This Week on the Blog

This week sort of sucked. The Ranger were swept. The Yankees lost a few, Beal bailed out and Baker got charged, and the Knicks had nothing to announce on the assistant coaching side. This coming week should start off with a bang, let's take a look.

Yankees: The Yanks got 5 good inning from Tanaka last night but they pulled him after 5 and short of 100 pitches.  Otavino then blew it. Cole remains the Yanks only reliable starter, though if Tanaka stays healthy and sequences like he did last night - that makes 2. Paxton and Happ are still disasters and Jordan Montgomery pitched a stinker last time out. Pundits already want the Yanks to trade for pitching, but the cupboard is not bare, and with the new system in place, the homegrowns should have an advantage over anyone they'd acquire. Abreu is up today as the 29th man for the double header. This would be a great time for Abreu to put it all together and their could be big opportunities coming.

Giants: The Giants are off today, then back at practice tomorrow. The culture there is obviously changing as the players they interviewed this week were straight forward and boring, like the Dynastic Yankees used to be. They really seem to be rowing in the same direction here in the early going. Daniel Jones looks jacked, by the way.

Rangers: Monday, the Rangers will either win the lottery or fall somewhere between 9 and 15. If they win the lottery they can have Lafreniere, but if they lose they can probably still get a future star Forward or Center. It's an even deeper first round than last year's. The Rangers also have to make some decisions on RFA's and Hank. A Hank trade seems unlikely, and most think he won't retire, so they will probably end up buying him out.

Knicks: The Knicks won't know their draft position for a few more weeks. It would be nice if they had a coaching staff in place and not just a coach. Though, on the other hand, it does seem like due dilegence could be going on again, so as long as the hires make sense, they should take their time and be thorough. Bubble games for the 8 teams that didn't qualify seemed less likely this week, so it's unclear when Thibs will be able to start coaching them.

So there it is, Yanks need to start winning again, the Giants need to keep getting better everyday, the Rangers need to get lucky and plan carefully, and the Knicks need to assemble a great staff.