This Week on the Blog

Alright, this past week was a little dull on several fronts, and a little too up and down on others.  Let's see if we can do a little better this week on all fronts.

Yankees:  The Yankees cannot play .500 ball at home.  It's that simple. And the Wild Card, with it's one game play in formula should not be an acceptable finish.  So, either collapse, or start grinding.   Mediocre pitchers have been making them look bad lately by pitching backwards and expanding their zones. This has been a great issue during the Girardi Era. The guys don't grind and they generally don't get into bullpens as early as they used to.What's more, the SHIFT is killing them, and many of them think they're Ted Williams and believe they can bash their way through it, instead of going the other way.  That's got to stop.  I won't even get into Girardi's inanity with the call-ups except to say it's been  inane.

Giants:  The Giants made their final cuts today, and don't play their first game till a week from tomorrow night. That said, I'm pretty sure we'll see more roster moves. And the big reason I am so sure is that they made an unusual number of "cap" cuts where competition was at least close and usually has favored the veterans.  Letting go of McClain, Hynoski, and Weatherford created some exrta space.  Now, if they were just doing extensions, the first seasons of those deals would also open cap space, so these moves probably weren't made for Eli or Prince.  We'll see what happens, but I think a trade or an outside signing or two are in the offing.

Rangers:  The Ranger prospects are meeting Chris Drury this week and getting ready for the Traverse City Tournament next week.   And while that's happening the regular Rangers are drifting back to NYC to get ready to start camp.  And I still think they have to make a trade for cap space.

Knicks:  This week the rumor was Durand.  It kind of sickens me that people only talk about being contenders if they have 1 or 2 of the top 5 players in the league.   I remember when teams used to win.

Anyway, I hope you all have a better week, and I'd like to give a Special MOFD shout out to Mike K's Dad. You can do it, good sir!  Take charge of your cells and tell them what you expect! And laugh as much as you can!   God bless you, and kick cancer's ass!