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.)
CLEARWATER, Fla. — J.C. Escarra can’t lie.
Of course it matters which veteran quarterback eventually makes his way to the Giants. That player could end up starting on Opening Day.
Pistons star Cade Cunningham has scarred Knicks fans this season with his two monstrous performances at the Garden — and the world has taken notice.
PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets still had 44 players in major league camp as the team rested Tuesday on the final scheduled off-day of spring training.
Former Jets GM Mike Tannenbaum helped Jets owner Woody Johnson make the hires of new general manager Darren Mougey and head coach Aaron Glenn. Now, Mougey and Glenn should take a page from Tannenbaum’s playbook.
The Rangers have repeatedly failed to help themselves.
PORT ST. LUCIE — It’s been a while since Pete Alonso played with Dom Smith, who has bounced around the league since leaving the Mets in 2022.
Miami’s Duncan Robinson dribbled around a screen that created space and might have driven into the lane — but Karl-Anthony Towns loomed toward the top of the paint.
PITTSBURGH — The Islanders keep on flirting with being in the playoff race, sticking around the edge enough that you can’t quite say they are out even when nearly everything about them says they ought to be.
TAMPA — In an alternate world, Max Fried could have been on the mound at Steinbrenner Field Tuesday as a Red Sox, pitching against the Yankees for the first of many times over the next seven years.
Recruited to the Dolphins to play safety and mentor rookie Jevon Holland, Jason McCourty sent a text message to his twin brother after just a few practices in the summer of 2021.
Tracy Morgan revealed he was hospitalized for food poisoning after he threw up on the floor while sitting courtside at MSG for the Knicks-Heat game on Monday.
One edge out, one edge in.