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Luis Severino, Sean Manaea

The Mets have pitchers priced to trade. What will convince them to deal?

  • By Mike Puma
  • 4

The Mets' veteran starting pitching offers president of baseball operations David Stearns with a relatively easy avenue toward adding organizational depth.

Donovan Mitchell #45 of the Cleveland Cavaliers reacts during the fourth quarter against the Boston Celtics in Game Two of the Eastern Conference Second Round Playoffs at TD Garden on May 09, 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Why the Nets need to strike quickly if Donovan Mitchell opens door to a New York return

  • By Brian Lewis
  • 1

Donovan Mitchell has been in the Nets’ plans. It remains to be seen if they’re in his.

How the Yankees are trying to decode what MLB’s new bat speed stats say about their lineup

How the Yankees are trying to decode what MLB's new bat speed stats say about their lineup

  • By Greg Joyce
  • 1

After MLB dropped a massive amount of data on bat speed there is still some figuring out to be done on what to make of it all.

Brian Daboll talks to Malik Nabers at Giants rookie minicamp; Shane Bowen; Michael Ghobrial

How the Giants' new coaches are trying to forge crucial connections with the players

  • By Paul Schwartz

There is much for a new player to absorb in the spring. So, too, is there for Brian Daboll’s coaching staff.

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Alex Verdugo #24, Aaron Judge #99, and Juan Soto #22 of the New York Yankees celebrate their victory against the Minnesota Twins after the game at Target Field on May 15, 2024 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Yankees defeated the Twins 4-0.

Away from the glare of the Knicks' and Rangers' playoff drama, the Yankees are quietly becoming a juggernaut

  • By Dan Martin
  • May 16, 2024
  • 7:40am
  • 1

Even Aaron Boone has acknowledged the Yankees aren’t the most talked-about team in town these days.

Matt Rempe battles for puck in the Rangers-Hurricanes series; K'Andre Miller and Jacob Trouba vs. the Stars; Jack Roslovic

Why the Rangers are unlikely to shake up their lineup in the face of their first playoff test

  • By Mollie Walker
  • May 15, 2024
  • 9:20am
  • 3

Game 5 of the Rangers’ second-round series against the Hurricanes Monday night had an eerily similar feel to Game 5 of their first-round series against the Devils last year. A...

Joe Douglas and Robert Saleh watch Jets practice; Jordan Travis; Allen Lazard

An early projection of the Jets' 53-man roster, the bubble and the hardest cuts

  • By Brian Costello
  • May 15, 2024
  • 8:40am
  • 1

Before we see a snap of an OTA practice, we thought it would be fun to take a crack at what the Jets’ roster could look like come September.

Isaiah Hartenstein dunks in front of Myles Turner in the Knicks' Game 5 win over the Pacers; inset: Miles McBride, Alec Burks

How the Knicks' supporting cast fueled a thrilling, series-tilting win

  • By Ryan Dunleavy
  • May 15, 2024
  • 7:43am
  • 1

It wasn’t just the Villanova trio versus the Pacers. It was the other Big Three who breathed life into the Knicks.

Jordan Staal and teammates from the Carolina Hurricanes celebrating his third period goal against the New York Rangers during the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs

This is the first Rangers crisis

  • By Zach Braziller
  • May 14, 2024
  • 7:40am

This team isn’t prone to elongated slumps. It last lost four in a row from Jan. 6-13. They lost exactly two in a row just five times all season.

Alex Verdugo, Aaron Judge and Juan Soto celebrate a Yankees win; Jasson Dominguez; Luis Gil

The secrets behind the Yankees' hot start and why it should only get better

  • By Joel Sherman
  • May 14, 2024
  • 6:40am
  • 6

The Yankees' start speaks well in particular to Juan Soto’s acclimation to The Bronx and how terrific the rest of the starters have done in Gerrit Cole’s stead.

Amy Johnson, Theo Johnson

How Giants rookie Theo Johnson’s journey is inspired by the mother who saved their family from a violent home: ‘She chose life for all of us’

  • By Ryan Dunleavy
  • May 13, 2024
  • 3:00pm

There was a time when Giants rookie Theo Johnson was a 7-year-old survivor of abuse in need of a hero. He celebrated that hero this past weekend on Mother’s Day.

Jalen Brunson watches the end of the Knicks' Game 4 loss; Obi Toppin blocks Alec Burks; Tyrese Haliburton celebrates

The Knicks’ true status shouldn’t be lost in that ugly final score

  • By Howie Kussoy
  • May 13, 2024
  • 7:40am
  • 1

Blowouts are known to exaggerate. Momentum is often an illusion. There is no greater example than Game 3 of the 2004 ALCS (Yankees 19, Red Sox 8).