Yankees take towering pitchers Ben Hess, Bryce Cunningham to start 2024 MLB Draft
NY Post
FORT WORTH, Texas — In the draft and perhaps nowhere else, the Yankees routinely are charged with doing a lot with a little. Their initial selection has not landed in the top half of the first round since 1993.
Their finds — like Aaron Judge at No. 32 in 2013 — are found after plenty of other clubs pass on that player.
The Yankees have to locate the gems that others overlook.
Their strategy Sunday appeared to be identifying what they hope is a market inefficiency: pitchers built like workhorses and with elite stuff, even if their command has not been harnessed.
First the Yankees lassoed pitcher Ben Hess from the University of Alabama with the No. 26-overall pick before taking another big righty, Bryce Cunningham out of Vanderbilt, in the second round of the draft at Cowtown Coliseum.
Both are strapping, and both will be projects.
The Jets were quiet on Day 2 of free agency after adding a new quarterback Monday.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Brett Berard has displayed both a fiery passion and an admirable patience in the last six months of his hockey career, which reached the NHL level for the first time at the end of November.
PORT ST. LUCIE — The baseball calendar says the Mets have about two weeks until Opening Day, but Francisco Lindor’s mind is on another timetable as these dog days of spring training pass.
The man with the best nickname on the team is one of the few Knicks who has made it this far relatively unscathed in the court of public opinion.
For a guy who seemingly is always headed out the door, Darius Slayton has a way of never leaving.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — The Rangers stood by their defensive structure in the immediate aftermath of their Weekend of Missed Opportunities, in which they had two chances to capture the top wild-card spot in the East and failed to do so in such disappointing fashion.
PORT ST. LUCIE — Luis Torrens helped inject life into the Mets’ season last year but now faces even larger responsibilities with the team.
The Jets are having a Fields Day.
SACRAMENTO — P.J. Tucker understands his reputation as a hard-nosed player who is willing to vocalize displeasure.
The Yankees have insurance on Gerrit Cole, which is a positive thing in a very worrisome situation.
Could’ve, would’ve, should’ve, oh, the Rangers might’ve had a weekend if they had only buckled down after taking a 3-1 lead into the final 10 minutes in Ottawa on Saturday.
GLENDALE, Ariz. — The Dodgers’ last two steps to a championship were eliminating the New York teams last October, and it is hard to miss how much of a better February and March Los Angeles is having as well.
The Jets kicked off free agency by keeping one of their own.