This Week on the Blog

Alright, we are less than 48 hours away from the non-waiver deadline, the Yanks have won 6 in a row, the Giants have practiced twice,  the Knicks are moving toward some sort of deal, and it seems the Rangers are, too.  Let's take a look.

Yanks: The Yankees are bound to get another starting pitcher in the next 48 hours.  And this is just what Girardi's been signaling for since he first started Luis Cessa, instead of any of the better options in the system.  He has not been interested at all in having another rooke in the rotation.  He proved that again today, when he yanked Caleb Smith with one out and one on in the top of the 4th,  He's nuts, and we're about to lose more future because of that.  Seems like it's most likely to be Sonny Gray or Lance Lynn.  The A's have already announced that Gray will be skipping his start tomorrow.  We'll see what happens.  Gray is younger and having a better season than Lynn.

Giants:  The Giants are through two days of practice and will have tomorrow off.  No big injuries have been reported, so that's great.  Odell is already making news with his vision of true caplitalism for the NFL's future and himself in particular.  Not sure if he'll be highest paid player, but damn sure the Giants will make hims the highest paid WR. John Mara is personally fond of him, so this will happen, possibly before the season begins.

Knicks:  Scott Perry is on the verge of making his first big move as GM.  Melo is heading somewhere, and the question is whether or not there's away to bring Kyrie Irving to the Knicks, for whom he, almost suspiciously wishes to play.  Cleveland was originally on Melo's target list, but now he seems bent on going to Houston. We'll see what happens.

Rangers:  The Rangers officially announced the hiring of Lindy Ruff, which thankfully starts the clock on AV.  Some of the kids are playing in an international tourney and Andersson did the hockey version of decleating a guy from the USA today,  But the US won, and they have Tim Gettinger and Sean Day from the Rangers.  Rangers are still looking for a C, and a deal for Kyle Bozak has been imminent for the last two weeks.  I have no idea what's causing the delay.

Okay, so the big thing is the trade deadline and the Giants health.  I hope neither makes you unhappy. Have a great one.