This Week on the Blog

This week saw the Yanks return to game action, the Giants sign their picks and begin their protocols, the Rangers finish their final paces before resumption, and the Knicks introduce their new coach. Let's take a look at what's next.

Yankees: The Yankees won again last night and Jordan Montgomery probably gave them their third best start of the season - following the two Cole. Nice. On the flipside, Tommy Kahnle may need TJS - and when they may need it they seem to always hace it. Both Judge and Stanton are hitting the ball hard, and last night they also got homers from Gardy and Urshela chipped in. Gleyber didn't end up missing any time. Chapman has returned to the team following his covid scare, and Tanaka will statrt tonight following his concussion protocol.

Giants: the Giants rookies, QB's and injured guys made it through the new protocols and hit the field, so there's some nice tape of them running around. The vets have all reported (save Baker) and will be cleared to go on Monday or Tuesday. Joe Judge held his first camp presser yesterday and it seems like they'll be doing everything possible to get the team ready. Fortunately, several of the new coaches have collegiate coaching experience, so they know how to get teams ready to start a seasons, and should be able to lend their insights - of course, there was no Spring Football either.

Rangers: the Rangers will begin their best of five win or go home series in a few hours. Yesterday, they signed one of their top prospects and they just keep doing things right. Let's hope they can hit the ice hard and go on a run in this irregular format. Hopefully, the young guys like Kakko, Chytil, Shesty and Fox were able to process their true rookie years and are ready to step up in this strange coda. Hockey in August like Christmas in July? Here's hoping.

Knicks: So the Knicks had a zoom conference the other day to introduce Tom Thibodeau as their new coach. Rose and Perry were on the call, as well as Thibs, and one of the takeaways is the World Wide Wes, is absolutely the number 2 guy in the organization after Rose. What's striking about that, is that Rose has hired a full front office, neither Jackson nor Walsh nor Thomas ever loaded up like Rose has, and given the fears Knicks carry about Dolan interference, a big front office may mitigate some of that. As for Thibs, he's focusing on hiring asssitants like Judge was several months ago, and seems extremely commited to player development. And to him that clearly means the fundamentals. I wanted the Knicks to hire Hardy or Mosley, but Thibs is commited to the right things. They need a great plan - let's see what the new brain trust can do

So, there we are, all 4 teams either playing games or team building right now. Not too bad after this ridiculous pause.  Let's go Rangers, let's go Yanks!  Have a great one.