SNY's The Warm-up: Gerrit Cole's debut — XFL Week 3 — NHL trade deadline

Get Today’s New York Sports Here Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- 👋 and welcome to The Warm-Up! ICYMI, the Astros stole [some more signs]( this weekend. --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's viewing guide... - Knicks at Rockets, 8 p.m. 🏀 - Magic at Nets, 7:30 p.m. 🏀 - Mets at Nationals, 1 p.m. ⚾ - Pirates at Yankees, 6:35 p.m. ⚾ - Kobe Bryant's Memorial Service, 1 p.m. 😢 Today's word count: 795 words (about six minutes) --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Gerrit Cole's Yankees career starts today Douglas DeFelice/USA Today In a game without any technical meaning, all eyes today in the New York baseball world will be on mega free agent signing Gerrit Cole, who will make his debut with the Yankees at George Steinbrenner Field Monday against the Pirates. For the lifelong Yankees fan -- [with the sign to prove it]( -- it will mark the start of a longtime dream come reality. - “Just putting on the Yankee uniform for the first time, man, I couldn’t believe it. ... I’m telling you, I’m on cloud nine," [Cole told USA Today's Bob Nightengale](. From coming within a game of winning the World Series with Houston to signing a $324 million deal with the Yankees, it's been a surreal half-year for Cole. In case you've forgotten how dominant his 2019 season was, a quick reminder: - Pitchers WAR: 6.9, fifth in MLB - Strikeouts: 326, first in MLB - ERA: 2.50, third in MLB - ERA+: 185, first in MLB - WHIP: .895, first in MLB FYI: If you're reading this, are in Tampa Bay, and somehow aren't already going to the game, tickets as of Sunday night [were only $15](. --------------------------------------------------------------- MONDAY'S PITCHING PROBABLES Mets at Nationals David Peterson Pirates at Yankees Gerrit Cole 2. The daily nine @yankees/Twitter: Miguel Andujar's Sunday home run - First inning: [Miguel Andujar went deep in his first game since May]( - Second inning: [Takeaways from the Mets' Sunday tie]( - Third inning: [Takeaways from the Yankees' Sunday loss]( - Fourth inning: [Jeurys Familia already feels better than last year]( - Fifth inning: [Yo Cespedes spoke to the media yesterday]( - Sixth inning: [J.D. Davis spoke about his time with Houston]( - Seventh inning: [How the Yanks will deal without Paxton, Severino]( - Eighth inning: [Stroman: Mets are 'going to be special']( - Ninth inning: [Boone: Paxton may be back by May]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Report: Chris Kreider is likely to be traded today James Guillory/USA Today The NHL trade deadline is today at 3 p.m., and the biggest and most rumor-involved player is Rangers winger Chris Kreider. - The problem isn't production: Kreider is third on the Rangers in scoring and fourth in points. - Much like the Marcus Morris-Knicks situation, the problem is his impending free agency. - According to [a Sunday night report]( from the New York Post, Kreider and the Rangers have reached a stalemate in terms of a new contract agreement, despite a Post report on Friday suggesting the two sides might reach a deal. From Sunday's report: - "The Rangers would have gone forward with Kreider as part of the rebuild. This was not an automatic recycling of a veteran. This was not a choice to take a step back in order to attempt to take two or three steps forward two or three years down the line. - Instead, the choice by management was not to go seven years on a contract and the choice by Kreider was not to accept six." Kreider has played all eight of his NHL seasons with the Rangers, and was part of their run to the Stanley Cup Finals in 2014. --------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Four more weekend items Billy Hurst/USA Today 1. ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- The St. Louis BattleHawks easily covered their 9.5-point spread, beating the Guardians on Sunday in XFL's Week 3, 29-9. New York quarterback Matt McGloin missed the entire second half with a rib injury, and the Guardians' offense failed to reach double-digits for the second game in a row. 2. NEWARK, N.J. -- No. 16 Seton Hall beat St. John's in Big East action yesterday, 81-65, with Myles Powell's 18 leading the way. Other weekend college hoops scores: - UConn women 66, UCF 53 - Wisconsin 79, Rutgers 71 - UConn 78, South Florida 71 3. NEW YORK -- The Rangers beat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-2 on Friday in Raleigh and the San Jose Sharks 3-2 at home on Saturday, and are now four points out of a playoff spot. The Islanders beat the Sharks yesterday as well, 4-1, after beating the Detroit Red Wings by the same score on Friday. 4. TORONTO -- Not exactly New York sports related, but the Maple Leafs [lost to a zamboni driver]( on Saturday night. --------------------------------------------------------------- DAILY TRIVIA Who has the record for most games played in New York/New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets franchise history? 5. Feb. 24, 1978: Kevin Porter's 29 dimes Getty Images On this day 42 years ago, New Jersey Nets guard Kevin Porter set a then-record with 29 assists in one game in a 126-112 win over the Houston Rockets. The 1977-78 season was Porter's only for the Nets, but he led the league in assists (10.2) while also scoring 15 points per game. Porter isn't well-known among the league's great passers, but: - He's [the first player]( to record 1,000 assists in one season, with Detroit in 1978-79. - He led the league in assists four times with three different teams. - He was the starting point guard on an NBA Finals team, the 1974-75 Washington Bullets. Porter's record of 29 assists stood for more than 22 years, until Scott Skiles reached 30 for the Magic on Dec. 30, 1990. --------------------------------------------------------------- 6. The New York Minute NYC sports news we couldn't fit above... - Todd McShay and Mel Kiper got into [an actual argument]( over Daniel Jones. - UConn head coach Dan Hurley recently [got dragged]( into former coach Kevin Ollie and the university's legal battle. - The Jets [signed]( wide receiver Josh Doctson over the weekend. - Charles Oakley [has appealed]( the decision to dismiss his lawsuit against James Dolan. --------------------------------------------------------------- TRIVIA ANSWER Buck Williams, [with 635](. --------------------------------------------------------------- That's the buzzer, folks. Enjoy your Monday! This email was sent by: SportsNet New York (SNY) 150 Greenwich st 50th floor New York, NY 10007 US [Unsubscribe]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Facebook](