This Week on the Blog

Alright, this week the Knicks won a game, the Rangers kept on keeping on, the Yanks opened camp and the Giants hired two new assistant coaches. So let's take a look at this week.

Yankees: any position players that haven't reported will report this week - except Jacoby Ellsbury, who's hurt again and may not show up until mid March or late March.  The Yanks' first game is March 28th. Hmmm. Yesterday, the Yanks erased Severino's arbitration years with a new 4 year contract that comes with a team option. Reportedly, they have talked to other arbitration eligible, like Aaron Judge and Aaron Hicks. We'll see if anything happens with them.  I would like to see them lock up Judge with a Stantonian deal, but he's a little jammed  up because he didn't become a regular until he was almost 25. Judge was shutdown for a hammy during his draft year, or he might have been up sooner.  He will turn 27 in April and should be entering his prime - now.  Anyway, he has no leverage, but it would be fair for them to reward their best player.

Giants: the Giants added a new OLB coach., Mike Dawson.  That's an important position in a 3-4, and except for a late season burst from Olivier Vernon they weren't getting enought passrush from the position group. They do have Lorenzo Carter and have brought back Avery Moss They also added a new assistent DB coach named Henry Baker who replace Deshea Townsend. So far they have just replaced coaches who left, but earlier did see open to adding the former Jet DC, who went to Tampa instead. So they could be open to adding upgrades.

Rangers: the Rangers, who'd won more playoff games them any other team in this deccade, blew it up last year, and announced their rebuild.  They are now in the first full year of their rebuild, and with last night's win, they're 25-24 and 8. That's pretty impressive. They might even make the playoffs this year, but, they're likely to have another sell off as the trade deadline approaches, and that could scuttle their record. Anyway, they have the right coach and are competing every night.  Chytil got benched last night because Quinn was unhappy with his compete level lately. Maybe he's growing again.

Knicks: the Knicks won their last game going into All-Star weekend, and it came on the heels of a franchise worst 18 game losing streak. Tanking hurts. By the way, the Knicks defense has gotten a lot better since they traded Hardaway. Also, though Enes wasn't playing much,  DeAndre Jordan is and is a massive defensive upgrade. Also Mitchell Robinson is healthy and foulding less and double-doubling with lots of blocks in just 20 minutes a night. Wow. Also, Kadeem Allen and John Jenkins have come up from the G, and are really contributing. I there are pieces to a really good team, now that the unwilling defenders are gone. Knox is still inconsistent, but he's also the second youngest player in the league. Here's hoping they get someone great in the lottery.

So there it is, Yanks gearing up, Giants offseasoning (next stop, the Combine), the Rangers are proobably gonna blow it up again, and the Knicks are a little more fun.  Have a great one.