Historic Start for the Yankees

 

As the 2025 MLB season gets underway, the Bronx Bombers are off to an historic, unheard of, start to their campaign. After tallying 36 runs in their three game sweep of the Milwaukee Brewers, the Yankees bats are off to a scorching start. 

Despite a bitter offseason coming off a World Series loss and the departure of Juan Soto, the Yanks put that behind them after a record breaking weekend. In addition to scoring 36 runs, in their 20-9 win on Saturday, New York launched nine home runs. 

Those nine home runs are the most ever hit in a single game in the 122 years that the Yankees have existed. In all three games, the Bombers tallied 15 home runs, tying the record for the most in a three game set. 

4 of those 15 came off the bat of Aaron Judge. The MVP is off to the best start of his career and it's not even April yet. As Michael Kay said during the broadcast on Sunday, he truly is "one of the best right-handed hitters in MLB history." 

The biggest headline revolving around the Yankees over the weekend has been the implementation of their newly designed bats. The bats have certainly given them a lift offensively, and are perfectly legal to use. Despite there being tons of criticism regarding the new "torpedo bats", there is nothing illegal about them. 

Other Yankees such as Jazz Chisholm, Cody Bellinger, Anthony Volpe, and more have taken advantage of the new bats and have gotten off to a fast start. It will be interesting to see if these players continue to thrive in these new circumstances. If they do, we will definitely start seeing other teams implement these bats as well. 

The Yanks have an off day before continuing their home stand against the Arizona Diamondbacks. With all of the injuries suffered during Spring Training and Juan Soto leaving for the Mets, the Yankees have pushed this aside and started their World Series aspirations on the right note in 2025. 

Gang Green Has A New QB

 

This past Monday, the New York Jets signed their newest quarterback Justin Fields to a two-year deal. New York has not had a consistently good quarterback in some time, but they are hoping that Fields can turn this narrative around. 

Entering his 5th NFL season, Fields is now playing for his third team after playing just one season with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the previous three for the Chicago Bears. Fields only played in 10 games last season as he and Russell Wilson shared time as QB1 in Pittsburgh. 

Fields will reunite with Garrett Wilson and Jeremy Ruckert from his time at Ohio State. Fields was originally drafted in the 2021 draft where the Jets also selected a quarterback. New York had the second overall pick with the chance to take Fields, but instead selected Zach Wilson.

4 years later, Gang Green ends up with the quarterback selected nine picks after their pick. Fields has yet to have a breakout season despite having numerous glimpses of star potential in his time in Chicago and Pittsburgh. 

The Jets are hoping the young quarterback can finally breakout and that this two year contract and lead to a future extension down the line. New York has already claimed that Fields will be the Week 1 starter for the 2025 season, but they also have backup quarterbacks Tyrod Taylor and Jordan Travis on the roster.

The plan for Travis was to learn from Rodgers while sitting on the sidelines recovering from his injury. Taylor has been known to be a very sufficient backup, so if things don't work out as well with Fields they can turn to their veteran quarterback. 

Will Justin Fields finally be the answer at quarterback for the Jets? Aaron Glenn and Darren Mougey are putting together a very young and dynamic roster around Fields so he can succeed as a Jet. Hopefully he will provide the Jets will lots of good memories down the road. 

Badgers Guide for March

 

The Badgers come into March after a very underwhelming end to the regular season. In addition to losing three of their last five games, Wisconsin was not able to qualify for the double bye in the Big Ten Tournament as well. 

Wisconsin goes into the Big Ten Tournament as the no. 5 seed and will take on the winner of Northwestern and Minnesota on Thursday. Currently the Badgers are predicted to be a no. 4 seed in the NCAA tournament, but a couple of victories in the Big Ten Tournament can easily jolt them to a no. 3 seed. 

All season the Badgers have been lead by John Tonje and John Blackwell. Tonje was recently named to the All Big Ten 1st team and Blackwell received an honorable mention as well. From last year, Blackwell has taken a huge leap and next season it will certainly be his team if he decides to not enter the transfer portal. 

The most recent debacle for the Badgers was their loss to Penn State. It was simple, all they had to do was win and they would clinch a double bye. Penn State, a team playing in their last game because they were unable to qualify for the Big Ten Tournament itself. 

A loss like that is certainly catastrophic to the Badgers in multiple ways, but in other ways it can be received as a much needed wake up call. For most of the season, the offense has been lights out but not as of late. This Badger team is not like old Badger teams with their ability to out shoot other teams. 

In the previous three games, Max Klesmit has been out with a lower body injury and in those three games the Badgers are 1-2. Despite his struggles offensively this season, I do believe Klesmit provides the Badgers with a huge boost. 

Being both a starter and a leader, Klesmit has impacted the Badgers in other ways despite his poor shooting. Klesmit's defense, on the other hand, has been a positive for Wisconsin. With Klesmit back in the lineup on Thursday, the Badgers will look a lot different and hopefully a lot better as well. 

In recent years, the Badgers have been unable to get it done in March. Their last Sweet 16 appearance was all the way back in 2017 despite being a high seed in previous years. This year they have to get over the hump. They have the DNA, they have the talent, what they need is the confidence to get there.