This Week on the Blog

What a tumultuous week.  The Yanks sucked, the Knicks almost killed their future, the Rangers parted with beloved players, and all three teams made picks or signed picks.  Let's take a look.

Yankees:  Tyler Clippard equals death, and it is always Joe Girardi's choice to use him, so he must share the boos. Last night they finally cut bait on one Girardi favorite, let's see if they can get rid of another one today. I love Tyler Clippard, and the Yanks were dumb to trade him without trying him in the pen several years ago.  But all good things come to an end.  And we cannot put him out there any more if our intention is to win.  There have been a few postives:  Monty continues to give them chances, Tanaka made an appearance last night and today the Yanks announced the official signings of Clarke Schmidt and Mark Sauer. From the numbers we know it looks like the Yanks have about 400K to dangle at their late picks.  We'll have to see if that goes to one pick, or is split up two,  three or four ways.

Giants: The Giants open camp on 7/28.

Rangers:  The Rangers just finished their draft today, and as we commented, it was a clear slap in the face to the major juniors.  Tomorrow, the Rangers will begin their annual prospect camp, in a quicker turnaround than usual.  So we should have a roster and lots of news from the franchise as they get ready for FA where they are expected to have as much as 23M available if Klein does indeed retire.  I wouldn't be surprised by another trade or two as they seem hell bent on a big rebuild.  And again, the addition of Lindy Ruff, who was a fantastic d coordinator before being a good head coach, is joining the Rangers as DC, but is also a loud and persistent warning shot to AV, that he'd better do better.

Knicks: The Knicks got their man and drafted and signed a couple of other intriguing players, including Canyon Berry, so summer league will be must watch.  What's more, they have about 19M available as of right now, but could have more if they can trade or part with anymore veterans before free agency starts.  Should be a big week.

So, take deep breaths over the Yanks, smile about the Ranger prospect camp, take a break from the Giants, and pray for the Knicks.  Have a great one!