The lovers of MLB league have to be really happy on New York. The both team of the city, Yankees and Mets, have the best records of the Major Leagues and lot of people start to see them as a new World Serie on the Big Apple.
With their no hitter of Friday, Mets crowned the big moment that they are living on this current season. They have a balance of 15-6, is the best of all the Majors. Also, they have 7 victories on the last 10 matches.
On the other hand, Yankees are on a very good shape after a difficult start. Until the Friday night they have 7 victories. They are leaders of the American East League and with the best young balance of the circuit: 14-6. They have better % of victories than Mets, 9 victories on the last 10 games.
Mets made a balanced team, with a good offensive players and a solvent pitching. At the moment, they have the best collective average of the Majors and their line is .261/.343/.395. They have 18 home runs, on the 15 at the collective MLB and tenths on the National League.
Their rotation has practically not suffered the absence by injury Jacbo deGrom. Max Scherver and the good exits of the Venezuelan player Carlos Carrasco are helping the team to get through this injury on the best way possible. They have got the second best team effectiveness of the MLB, 2.79, only surpassed by Los Angeles Dodgers.
About Yankees, they exceeded the initial obstacles and achieved a good defense. They have now a line of .249/.322/.430, is the seventh best batting average of the Major Leagues and the fourth one on the American League, with .752 of OPS.
If we compare these two teams, Yankees and Mets are really similar and the balance leans a little more to the side of Bronx to define the best. The bullpen of Yankees is the fifth in all the effectiveness circuit of 2.80. Meanwhile, Mets are on eighth place with a average of 2.86 of clean runs allowed.
Jorge Barbero
