This Week on the Blog

Alright, the Giants's season ended, the Knicks and Rangers continued their rebuilds, and the Yanks took a flier on a guy who's played less than Ellsbury lately. Let's see what's coming up.

Yankees: The Yanks signed Tulo for the vet minimum, that should not imply playing time, but we have plenty of references saying his veteraness will lead to too much playing time. That's been the case with Torre, Girardi and Boone with Walker during last season's early going.  So, ugh.  Meanwhile I don't think the Tulo signing has anything to do with their pursuit of Machado, which I suppose could reach a conclusion this coming week. That said, the Yanks still need to add a reliever or two, and offload Sonny Gray.  Something is holding up the market.

Giants: Shurmur and Gettleman spoke to the press this week, and really gave no clue as to what they plan to do with Eli. Dave said he had a blunt conversation with Eli and that Eli was a mensch. Wonderful. What's the plan? Eli's coming cap hit is 23M, and that cannot work for the Giants.  They also signed nine stree free agents, and seem to be content with the coaching staff.

Knicks: The Knicks beat the Lakers last night. It was one of those games where Trey Burke scored a bit and Herzonga was effective. Anyway, Mitchell Robinson will be back any day now and the team will be more fun because of that. Kanter had a good game last night, but seems unhappy and perhaps headed for a trade demand.  We'll see.  Maintain the tank.

Rangers: the Rangers have been playing like crap lately, and while that's fine during the first year of a rebuild, it's hard to watch.  K'Andre's Team USA beat Karvstov's Team Russia last night and will now compete for gold. That's key. Also the world juniors are loaed with Ranger Scouts as some of the kids in the tourney, who haven't already been drafted, will be draft eligible this June.

So there it is, still waiting for the Yanks to make moves in the midst of our tripartite tankathon.  Do something smart Yanks!  Have a great one, folks.