NY 500 XXVIII

NY 500 #28
Opening Day is here! The NBA season will be ending in less than a month—meaning NBA playoffs will be here sooner than you know it. And, the NHL season has 3 games left. The Rangers just clinched their playoff spot last night with a 4-1 win of the Flyers. This the 3rd straight season where they have scored 100 points in a season. The Islanders haven’t been mathematically eliminated just yet, but the nail in the coffin was shutting down John Taveras for the season early last week. The Islanders with 3 games left have 86 points—which is a good season but not enough to make the playoffs in a stacked Eastern Conference.

The Knicks and Nets have mailed it in a long time ago, but the NBA season powers on toward the playoffs and the Knicks hope for a top 10 pick to turn their franchise around, while the Nets can look forward to trying to barely win 20 games again. Neither team is going to land popular free agents this summer, so they have to dive deep and find valuable talent in the upcoming draft.

The Jets and Giants are finalizing their draft boards, reviewing pro days and the combine, and working out players they have their eyes on. The Jets have been interested in former Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes, which is interesting—but the Jets have an outside chance of getting Mahomes even if they try and use their 2nd round pick on him. The Giants have been in the news because head coach Ben McAdoo who said last week that “Geno Smith could secede Eli Manning as the Giants quarterback.” You can take that for what it is.

Finally, Opening Day is upon us. The Yankees came slow out of the gate with a 7-3 loss to the Rays. The bullpen did pitch well not allowing a run in 7.1 innings of relief and Starlin Castro went 3-4. The Mets are currently leading the Braves 1-0 in the bottom of the 7th when I am writing this. Noah Syndegaard in his Opening Day start went 6 innings, he gave up 5 hits, stroke out 7, walking zero, and not giving up no runs, on 86 pitches. If you are Mets fan, you have to be happy with that outing by Thor. But, this is just the beginning of a great spring to be a New York sports fan.
Sources:(espn.com, mlb.com)

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