This Week on the Blog
Yanks: The struggling Yanks may have found a team they can beat in Atlanta. Let's hope Severino and Eovaldi keep dealing in games 2 and 3. In the bigger picture, the Yanks can start calling up guys who are on the 40 starting on September first. My guess is that Dustin Ackley and Cole Figueroa will get more run under Girardi than the actual prospects do. We already know Judge isn't coming, but Ben Gamel is also very deserving but not on the 40. In either event they'll have an endless bullpen that should now be scotchguarded against the manager.
Down on the farm, the DSL and GCL have now ended, and Chris Gittens and others from the GCL might start floating up to SI or even Charleston.
Giants: The Giants play the Jets tonight and that's a game that's always overcooked for the preseason. Let's hope they can come out of it healthy. After the game, the Giants will have to start their two rounds of cuts. Then later this week they'll have to play the Pats, and then make the rest of their cuts. I still wouldn't be surprised if they traded for a right side OL, instead of waiting to sift through other teams cuts, which they'd still do anyway,
Knicks: There weren't really any rumors this week. Melo apparently had everyone come down to Puerto Rico to workout. We'll see if that's a value add.
Rangers: As September begins the prospects will start filtering back to the mothership to get ready for the Traverse City tournament later in September. The vets as well might start back as articles about their workouts and what they've been doing are starting to pop up.
In all, I'm hoping it's a productive week for our teams and all of you.
posted by Kalel9 @ 11:37 AM
11 Comments:
Whenever the Giants hire a new head coach, he would be well advised to refuse to comment on injuries
and use deflated balls, and tape the opponents practices?
also, and obviously because of GAMBLING, the NFL makes it hard not to disclose your injuries.
Coughlin is undoubtedly a better man than Belichick, but he isn't a better coach, because for better or worse, the culture even beyond the NFL, rewards pushing rules to the absolute limit.
If the reporting is accurate, the judge may reward Brady for destroying evidence. We may not like that, but I have seen something similar too many times.
Beyond all that, my point is more simple.
That is, don't claim to control things that can't be controlled.
That is what Coughlin did when he was hired.
That was a long time ago, and what you resist persists. There was certainly a better way to go about it.
Belichick has coached through a patsy divsision and is 0-2 facing TC in the big game.
It's not me, it's the world around us. The older I get, the more accepting of it (as opposed to liking it) I am, because...what's the point? I can't beat them.
I will say this about Coughlin, no coach could win with the talent Reese has saddled him with since the last SB win.
But again, it is what it is.
As Parcells said, you are what your record says it is.
Parcells also said "Take Khanavis McGhee in the first." He wasn't always right or wise.
Meanwhile, something that does auger against Coughlin greatness is the sheer number of unforced errors his teams have always committed.
Girardi still doesn't understand leverage.
As in, taking out Severino at 88 pitches?
as in using Wilson in a two run game when he's got a thoroughly rested Betances.
Eh, as overworked as Betances has been, I'd rather not use him as much as possible. I would have let Severino start the seventh at least, though I do understand wanting to drive in another run with A-Rod there.
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