The Warm-Up: Mets & Yanks playoff odds — Thibs wins Coach of the Year — Nets, Isles take control

Tuesday, June 8, 2021 · Get Today’s New York Sports Here The Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- Good morning. 🌅 --------------------------------------------------------------- 📅 Tonight's sports schedule - Mets at Orioles, 7:05 p.m. on SNY ⚾ - Yankees at Twins, 8:10 p.m. ⚾ --------------------------------------------------------------- 📺 SNY originals - [Shea Anything]( Are the Mets on the road to something special in 2021? - [BNNY]( Does Jacob deGrom compare to peak Pedro Martinez? Today's word count: 631 Two New York teams walk into the postseason ... Orlando Ramirez/USA TODAY Sports Somehow, the Mets keep finding ways to win games. Somehow, the Yankees keep finding ways to lose them. In first place at 29-23 and in fourth place at 31-29, respectively, here are the current playoff projections from Baseball Reference, FiveThirtyEight, and FanGraphs. [Baseball Reference]( - Mets: 44% playoffs, 43.4% division, 2.8% World Series - Yankees: 35% playoffs, 2.1% division, 1.1% World Series [FiveThirtyEight]( - Mets: 67% playoffs, 61% division, 7% World Series - Yankees: 48% playoffs, 11% division, 5% World Series [FanGraphs]( - Mets: 82.3% playoffs, 76.8% division, 12.5% World Series - Yankees: 55.9% playoffs, 18.7% division, 7.4% World Series Two more off day notes: - Someone on Twitter posted a video alleging Jacob deGrom's use of an illegal substance. Six Mets players [swooped]( in to debunk the theory. - Speaking of illegal substances ... [here]( how MLB's crackdown on the topic could turn into a nightmare for the already struggling Yankees. On SNY.tv: - [5 things to watch in the Mets' two-game series in Baltimore]( - [10 insane stats from Jacob deGrom's 2021 start]( Trivia time Six pitchers have 90 or more wins with the Mets. How many can you name? Answers at the bottom Your 2020-21 NBA Coach of the Year: Tom Thibodeau SNY graphic If you bet $100 on Tom Thibodeau to win NBA Coach of the Year honors in the preseason, you might have enough money now to go to a future Knicks playoff game. - He was +3000 to win it in December, and now the award is his, having been [named]( COTY last night for the second time in his career. He's the third Knicks coach to win it, joining Red Holzman and Pat Riley. By the numbers: He brought the Knicks from a 31.8 winning percentage in 2019-20 to a 56.9 mark this season, plus a playoff berth for the first time since 2012-13. The Knicks' defensive rating this season (107.8) was fourth in the league. Last season it was 112.4, 24th in the league. "We didn't know how good we'd be," said Thibodeau last night. "But, we felt, once we got around the players and saw how committed they were to playing as a group and sacrificing for each other, we felt we had a chance. ... The commitment made by the players was special." On SNY.tv: - [Ian Begley on Thibodeau's newest award]( Game 2: No James Harden, no living, breathing semblance of a problem Wendell Cruz/USA TODAY Sports NETS 125, BUCKS 86 -- James Harden has played one minute against the Bucks this series, and the Nets have two wins by eight points and 39(!) points, respectively. If they were scary before, they look like the '96 Bulls right now. Three things: - Giannis Antetokounmpo ... [meet]( Blake Griffin. - The Nets last night led by 17 after one, 24 at the half, 30 after three,and 39 by the end. This game was never close and this series -- billed as an NBA Finals level matchup -- has so far been a wash. - Brooklyn had five double-digit scorers led by Kevin Durant's 32. In all, 12 Nets scored at least two points. Also ... two more wins for the Nets and they'll be in their first Eastern Conference Finals since their NBA Finals run in 2003. Game 5: The Isles are one game from pulling the upset @NHLonNBCSports/Twitter [ISLANDERS 5, BRUINS 4]( -- The Islanders went into Boston last night and took Game 5 from the Bruins, at one point leading by as many as three goals. They now have a chance to close out the series at home on Wednesday. Two things: - The Isles scored three power-play goals, including the tap-in by Kyle Palmieri GIF'd above. - Boston actually outshot New York, 44-19, a discrepancy mitigated by the Isles scoring on three of four power plays. On SNY.tv: - [Barry Trotz, Mathew Barzal, and Josh Bailey react to Game 5 win]( The New York Minute - [READ]( Jim Fassel, head coach who led Giants to Super Bowl, dies at 71 - [READ]( According to a report, the Knicks and Kelly Oubre Jr. have "mutual interest" - [READ]( Just three months after tearing his ACL, Anders Lee is back on the ice - [READ]( After hitting .096 with 26 strikeouts in 23 games, the Mariners have optioned former Mets prospect Jarred Kelenic to Triple-A - [READ]( Giants 2021 Position Breakdown: Leonard Williams returns for more on the defensive line - [READ]( Jets 2021 Position Breakdown: Defensive interior remains one of main strengths - [EXCERPT]( The secret Yankees ballpark inspection that set off the Astros, from SNY MLB Insider Andy Martino's new book, 'Cheated: The Inside Story of the Astros Scandal and a Colorful History of Sign Stealing' TRIVIA ANSWER: TRIVIA ANSWER: Tom Seaver (198), Dwight Gooden (157), Jerry Koosman (140), Ron Darling (99), Sid Fernandez (98), Al Leiter (95). 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