“First and foremost, there is the advantage of familiarity that Valentine has with the organization and the Wilpons have with him. He is a great baseball mind who would serve the organization well, and if the Mets brought him in to be the team’s Mike Scioscia… he’d be a great fit. He and Minaya know each other well, and the hiring of Valentine would allow the Mets to keep Minaya as the GM while assigning the true power to somebody else, because Valentine and Minaya would work well together. Valentine will be available this fall.”