u2019 minor league system is loaded with talent. Across the organization, Mets farmhands are starting 2026 at the same place they ended 2025. With Christian Scott, Jonah Tong, Jack Wenninger, and other MLB veterans at Triple-A, there was no room for Jonathan Santucci, so he remained at Double-A. In turn, there was no room for Hall (and many other Cyclones players) at Double-A.\n<\/p>\n
As a result of this, Brooklyn\u2019s roster is loaded with returning players. There are a few new players, most notably 2025 first and third round picks Mitch Voit and Antonio Jimenez, but a majority of the championship-winning 2025 Cyclones squad is back to start 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For the first time since 2023, Gilbert G\u00f3mez is not the manager of the Brooklyn Cyclones. Eduardo N\u00fanez,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":192098,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":{"0":"post-192097","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn","8":"tag-brooklyn","9":"tag-brooklyn-headlines","10":"tag-brooklyn-news","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-city","13":"tag-nyc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=192097"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/192097\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/192098"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=192097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=192097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=192097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}