Baseball’s winter meetings get underway next week, meaning we are getting closer to finding out whether Aaron Judge and Jacob deGrom will continue playing in New York — and what the Yankees and the Mets might do if those stars don’t re-sign for 2023 and beyond.
In the meantime, the NFL, NBA and NHL are well into their seasons. Checking out the latestprojectionsby FiveThirtyEight, six of the seven area teams are listed at 50 percent or better to reach their respective postseasons.
Only the middling Knicks — who are 10-12 after Wednesday’s loss to the Bucks — are below that threshold, though the Giants and Rangers also have trended downward after recent losing streaks.
What is your current playoff-qualification confidence meter for the NY/NJ area’s teams in those sports? Let’s take a look at each of them, along with their current 538 percentages to reach postseason play:
