SNY's The Warm-up: The Mets' roster situation — Jets and Giants buzz — The flip play

Get Today’s New York Sports Here Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- Good morning. For the third time ever, there's Tuesday night NFL action tonight. The Giants beat the 'Boston Yanks' in the [first such instance]( 74 years ago. --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's New York sports schedule... - There are no New York sports events today. Word count: 738 words (about seven minutes) --------------------------------------------------------------- SNY originals... Baseball Night in New York - [Is it worth it to sign J.T. Realmuto to a $200 million dollar contract?]( Shea Anything - [Should the Mets pursue DJ LeMahieu in free agency?]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Which Mets are tied to the team, and which aren't, heading into 2021? Andy Marlin/USA Today From a potential ownership change to perhaps going big-name hunting in free agency, the Mets have a busy offseason ahead. Here's where every 2020 Met stands heading into it. (Data via [FanGraphs]( Under contract through 2021 and beyond: - Robinson Cano -- signed through 2023. - Jacob deGrom -- signed through 2023 with a team option for 2024. - Dellin Betances -- has player options in 2021 and 2022. Under contract only through 2021: - Jeurys Familia - Brad Brach -- has a player option for 2021. Team option for 2021: - Wilson Ramos - Robinson Chirinos - Todd Frazier Will enter free agency this offseason: - Marcus Stroman - Jed Lowrie - Rick Porcello - Justin Wilson - Michael Wacha - Yoenis Cespedes - Rene Rivera - Jared Hughes - Jake Marisnick Eligible for arbitration entering 2021, under team control: - Noah Syndergaard - Michael Conforto - Steven Matz - Edwin Diaz - Brandon Nimmo - Seth Lugo - Chasen Shreve - Robert Gsellman Not eligible for arbitration entering 2021, under team control: - Pete Alonso - Amed Rosario - Jeff McNeil - J.D. Davis - Dominic Smith - Andrés Giménez - David Peterson On SNY.tv: [5 free agents the Mets and Yankees could fight over]( --------------------------------------------------------------- DAILY TRIVIA Which team was the last below .500 squad to make the NFL playoffs? 2. Monday's Jets and Giants headlines SNY graphic 1. Le'Veon Bell has been a trooper in his time with Jets, fruitful partnership be darned. But now -- with the Jets likely to cut him before next season starts -- might be the time to trade him, [wrote]( SNY's Ralph Vacchiano yesterday: - "According to several team sources, his frustration does seem to be reaching a boiling point. And as the Jets learned with the Jamal Adams mess last season, a spat with a star player doesn’t help anyone in the middle of a losing year." Bell [liked several tweets]( suggesting he should be traded after the Jets' Sunday loss, which Adam Gase [responded to]( on Monday. 2. Evan Engram, who scored the Giants' first touchdown on offense since Week 2 on Sunday, [sounded off]( on Monday on the strain of starting a season 0-5: - "Definitely disappointed, definitely pissed off. We fought our butts off yesterday and didn't come up on the winning end, so we're pissed off and we're hungry. - "We're going to get right back to work to try and go get one." 3. Gase [gave a sort-of update]( Monday on Jets wide receiver Chris Hogan, who was carted off the field during Sunday's game. - "Obviously, we've got to do the whole MRI situation so we can figure out where he's at. Didn't look good, but we'll kind of see what happens there." Gase described the injury in his football vernacular as "an ankle." 4. On the topic of injuries, the Giants confirmed the worst case scenario for linebacker Lorenzo Carter, [who ruptured]( his Achilles tendon against the Cowboys. He had one sack and four tackles for loss before his season-ending injury. On SNY.tv: [Adam Gase says he'll know early in the week if Darnold can suit up against the Dolphins]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 3. NFC and AFC East standings through Week 5 AFC East: - Bills, 4-0* - Patriots, 2-2** - Dolphins, 2-3 - Jets, 0-5 NFC East: - Cowboys, 2-3 - Eagles, 1-3-1 - Football Team, 1-4 - Giants, 0-5 FYI: 538's [playoff projections]( give the Jets a less than one percent chance at the postseason, and the Giants a five percent chance. It would have been more interesting had the Giants held on to beat Dallas on Sunday. *The Bills play the Titans, who haven't played since Sept. 27, tonight. **The Patriots, who have had several outbreaks of COVID-19, are not playing this week. They next play Oct. 18 against Denver. --------------------------------------------------------------- 4. 10/13/2001: Jeter's intuition saves the Yankees MLB/YouTube On this day 19 years ago, Derek Jeter made his iconic flip play to nab Jeremy Giambi at the plate. The setup: Game 3 of the 2001 ALDS in Oakland, tied at a game each. Seventh inning, 1-0, Yankees. Terrance Long hits a double down the line. Giambi tries to score from first. Jeter scoots from short to intercept a poor throw, flipping it to Jorge Posada for the out at home. - "I say this respectfully, but the Giambi family is not very fast," Jeter [said]( during a retrospect of the play earlier this year. "I knew we had an opportunity to get him at the plate." Also: Not to be a buzzkill, but ... imagine what the aftermath of this play -- with all the camera angles and rule changes -- would look like in 2020? --------------------------------------------------------------- 5. The New York Minute - [READ]( The Rangers have agreed to an entry-level deal with first overall pick Alexis Lafrenière. - [READ]( Old friend Robby Anderson is having an excellent season in Charlotte. - [READ]( McCARRON: Handing out grades to the 2020 Yankees --------------------------------------------------------------- Trivia answer: The 2014 Panthers (7-8-1). That's the buzzer, folks. Stay safe and enjoy your Tuesday. PS: Joe Morgan died yesterday. Another MLB legend gone. This email was sent by: SportsNet New York (SNY) 150 Greenwich st 50th floor New York, NY 10007 US [Unsubscribe]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Facebook](