In an effort to bridge the gap between Triple-A and the major leagues, Minor League Baseball announced it is adding an additional six games to the end of the 2022 Triple-A season. That takes the season from 144 games to 150. As Triple-A is the last step between the minor-league and major-league levels, the goal is to better align the seasons and get players used to having a bit of a longer schedule before they get to the majors.
Currently, depending on the result of the discussions between MLB and the MLBPA, the 2022 MLB season will include its originally scheduled 162 games. This will make the Triple-A season now just 12 games shorter than a major-league season.
By adding an additional six games onto the back-end of the Triple-A schedule, their season will also now better align with MLB, pushing the end of their season to September 28, 2022, opposed to the originally scheduled end date of September 21, 2022. The MLB season is scheduled to end on October 2, 2022.
The 150-game schedule will be the longest season schedule for any Minor League team since 1964. International League franchises played 154 games in 1964, while the Pacific Coast League played 156 games.
The Syracuse Mets were slated to originally finish out their 2022 campaign on the road against the Worcester Red Sox. That series will now be played from September 20 through 25 and will remain a full road series for Syracuse. But with the extended season, Syracuse residents now get an extra three days of baseball as the Syracuse team will return home to close out their season from September 26 through September 28 against the Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs.
Season tickets and flex plans are on sale for the 2022 Syracuse Mets season here. Their season will include promotional nights such as “Tater Tot Bobblehead Night,” “Irish Night,” and a guest appearance by Leslie David Baker of the Office.
