The New York Rangers are open for business, as we know. There aren't many players on the roster who they won't be listening on, though five have no-move clauses, and we already know of two Blueshirts who will not be open to waiving those. The San Jose Sharks , meanwhile, are a team heading in the other direction. Their ascension up the standings this season has them battling for a playoff spot, and they could be looking to supercharge it with a couple of additions from the Rangers. ...
The Knicks are supposed to be in the midst of an easy portion of the schedule. They had back-to-back games against the Trail Blazers and Kings, the latter of which is amongst the worst teams in the league. And then after consecutive games against the Warriors and Suns, two good teams, they squared off against […]
On Tuesday night, the BBWAA welcomed two new members to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Each of them—Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones—had stints for the Yankees, but were most well-known for their tenures elsewhere, and both figure to go into Cooperstown repping NL East franchises. Of course, the Yankees have more than enough players […]
The Dallas Cowboys hired Philadelphia Eagles Christian Parker to be their defensive coordinator on Thursday after a search led the Cowboys to request interviews for at least 10 different candidates for their opening. Both the Cowboys and the New York Jets started their defensive coordinator searches off aggressively, while other teams have moved more slowly […]
Freddy Peralta, one of the Mets’ latest additions in a very busy week, began his professional career in baseball as an international signing with the Mariners out of the Dominican Republic in 2013. Following a solid season in the Dominican Summer League that year, Peralta was promoted to Seattle’s rookie ball affiliate in Arizona for […]
In the winter/offseason of 2006-07, the prized pitcher on the market was Daisuke Matsuzaka. The 26-year-old was posted by the NPB’s Seibu Lions after a decorated career with them that included a 2004 Japan Series championship and a star turn in the inaugural 2006 World Baseball Classic, where he was MVP. Many teams were interested […]
Of course, the Knicks broke the skid. It was the Nets on the other end, what did you expect? Here’s a bunch of quotes from the protagonists following a historic trouncing inflicted on New Jersey/Brooklyn. Mike Brown On Wednesday’s historic win over the Nets: “I didn’t know about the record until it was mentioned. But […]
Two games isn’t enough time in the NHL to make conclusions about anything. Be that as it may, I’m still going to go against that logical conclusion today. Prior to embarking on their Western Canada (and Seattle) road trip, the New Jersey Devils decided to insert recent call-up Lenni Hameenaho into their lineup. He was […]
Robert Eckl Sr. and Robert Eckl Jr., Jack Wenninger’s grandfather and uncle, respectively, both played baseball at the University of Wisconsin, but Jack decided to not follow in their footsteps, instead committing to Murray State University after graduating from Cary-Grove Community High School in 2020. Wenninger’s numbers in his freshman season were only pedestrian, posting […]
Writing a primer on a player who it feels like Mets fans simultaneously don’t know very well but also know intimately well in Luis Robert Jr. is an interesting position to be in. The 28-year-old Cuban-born center fielder defected in 2016 and signed with the White Sox the following year, spending his entire career until […]
The quest of the Cincinnati Reds to never again be last while feigning interest in actually being first continued over the last week whether they liked it, or not. Off the board came Kyle Tucker, first, whose signature with the Los Angeles Dodgers further solidified their modern Evil Empire status. The New York Mets, meanwhile, […]
The hot stove is starting to heat up this month as players find homes before spring training. The Yankees brought back Cody Bellinger. The Mets landed Bo Bichette and traded for Freddy Peralta and Luis Robert Jr. And the Dodgers made the biggest move, landing top free agent Kyle Tucker with the largest average annual […]
Every year the NFL awards 32 bonus Draft picks based on the results of free agency the previous year. These are called compensatory Draft picks. For many years the system the league used to award the picks was shrouded in mystery. The great NFL salary cap website Over the Cap eventually reverse engineered the formula […]
It feels increasingly likely that MacKenzie Gore will be on the Nationals Opening Day roster. Those odds only went up when the Mets swung a trade for Brewers ace Freddy Peralta. The teams desperate to make a move for a starting pitcher are decreasing by the day. With that in mind, it really feels like […]
Trocheck is the kind of player that every contender wants. But the Rangers are not a contender, so he's not a player who shouldn't be here after the trade deadline.
The Yankees teams of the 1980s were a relative wasteland in the context of the franchise’s history. They made the playoffs just twice right at the beginning of the decade before falling into an extended stretch of inconsequentiality (though they did have a tough 97-win situation in 1985 that was only good for second). However, […]
In true Chris Getz fashion, the White Sox are once again in a position that warrants more questions than answers. On a cold and random late January night, the Sox dealt Luis Robert Jr. to the Mets for prospects Luisangel Acuña and Truman Pauley. This trade is anything but straightforward, so let’s dive into it. […]
The Mets had an incredibly active 24-hour period, trading for Luis Robert Jr, Freddy Peralta, and Tobias Myers in exchange for Luisangel Acuña, Truman Pauley, Jett Williams, and Brandon Sproat. Just a week ago, fans were discussing how the team was having a terrible offseason, but the additions of Bo Bichette and this trio of […]
Meet the Mets The Mets acquired Freddy Peralta and Tobias Myers from the Brewers in exchange for Brandon Sproat and Jett Williams. Peralta is the ace the team had been missing and might be the final piece in a busy offseason. Bo Bichette was formally introduced at Citi Field, and he is confident he can […]
The BBWAA has released the results of their vote. Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones made the cut and will join Jeff Kent as new members of the Hall of Fame Chase Utley (59.1%), Andy Pettitte (48.5), Félix Hernández (46.1) and Álex Rodríguez (40.0) were the closest to line without getting over. Not getting 5% of […]
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When things are going the way they’ve been going for the Knicks, can you ever definitively say you’re confident in them to win, regardless of opponent? Yes, on paper, it was more likely the Knicks (26-18) would embarrass the Nets (12-30) by biblical margins than it was for them to manage to lose, especially when […]
Our long national night-meh is over, folks. Cody Bellinger is back in pinstripes, inking a five-year, $162.5 million contract to shore up the lineup behind Aaron Judge, and hedge some of the very real downside risk the club holds while rostering Anthony Volpe, Austin Wells, and Jasson Domínguez. It’s the resolution to a very long […]
Cooper Flagg played in the 41st game of his rookie season on Monday against the New York Knicks. I recently compared Flagg’s first 41 games to those of the last ten number one overall picks, and figured why stop there. How does Flagg’s first half-season stack up against Luka Doncic’s? Doncic wasn’t the number one […]
Good morning Gang Green Nation! Armand Membou has been named to the Pro Football Writers of America All Rookie Team. Membou and Olu Fashanu form a nice young offensive tackle duo. Add in young interior lineman Joe Tippmann and the Jets have the building blocks to form one of the NFL’s better offensive lines in […]