The New York Mets took a step back in 2016. After winning the National League pennant in 2015 and being picked by some to win the World Series last year (or maybe it was just me that took the Mets to win it all in ‘16, I don’t know), the team slipped behind the Washington […]
It’s been the spring of Yankee discontent, with Curtis Granderson, Mark Teixeira hitting the disabled list and even general manager Brian Cashman breaking his leg. This comes on top of a winter where the loss of Alex Rodriguez for the first half of the season and an autumn where A-Rod’s sudden inability to hit was the hot topic of conversation. What does it all add up to in the Bronx? TheSportsNotebook’s MLB coverage today will focus in on the Yankees, touch base elsewhere in the Big Apple with the Mets and look at how both teams are likely to measure up against their projected win totals in Las Vegas.