Your New York Mets are now three games over .500, and mlb.com has them in the top 15 for power rankings! It helps that Jason Bay is starting to hit (.246 but steadily climbing upwards). But the pitching there has been pretty interesting. It seems Capuano is going out and giving them a chance to win each game. And Dillon Gee carried them to this place; let's just hope he finds some more magic and goes on another 8-0 streak. Can't wait for Jose to come back. The Mets as a team are batting .264, fifth best in the game. That's right, 5th best, better than the Yanks even. However, bringing runners home has been there one downfall, though we have seen some more RBIs as of late.
You do have to wonder how long they are going to keep K-Rod around. He's up to 22 saves before the All-star break. Combined with the few blown saves he's had, it looks like a lock that his multi-million dollar option will vest. I'm sure the Mets would love to get some nice prospects in return. However, they'd be entirely foolish to send him to an NL East Rival like the Phillies. That's another thing, What's up with the East divisions being so ridiculously strong?
mlb.com's ranking look like this:
1) Phillies (NL East)
2) Yankees (AL East)
3) Red Sox (AL East)
4) Braves (NL East)
5) Rays (AL East)
then finally someone outside of the East
6) San Francisco. . .
. . .
14) Pirates (45-42)
15) Mets (45-42)
You might not have noticed, but yes, the Pirates are ranked higher than the Mets. That's because they have a 45-42 record also. Incredible stuff Kevin Correia and Andrew McCutchen are doing over there. And while the Mets are buried behind the Phillies (9 games back), the Pirates could go on a roll after the All-Star break and take the lead away from the Cards (1.5 games back) especially with Pujols out. What a crazy wonderful game baseball is!
Let's go Mets.
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