This Week on the Blog

Alright, the Yanks stayed patient, the Giants won a game. the Rangers didn't and the Knicks are playing better, even when it doesn't create a win.  Let's take a look at what's still on the close horizon.

Yankees: the Yankees are pretty set.  They introduced Cole on Wednesday, and they have their white whale. Cole knocked his presser out of the park.  So the Yanks might be set. Sure they'd like another lefty bat, but they don't seem willing to overpay for that, or anything, in trade talks. They probably will still make a trade or two if something makes sense or they can get what they want for Happ.  Otherwise, they could go forward as is.  Pitchers are catchers report on 2/12/20.

Giants: The Giants won a game last week, which was a nice send off for Eli Manning, Tomorrow, Daniel Jones is back and hopefully, he'll stay healthy through the last two, and play to win.  In other news the Giants put Evan Engram on IR, and replaced him on the roster with WVU legend David Sills V.  Sills is has good size for a wideout at 6'3" and 211, but he's neither fast nor nifty, still he made some plays at WVU. Let's see if he's useful.

Rangers: The Rangers had an awful week, made worse by the news that Kaapo Kakko is day-to-day and Lias Andersson has formally requested a trade. Both of these situation are of concernbut Kaapo's injury doesn't seem serious, but Andersson's trade request is. Right now, the NHL is in it's Holiday Roster Freeze. so nothing can happen till after the holidays, but Gorton said they will assess the market for Lias during the break. While this is alarming, not everyone who requests a trade gets traded and sometimes the situations just need a little time and space. We'll see what happens.

Knicks: The Knicks have generally played a lot better under Miller, than they were under Fizdale. Julius Randle doesn't seem to have gotten any better, and that could make him harder to trade. Also, the Knicks hired David Blatt, the ex-Cleveland coach and former teammate of Mills at Princeton, in an advisory capacity. I don't know how Dolan let Mills add another pal, and I also don't know why they've hung the sword of Damacles over the Knicks new coach already. This just seems stupid.

So there were are, the Yanks may or may do something else, the Giants have their QB back, the Rangers can't make a move, and, the Knicks still aren't all rowing in the same direction. Hope you're all headed in the right directions.  Happy Holidays.