Ryan Chichester

4 days ago | audacy.com | Ryan Chichester

Corbin Burnes, arguably the top starting pitcher available this past offseason, is headed for an MRI on his pitching elbow after leaving his last start on Sunday, an ominous sign after the ink on his six-year, $210 million contract has barely dried. Over in Los Angeles, Blake Snell is working his way back from the 60-day IL as he recovers from a shoulder injury that he suffered shortly after signing a five-year, $182 million deal with the Dodgers.

4 days ago | audacy.com | Ryan Chichester

Just as the Yankees get bullpen reinforcements, they could be without their top relief arm for the foreseeable future. According to ESPN insider Jeff Passan, Luke Weaver is expected to be placed on the IL with a hamstring injury that he suffered during Sunday's series finale against the Dodgers. The Yankee closer is expected to miss 4-6 weeks, per Passan.

4 days ago | audacy.com | Ryan Chichester

There were stretches of game six where Karl-Anthony Towns looked disastrous, particularly on the defensive end. The unwillingness to step up and defend the perimeter, or the seemingly lackadaisical effort to get back on defense while the Pacers poured on the fast break points infuriated Knicks fans as the season slipped away. But somewhere along the line, the criticism, bordering on flat-out hatred by some, went too far, and the overall scope of Towns' first playoff run as a Knick was lost.

5 days ago | audacy.com | Ryan Chichester

The season is over, the pain lingers, and it's time to look ahead to figure out how the Knicks can avoid replicating the frustration of falling to the Pacers yet again. This time, New York made it a round further before suffering the same result as last season, and it became apparent as the Eastern Conference Finals progressed that this group would have a near impossible time beating the Thunder in the NBA Finals if it were able to outlast Indiana.

5 days ago | audacy.com | Ryan Chichester

The Yankees avoided the sweep against the defending champion Dodgers in the weekend's anticipated World Series rematch, but they may have lost multiple key pieces in the process. Holding a 7-3 lead late in the ninth, Aaron Boone went to lefty Tim Hill instead of closer Luke Weaver, and the manager revealed after Hill closed out the win that Weaver felt something in his hamstring as he began stretching to prepare to enter the game. "Hoping it's not too serious," Boone said.