Every couple of years or so, the Brooklyn Cyclones will get a player who has played on Coney Island before. In 2016, catcher Dan Rizzie returned to MCU Park, the site of his Big East tournament win two years prior as a member of the Xavier University baseball team.

Now, it’s former Wagner College standout backstop Phil Capra who will suit up in the Brooklyn clubhouse once again when the Cyclones open their season on Friday against the Staten Island Yankees.

While Capra and the Seahawks typically played their home games on Staten Island, occasional bad weather forced the team to occupy the nearby MCU Park, where the diamond turf is able to withstand a downpour. In eight such games, Capra went 11-for-27 (.407) with nine RBI.

“It’s good to be back playing in New York again,” he said with a wide smile. “It’s been a little while.”

In the meantime, Capra spent 32 games in Kingsport, Tennessee, after the Mets selected him in the 15th round of last summer’s draft. Despite frustrating results in his first professional season, Capra is lined up to serve as the Cyclones’ primary catcher in 2019.

“[Kingsport] was obviously a big transition for me,” he said. “But coming back here, it’s awesome. It’s like a homecoming. Almost like I’m playing in school again.”

Brooklyn will need Capra to play like he did for three years at Wagner. He finished his collegiate career with the school’s second-highest slugging percentage (.505) and third-highest on-base percentage (.407).

“I feel like throughout Spring Training I made big strides in my game,” said Capra, who notes improvements in conditioning and agility. “This year is going to be more comfortable for me, more like I was at school — the reason why I got drafted.”

Meanwhile, Brooklyn’s outfield will feature a very familiar face in Jose Medina, the 22-year-old Dominican making his third tour of duty on Coney Island this summer.

Medina was a New York-Penn League all-star with the Cyclones in 2017 but struggled down the stretch and ultimately returned last year. The numbers were good enough to warrant a promotion to Columbia this April but after 20 games and a sub-.200 average, Medina finds himself back in Brooklyn, just 13 games played away from setting the franchise record — a dubious one at that.

“I think the main thing for those guys [Medina and fellow returnee Anthony Dirocie] is to have confidence,” third-year manager Edgardo Alfonzo said. “That’s why they’re [still] here. They have the talent, but hopefully they step up and are able to move to the next level.”

The Cyclones will have to rely on an eclectic mix of returning players, promotees from rookie ball, and the newly-drafted to win games in 2019. No one jumps off of the page in terms of top prospects, but interesting names abound.

There’s Raul Beracierta, a 20-year-old outfielder who posted a .805 OPS in Kingsport last year (“tremendous talent,” said Alfonzo). Daison Acosta, Friday’s opening day starting pitcher, has a mid-90s fastball with a plus curve. Ranfy Adon, another outfielder, has struggled to stay healthy but is as toolsy as they come and likely sees a promotion to Columbia once he gets rolling.

The draftees are the real unknowns. Joining the Cyclones are day two picks Nathan Jones (5th round), Zach Ashford (6), Luke Ritter (7), and Joe Genord (9). As four-year NCAA veterans, each has the requisite experience to dominate the NYPL; it’s up to them to battle the rigors of playing a 72-game season after a full campaign of college ball.

Fourth-round selection Jake Mangum is also expected to be assigned to Brooklyn once the Mississippi State outfielder’s College World Series duties are fulfilled.

Alfonzo, about 25 hours before the season’s first pitch, bluntly said what everyone is thinking at this point: “Let’s see what happens.”