This Week on the Blog

Alright, this week, we saw the Yanks draft 3 Yankee types, learned that Daniel Jones had been leading workouts in Texas, saw the Rangers hit the ice again and learned that the Knicks had poached 26 year old wunderkind Alex Kline as a scout. Pretty big week given the situation. Let's see what could be coming.

Yankees: Tomorrow the Yankees can start signing free agents for 20K a pop. The question is who will take it? Certainly no preps with strong college commits. But they can definitely sign college seniors to their hearts' delight. We'll see if they can get Juniors, JuCo's or DES kids to come in for 20K. Certainly, during this crazy period, 20K is worth more that it was in February. Then there is the time value of money, especially for families who've been hit hardest by the Shutdown. I still think the dollar assignment is pitiable for the league - as the short draft was.  And MLB looks more and more like a public trust that is trying to profiteer on the the Shutdown. It's a little sick.

Giants: The Giants end their virtual offseason program around 6/20 then adjourn until training camp starts in late July. However; is great to know that Daniel Jones has taken the leadership reins and is bringing his teammates in to keep working. It should keep happening during the layoff. Nick Gate spoke out about how much he appreciates Coach Columbo, and that's very reassuring. 

Rangers: The Rangers started hitting the ice - 6 players at a time - and the whole team probably won't be around until camp opens in July. That said, at least they're making progress and the league isn't doing anything too stupid as they are in MLB and the NBA. They still haven't given a draft date.  And seem close to naming Las Vegas and maybe a Canadian site as their playoff hubs. At least they're on the ice.

Knicks: The Knicks made another impressive addition to their organization by getting Alex Kline.  That and the fact that they have not yet named a coach could be indicative of the fact that they really are doing their due diligence in their search for a new coach. We can't count any chickens yet, but Roses rebuild of the front office has been impressive, even if  he did punt GM until next year. Probably means he likes someone still under contract somewhere  else.  

So there it is.  Our teams are spiriting on even if they're leagues are not properly supporting them.  In both baseball and hoops, the players unions seems to be trying to use this time to re-open negotiations.  It's gross that they're both not desperate to play as we the fans are desperate to have them play.

Have a great one, and I hope your lives are getting back to normal after these surreal months.