Edgardo Alfonzo’s contract not renewed for 2020

The 2019 New York-Penn League championsAccording to the New York Post’s Mike Puma, the Mets will not be renewing Edgardo Alfonzo’s contract as manager with the Brooklyn Cyclones. MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo says that he will remain within the organization as a club ambassador.

Alfonzo was hired to much fanfare in 2017, replacing Brooklyn skipper Tom Gamboa, who held the post from 2014 to 2016. His first season as Cyclones manager was one to forget. The team narrowly missed the ignominy of tying or surpassing the 1981 Batavia Trojans for the worst season in New York-Penn League history (16-59), finishing the year with a 24-52 record, by far the worst record in franchise history. Though wins were…