The Warm-Up: Yanks' playoff odds — Bring Baez back? — OTD in NY baseball history

Sept. 24, 2021 · Get Today’s New York Sports Here The Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- Good morning. 🌅 The Liberty lost their single-elimination playoff game last night on a last-second free throw. --------------------------------------------------------------- 📅 This weekend's sports schedule Friday - Red Sox at Yankees, 7:10 p.m. ⚾ - Mets at Brewers on SNY, 8:10 p.m. ⚾ Saturday - Red Sox at Yankees, 4:10 p.m. ⚾ - Mets at Brewers on PIX 11, 7:10 p.m. ⚾ Sunday - Giants vs. Falcons, 1 p.m. 🏈 - Mets at Brewers on PIX 11, 2:10 p.m. ⚾ - Jets at Broncos, 4:05 p.m. 🏈 - Red Sox at Yankees, 7:08 p.m. ⚾ --------------------------------------------------------------- 📺 SNY originals - [Mets Prospective]( Mets Director of Player Development breaks down which prospects made big strides this season - [The Tailgate]( Is Joe Judge's seat heating up? - [BNNY]( Terry Collins on helping his Mets players handle the media Today's word count: 539 The Yankees' playoff odds, spring training through this weekend Data: [FiveThirtyEight]( The best reality show in sports this summer has been in The Bronx. - One week they're on a 13-game winning streak and a virtual lock to make the playoffs, and the next they're getting routed by Cleveland and booed by their fans while their [ace analogizes about ancient warriors](. The drama comes to a head this weekend and into next week with three games against the Red Sox in Boston and three games against the Blue Jays in Toronto. - The Red Sox, up 2.0 games on the Yanks for the first Wild Card spot, just need one win in the series to stay ahead of the Yanks. Doable, sure, [but don't tell the '49 Sox that](. The Jays, a full game behind the Yankees after last night's loss, have three more against the Twins this weekend. On SNY.tv: - [Three keys for the Yankees this weekend]( - MARTINO: [A nearly perfect SS solution for Yankees: Steal Marcus Semien from Toronto]( Trivia time Who is the last Jets QB to lead the team to a winning season? Answer at the bottom What should the Mets do with Javier Baez? SNY graphic Javier Baez has done more spectacular things for the Mets since being acquired in late July than most players do in a full season. He's also done some disastrous things. - He is an undeniably captivating player who makes a team worth watching, but he's also been for most of his career a free-swinging hacker. Of late, though, that's been curiously different. He's drawn nine walks in his last 12 games compared to 18 in his previous 118 games. What's changed? Whatever the answer, it must be weighing heavily on the collective brains of the Mets' front office. [Here's a look at his recent spike in plate discipline]( and why it makes bringing Baez back all the more tantalizing. Jets & Giants buzz entering Week 3 Alexander Lewis/USA TODAY Sports 1. Eli Manning, set to have his No. 10 retired this weekend, held a news conference Thursday. He spoke, among other things, [about the Giants' '07-'08 run to the Super Bowl](. “That whole playoff stretch was probably very, very important in my career, '07, and Coach (Tom) Coughlin’s," he said. " ... There have been kind of glimpses of good and some bad, all that, some ups and downs, and I think that kind of just proved that 'He can play well in the biggest moments.'" He also [spoke about his new broadcast foray]( with his brother. 2. Jamison Crowder [missed practice again]( on Thursday with his groin injury. - A surprise inactive last Sunday, he's in jeopardy of missing a third straight game. 3. Giants rookie Kadarius Toney [addressed his social media activity]( after last Thursday's loss yesterday. - His observation that 's--t just be lame' after his sparsely-targeted game had 'had nothing to do with the Giants,' he said. On SNY.tv: - VACCHIANO: [Patrick Graham knows his defense needs to turn things around quickly]( - [How Michael Carter helped UNC teammate battle depression after a second suicide attempt]( - [Zach Wilson addresses Robert Saleh's 'boring' comments]( On this day in New York baseball ... USA TODAY Sports archive: Tom Seaver in Sept., 1969 - 1920: In his first season as a Yankee, Babe Ruth slugged his record 50th home run - 1934: Ruth played his final game as a Yankee - 1927: In a 155-game season, the Yankees won their record 106th game. They'd finish the season 110-44-1 - 1957: The Dodgers played their final game at Ebbets Field, a 2-0 win over the Pirates - 1969: The Mets clinched their first pennant with a 6-0 win over the Cardinals The New York Minute - READ: [Kyrie Irving is reportedly not vaccinated against COVID-19]( - READ: [The Knicks are finally establishing a culture after many promises to do so]( - READ: [Rangers target Jack Eichel has been stripped of his captaincy by the Sabres]( - WATCH: [Gary, Keith, and Ron present Mets Media Guide Musings]( TRIVIA ANSWER: Ryan Fitzpatrick (2015) That's the buzzer. Enjoy your weekend (Have feedback for The Warm-Up? Click [here](. Copyright © 2021 SNY- Sportsnet, All rights reserved. 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