This Week on the Blog

Alright, Yankee pitching has collapsed, the Giants are hemorrhaging wideouts, the Rangers are locking guys up, but falling deeper and deeper into cap hell, and the Knicks are minding their own business, and probably off somewhere practicing with their coaches. Let's take a look at what's to come:

Yankees: The Yanks haven't been able to get off the floor, since their late flight into Boston on Wednesday night.  Just when everybody is talking about their need for pitching, the pitching they do have collapsed. Weird how that worked.  Anyway, the deadline is Wednesday, with no waiver period this year, so we'll know then what they have done.

The Yanks need to find a solution to their annual pitching struggles, and it's a shame that what they've been growing is either' moving through the minors - or injured - or both. Trades have no worked, though the also haven't represented overpays.  So, at the deadline, it would be great if the Yanks could find an early prime or almost prime pitcher or two, who can stabilize the rotation going forward. And that can only make sense, if once again, they don't overpay. And that means no Deivi Garcia or anyone 20 or younger going the other way.

Also, it would be good to get Stanton and Sanchez back - could help balance these football scores they've been part of.

Giants:  Speaking of football scores, the Giants won't score a lot without wide receivers and they also already lost a few.  First. Sterling Shepard broke his thumb, then Golden Tate got suspended for PEDs, and all of that was after Darius Slayton somehow pulled a hammy between mini-camp and the regular camp. So they're holding auditions.  Today they're looking at Kelvin Benjamin, a prospect I did not like (bad feet), but DG drafted, so something could happen there.  It doesn't surprise me that he's available in July.

UPDATE: The Giants, this morning,  have signed WR TJ Jones and re-signed WR Amba Etta-Tawo and placed Cory Coleman on IR.

Rangers: The Rangers have locked up Trouba and Buchnevich, but still have to sign DeAngelo and Lemieux.  Brendan will get what they give him - though I think he'll prove to be core.  DeAngelo probably has some leverage and the Rangers should think about bridging him or locking him up. Sure he's had maturity issues, but he's also a - no joke - great young player. Metrics paint a rosy picture indeed. So if they could make a two or three year bet that he's going to grow up and that would make a lot of sense.  A buyout window will be open from Monday to Wednesday day, so barring a few big trades, it sure looks like they're planning to use it.

Btw, the Rangers have a bunch of kids spread among teams USA and Sweden in the World Junior Summer Showcase, which is going on now.

Knicks: The Knicks are supposed to be off, but it sure seems like they are always practicing.  You don't  see year round team practices in other sports, but they apparently legal in hoops. Dennis Smith Jr keeps posting tapes featuring an improved jumper, and some serious AA around the hoop. Was never a big fan, but the knee injury is now years behind him and he's still young.  Maybe there's something there. RJ has supposedly been spending the offseason on his jumper - but it wasn't clear through Vegas. Frank is always working on his jumper but we haven't seen the fruits of that labor, either.

So there we are. The big stories are the MLB trade deadline, the Giants injury issues, and the Rangers cap crisis. The Knicks are just bopping along.  Have a great one and keep bopping.