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What will the Mets’ new Syracuse Triple-A affiliate be called?

As has been announced, the Mets have reached an agreement to buy the Syracuse Chiefs, and move their Triple-A affiliate to upstate New York. A two-thirds vote by shareholders is needed to make the sale official, but Chiefs General Manager Jason Smorol is confident that the sale will be approved by the 1,700 people holding the Chiefs' 11,000 outstanding shares.

With the change in affiliates comes the question: What will the Mets’ Triple-A affiliate be called in 2019, when the Mets will field their first team in Syracuse?

Syracuse Chiefs

Syracuse Chiefs

Except for a period between 1997 to 2006, when the team was rebranded as the Syracuse SkyChiefs, the Syracuse Chiefs have been the Syracuse Chiefs for more than fifty years.