This Week on the Blog

It was a pretty mediocre week for our teams, with only the Knicks and Rangers playing and to mixed results. This week could be more of the same, but baseball's on the way, and the Giants could make a move or two on the staff or roster.

Rangers: The Rangers ended last week looking bad against the Leafs, and ended this one looking good against the Leafs.  Of course they have the Red Wings later today, so that will really end their week, but they did get Mika Z back and he or Buch would appear to be the tipping point for the roster.  By re-adding those two, plus Nash since the bye, the Rangers have taken huge strides to back where they were before the injuries piled up.  That is to say: overwhelming.  The D and goaltending still need to improve, but they should once again be murder on O.   The Red Wings should have their hands full.

Knicks: Melo is now intimating that he might accept a trade if the Knicks came to him.  Coincidentally, I believe his trade kicker kicks in this trade season.  Funny how that works. Of course the Knicks should trade since, as composed they are not going anywhere this year, and it is clearly time to build around KP, Billy and whoever they can get in this year's draft.  KP's been in and out of the lineup and they need to keep being careful with him.  So, it's time for a selloff and a shot at the lottery.

Yanks: The Yanks had some of the kids running around doing publicity for them this past week.  This coming week most of them should head to Tampa for Captain's Camp and whatever. So we need to just wish them the best of health and development,

Giants: The Giants have added some more street free agents, and haven't made any noise about dumping Sullivan or Cignetti, so we'll see.

Alright, that's about it.  The Rangers are about to start.

Have a great week and thanks for posting.

This Week on the Blog

Okay, last week was a disaster for everyone but the Yanks.  Giants were eliminated,  Rangers sucked, and the Knicks may or may not have won a game at some point this past week, but KP wasn't playing and his health is our chief concern.  Let's hope this is a better week.

Yankees:  The young Yanks are starting to flow back to Tampa, which is always exciting.  The big league Yanks were able to reach deals with all of their arb eligibles except Dealin' Dellin Betances.  So they'll probably head to arbitration, or work out a mid-term deal. They're talking about using him in high leverage spots, rather than just giving him the 8th.  This is, of course, what they always should have done, but let's see if they do it.

Giants: The Giants looked horrible in losing to the Pack last weekend.  It was a disgrace, and people like Rainey should never where blue again. What's more, the O was still broken, partially thanks to Odell and Sterling, who dropped some touchdowns.  Still, there is something really wrong with the O, that wasn't wrong when McAdoo was the coordinator.  I think they really have to look at that.  I like Sullivan, but maybe only as Eli's QB coach.  Eli regressed this year, and thus Cignetti should be looked at, too.

Rangers:  The Rangers' D is as bad as the Giants' O, and you can't win with either as we've seen.  This week they got Nash and Buch back, so they should start to get overwhelming again on offense, but their D and goal tending must improve.  Where is that trade they've been needing to make?

Knicks:  Melo might finally be willing to waive his no-trade clause for a move to LA and a reunion with his buddy, Chris Paul.  Melo would go off in that set-up. Right now he's stuck with a score first PG in Rose, and he's not getting the ball where he needs it. Noah has been playing better, but KP has been sitting, and that's not a good sign.   We'll see what happens.  They need more picks.

Have a great week!

This Week on the Blog

Have had my beloved family in town over the holidays, so sorry the posts have been non-existent for a little over a week. This is is big week starting today with the Giants.  And it's a big week for the Rangers, although they're not playing again till Friday(!), and less so for the Knicks, who might want to start thinking about a selloff and some tanking, since they own their pick. The Yanks "Captain's Camp" might be starting this week, I'll have to check. Let's take a look.

Giants:  The Giants are in Green Bay today for the Wild Card game. Obviously, everyone is picking the Pack and the Frozen Tundra, but, those that don't learn from history are often doomed to repeat it.  The SB 42 and 46 titles ran right through the Frozen Tundra. The Giants can do it again today, if the D can play like it has lately, while cleaning up the long passses, and the Giants O can play like it did in the first two years of McAdoo. A big part of that will be giving the majority of carries to Paul Perkins, I'd also like to see them line up at a WR spot out of the huddle, if only to be a decoy. The Pack will try to take away OBJ, but I don't think they have the players to do it.  Let's Go, Giants!

Rangers: Rangers had another spirited comeback last night.  And AV finally let Clendening play and he scored 2 goals to spur the comeback.  The Rangers have been looking for that all year, and it's been on the roster.   That said they still need to find another defensive defenseman because Girardi is a pylon, and they keep giving up early goals.  They have the week off till Friday, and we could see some movement.

Knicks: The Knicks are now 3 games under .500 because they don't play D. Also, KP has been nursing a sore achilles. Korver just got traded, so the market is now open.  Time to see what we can sell (not KP, Billy, etc.) and start planning for the draft. Having multiple ones would make a rebuild go faster.

Yanks:  January is the time of year when a lot of prospects start floating back to Tampa to continue their offseason workouts. Not sure when Captain's Camp is, but they're still holding onto prospects and picks and that can only auger future success.  What's more the Phillies are now looking for a left handed bat: Brett Gardner? The Phillies started their sell-off and rebuild a year or so before the Yanks did, so they might have some desirable assets to give in trade. We'll see.

So that's about it.  Go Giants!!!!!!!!!   Go Rangers!  Sell Knicks!  Stay the course, Yanks!   And have a great week!