SU saw that ESPN’s Buster Olney has the Yankees making it to the World Series this year where they will fall to the Phillies. I have to believe he has access to insider information that indicates that the Yankees have pitching depth this year that is not available to larger public audience.

Their only chance to having a decent year in 2024 is for Gerrit Cole to be healthy. Twitter (uh sorry, X) is reporting that Cole is having an MRI on his pitching elbow according to Bryan Hoch of mlb.com. So far, we have seen Nestor Cortes get rocked in his starts as well as Rodon and Schmidt. If Cole is out for any length of time. SU’s over/under of 90 wins will be in jeopardy. Will Hal open the purse strings for Snell or Montgomery? Or do we just tank the season now and call it a day as the tickets are already sold?

A few random observations and thoughts today:

SU knows that Caitlin Clark is the real deal and a generational talent (Soto? Giancarlo Stanton?). However, SU says do not lose sight of Paige Bueckers on UConn who is bigger and stronger this year and is a force. She fills up every statistical category. The UConn women are still SU’s favorite college hoops viewing. They play the game the right way.

Man, the NY Knicks play hard every night but are just lacking the offensive players right now. If you watched the Sixers last night, they doubled Brunson and were not worried about leaving others unguarded. Someone needs to come off the injured list and soon. Or Alec Burks who was having a good year, needs to get comfortable and do what he was traded to do, as in score off the bench.

March Madness is almost upon us. Given the transfer portal, this is the first year that I can remember where I know almost nothing about the men’s college basketball teams. Michigan was unwatchable (which equals less viewing for SU) and the Big Ten always underachieves despite getting 8 – 9 teams in the dance every year. SU will make its fearless picks soon enough but this year will be wide open – which is a good thing.

Check out the New England Patriots Dynasty series on Apple TV. Very well done and interesting with behind the scenes interviews with all of the major players including Roger Goodell, Bob Kraft, Tom Brady, etc. SU is not a Pats’ fan but this has been a fun watch.