SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse’s minor-league baseball team will be getting a new nickname. Could it be the Orange Sox? Perhaps the Salt Potatoes? Or maybe the Chip Makers? You decide.
The Syracuse Mets plan to re-name the Triple-A team for the 2027 baseball season with help from fans in the “Re-Name the Team Community Challenge,” presented by VisitSyracuse.com. The goal of renaming the team is to establish a local, Central New York connection to professional baseball in Syracuse.
The team will continue to play as the Syracuse Mets during the 2026 baseball season and will continue to be affiliated with the New York Mets through at least the 2030 season, the team said in Tuesday’s announcement.
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“We have been listening to fans over the years, and while so many love the Mets name and the connection to our MLB affiliate, there are so many that also long for a local connection to their hometown team,” Jason Smorol, general manager of the Syracuse Mets, said. “2026 will mark the 150th year of professional baseball in Syracuse and we feel that it is the right time to usher in a new era of Syracuse Baseball!”
Baseball in Syracuse has had many different names over the years; from the Syracuse Stars to the Syracuse Chiefs to SkyChiefs, back to Chiefs and then the Syracuse Mets. Even with the upcoming name change, the official team colors will remain orange and royal blue, the team noted.
Name suggestions should be relevant to anyone that lives in or is familiar with Central New York. The Syracuse Mets ask that contributors limit suggestions to “appropriate, family-friendly” ideas. To submit your name suggestion, visit the website syracusemets.com.
Contest schedule
The Syracuse Mets released a timeline for the Re-Name the Team Community Challenge, which requires submissions throughout this month.
Fans can submit their ideas for a new name from now through Aug. 31, through team-provided electronic forms.
The team will then announce the top 10 name submissions on Sept. 2 with voting on those submissions between Sept. 2 and Sept. 12.
After that, the Syracuse Mets will announce the top-five vote getters on Sept. 14. Fans will then vote on the top 5 between Sept. 14 and Sept. 30.
The team doesn’t plan to announce the new name until the fall of 2026.
