This Week on the Blog

Alright, it was yet another brutal and highly puzzling week. We seem to be on the cusp of bad news and maybe some good news, so let's chill and take a look.

Yanks:  This the elephant in the room, so we'll talk about the Yankees first. The Yanks are currently 6-17 since their last series win. That's ridiculous on a Yankee level, but somewhat understandable for the transitioning team.  The current Yankeee problems are threefold: injuries; pitching; and veterans. The injuries will sort themselves out, but what was totally unacceptable was a Yankee "source" yesterday blasting Greg Bird for not wanting it. That was ridiculous and barring amputation, Greg Bird is a big part of anything they want to do in the foreseeable future. Whoever it was should be fired.  But injuries have shortened the lineup significantly. What's more pitching, and the way the manager has used it, starting with Sabathia's injury, has put the Yanks in one tough situation after another, and has directly lead to most losses.  Further, the dire pitching mismanagement has put undue pressure on Severino and Montgomery and had them trying to hard at times. Finally, the veterans, like Ellsbury, Headley and Gardner are taking turns making huge mistakes.  This is weird, because you would expect the kids to be making all the mistakes, but they're not. The vets are.  And that's why it's still time to sell, and not buy - unless it's favorable to the system and the 40 situation - as July progresses.

Giants: Still about 3 weeks until training camp starts.

Rangers: The Rangers are the MSG with the steady, rolling, winning culture.  This week, they wrapped Jesper Fast for a favorable three year term, signed David Desharnais to compete at C, and welcomed the retirement of Kevin Klein, which opened  back up their cash situation, that could lead to trades as the offseason progresses.  They still have to lock up Mika Z, but that will happen.  And we'll see what else can.  They still have a logjam on D from 5-9.

Knicks:  The Knicks are the other team at MSG.  Right now the Knicks, having fired their president, alienated their young star, and offer sheeted the hell out of their 2013 first rounder, Tim Hardaway Jr. They should find out if Tim Hardaway is coming or not at some point today.  This could trigger a Lee trade, or maybe a Melo and Lee trade or maybe two separate deals involving those players.  The buzz this moring is that the Knicks are looking to a get long and athletic, thus THjr, Frank and everyone else they've been collecting.  Not a bad plan if you look at what Golden State veers toward.  And certainly the Knicks newfound post Weiss, post Lampe, post Vranes, reliance on Euros. In that sense, they're being put together like the Spurs, who have used lottery luck( Robinson, Duncan) and foreign players to build a championship winning eternal dynasty.   The Warriors and Spurs are excellent models, and the Knicks are doing some similar things.  And with Horny putting his offene and especially if THjr. is back, the Knicks are going to start jacking threes like never before.  The most important things now are to get Melo and Lee off the team.

Alright, so the Knicks could get some news or start a chain reaction of trades today.  It's Sevy's last start before the All Star break.  The Giants are chilling and the Rangers probably won't pull off any trades until after the weekend, as their in no rush.  Have a great one!