Luis Rivera - Manager

Is set to manage Brooklyn for the first time in 2022...Rivera was named a New York-Penn League All-Star as a member of the Cyclones during the 2006 season...Will become the first former Cyclones player to manage the club.
Served as the bench coach at Syracuse in 2021...Was slated to be the bench coach with Binghamton in 2020...Served as the hitting coach with Columbia in 2019.
Spent the 2018 season as bench coach at Binghamton (AA)...Was the manager of Kingsport (R) from 2015-2017...Has been with the Mets organization since 2010.
Spent three seasons as the short-season hitting coordinator (2012-2014)...Also served as a hitting coach at Binghamton (AA) in 2014 when the Binghamton squad won the Eastern League Championship.
Was the hitting coach for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League in 2013.
Served as hitting coach for Kingsport in 2011.
Split the 2010 season in Savannah (A) and Kingsport, serving as a player/coach in Savannah and infield coach for Kingsport.
Was a middle infielder playing in the minor leagues for the Mets and Chicago Cubs from 2005-2010, making it as high as Buffalo (AAA) of the International League in 2009.
Luis, 38, resides in Miami with his wife, Jessica, and their children, Mateo Rivera and Alanis.

Richie Benes - Hitting Coach

Begins his fourth season in the organization and his first in Brooklyn...He served as a coach with the Cyclones throughout the playoffs during their Championship season in 2019.
Joined the organization in April of 2019 as a hitting coach at the Dominican Academy...Served as a hitting coach at the Complex League in 2021.
Was the hitting and infield coach at Saint Peter’s University in Jersey City, NJ...Also coached at the University of Bridgeport in Bridgeport, CT and Monroe College in New Rochelle, NY.
Served as the hitting coach for the Danbury Westerners, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League.
Originally selected by the Kansas City Royals in the 23rd round of the 1996 First Year Player Draft from Christopher Columbus High in The Bronx, NY.
Played two years in the minors in the Royals system...Also played in Independent leagues including the Northeast League, Texas-Louisiana League, American Association and the Canadian-American League.
Richie, 44, resides in The Bronx.

Sager begins his first season with the Mets organization after serving as the minor league pitching coordinator with the Detroit Tigers for the previous eight seasons.
The 57-year-old spent 20 seasons with the Detroit Tigers organization, including six seasons as the pitching coach with Toledo (AAA).
Pitched professionally for 12 seasons from 1988-1999, logging time in the San Diego, Colorado, Detroit and Cincinnati organizations.
In 123-lifetime major league appearances with the Padres (1994), Rockies (1995) and Tigers (1996-98), Sager posted a 12-15 record, with five career saves and a 5.36 ERA.
He also served as a color analyst for the University of Toledo football network for eight seasons (2000-07).

Enters his third season with the Mets and his first in Brooklyn.
Served as the manager of the Complex League Mets in 2021.
Previously served as manager of the Birmingham-Bloomfield Beavers in the United Shore Professional Baseball League from 2016-2019.
Guided the Beavers to consecutive Championships in 2017 & 2018...Was named Manager of the Year in 2016, 2017 & 2018.
Was a scout with Tampa Bay (1999-2005) and with the New York Yankees (2006-2016).
Managed the Kalamazoo Kings of the Frontier League in 2003.
Played parts of two years in the Independent Big South League, Heartland League and Frontier League.
Served as Oakland University Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (2002-2005).
Chris resides in Clarkston, MI...He has one daughter, Peyton.

Enters his first season with the New York Mets organization.
In 2021, served as the player development coach of the Pulaski River Turtles of the Appalachian League.
Served as the director of quality control for the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks of the American Association...Also served as head of player development for the K-Ville Bulldogs in 2019.
Played 10 seasons in the minor leagues between the Dodgers, White Sox and Cardinals organizations from 2007 - 2016...Played internationally and in Independent Ball from 2016-19.
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 17th round of the 2007 Draft.