The Rangers routed the Flyers 9-0 on Wednesday and they did so without David Quinn and his entire coaching staff. What does the Rangers putting together their best performance of the season without their head coach say about their head coach?

The Yankees have played Tyler Wade for parts of four seasons because they believe he will eventually hit at the major league level. It hasn't happened yet for the utility player, and now that Gio Urshela is being given innings at shortstop, does it mean the Yankees are looking to build their 2021 Opening Day bench without Wade on it?

From the start of 2019 through the end of 2020, the Yankees placed someone on the injured list 46 times, not including for COVID-19 reasons. So far 2021 looks to be a continuation of the last two seasons when it comes to injuries for the Yankees.

Brian Cashman recently called the Yankees' bullpen "very strong," and it's still strong, but no longer "very strong." Zack Britton will undergo an MRI for elbow soreness, and that's very bad news. As a 33-year-old who has thrown as hard as Britton does for as long as he has, Britton knows his body and for him to report the soreness, there's something there. The Yankees' decision to be under the imaginary salary cap this season and trade Adam Ottavino looks even worse than it already did.

There are two available spots on the Yankees' roster. One is the last man on the bench and the other is the last man in the bullpen. Mike Tauchman, Miguel Andujar, Derek Dietrich and Jay Bruce are competing for the last spot on the bench, and Albert Abreu, Nick Nelson and Michael King are competing for the last spot in the bullpen.

The Rangers entered the second quarter of the season needing to win two-thirds of their remaining 42 games to have a chance at reaching the postseason. So far, so good in the second quarter as they have now won four of their last six games after beating the Sabres 3-2.

If you ask the Yankees, they will tell you there is a competition for the fifth spot in the rotation between Deivi Garcia, Domingo German, Michael King and Jhoulys Chacin. In actuality, the spot is wrongfully going to go to German.

After beating the Capitals and Flyers recently, the Rangers continued their impressive showing against the league's best by beating the Bruins 6-2 on Thursday. It was an unexpected effort from both the Rangers and Bruins, further proving the Rangers can beat any team in the league when they play a complete game. 

The Rangers lost another game they could have won, this time 4-3 to the Flyers. After their atrocious first quarter of the season, the Rangers need to cancel out some of those early-season losses with wins, and Wednesday in Philadelphia was a perfect opportunity to do so, and they didn’t.

The Yankees have spent the first week of spring training talking about how much starting pitching depth the team has, even though one of their starting pitching options is now shut down for the next three to four weeks. Aaron Boone keeps talking about how Gary Sanchez will catch Gerrit Cole and that Clint Frazier will be the everyday left fielder over Brett Gardner, but it's hard to know what to believe from the Yankees manager.

Frank Marco of Bronx Pinstripes joined me to talk about the first week of spring training, the lineup questions and injury concerns this season and what Yankees fans' confidence level should be right now.