SU says enough batting practice.  Let’s play some games.  The Yankees continue to bring in veteran infielders to compete for the 2nd and 3rd base positions.  Danny Espinoza is the choice at 2nd and Brandon Drury at 3rd.  Competition is good and no one should just be given a guaranteed spot in the line up (see Jacoby Ellsbury for the past few years).  However, it’s time to go with the youth movement and the Yankees can afford to start both rookies at 2nd and 3rd if they deserve it.  My worry is that Cashman likes his version of gritty veterans to complete the line up.  Chase Headley, Todd Frazier, Travis Haffner, Brian McCann – they have all come and gone and have all under-performed.  I have no problem getting behind the youngsters and living with their growing pains.  The prediction: Torres gets sent down to Scranton in order to save a year of arbitration eligibility and returns in May.  They give 3rd base to Drury even if he underwhelms in spring training.  As much as Cashman has amassed prospects effectively, he still seems to shy away from pulling the trigger.  Let’s see what happens.

SU continues to be wary of the Yankees’ line up and the hype.  Too many strikeouts are looming in this line up.  Now maybe that’s the way baseball is played today but it’s not entertaining to watch swings and misses.  Keep in mind that Stanton has rarely played a full season.  Ellsbury needs to work hard and wait for his chance which will come.

For those of you keeping track, today marks the 7-year anniversary of the Knicks’ trade with the Denver Nuggets for Carmelo Anthony.  SU says it’s actually fitting given that the Passover holiday is coming up next month where the Jews wandered the desert for 40 years after leaving Egypt.  Hopefully the Knicks will find their way more quickly than 40 years.  As SU has mentioned many, many times, the team was on the right track prior to that move with a fun line-up.  Seven years later, it’s back to square one.  I was glad to see that Trey Burke was given a chance to shine last night and led the team to victory.  However, with Hornacek, he might be a DNP next game.  There is no rhyme or reason in how he plays guys each game.  SU predicts he will be gone after the season as the next rebuild begins and the next savior coach is brought in.  And so it goes.

March Madness is just around the corner.  Watch out for Michigan which is peaking.  Their style of play is effective in the Tournament as teams are not used to so much motion on offense.  SU predicts a great NCAA tournament this year.  The question is when will the results of the investigation into all of the top programs be released?  Or leaked?  We may have another championship being vacated in 2018 just like Louisville’s in 2013.