The Mets Are Above .500 -- Compliments Of David Wright
On Opening Day if someone had offered you a bet that after 41 games the Mets would have a better record than the Yankees, would you have taken it? I think you would. I would have taken it in a heartbeat. But after the Yankees' loss to Cincinnati yesterday in a dreary 5-2 game, and the Mets 6-5 victory over Toronto, the Amazins' are 22-19 to the Yankees' 21-20.
I don't think either record really reflects the relative strength of the two teams. The Yankees have now lost Michael Pineda and three key relievers to freak injuries, and Mark Teixiera is out perhaps indefinitely with a mysterious illness. The Mets are probably playing several games above their heads. At any rate, it's fairly easy to pinpoint the main reason that the Mets are 3 games over .500: David Wright, after going 2 for 4 yesterday, is batting .412.
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