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Had a great time today talking New York baseball with colleague Karen Vankat. In the show we talk about the season thus far for the New York Yankees and New York Mets. Three weeks into the season the Yankees are 11-7 and looking like one of the budding teams in the American League. With a future star like Aaron Judge killing the baseball, there is a lot to like about these Bronx Bombers. In Queens, things haven't been so rosy for the Mets. The Amazin's are off to a sluggish start this season, and fans are already losing patience. We talk about both teams on this episode of the Open Mike Program.

The career of Jose Reyes  is on the precipice of either reclamation or total collapse.  The former All-Star shortstop who returned to the New York Mets  last season as a mea culpa for his past personal demons, is mired an ugly slump to start the 2017 season. Reyes’ line reads like this: 19 games, 67 at bats, 7 hits, 5 runs score, 2 doubles, no triples, no homers, no RBI, and only 1 stolen base. His batting average a woeful .104, and his on base percentage is equally lacking at .189. To read the rest click here to visit Mets on Scout ! 

NATIONALS 3 / METS 1  The Mets staggering offense couldn't get off the ground against the Nationals on Saturday at Citi Field, as Washington glided to a 3-1 win to send the Mets to 8-10 and 4.5 games out of first place. Perhaps it was fitting that this Saturday afternoon was played in the rain, because the Mets have had their heads in the clouds for well over a week, and now it's catching up to them. One can blame the injuries, and there are plenty of them to go around. Here is the list in case you forgot: Lucas Duda - hyperextended left elbow; Wilmer Flores - knee injury; Travis d'Arnaud - wrist; Asdrubal Cabrera - hamstring; Yoenis Cespedes - hamstring; and Jacob deGrom - stiff neck. But, even with that deGrom toughed out the neck problem to pitch against Gio Gonzalez on Saturday, and Cabrera toughed out his leg injury to play the entire game on Saturday as well. In short there are no excuses -- this team has the depth to overcome this, but they just aren't clic...

The 2017 NFL Schedules were finalized on Thursday night in a primetime special on ESPN and the NFL Network. Here is the Jets 2017 Schedule: 9/10 @ Buffalo .... 1:00 CBS 9/17 @ Oakland ... 4:05 CBS 9/24 MIAMI ........ 1:00 CBS 10/1 JACKSONVILLE ... 1:00 CBS 10/8 @ Cleveland .... 1:00 FOX 10/15 NEW ENGLAND ... 1:00 CBS 10/22 @ Miami ......... 1:00 FOX 10/29 ATLANTA ...... 1:00 FOX 11/2 BUFFALO ........ 8:30 NFLN 11/12 @ Tampa Bay ... 1:00 CBS 11/19 Bye Week 11/26 CAROLINA .... 1:00 FOX 12/3 KANSAS CITY ... 1:00 CBS 12/10 @ Denver ....... 4:05 CBS  12/17 @ New Orleans ... 1:00 CBS 12/24 L.A. CHARGERS ... 1:00 CBS 12/31 @ New England .... 1:00 CBS I'll react in a moment, but first here is the Giants schedule: 9/10 @ Dallas .... 8:30 NBC 9/18 DETROIT .... 8:30 ESPN 9/24 @ Philadelphia ... 1:00 FOX 10/1 @ Tampa Bay  ... 4:05 FOX 10/8 L.A. CHARGERS ... 1:00 CBS 10/15 @ Denver .... 8:30 NBC 10/22 SEATTLE ... 4:25 CBS 10/29 Bye Week 11/5 L.A. RAMS ... 1:00 FOX 1...

While this is not expected to be a overly memorable season for the New York Jets, their 2017 schedule is starting to leak out details by the minute. The Jets will open the season on the road for the first time since 2009, when they take on the Buffalo Bills. The Jets ended last season with a 30-10 win over Buffalo, and now they get to open the season against them. Too bad Rex Ryan is no longer in Buffalo, because the game has zero sizzle. The Jets will remain on the road in Week 2, when they travel to Oakland, for likely the final time ever, to face the Raiders.  The Jets close out the season against the Chargers at home in Week 16, and at the Patriots in Week 17. There are also rumors that the Jets will host the Atlanta Falcons in Week 8 on October 29. The Jets also have a Thursday night match-up at home against Buffalo, but the date hasn't been revealed as of 3:25 p.m. ET. 5:25 p.m. ET, it is revealed through the Miami Dolphins leaks, that the Jets will host the Fish in...

Oh, the NFL really has no imagination does it? As leaks of the NFL schedule are starting to pour out by the minute, the entire New York Giants schedule has been released, and for the fifth time in the last six seasons, the Giants open the season against the Dallas Cowboys. YAWN. For the third straight year, the Giants are on the road in Dallas to start the season. MAJOR YAWN. What the heck, NFL? How does Giants-Cowboys have more appeal than having the NFC Champion Falcons open their new stadium in primetime on Sunday night? I just don't get it. The Giants have now opened the season on the road for five straight year, and have not hosted a season opening game since 2012 when they played ... you guessed it ... the Dallas Cowboys. In fact the Giants haven't hosted a week 1 game at 1 p.m. since 2010 when they played the Carolina Panthers. At some point, the NFL has to not schedule Cowboys-Giants to open a season. It is driving the fans of both teams nuts. Anyway here is t...

The leaks are coming! The leaks are coming! Ah, yes, finally the NFL schedule is about the come out. While the entire slate of 256 regular season games won't be "officially" revealed until 8 p.m. tonight, the leaks are starting to pour out for the upcoming schedule. We can confirm that the New York Giants will play the Washington Redskins on Thanksgiving Day night. It will be the first time Big Blue will play a Turkey Day game since 2009, when they got smacked around by the Denver Broncos . For the Skins, it will be their second straight appearance on Thanksgiving. Last season, they lost a shutout to the Dallas Cowboys. Of note, however, this will be the first time ever that the Redskins will host a Thanksgiving Day game at home. Other rumors out there revolve around the Patriots. New England is expected to open up the season against the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday night football, September 7. The Patriots are also expected to the play the Oakland/Las Vegas Raid...

METS 9  MARLINS 8 One thing is very apparent in this early season for the New York Mets of 2017: they have tremendous guts. The Mets not only beat the Marlins for their fifth consecutive win that pushes them to 7-3 on the season, but they sent a direct message around the league that they are a team that is going to be reckoned with all season. While, no one should be surprised by the Mets early season success, it wasn't that long ago people came into the season thinking the Mets were an enigma. Well, maybe they still are an enigma in many respects. Surely the Mets aren't perfect. But a 9-8 win in 16 innings was impressive, and if anything, it should give Mets fans confidence this team can do some big things. The hero of the night is easy: Travis d'Arnaud. d'Arnaud caught all 16 innings of this ball game in South Beach and had one of the best nights at the plate of his major league career. He was 4-for-6 with 3 runs scored and 4 RBI. He opened the game with a hu...

If it's April it means football is in the air. Wait? What? Football? Yes, with the NFL draft nearing in three weeks, the League is starting to release its 2017 schedule. The NFL regular season is slated to be rolled out sometime between the 17th and 21st of April. However, the NFL preseason schedule is out and about. Here is the link: 2017 PRESEASON Below is the Jets and Giants schedules for the summer. Times and dates are not official.  Jets Preseason Schedule  TENNESSEE ..... 7:00 CBS @ Detroit ........... 8:00 CBS @ NY Giants ..... 7:30 CBS PHILADELPHIA ... 6:00 CBS Giants Preseason Schedule  PITTSBURGH .... 8:00 NBC @ Cleveland ...... 8:00 ESPN NY JETS ............ 7:30 NBC @ New England ... 7:00 NBC

As seen via my article on Scout.com METS 6  BRAVES 0    Noah Syndergaard  was Thor-esque in his season debut as the front man of the  New York Mets  five man band that is their pitching rotation. While Syndergaard didn’t ge a decision in the Mets 6-0 win on Monday afternoon, and left the game after 86 pitches with a blisters on his middle finger and thumb, his performance was an encouraging sign for a rotation that must find a way to stay healthy all season long. In a word, Syndergaard was dominant. The slider that worked so well for him last season was pure fire against Atlanta on Monday. It took Thor only seven pitches to get through the first inning. He struck out Atlanta center fielder  Ender Inciarte  swinging on a fastball low and away in the dirt; got phenom Dansby Swanson to bounce back to him on two pitches for the second out, and got Freddie Freeman to fly out to end in the inning. Thor’s slider kept breaking on hitters ...

RAYS 7  YANKEES 3 It was a rather inauspicious start for the new look New York Yankees on Sunday. A team that features a collection of promising young position players, the biggest question coming into the season was the viability of the Yankees starting rotation. Little did anyone think that those problems would start with Mashahiro Tanaka.  Tanaka who gave up only one earned run in 23 innings this spring, was downright bad against the pesky Rays on Sunday. He couldn't locate, and his fastball had no zip to it. Result the Rays teed-off. You knew Tanaka was in trouble early when he gave up a single to Corey Dickerson and a double to Kevin Kiemaier just seven pitches into the ball game. After an unrecognizable Evan Longoria hit a sac fly to right to bring home the game's first run, Tanaka got into more trouble. Brad Miller singled, Steven Souza walked on four pitches, and Logan Morrison slapped a single through the hole to drive in two runs to push Tampa Bay to a 3-0...