Todd Zeile has taken an unusual path back to the Mets, one that included a search with Charlie Sheen for the Loch Ness Monster.
The former MLB utility man will see an increased role as an SNY studio analyst this season, in a regular rotation with Nelson Figueroa and Jim Duquette. Zeile filled in at times last season for Figueroa, but this will be his steadiest role in baseball since retiring after the 2004 season.
“I wanted to stay in California and do things that were sort of contrarian to my days in baseball,” Zeile, who spent 2000-01 and 2004 with the Mets, told The Post this week.