
Rangers’ recent surge likely not enough to make them renters at deadline
NY Post
Regarding the Rangers, on a two-game heater and 4-1-1 in their six games going into Colorado on Tuesday before closing the road swing in Utah on Thursday:
1. For the first time in months, the Blueshirts seem connected on and off the ice. There is purpose to their game. There is commitment to the unit. Work ethic has returned. So has credibility.
But as the Rangers sit four points back of the final playoff spot with five teams to pass, this recent uptick probably won’t have a dramatic effect on the hierarchy’s plan approaching the March 7 trade deadline.
Rest assured, general manager Chris Drury will not be in the rental market to plug holes to make a run at the second wild card. The organization won’t sacrifice next year or the year after that for a few playoff gates.

Cade Cunningham, almost inarguably the best player in the East this season, is likely out for the remainder of the regular season. That’s the word out of Detroit following the depressing news that Cunningham punctured a lung when he took a knee to his side Tuesday from Washington’s Tre Johnson while chasing a loose ball.

Wednesday was another positive day at Yankees camp. For the first time since March 6, 2025 — an outing in which he knew “something wasn’t right,” which began a weeks-long saga that ended on the operating table for Tommy John surgery — Gerrit Cole was back on a mound and facing hitters in game action.











