The Yankees’ first-half performance was disappointing, but it could’ve been a lot worse. They could be in the Mets’ position. As they face the Rockies at Coors Field this weekend, they’re one game out of the final AL Wild Card spot. So, you know that means New York will be buying at the trade deadline. … Continued
Now that the All-Star break is officially over, it’s time for the Mets to get back to work. And there is plenty of work to do. Manager Buck Showalter’s squad will take the field against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday with a 42-48 record. That’s in stark contrast to where they were at the … Continued
The Yankees shocked everyone in firing hitting coach Dillon Lawson at the All-Star break. All the more shocking was hiring former Reds first baseman Sean Casey to succeed him. And yet, in hiring Casey, the Yankees could be on the verge of changing baseball’s future. Firing Lawson was necessary and had to happen. If Casey … Continued
Phil Mushnick has had enough of the Midsummer Classic. The Post’s sports media columnist and resident curmudgeon calls for the All-Star Game to end in his latest missive: Once the second-most anticipated games to the World Series, the team owner-assigned Guardians of the Game — “Commissioners” engaged as Chief Financial Officers — have allowed the … Continued
The Jets have been in the news a couple of times this week. Most recently, it was because they’ve finally locked down Quinnen Williams to a contract extension. Before that, though, it was because Gang Green was selected to be featured on Hard Knocks this year. We now also have a very honest reaction from quarterback … Continued
FanDuel has seemingly regained control of New York online sports betting. The New York State Gaming Commission reported $238.02 million in total handle for the week ending July 9 and $22.8 million in gross gaming revenue. This translated into more than $11.6 million in taxes for the state. FanDuel New York reported $94.67 million in … Continued
As we prepared for the 2023 season, we were expecting the Mets and Yankees to make plenty of headlines. The assumption was that those headlines would be positive, but that’s not the case right now. The All-Star break is officially over and teams are getting back on the field this weekend. The Mets will host … Continued
It was a first half to forget for the Mets. But they can’t forget too much because now they have to dig out of the hole they put themselves in. That starts on Friday at Citi Field against the Los Angeles Dodgers. New York enters this matchup with a 42-48 record. They’re 18.5 games behind … Continued
The Yankees are in better shape than the Mets right now, but that doesn’t mean their first half of play is something worth bragging about. New York gets a chance to start changing the narrative on Friday when they return from the All-Star break to face the Rockies in Colorado. Manager Aaron Boone’s club enters … Continued
WFAN legend and famed Jets fan Joe Benigno links up with Jets head coach Robert Saleh for some golf.
The All-Star Game is in the books. But you can still snag bobbleheads of Yankees star Aaron Judge and Mets slugger Pete Alonso in their uniforms. From FOCO: The (2023 All-Star) collection features each player in a hitting pose atop an All-Star themed base. The iconic Seattle Space Needle is featured behind him with their … Continued
We are officially at DEFCON 2 with the Saquon Barkley contract standoff. The franchise-tagged running back’s camp just took a big — and long-awaited — swing at the Giants. The Post is reporting Big Blue’s best guaranteed money offer to Barkley was $19.5 million — a leak clearly orchestrated by Barkley’s side to paint the … Continued
Giancarlo Stanton is trending toward the strangest Yankees tenure of any great player in team history. Yes, your initial instinct may be tying Stanton to Alex Rodriguez or Dave Winfield. But consider: A-Rod was a Yankee for 13 years, including the suspension season. He was a seven-time All-Star, two-time MVP who won three Silver Slugger … Continued
Listening to loudmouths on #BaseballTwitter complain about Aaron Judge robbing Shohei Ohtani of another MVP is bad enough. Even worse are the louder loudmouths on #YankeesTwitter who insist general manager Brian Cashman will trade for Shohei Ohtani. Unfortunately, this vocal minority’s oxygen supply increased tenfold thanks to ESPN’s Buster Olney. The veteran insider appeared on … Continued
UPDATE: And Quinine Williams just got paid. The #Jets and All-Pro DT Quinnen Williams agreed to terms on a four-year, $96 million megadeal — the largest second contract ever for a defensive tackle, sources tell me and @RapSheet. Williams gets $66 million in guarantees in the deal negotiated by @AgentNicoleLynn. pic.twitter.com/onRE29sJx0 — Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) … Continued
Throughout MLB’s All-Star Week festivities in Seattle, all eyes appeared to be locked on Shohei Ohtani. That’ll happen when you’re the best player in baseball and on the verge of the biggest payday the game has ever seen. Could the Yankees be in the mix? You know they’ll at least kick the tires on it, … Continued
Some players use the All-Star Break to relax, be it a short vacation or just a trip home. For Yankees center fielder and New York native Harrison Bader, it’s doing a collaboration with Ray’s Bar on the city’s Lower East Side. Management recently added “Bader Tots” to the menu, a smothered tater tots appetizer featuring … Continued
Major League Baseball looks a lot different in 2023 than it ever has before. Bigger bases, PitchCom, pitch clocks, and a limit on defensive shifts have brought faster games and more action to the diamond. But while we’re just over the halfway mark this season, you’d have to imagine many players are still adjusting. Maybe … Continued
It felt like Saquon Barkley — and the Giants — just took the gloves completely off. The cliff notes from a newsy and tense Wednesday: • ESPN reported the franchise-tagged running back and the team remain at a stalemate in long-term contract talks with less than a week before the NFL tag extension deadline. • … Continued
Since Steve Cohen took over as owner of the Mets, there’s been one main theme: spending money, and lots of it. While he’s baseball’s richest owner and can spend however much he wants to help his team, it’s not something he wants to do forever. A long-term goal of this new regime is to restock … Continued
It doesn’t matter who you ask… the Mets’ first-half performance during the 2023 season has been incredibly disappointing. So disappointing, in fact, that many are probably already considering this season a failure. Don’t tell that to Pete Alonso, though. Outside of slugging lots of dingers, the Mets’ first baseman has a reputation for being relentlessly … Continued
Blink twice if you need to be extracted, guys. The Yankees sold out Wednesday, announcing they will slap a advertisement patch on their uniforms moving forward. They are proud to welcome Starr Insurance as their new signature partner, manager Aaron Boone says in a reveal video voiceover. The rest of the clip? Gerrit Cole and … Continued
Sure, the Yankees have continued their descent toward being just another baseball team with their new uniform advertisement sponsor patch. But on the bright side, they are making a buck! The Bombers “should net a minimum of $20 million annually” thanks to their deal with “signature partner” Starr Insurance, according to USA Today reporter Bob … Continued
Schefty said it, so it’s basically official, folks. The Jets will be the team featured on the 2023 version of Hard Knocks: NFL and NFL Films have selected the New York Jets to serve as this year’s team on Hard Knocks, per sources. Jets report to training camp one week from today, July 19, and … Continued
You knew this was coming. We warned you before Opening Day back in March. But still, just about everyone was hoping the Yankees wouldn’t join the trend when it came to adding a jersey patch advertisement to New York’s classic home and away uniforms. Well, our greatest nightmare is here. The Yankees announced on Wednesday … Continued
The Mets entered 2023 with the highest of hopes (and expectations) after a 101-win season. But before Opening Day even started, New York lost closer Edwin Diaz to a freak injury during the World Baseball Classic. A lot of things have gone wrong for the Mets this year. But if we had to point our … Continued
MLB’s All-Star Game and all the festivities that come with it are officially in the rearview mirror. The regular season doesn’t restart until Friday. So, what are we going to do until then? We can wonder about what the Yankees will do at the trade deadline and whether Juan Soto is a legitimate target. That’s … Continued
Hopefully the FBI is looking into this. And maybe the CIA and Department of Defense, too. Because it looks like a malevolent force just took breakaway artificial intelligence out for an initial stroll by hacking Kadarius Toney so thoroughly, they even produced voice memos that speak and sound like him, along with that wildly realistic … Continued
Super Bowl hero and part-time rapper Kadarius “Yung Joka” Toney continues to be extremely not mad on the internet about his shambolic season and a half with the Giants. Warning: The Chiefs’ oft-injured wide receiver wears red, but he works blue. The posts below contain many profanities and slurs. Kadarius Toney tryna convince me he … Continued
Joey Gallo has been remarkably accountable and candid about his nightmarish Yankees tenure. Yes, the whole “my apartment was small and there was no beach” thing was silly. But that has been the exception with the boom-or-bust slugger, not the rule. Anyway, Gallo — now with the Twins — is still beating himself up. From … Continued
We are not the first person to say this. But the NBA’s new In-Season Tournament serves as a reminder: Major League Baseball could — and should — pay homage to English soccer’s FA Cup much better than this manufactured event Adam Silver is rolling out. For those who don’t know: The FA Cup is a sprawling knockout … Continued
Giants general manager Joe Schoen must hold firm in his negotiations with Saquon Barkley, as a new deal simply isn’t worth it.
Football season is right around the corner, folks. The Giants are getting ready to start training camp on July 17th, but there’s one important piece of business that needs to get sorted out. You know…whether running back Saquon Barkley will play under a long-term contract or not. After coming to terms on a multi-year extension … Continued
Ladies and gentleman, we got him. From The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Western District of Missouri: An Overland Park, Kansas, man popularly known as Kansas City Chiefs superfan “ChiefsAholic,” who has been a fugitive from justice for the past four months, has been charged in federal court with bank theft for one of a … Continued
MLB’s 2023 Home Run Derby will take place on Monday night in Seattle at T-Mobile Park. Pete Alonso is the only New York player who will be participating. We’ve seen a number of Mets and Yankees players take part over the years, but what did the older players like Mickey Mantle have? While the current … Continued
Former MLB first baseman Sean Casey is the new hitting coach for the New York Yankees. Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic was first to report. Sean Casey will indeed be the Yankees’ next hitting coach, sources tell @TheAthletic. — Ken Rosenthal (@Ken_Rosenthal) July 10, 2023 Casey never played for the Yankees, nor has he ever … Continued
The 2023 MLB trade deadline is less than a month away. And it has become clear the New York Yankees will not only be buyers, but they will mean business come August 1. New hitting coach Sean Casey awaits any new hitter. Pitching isn’t a priority, but might be a good idea if the right … Continued
After surprising just about everyone in the NFL with their performance in 2022, head coach Brian Daboll and the Giants have a lot to prove this fall. But regardless of what happens, it looks like Big Blue finally has the structure in place they need to move forward as an organization. While he only has … Continued
Lots of times, it seems like Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor has a target on his back. That’ll happen when you play in baseball’s largest media market on a 10-year, $341 million deal. Every single thing he does (or doesn’t do, in the eyes of the person saying it) gets criticized. Heck, even people in Cleveland … Continued
It took him 26 years, but he finally did it. Brian Cashman, longtime general manager of the Yankees, made a midseason firing. The sacrificial lamb? Hitting coach Dillon Lawson, dismissed after a year and a half on the job. Yankees make the Dillon Lawson move official. Statement from Brian Cashman via Yanks: pic.twitter.com/xMAyEfSm5y — Conor … Continued
Give Brian Cashman and the Yankees this: They have mastered the art of acting like they are doing something. And to be clear: That is all this is. Firing hitting coach Dillon Lawson was not even a half-measure. It was just another empty flail by an organization headed in the same direction it has been … Continued
The Yankees stink. And Mike Francesa is not shy to point it out. The WFAN legend spent the weekend trashing the Bronx Bombers on Twitter as they dropped a home series to the Cubs to reach the All-Star break outside of an American League postseason slot. And it was a vintage performance by the big … Continued
The Yankees have fired hitting coach Dillon Lawson, according to Jon Heyman of the New York Post. News: Yankees are planning to change hitting coach. Dillon Lawson expected to be relieved of that job. — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 9, 2023 Lawson was fired following the Yankees’ 7-4 loss to the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. … Continued
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Giancarlo Stanton has struggled with the Yankees this season, but turned back the clock in his first at-bat on Saturday. Facing Cubs lefty Drew Smyly, Stanton uncorked a hanging sinker for one of his vintage long home runs. The ball hit off of the face of the third deck in left field, traveling 447 feet. … Continued
The Chicago Cubs waltzed into the Bronx on Friday and beat the Yankees 3-0, the team’s first-ever win at Yankee Stadium. The highlight of the game belonged to one Cody Bellinger, a former Dodger and MVP now manning center field in Chicago. That highlight, in case you missed it, went a little something like this: … Continued
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