SNY's The Warm-Up: Lindor heating up — Golladay ➡️ Giants — Rutgers heartbreak

Monday, March 22, 2021 · Get Today’s New York Sports Here The Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- 🌅 Good morning. [Here]( how close Julius Randle came to a game-winner last night. --------------------------------------------------------------- 📅 Today's sports schedule - Mets at Astros, 1:05 p.m. ⚾ - Yankees vs. Phillies, 6:35 p.m. ⚾ - Rangers vs. Sabres, 7 p.m. 🏒 - Islanders at Flyers, 7 p.m. 🏒 --------------------------------------------------------------- 📺 SNY originals - [The Putback]( The latest on the Knicks' trade deadline plans - [What are the Odds]( With Kenny Golladay aboard, what are the odds the Giants win the NFC East? - [Shea Anything]( Keith Hernandez is a fan of Mets LHP Joey Lucchesi Today's word count: 717 words Another #AceDay for New York + other weekend baseball notes Nathan Ray Seebeck/USA TODAY Sports 1. The Mets and Yankees have awarded New York fans a treat by syncing Jacob deGrom and Gerrit Cole's starting days this spring. Yesterday was business as usual for both. - DeGrom's line: 4.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 5 K's in a 6-2 win over Washington. [Takeaways](. - Cole's line: 5 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 8 K's in an 8-3 win over Toronto. [Takeaways](. Also: - DeGrom hit 101 mph on the radar gun, and even got to take [a few hacks]( against Max Scherzer. 2. The weekend home run roundup, in order: - [Tomas Nido]( | [Francisco Lindor]( | [Gio Urshela]( | [Thairo Estrada]( | [Michael Conforto]( | [Lindor]( again 3. After his home run, Conforto was again asked about his contract extension. He, Lindor, and the Mets have only a handful of days left to come to terms on a deal, lest they enter the season with questions still looming. "I'm not really interested in speaking about the contract stuff," [Conforto said]( in a reasonable tone. "It's between me, my family, my agent, and the team." On SNY.tv: - [Cole opened up on the Yankees' pitching depth as Opening Day nears]( - [DeGrom assessed his progress after his fourth spring training start]( - [Carlos Carrasco was optimistic while speaking about his hamstring tear]( Trivia time Which is the last New York City school to reach the NCAA Tournament finals? Answer at the bottom. The spring training highlight of the weekend goes to ... @SNY.tv/Twitter ... Francisco Lindor, who is slowly taking over our newsletter. He hit two home runs over the weekend -- the grand slam [above]( and a two-run [homer]( off Max Scherzer yesterday-- and now has three in the last four games. "We're getting to see him when he makes adjustments," said Luis Rojas [on Sunday](. " . ... We're seeing the hot version of him. That's what good hitters do in this game. They find their groove, they battle. They go their 1-for-4's, and when they're hot, they get their two knocks and a homer like that." Lindor has eight hits over his last five games, and is now batting .294 for the spring after a slow start. Ahead of a potential extension agreement, it's been a good time to act like himself. In Kenny Golladay, the Giants finally have their big-play guy Ron Chenoy/USA TODAY Sports After much speculation and two-plus days of meetings, the Giants and WR Kenny Golladay agreed to a deal on Saturday night, a landmark moment for GM Dave Gettleman. - The agreement is for four years and $72 million and carries a guarantee of $40 million. His $18 million AAV is sixth-highest in the league at his position. Two notes: - Daniel Jones [reached out]( and recruited Golladay, who chose the Giants over the Bears after Chicago made a late push. "I’m still growing as a player," Golladay said. "I feel like me and (Jones) can do some good things." - This, along with the extension of Leonard Williams, is Gettleman's "all-in" move, wrote SNY's Ralph Vacchiano. [Here]( his take on the deal. On SNY.tv: - VACCHIANO: [Breaking down every new Giants free agent contract and their remaining cap space]( - [The Jets signed former first-rounder Sheldon Rankins]( Everything else to know from this weekend, including Rutgers' heartbreaker @CBSSports/Twitter 1. *CONTENT WARNING: NCAA Tournament heartbreak* The Scarlet Knights led Houston, 58-49, with 4:55 left last night, but Houston finished on a 14-2 run to snatch a Sweet 16 berth from Rutgers. In short, everything that could have gone wrong, did. With that, every local men's team was eliminated. - The No. 7 Huskies were slightly upset on Saturday by No. 10 Maryland in the first round, 63-54. - No. 15 Iona trailed No. 2 Alabama by only one point at the half, but the Crimson Tide eventually pulled away for a 68-55 victory on Saturday. Elsewhere ... the UConn women [cruised]( to a 102-59 win over No. 16 High Point. They play No. 8 Syracuse on Tuesday in the second round. 2. Julius Randle got [the roll]( of all rolls to send the game to overtime last night, but the Knicks eventually lost to the 76ers, 101-100, in a [questionably-refereed ending](. Takeaways from an eventful game [here](. Elsewhere ... Blake Griffin made his Nets debut last night. With the Pistons, he hadn't dunked since 2019. He [dunked]( on his first shot attempt with the Nets, though he had only that bucket in a 113-106 win over Washington. 3. Local hockey scores from the weekend: - Friday - Capitals 2, Rangers 1 - Saturday - Islanders 6, Flyers 1 - Rangers 3, Capitals 1 - Penguins 3, Devils - Sunday - [Devils 2, Penguins 1]( (OT) The New York Minute - [READ]( Five three-point shooters the Knicks should target at the trade deadline. - [READ]( What will the Giants do at No. 11 now that Kenny Golladay is on board? - [READ]( Gary Sanchez is expected to be the Yankees' starting catcher when Gerrit Cole takes the mound on Opening Day. TRIVIA ANSWER: St. John's (1952) That's the buzzer. 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