Meet the under-the-radar players primed to ease the pain of Yankees’ injury-filled spring
NY Post
It is March. That means there is Madness (more on that later), and that means there is reason for hope within every baseball club.
At every camp in Florida and Arizona there is optimism that this season will go better than expected. The Marlins, who will assuredly be awful, can envision Sandy Alcantara dominating and arms like Thomas White shooting through the system to join the ace. The Rockies, who will assuredly be awful, can envision Brenton Doyle taking a leap to both All-Star and leader for a team that surprises. In all 30 spring training locales, there is legitimate reason for belief.
Yes, even within the Yankees’.
The most crushing camp in recent memory has seen the loss of Gerrit Cole for the season, top prospect Chase Hampton for the season, Giancarlo Stanton for an indefinite amount of time, Luis Gil for months, DJ LeMahieu for at least a while and a lengthy list of relievers for varying amounts of time. (On Sunday, Clarke Schmidt was scratched from his scheduled start, adding to the list of pitching woes.)
Making back-to-back starts for NHL goaltenders has become the equivalent of recording complete games for major league starting pitchers: long ago and forgotten, other than in ballads of glory.
J.B. Bickerstaff has had enough.
SARASOTA, Fla. — The question was not yet finished, but a big grin had already broken out on Carlos Lagrange’s face.
SAN FRANCISCO — During one of the more disappointing performances of his Knicks career, Josh Hart got into a heated argument with Tom Thibodeau in the fourth quarter Saturday.
First the Nets lost their best scorer. Then they lost a heartbreaker to basketball’s best team.
Kirk Cousins is staying in Atlanta — for now.
The Nets will be without one of their top stars for the rest of the season.
With a future Hall of Famer visiting their building, the Giants made two depth signings.
SAN FRANCISCO — It’s not weak to apologize.
SAN FRANCISCO — Mikal Bridges and Tom Thibodeau spoke before Wednesday’s game in Portland to clear the air over the minutes controversy, a league source confirmed.
Cooper Kupp is beyond fired-up with his move to the Seahawks.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Early in the third period of the Rangers’ eventual 3-2 overtime win over the Wild on Thursday night, Minnesota forward Devin Shore incidentally skated into Matt Rempe and ricocheted off the big-bodied 22-year-old.
TAMPA — Carlos Rodón brought up the lasting taste in his mouth and the mouths of his teammates and the team’s fans.