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You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Mets. Does Brodie Van Wagenen’s former work relationship with J.T. Realmuto increase the likelihood that the Mets will …
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They can’t do it. Right? There is no way — regardless of both the historic and current bad blood — that MLB and the Players Association are going to shut down the game this year over player compensation. That would be so shoot-yourself-in-the-brain, assure-the-negative-first-line-in-your obituary stupid that not even these two hostile sides can navigate …
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A plan does not have to be inventive to be effective. Some teams — few, but some — are able to line up and win on defense simply by relying on players’ talents and skills — their guys beating the other guys more often than not. The 2020 Giants are not going to be one …
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C.J. Mosley missed nearly all of last season with a groin injury, but he is confident he didn’t miss his chance to play meaningful football alongside Jamal Adams. Mosley, who spent just five quarters on the field with the standout safety last season, planned on combining with Adams to anchor one of the league’s best …
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With the May 19 NBA draft lottery postponed, the draft order won’t be determined until June at the earliest. Following last year’s smoothing of the lottery odds, the amount of shuffling after the ping-pong balls roll is considerable. League sources are hearing about a late August/early September draft. Some agents are being told there could …
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You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Yankees. With a number of starting pitchers up for free agency in 2021, do you see any starters …
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A normal spring training is six weeks long to get pitchers ready for the grind of a six-month season, which is three weeks more than position players require. Now, with the prospect of a shortened spring training in June in front of games maybe beginning in July, Yankees team doctor Chris Ahmad has raised the …
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Aaron Judge represents the Yankees’ best draft choice since Derek Jeter nearly three decades ago — and it is not really close. He also embodies many of the qualities of the last Yankees captain. He is productive on the field, pristine off the field, poised in the maw of New York. When it came time …
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Part 14 of a series analyzing the New York Yankees Aaron Judge has become the face of the franchise for the Yankees, but what will that face ultimately represent? Will it be for the record-breaking home run total in his rookie season, the Judge’s Chambers in right field and helping lead the Yankees to three …
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Willie McGee reveled in the opportunity to share a story, one burning a hole in his pocketful of memories for 35 years now. “One day, we were in New York playing, and Doc’s pitching, and you know how the crowd is there,” McGee recalled in a recent telephone interview. “He was so electrifying, I would …
You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Mets. Does Brodie Van Wagenen’s former work relationship with J.T. Realmuto increase the likelihood that the Mets will …
