SNY's The Warm-Up: Boone takes medical leave — Jets open to Darnold trade — Kluber's debut

Thursday, March 4, 2021 · Get Today’s New York Sports Here The Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- 🌅 Good morning. Can there be snubs in the Rising Stars game? If so ... --------------------------------------------------------------- 📅 Today's sports schedule - Mets vs. Nationals, 1:10 p.m. ⚾ - Yankees at Phillies, 1:05 p.m. ⚾ - Rangers at Devils, 7 p.m. 🏒 - Islanders vs. Sabres, 7 p.m. 🏒 - Knicks vs. Pistons, 7:30 p.m. 🏀 --------------------------------------------------------------- 📺 SNY originals - [The Putback]( Dishing out awards for the first half of the Knicks' season - [Shea Anything]( Will Jacob deGrom win a third Cy Young in 2021? - [BNNY]( Jim Duquette says Aaron Boone had a positive attitude while texting with him on Wednesday Today's word count: 793 words Today at 4 p.m. on SNY.tv. Be there. Boone takes a leave of absence, and other Wednesday notes Kim Klement/USA Today 1. The Yankees [announced]( yesterday that Aaron Boone would be taking a leave of absence to have surgery to get a pacemaker. He underwent the procedure last night, according to the team, with the operation going "as expected." Bench coach Carlos Mendoza will assume manager duties while Boone is away. - MARTINO: [The Yankees will not be whole again until empathic leader Aaron Boone returns]( 2. CARDINALS 14, METS 9 -- St. Louis poured it on late, scoring seven runs in the sixth through the eighth innings for the five-run win. Three things: - Eight pitchers threw for the Mets, with Jerad Eickhoff (two innings, four runs), Jacob Barnes (one inning, three runs), Tom Windle (one inning, three runs, one earned), and Marcel Renteria (one inning, four runs) responsible for the Cardinals' offense. - There were no home runs for the Mets, but they hit five doubles, including [one]( by top prospect and 2019 first-round pick Brett Baty. - Fellow well-regarded prospects Pete Crow-Armstrong (0-for-3) -- a hat tip to the Mets' uniform designer who [fit]( his whole name on his jersey -- and Ronny Mauricio (1-for-2) saw some time as well. [Takeaways]( Today's probable starting pitcher: David Peterson 3. YANKEES 4, BLUE JAYS 1 -- Corey Kluber (more on him in section two) and the rest of the staff was lights out, and the Yankees got their third win in a row. Three things: - Home run roundup: [Gary Sanchez]( | [Derek Dietrich]( | Robinson Chirinos -- the Twitterverse has failed us. No video. - Adam Warren, Nick Goody, Jonathan Loaisiga, and Kyle Barraclough all had scoreless innings pitched for New York. - Giancarlo Stanton played in his first game of 2021, going 0-for-2 with two strikeouts. "The at-bats were about how I imagined for not seeing live (pitching) for about four months," he joked. [Takeaways]( Today's probable starting pitcher: Deivi García On SNY.tv: - [Trevor Bauer's agent said he wanted to sign with Mets after the merchandise screwup]( - [Khalil Lee opened up on his trade to the Mets: 'It’s kinda been hitting me every day']( Trivia time Who is the last Giants draftee to make the Pro Bowl? Answer at the bottom. The spring training highlight of the day goes to ... @MaxTGoodman/Twitter ... Corey Kluber, who could help pry open the Yankees' championship window with a bounce back 2021 season. GIF'd above: Kluber's strikeout to begin the second inning. His full line: - Two innings, six batters faced, no hits, no walks, three K's, 22 pitches, 15 strikes. [Said Kluber]( after a successful first outing with New York: "It was fun to get out there and face another team. I was joking around afterwards -- first time I've gone multiple innings against a real opponent in almost two years, which is too long." Kluber pitched a single inning in 2020 and only 35.2 in 2019. In his last full season, in 2018, he was a 20-game winner and an All-Star with a 2.89 ERA over 215 innings. Jets Corner: If teams call on Darnold, Douglas will answer Brian Fluharty/USA Today 1. Jets GM Joe Douglas [held]( a news conference on Wednesday. Here's where he stands on QB-in-limbo Sam Darnold: "I will answer the call if it's made," he said. "As it pertains to Sam, like I said, Sam is a -- we think -- dynamic player in this league, with unbelievable talent who has a chance to really hit his outstanding potential moving forward. But like I said earlier, if calls are made I will answer them." FWIW, several mock drafts have BYU QB Zach Wilson penciled in at No. 2 to the Jets, though it sounds like even Douglas remains open to any and all options. 2. Head coach Robert Saleh also spoke yesterday. He pulled an offseason Joe Namath: "We're gonna get better. We're gonna win championships," he said. "To give a timeline -- I wish I knew, I'd go to Vegas, but, we're excited about the opportunity we have in front of us." 3. Is there such thing as too much in a theoretical trade for Deshaun Watson? SNY's Ralph Vacchiano posed that question to an NFL executive. [Here]( was the exec's answer. On SNY.tv: - VACCHIANO: [Douglas still believes in building through the draft, despite trade rumors]( - [Douglas on Marcus Maye's frustrated agent: 'This is part of negotiating']( Game 37: Nets enter the break with a win Bob Levey/USA Today NETS 132, ROCKETS 114 -- In James Harden's return to Houston, the Nets left with a comfortable 18-point win. Three things: - This was Brooklyn's last game before All-Star Weekend. The Nets enter the break at 24-13, a half-game behind the 76ers for first in the East. They've also won 10 of their last 11 games. - Just another triple-double for Harden, who finished with 29 points on 15 shots with 10 rebounds, 14 assists ... and eight turnovers. - Nicolas Claxton played in his fifth straight game off the bench, scoring 16 points on 7-of-8 shooting. He's 14-of-17 with 33 points over his last two games. Elsewhere last night, the UConn men's team [beat]( Seton Hall, 69-58, to clinch third place in the Big East, while St. John's beat Providence, 81-67. On SNY.tv: - [Ian Begley breaks down how Harden has adjusted his game while playing with the Nets]( The New York Minute - [READ]( Jacob deGrom will make his spring training debut on Saturday against the Astros. - [READ]( The Giants have informed Golden Tate and David Mayo that they will be released. - [READ]( Unlike Immanuel Quickley, RJ Barrett did make the roster for the Rising Stars game. - [WATCH]( Former Mets prospect Jarred Kelenic hit a two-run home run yesterday. 😢 TRIVIA ANSWER: Evan Engram That's the buzzer. Enjoy your Thursday. (Have feedback for The Warm-Up? Click [here](mailto:%20SNYfeedback@gmail.com?subject=)). Copyright © 2021 SNY- Sportsnet, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: SNY- Sportsnet 150 Greenwich St Fl 50New York, NY 10007-2444 [Add us to your address book]( [update your preferences]( | [unsubscribe from this list](