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.)
SAINT PAUL, Minn. — With the Rangers hovering over the bottom of the NHL standings, it’s easy to root for whatever outcome would most likely lead to general manager Chris Drury announcing Gavin McKenna’s name on the draft stage at KeyBank Center in Buffalo this June.
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — When the Rangers started the 2025-26 season, Noah Laba and Matthew Robertson were the only first-year players on the Opening Night roster.
SALT LAKE CITY — It’s easy to forget about the quiet, which in Knicks World means Leon Rose. We’re approaching five years — amazingly — since the team president answered questions from the independent media, and I’ve always maintained that’s poor practice because it avoids responsibility. If there’s no public explanation behind a move or a goal, there’s no accountability if it doesn’t work out.
PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets’ 2025 failing (one of them anyway) might be their big strength now.
The discourse has gone on for two seasons now. But it doesn’t exactly match reality.
Where were the grownups for Team USA?
The Rangers reconvened after the Olympic stoppage wanting to find some successful combinations that had been largely absent through much of a disappointing last-place season.
SALT LAKE CITY — There was no sugarcoating an ugly first-half performance from the Knicks in the locker room, and the harsh words during the break helped spur a comeback in Wednesday’s 134-117 victory over the Jazz.
Team USA’s fate is out of its hands.
CLEARWATER, Fla. — Jasson Domínguez’s first-inning at-bat against Tanner Banks on Tuesday featured a different result and a different swing than “The Martian” had been accustomed to against lefty pitching.
Maxx Crosby isn’t looking in the rearview after a wild 24 hours.
Bam Adebayo occupies a new spot in the NBA history books.
Jets fans have been waiting for months to put the 2025 season in the past and start building a new roster.