Dennis Nett/The Post-Standard, via Associated Press
SYRACUSE — After a three-hour flight delay caused by a mechanical issue, another two and a half hours in the air and a short bus ride from the airport, the Mets finally strolled into the Embassy Suites lobby here in Syracuse at 11:42 p.m. on Monday.
Sitting on a stool at the bar, Daniel Gassman, an electrical lineman, put down his glass of Jack Daniels and greeted each player with a fist bump.
“Holy cow,” he said. “The Mets have arrived!”
The team was less excited. A day earlier, starter Noah Syndergaard made it known that many of the players viewed the one-night visit for a workout — in front of the new Class AAA affiliate’s fans at the Carrier Dome on Syracuse University’s campus — as an inconvenience.