SNY's The Warm-up: MLB schedules — Mets-Yanks news — Alfonso Soriano

Get Today’s New York Sports Here Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- Good morning. Billionaire hedge fund manager Steve Cohen [is expected]( to make another bid for the Mets. --------------------------------------------------------------- New SNY originals... Baseball Night in New York - [Should Yoenis Cespedes start in left field?]( What Are The Odds? - [Which New York pitcher would you want on the mound if you needed a strikeout?]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's word count: 547 words (about five minutes) --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Key dates, quirks and notes from the Mets' and Yankees' schedules SNY graphic MLB released every team's 60-game schedule last night. Let's take a closer look at the Mets' and Yankees'. Mets' Opening Day: - 07/24/2020: Braves at Mets, 4:10 p.m. Yankees' Opening Day: - 07/23/2020: Yankees at Nationals, 7:08 p.m. Tough stretches: - Mets: The Mets' first 13 games -- Braves (3), Red Sox (4), Braves (4), Nationals (2) -- feature four opponents with a combined .571 winning percentage in 2019. - Mets: Their final 13 games -- Phillies (3), Braves (3), Rays (3), Nationals (4) -- could be even harder. - Yankees: From a 24-game stretch from Aug. 6 through Sept. 2, the Yankees will play only teams that were over .500 last year. By first pitch times: - Mets: 40 games between 7 and 7:30 p.m.; 9 games at 1:10 p.m; 8 games between 6 and 6:37 p.m.; 2 games at 4:10 p.m.; 1 game at 3:07 p.m. - Yankees: 38 games between 7 and 7:30 p.m.; 11 games between 1 and 1:35 p.m.; 10 games between 6 and 6:40 p.m.; 1 game at 3:05 p.m. On SNY.tv: [Analyzing the Mets’ 2020 MLB schedule]( | [Here are the Mets and Yankees coronavirus testing schedules]( --------------------------------------------------------------- DAILY TRIVIA What's the lowest number of games the Mets have played in a season? 2. Nine innings of links - 1st inning: [Aaron Judge has no doubts on Opening Day availability]( - 2nd inning: [Aaron Boone discusses his team's preparation for 2020]( - 3rd inning: [A printable Mets schedule]( - 4th inning: [Michael Wacha took the mound Monday in a Mets sim game]( - 5th inning: [Brandon Nimmo is confident in the 2020 season]( - 6th inning: [Jacob deGrom has high hopes for Steven Matz]( - 7th inning: [Andrew McCutchen ripped the Yankees' archaic hair policy]( - 8th inning: [Thairo Estrada went deep in last night's Yankees scrimmage]( - 9th inning: [A printable Yankees schedule]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 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: Yankees second basemen Alfonso Soriano. His first full year in the majors: 2001. GIF'd above: Soriano's eighth-inning home run in Game 7 of the 2001 World Series, which was an inning short of winning the Yankees the whole thing. His '01 highlights: - A third-place Rookie of the Year finish behind Ichiro and CC Sabathia, 158 games, .268 BA, 18 HRs, 73 RBIs, 43 SBs. FYI: Soriano's rookie numbers were impressive, but his real heroism came in the playoffs. In the '01 postseason alone, he hit [a walk-off]( in Game 4 of the ALCS, made [a game-saving]( play in Game 5 of the World Series, hit [a walk-off single]( to end the same game, and hit the aforementioned go-ahead home run in Game 7 of the World Series. Yankees ROY winners, in case you were wondering: Aaron Judge (2017), Derek Jeter (1996), Dave Righetti (1981), Thurman Munson (1970), Stan Bahnsen (1968), Tom Tresh (1962), Bob Grim (1954), Gil McDougald (1951). --------------------------------------------------------------- 4. The New York Minute - [READ]( Patrick Mahomes, who is a draft class ahead of Sam Darnold, got P-A-I-D yesterday. - [READ]( Denzel Mims, on Philadelphia: “The experience I had, I was very scared. I wasn’t familiar with the whole city and it was a lot going on. You see a lot of people that look scary and so I’m not part of that. I don’t like that." - [READ]( Garrett Temple believes the Orlando bubble can help "continue to push" the Black Lives Matter movement. - [READ]( Joe Judge will be bringing this Bill Belichick coaching philosophy to the Giants locker room this season. - [WATCH]( Action Bronson and CC Sabathia have been working out. --------------------------------------------------------------- Trivia answer: 1981 (105 games). That's the buzzer, folks. Stay safe and have a great Tuesday. This email was sent by: SportsNet New York (SNY) 150 Greenwich st 50th floor New York, NY 10007 US [Unsubscribe]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Facebook](