ESNY’s Wednesday Morning Shootaround
Aces of diamonds coming to Citi Field.
The night after Max Scherzer’s Mets’ Spring Training debut, Jacob deGrom took the ball last night and was dominant. We cannot wait to see these guys in regular season action this year.
Another guy we would pay to see play… isn’t playing tonight. The prices for tonight’s Nets game are likely way down on the secondary market because one of the league’s brightest stars won’t play.
Here’s what we’re watching today/tonight:
- MLB: Orioles @ Yankees — 6:35 PM ET
- NHL: Devils @ Maple Leafs — 7 PM ET
- NBA: Knicks @ Hornets — 7:00 PM ET
- NBA: Nets @ Grizzlies — 7:30 PM ET
Yankees fan in need
On Tuesday night we shared the story of a young Yankees fan in Florida who lost his prized collection of baseball cards while trying to get autographs after a Spring Training game earlier this week.
We’re asking all of our readers and friends to send some Yankees cards to help rebuild young Elyjah’s collection.
We saw Elyjah's story of losing his prized #Yankees baseball card collection, so we're going to help out. Hoping other Yankees fans will do the same for this young collector!
cc @CynthiaSNN pic.twitter.com/0x86UhV6Bo
— ESNY (@EliteSportsNY) March 23, 2022
deGrom on the bump
After getting off to arguably the best start of his career last season, Mets ace Jacob deGrom’s season fell apart physically. So seeing him back on the mound throwing for the Mets on Tuesday afternoon was a site for sore eyes.
How does five strikeouts in two innings of work sound?
https://t.co/rUfygkSbia pic.twitter.com/yzWK0BvjKF
— New York Mets (@Mets) March 22, 2022
Bernie’s going after MLB
It’s been a rough few months for Major League Baseball. Rob Manfred’s office is still dealing with an antitrust lawsuit from MLB’s hostile takeover of Minor League Baseball, and now it appears Bernie Sanders is coming for their exemption.
https://twitter.com/kateefeldman/status/1506332340649345024
No Ja tonight
Sorry, Nets fans who paid big bucks to watch the Grizzlies and Nets tonight. Ja Morant is OUT.
.@memgrizz status report, March 23 vs @BrooklynNets:
OUT
Ja Morant – RT Knee Soreness
Killian Tillie – LT Knee Soreness— Grizzlies PR (@GrizzliesPR) March 22, 2022
Tab has written about MLB, the NHL and the NFL for more than a decade for publications including The Fourth Period, Bleacher Report and La Vida Baseball. He is the author of two books about the Chicago Blackhawks and has been credentialed for the MLB All-Star Game and postseason and multiple Stanley Cup Finals. He is the co-host of the Line Drive Radio podcast.
