The Rangers are headed to the postseason. The final 28 games are about playing well and staying healthy going into the playoffs. March is about using the trade deadline to upgrade the roster for those playoffs.

Adam Rotter of NY Rangers News joined me to talk about the Rangers' win over the Blues, Gerard Gallant's first season as head coach, if the Rangers should go for it at the deadline and who would they should avoid trading.

The Rangers had two weeks off between their most recent game on Feb. 1 and Tuesday's game against the Bruins, and it showed. The Rangers were held shotless for more than half of the first period, mustered a single goal in regulation and then needed to win a wild nine-round shootout to come away with two points. Once again, the two points earned were a product of the play of Igor Shesterkin, the way it has been all season.

Michael Hurley of CBS Boston joined me to talk about the Rangers' 2-1 shootout win, the Bruins' roster build, the recent midseason retirement of Tuukka Rask, the unnecessary suspension for Brad Marchand and the absence of Patrice Bergeron.

There's no Yankees baseball because there's no baseball right now. The lockout is now more than 10 weeks old and there's no end in sight or optimism that the season will begin on time. But there's going to be baseball at some point (I think), and when there is, the Yankees have a lot of work to do to their roster.

Andrew Rotondi of Bronx Pinstripes joined me to talk about the offseason and lockout, what the Yankees' plan should be once there is baseball again and who should play shortstop in 2022.

Six weeks ago, Brian Cashman said the Yankees need a shortstop for 2022, and they still don't have one. Their actual options are now down to Carlos Correa or Trevor Story, and if they choose to not sign either, it's going to be a very bad scene.

After having their recent four-game winning streak end, the Rangers have put together a new and current three-game winning streak. The first seven weeks of the season have been full of wins.

Brian Monzo joined me to talk about the Rangers' impressive first quarter of the season, noticeable differences between Gerard Gallant and David Quinn, realistic expectations for Alexis Lafreniere and Kaapo Kakko this season and what to do with Alexander Georgiev.

The Yankees proved they don't care about winning when they announced Aaron Boone's new contract, so now I have to decide if I want to care about the Yankees anymore.

If the Yankees don’t host the wild-card game, they will have one person to thank: their own manager.

When the Yankees began their most recent nine-game stretch against the Rangers, Red Sox and Blue Jays, their postseason odds were slim and it looked like the disappointing 2021 season would end with the biggest disappointment of all: no postseason. But after an 8-1 run against those three teams, the Yankees are only close to clinching a wild-card berth and home-field advantage for the one-game playoff. Winning the one-game playoff is a whole other story.

The Yankees beat the Red Sox on 8-3 on Friday night, and it was the team's best win of the season. DJ LeMahieu led off the game with a single in a seven-pitch, and the rest of the offense followed his lead, scoring three runs in the first and adding four more in the third. A 7-0 lead with Gerrit Cole on the mound is about as well as the Yankees can ever be set up in a game and they were able to coast to a win for the first time in a long time. Given the importance of this series and its impact on the standings and postseason, Friday's game was easily the Yankees' best win of the season.

It didn't feel like football season on Sunday until the Giants lost. A Giants season-opening loss is as "It's football season" as it gets. The Giants lost to the Broncos 27-13, needing a time-expiring touchdown, the ultimate garbage-time touchdown to avoid scoring in single digits.

Nick Falato of the Big Blue Banter podcast joined me to break down the Giants' loss to the Broncos and what expectations are going to Washington on a short week.