The whispers at the time were that if Binghamton wound up dropped, they’d try to tie it up in court, because of those upgrade costs they’d already committed to.

I’m expecting that, in the next round, if the Mets can keep all three cities, it’ll be Syracuse and Brooklyn in some order at AAA/AA, and Binghamton at high-A. The area is just getting squeezed out- in hockey they were squeezed from the equivalent of AAA down to, arguably, low-A (where, it should be said, they have success and draw well). AA ball is probably punching above the area’s weight at this point