That the Mets paid Pedro Martinez more than he was worth on the field over the life of his $53 million contact should not be news to Mets fans.  At ESPN, Bob Klapisch explained that he was overpaid.    However, the really interesting question is: by how much did the Mets overpay?
At the brilliant The Book [...]

The Buffalo Bisons press conference to introduce the New York Mets will be Monday at 10:30 am. You can watch the announcement online here. The ceremonies are expected to include Bisons officials including GM Mike Buczkowski, Mets GM Omar Minaya and COO Jeff Wilpon. Mike Harrington in the Buffalo News points out [...]

Saturday, the Washington Nationals signed a two year PDC with the Syracuse Chiefs. The Nationals were pleased with the condition of the field, facilities, the proximity of Syracuse to Washington and MLB cities and the local economy which has “affordable housing” for the players.
The Marlins are going from Albuquerque to New [...]

The headline in the Buffalo News says it all “Bisons will introduce Mets Monday.” Senator Charles Schumer tries to save face after campaigning for Syracuse, telling Mike Harrington “I encouraged the Mets to affiliate in New York State and I’m glad they did.” It should be quite a party in Buffalo on Monday [...]

At his Daily News Blog in his postgame entry Monday, Adam Rubin wrote: “Look for Buffalo to announce Monday that it’s the Mets’ new Triple-A affiliate. Sorry, Syracuse.”
Earlier Monday, in the Buffalo News, Mike Harrington in the Buffalo News wrote:
It looks like Buster Bison is getting set to greet Mr. Met in Dunn [...]

A day after Adam Rubin wrote that, “the Mets are trying to buy a portion of the Syracuse franchise” but that “if they don’t succeed, Buffalo’s facility would seem to trump Syracuse’s” in his blog, the Matt Michael in the Post-Standard in Syracuse did a lengthy story on the subject Thursday with some excellent [...]

Weird, no Mets Minor League box scores Saturday night for the first time in over 150 days.
So instead we’ll focus on an article in the Syracuse Post Standard about how to woo the Mets.

Matt Michael quotes Syracuse Chiefs General Manager John Simone as saying regarding the Chiefs plans for entertaining the [...]

Savannah “Wants a Winner” or a Loser…
The opening line of Adam Van Brimmer’s column Tuesday in the Savannah Morning news was, “The Sand Gnats’ new ownership wants a winner.” I’d also like a million dollars, a Mets World Championship, and world peace.
The Gnats contract with the Mets expired with the end of [...]

Mike Waters in the Syracuse Post-Standard reports that the Chiefs will inform Major League Baseball and the International League that the team will not renew its affiliation with Toronto and seek a new partner. Waters explains that “The Chiefs are expected to make a major play for the Mets.” A Chiefs season [...]

The Syracuse Chiefs are going all-out for the Mets and are now lobbying through the media to become the Mets new AAA affiliate for 2009. In the Post-Standard, Matt Michael wrote that of the Major League teams who will be looking for a new affiliate, the “New York Mets – who are in first [...]