SNY's The Warm-up: MLB details — Leon Rose speaks — Steve Smith

Get Today’s New York Sports Here Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- Good morning. The V-Mets beat the Giants [last night]( 3-0, to improve to 47-33. They're on pace for a 95-win season, or a 35-win season, adjusted for a 60-game season. --------------------------------------------------------------- New SNY originals... BNNY: Living Room Edition - [Todd Zeile and Anthony Recker explain why they were drawn to catching]( What Are The Odds? - [Which team should be the favorite to win the 2020 World Series?]( 🚨 The Cookie Club presented by Insomnia Cookies 🚨 - [The very best of J.D. and Dom]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's word count: 745 words (about six minutes) --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. More details on the MLB season SNY graphic More info on the newly-minted MLB season has come out over the last 24 hours. Here's a quick roundup, with help from [this]( Wednesday SNY article... Opening Day ... will be July 24 for 26 teams, [according]( to USA Today's Bob Nightengale. The other four will play two national TV games on July 23. Gerrit Cole to start the season, anyone? The trade deadline ... yes, there will be a trade deadline during a pandemic ... will be Aug. 31. The rosters ... will be expanded to 30 players per team to start, down to 28 players two weeks into the season, down to 26 four weeks in. Suspended games ... won't be restarted from the beginning. They'll be picked up where they left off on a later date. Wet rags ... will replace finger lickin' for pitchers. This will, naturally, lead to cheating, thinks former Yankees pitcher Jeff Nelson (featured in our Tweet of the Day). On SNY.tv: [The top storylines for the Mets during this shortened season]( --------------------------------------------------------------- DAILY TRIVIA Which two Giants are tied for most receiving touchdowns in one season in franchise history? 2. By the numbers, baseball betting edition Butch Dill/USA Today +325; +900; +2,000 (+325 = bet $100 to win $325.) The Mets are +325 to win the NL East (the Braves are the favorites at +180), +900 to make it to the World Series, and +2,000 to win the World Series. Their Series odds are tied for eighth-best. Source: [DraftKings]( -286; +175; +400 (-286 = bet $286 to win $100.) The Yankees are -286 to win the AL East -- the second-heaviest favorite in any division -- +175 to reach the World Series, and +600 to win it all. Houston is next up at +350 to reach the World Series, making the Yankees heavy American League favorites. The Dodgers (+375) have the best World Series odds. Source: [DraftKings]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Leon Rose, mysterious leader of the Knicks, speaks SNY graphic Knicks president Leon Rose has remained an elusive figure since his hiring in March. He still hasn't held an official press conference, but had a video interview with Mike Breen yesterday, which served as his first public remarks with New York. A few interesting quotes... Rose, on his coach-hiring timeline: - "We're anticipating that to go to mid-to-late July, and hopefully by the end of July make a decision, whether it's to keep (interim coach Mike Miller) or to go in a different direction." Rose, on actually landing a top free agent: - “What we have to create is an environment where players are going to want to come here. The way to do that is on the day-to-day." (Full interview [here]( Other Knicks items: - SNY's Ian Begley had an interesting Q&A yesterday with former Knicks coach Mike Woodson, who is a current candidate for the job. Read [here](. - The Knicks officially [announced]( the hiring of William "World Wide Wes" Wesley on Wednesday as executive vice president to Rose. The move was [widely]( ... [endorsed]( ... by ... [former]( ... NBA players. On SNY.tv: [William 'World Wide Wes' Wesley explains why he finally joined the Knicks]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Highlights from the archive NFL/YouTube This week's Highlights from the archive theme: One-year wonders for the Mets, Yankees, Jets, Giants and Knicks. Today's one-year wonder: Giants wide receiver Steve Smith. His year: 2009. GIf'd above: Smith tricking his defender on a double move and scoring a touchdown in a game against the Cowboys on 09/20/2009. His '09 accolades: - 16 games, 107 catches (most ever by a Giant), 1,220 yards, 7 TDs, Pro Bowler. The entirety of the rest of his playing career: - 48 games, 138 catches, 1,412 yards, 5 TDs, zero Pro Bowls. What happened next: After his breakout year in 2009, Smith had 529 receiving yards in nine games in 2010 with the Giants, but played only 18 games in his NFL career after that. FYI: Smith is the brother of Malcolm Smith, the linebacker who won Super Bowl MVP for the Seahawks in 2014. --------------------------------------------------------------- 5. The New York Minute - [READ]( The Mets are 'getting close on a deal' with Pete Crow-Armstrong. - [READ]( Quinnen Williams has a new court date following his arrest in March. - [READ]( Four ways that the Yankees could be impacted by a 60-game season. - [READ]( Why MLB's new extra-innings rule is the RIGHT call for the 2020 season. - [READ]( Mark Sanchez and Sam Darnold worked out together on a beach yesterday. - [SEE IT]( The New York tabloid roundup celebrating Tuesday's baseball news. --------------------------------------------------------------- Trivia answer: Odell Beckham Jr. and Homer Jones (13). That's the buzzer, folks. Stay safe and enjoy your Thursday. This email was sent by: SportsNet New York (SNY) 150 Greenwich st 50th floor New York, NY 10007 US [Unsubscribe]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Facebook](