Had a colleague ask me last night "what the heck does hamate surgery even look like" in regards to the whole NY Met Lindor wrist injury thing. IDK & SNY didn't know either. Fortunately (unlike me) they have an Ortho laying around to ask that. Basically it involves shaving a part of the exterior bone

SNY looks at the bullpen of the NY Mets who haven't had a very consistent pen for many seasons. Often starting strong & finishing busted up w/lots of band aids; the Mets are trying to spread their BP risks w/this latest group. You've got 4 locks per SNY (Williams, Weavers, Raley & Garcia) but that

The Brooklyn Nets have played their last game until after the All Star break as have the NY Knicks. BK returns on 2/19/26 at 7p ET against the OK Thunder. While the Knicks take on the Pistons the same night at 7:30p ET. The Knicks remain relevant ending the 1st 1/2 in 3rd in the East (35-20) with

The Brooklyn Nets were up 18 points over the Pacers... then everything fell apart & they took yet another tough loss 115-110. How tough? BK outscored Indie 62-46 in the 2nd 1/2! Come on! The game was decided on 2 3pt shots in the waning minutes that BK neither blocked or countered on their side of

And I'll say it again... Jose Alvarado was a STEAL by the Knicks. Someone seriously needs a raise here. More: sny.tv/articles/kni...

Retired ex-Knicks center Amar'e Stoudemire has been named as a finalist for the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. He was something back in the day & spent 5 seasons w/NYK. He had 6 all star appearances & was the 2003 rookie of the year. You probably know him more from his 8 season w/the Suns as that

SNY lauds (and rightly so) the Knicks' Mohamed Diawara as he continues to grow & impress w/each outing he makes. He's 20yo & the SNY crew thinks he has all the making a true big time baller. He certainly looks like 1 right now. More: sny.tv/articles/sur...

Major win for NY Knicks last night against the 76ers 138-89. NYK enters the All Star break at 35+ Ws for the 2nd season in a row keeping them in playoff contention going into the 2nd 1/2. OK 1st the bad news: Anunoby is still out BUT Philly also had Embiid out along w/George unavailable as he's been

The NY Knicks have called dibs on forward Jeremy Sochan once he clears waivers. He was most recently on the Spurs. More: sny.tv/articles/kni...

NY Mets Coach Mendoza talks about Benge & Bichette. Nothing major. Just "hey these guys could do well so I hope they do well" stuff.🤷 More: sny.tv/articles/met...

The rather strange story of Zac Wheeler's rib being kept in his closet (and no that is NOT a typo though I wish it was). More: www.mlb.com/news/zack-wh...

The TJ Surgery has become pretty standard for MLB pitchers as a career eventual. It looks like for batters it's going to be the hamate bones surgery. More: www.mlb.com/news/basebal...

Ex-Met Chris Bassitt has agreed to a 1yr contract ($18.5m) w/the Orioles (aka the new expat Mets team) that incs a $3m signing bonus & $500k incentive to start 27 games. More: www.mlb.com/news/chris-b...

MLBN runs down who they think deserves a contract extension because of their value to the team overall. No surprise here-- they cite the need to reup Peralta for the NY Mets. I suspect they want to see how the 1st couple of months go & what he looks like before they do that. More:

Kodai Senga has a simple goal for Mets spring training: ‘Not get injured’

Crazy stat about Super Bowl LX I'm seeing NBC leadership LinkedIn post is that it was the 2nd most watch Super Bowl in history as well as the 2nd most watch TV show in TV broadcast history. Viewership was averaged at any given time as 124.9m people. So while it didn't increase in as in prior years

Of course w/preseason starting for MLB you're going to see me slowly but surely shift back to baseball on here focusing on the NY Mets especially as we get into April where basketball also drops off but it's been a fun offseason for baseball w/the shift to NFL & NBA stuff. Put me a bit out of my

The Mets IL has been updated to reflect yesterday's news. Lindor was added. Garret was put back on. Minter has been there & is staying there. Meggill & Nunez are already known as not playing this season as previously reported. More: www.mlb.com/mets/news/me...

The Indiana Pacers try to make a victory lap around NYC as they take on the Brooklyn Nets tonight at 7:30p ET after their W against the Knicks last night. BK needs a strong night against a much better team. They need to be as hungry tonight as they were in their Monday W over the Bulls.

It's a back to back game night so we will probably see starters rest & that could be a problem for the NY Knicks. They face the Philly 76ers tonight at 7:30p ET. The 76ers had an off day yesterday too & that means they probably will have starters in. Double tough. We'll see how this goes. I'm hoping

The NY Knicks gave it their all taking the Indiana Pacers last night in OT but ended up losing 137-134 in a almost but not enough L. Brunson put up an INSANE 40pts. So yeah he was well above pulling his weight here. KAT & Bridges both had 22pts. Shamet 17. Hart had 15 & got a triple double (15-11-11

Per SNY the NY Giants have hired Brian Callahan as their quarterbacks coach as the bench leadership positions begin to slowly but surely dribble to being all filled. He was the Titans HE prior & had also interviewed in prior seasons as a OC candidate for NYG. He's also the 2nd ex-HE to join. The

Starting today (2/11/26) at 11a ET (which just passed) MLBN will be airing non-stop pre-season coverage because BASEBALL. www.mlb.com/news/mlb-net...

MLBN knows naming the best player at every field position is egging on comment wars. They are here for it too. Also no Mets on the list just to nudge Mets fans in saying something among others. You know-- like how biased they are fanboying Judge & skipping Lindor or Soto. YOU SOBs!!!!! 🤷😅🤣😆 More:

Also per the Athletic, now Iowa is trying to woo the Chicago Bears to move there too. DRAMA! Before you dismiss the idea I'm here to remind you of how that works: Green Bay WI is more or less proof it can work. No huge city needed. It's possible. Just local statewide (or in this case multi-state)

I'm not a Bad Bunny fan & that has nothing to do w/any recent political stupidity. I just never got into his music & I specifically am not a fan of his particular rap style (though I am a pretty big rap fan for the record). It's not the Spanish either. It's the flow & the way he lays out the

Per the Athletic, we're all but like 2 weeks in pre-season before pre-season & a bunch of people are either still hurt or diagnosed with an injury that didn't clear in off season. The list looks like this so far (and we're not that far yet... bah):

The PECOTA projections from Baseball Prospectus came out today & lists the NY Mets as a play off team based on their prediction methods. They're not the 1st & while the Mets aren't hitting World Series predictions they're still expected to be good if all works out in reality as it looks on paper.

You can read more about the acquisition of LHP Bryan Hudson below. The White Sox traded him for cash only. Garrett was placed on the 60 day IL since he's nowhere near ready to go for Spring & probably not ready for Opening Day either. Last year he did some good work but nothing amazing at 4.8ERA but

GM Stearns also verbally noted Taylor & Benge are RF options along w/Melendez. Stearns really wants Benge to do well this Spring & if that goes right he's got a chance to make the roster (no surprise). That will drive the rest of the decision & yes-- Baty is also an option. One that I suspect they

NY Mets GM Stearns also announced that Francisco Lindor is having issues w/stress reaction in his left hamate bone. That a small carpal bone in your hand & typically such injuries are caused by banging the outer edge of the hand on the bat knob while swinging. He's being evaluated by a Dr tomorrow.

NY Mets GM Stearns announced today that they're moving Juan Soto to LF as he's more comfy there. He's got a fairly good amount of experience as well (458 MLB games in LF). That opens up RF for Benge as well as Taylor & Baty. Soto brought the change up as he's playing for the Dominican Republic in

Just saw a graphic from NFL showing that the actual OFF stats between the Seahawks & Patriots wasn't that far apart. Seattle passed for 202yds & NE passed for 295yds. Total yards was Haws 335, Pat 331. 3rd down efficiency was Hawks 25%, NE 40%. Of course the problem is when & how those yards were

Per MLBN Verlander has signed a 1yr $13m deal w/Detroit Tigers sending him back to where it all began in what might be his final season. Total fanboy stuff. I'm here for it. If they bring back Scherzer (I really don't think it will happen) it would nostalgia time. More: www.mlb.com/news/justin-...

Some unexpected news (for me anyhow), ex-Met & now Phillies ace Wheeler is NOT expected to be ready for Opening Day this season. He's still expected back but it's going to be a bit longer than predicted it looks like. More: www.mlb.com/news/zack-wh...

With the Spring roster out, MLBN takes a crack at a final roster look where options are to be sorted out still & decisions are to be made. None are surprising predictions. Agree across the board. More: www.mlb.com/mets/news/me...

SNY takes a look at the MJ Melendez deal for the Mets. More or less what we've already talked about: He's a low risk option to back up Benge. So it looks like depth for sure given what the experts are saying. I like validation though so I'm good w/that. More: sny.tv/articles/met...

Of note for the Mets pitching is that Christian Scott is fully recovered, ready to start Spring Training & looks to pick up where he left off before his injury 2 seasons ago. He's thrown BP over the last week & is on plan 100%. Excellent news. More: sny.tv/articles/met...

The NY Mets announced their final Spring Training roster yesterday. It's pretty big: 69 players & 29 non-roster invitees. So yeah this mostly will be groomed down over the coming weeks of pre-season. Still it looks like they're sorted through their options & probably looking at how depth will be to

Over in college basketball St John's U has put together a 10 game W streak & looks really really good this season. St John's has been a top basketball school at times in the past & it looks like they've built another really good team for this season. More: sny.tv/articles/st-...

With 2 Ws in a row the Brooklyn Nets take on Pacers tomorrow (2/11/26) at 7:30p ET. This will be a bigger challenge but hopefully the Knicks (who play Indiana tonight) can soften them up a bit for BK as Indie will be playing back to back night while BK gets a rest day. That means Demin should be

Last night the Brooklyn Nets did something they haven't done since 3 game W streak in Dec. (23-29) 2025-- they won consecutive game back to back finally breaking a W here & there streak w/lots of L's in between! BK looked great too yet again beating the Bulls 123-115. Claxton was a big part of that

SNY goes a little deeper in explaining the Cam Thomas Nets to Bucks trade that happened after Thursday's waiver of him by BK resulting in him being signed by the Bucks come Friday. Again playtime sounds like an issue here. SNY notes Thomas averaged 15.2 points & 2.2 assists in 23.3 minutes over 239

The NY Knicks got an off day yesterday & return to action tonight at 7:30p ET against the Pacers. With a strong W over the Celtics on Sunday NY hopes (and so do I) they can build on that game in this one. The question will be is will Anunoby be back & will toe issues hold him out again? No word yet.

The Knicks beat up the Celtics 111-89 to get W after a bad loss to the Piston in the prior game. Key to the sudden change? While Anunoby was out (toe injury) both KAT (complete w/safety goggles he wore for Q1) & Hart (who was well enough to deal w/chronic ankle issues) returned. Newly acquired

Ex-Knicks FWD Guerschon Yabusele had to remove a pretty big option from his contract to make the Bulls trade happen. He explains why he opted to do that. Spoiler: It's about court time & the long term that provides total salary wise... he says "passion" to be more PC.🤷😆 More: sny.tv/articles/kni...

ESPN argues (and I agree) that just because the Pats lost the Super Bowl the world doesn't end. It actually gives them an even better place to pick up & start over next season no longer a sidenote on day 1. There's a lot to build on here & ESPN breaks it all down. More: www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

Patriots players still get a championship ring for this season albeit as the NFC Champion but the nagging (& somewhat divisive) question is should a player wear it considering it's a 2nd place ring really? More: www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

Per ESPN, New England Patriots QB Drake Maye will opt for rest, rehab & PT to address his right shoulder issues. He expects to be 100% by pre-season later this year. More: www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/...

As I'm sure you already know the New England Patriots lost to the Seattle Seahawks 29-13 last night in the Super Bowl. The Hawks got their 2nd championship ever & literally did the opposite of what they did wrong years ago when they last faced the Pats & lost. First off the Seahawk DEF was excellent