SNY's The Warm-up: Mets notes — Yankees notes — Mets ROYs

Get Today’s New York Sports Here Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- Good morning. ICYMI: The Mets [have an opponent]( for Opening Day. --------------------------------------------------------------- New SNY originals... What Are The Odds? - [Could Pete Alonso contend for NL MVP?]( 🚨 FNNY: Living Room Edition 🚨 - [Who will be hurt the most by a shortened NFL preseason?]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's word count: 660 words (about five minutes) --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Mets headlines from this weekend Chris Pedota/USA Today: Friday's socially distant stretching session Baseball of the socially distant variety happened this holiday weekend at Citi Field. Let's toss it around the horn. 1. [Jake's in 'mid-season form']( Jacob deGrom pitched in a sim game on Sunday morning. (Didn't you miss Spring Training lingo?) - “It was a good day," said Mets manager Luis Rojas, adding that deGrom looked in 'mid-season form.' I’m glad we got that competitive vibe out there.” 2. [Lowrie doesn't want mystery injury to be a distraction]( Jed Lowrie was working out at Citi Field Sunday with a knee brace on his left knee. What exactly is his injury? - "That's something that I’ll leave up to the Twitterverse," he said. Fair enough. 3. [Time off OK with Betances]( First-year Met Dellin Betances is coming off an ACL injury, which he suffered in Sept., 2019, as a Yankee. In normal times, he'd have missed a large chunk of the season. The delay has worked out for him. - “For me, it gave me some more time to obviously be ready, and I guess for me it’s kind of a blessing in disguise," he told reporters on Sunday. 4. [We have video]( Yoenis Cespedes taking hacks. Michael Conforto's sweet swing. That and more are on the other side of the link. On SNY.tv: [Out of respect for the dead, sick and worried, a plea to mind our tone about baseball’s return]( --------------------------------------------------------------- DAILY TRIVIA Who was the last Brooklyn/New Jersey Net to win Rookie of the Year? 2. Yankees headlines from this weekend Vincent Carchietta/USA Today Meanwhile, in The Bronx... 1. [Tanaka has mild concussion after scary incident]( Masahiro Tanaka was hit on the side of the head by a Giancarlo Stanton line drive on Saturday. ([The video]( is tough to watch.) After undergoing tests, he was diagnosed with only a mild concussion, and was "walking around acting like his normal self" on Sunday, [according]( to MLB.com's Bryan Hoch. - "All signs are pointing to he really dodged a bullet there,” said Aaron Boone on Sunday. 2. [Summer training 'whole different animal']( Boone, on the Yankees' practice on Saturday, with all precautions considered: - "From an operational standpoint, I thought we were in good shape. We used four mounds for bullpens and that worked well. It was a little bit of a longer day for our coaching staff, but we were in a good spot facility-wise with the reps we needed to get." 3. [Paxton is near game shape]( James Paxton, who is fully recovered from February back surgery, threw a sim game on Sunday. - "Felt good to get back on a dirt mound," he said. "I’ve been throwing on a turf mound with running shoes for the last little while. Getting back on the dirt with the guys and facing some of our guys felt great.” 4. [Games, today and tomorrow]( The Yankees are playing intrasquad games today and tomorrow. Both games will start at 7 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Highlights from the archive MLB/YouTube This week's Highlights from the archive theme: Great rookie seasons for players on the Mets, Yankees, Jets, Giants and Knicks. Today's rookie: Mets outfielder Darryl Strawberry. His first year in the majors: 1983, as a 21-year old. GIF'd above: Srawberry's first career home run, in an 11-4 win over the Pirates on May 16, 1983. His '83 highlights: - Rookie of the Year, 122 games, .257 BA, 26 HRs, .848 OPS, 19 SBs. Other Mets ROY winners: Pete Alonso (2019), Jacob deGrom (2015), Dwight Gooden (1984), Jon Matlcok (1972), Tom Seaver (1967). FYI: Strawberry played eight seasons for the Mets. He still ranks first in home runs (252), first in RBIs (970), second in WAR (36.6), second in slugging (.520) and third in OPS (.878). --------------------------------------------------------------- 4. The New York Minute - [READ]( If the Knicks look to trade for a young star, Devin Booker is reportedly one name to keep an eye on. - [READ]( Here's the latest on the Knicks' coaching search. - [READ]( Aaron Hicks isn't quite 100 percent, but he feels game ready following Tommy John surgery. - [READ]( Gerrit Cole has his eyes set on a championship this year. - [READ]( Larry Brown says William 'World Wide' Wesley will 'be a big part of making players feel comfortable about' joining the Knicks. - [WATCH]( The V-Mets (52-38) beat the Padres last night, 6-0. --------------------------------------------------------------- Trivia answer: Derrick Coleman (1991). That's the buzzer, folks. Stay safe and have a great Monday. This email was sent by: SportsNet New York (SNY) 150 Greenwich st 50th floor New York, NY 10007 US [Unsubscribe]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Facebook](