This Week On the Blog

This week was more or less crummy from a health and activity standpoint for our teams, let's hope they can soldier on and in the Yanks case, get off to a strong start, and in the Knicks case, finish with dignity.   The Giants have work to do, and the Rangers have to get ready for the playoffs.

Yankees: The Yanks start their 2016 season at 1:05 EST Monday against Dallas Kuechel and the Houston Astros.  The same pitcher and team that ended their 2015 season.  Tanaka will start, but still remains a question mark.   Unfortunately, this week the Yanks lost promissing Bryan Mitchell, who had made the team to a foot injury that could keep him out till July or August.   Things may be over by then.  In other grim news, Andrew Miller will endeavor to pitch through an injurted wrist on his glove hand.  He was fine doing so today, btw.  And Aroldis Chapman will begin his suspension.  After today's game, the Yanks traded extra C Carlos Corporan to the Rays for cash.   Arranging deck chairs?  We'll see.  Severino, Pineda and Eovaldi looked mostly good in ST.

The really exciting news for the Yanks from my point of view is that the full season Rail Riders, Thunder, Tampa Yanks and Riverdogs all start playing games on Thursday.  I have some work to do, but if I get time and rosters in time, I will try to preview those teams.

Rangers: The Rangers will get another shot to lock up a playoff start in a little over and hour.  They've have too many 3rd period collapses for comfort this season, and that doesn't bode well for the playoffs.  No news on Buch yet, but they are starting to sign college free agents, and grabbed a 24 year old F from Umass-Lowell named Adam Chapie earlier this week.  Chapie's a right shot, but not at all imposing at 6'1" 185.  Maybe he can skate.  Meanwhile, sign Buch.

Knicks: Zinger has a shoulder, and has missed the last two games.  They seem to have split them.  Their season ends April 12, and their real work begins.

Giants: The Giants continued to sit on their hands this week, and are currently overburdening their draft by leaving big holes on the OL,  as well as at nickel back, and FS.  They talked to Jerraud Powers this week, but nothing has come of it, and if they gave him an offer, he seems to be shopping it.  Feels like they should have gotten more done by now.

I hope all of you get all you want done this week.  Have a great one!