Stock Up: The Mets Hitting

So uh, what is going on? The Mets are starting to...hit?! With 30 runs over the past two games and Jason Bay hitting homeruns, the Mets look like a team that could, actually, compete for a Wild Card spot. I know it is only the end of June, but normally the Mets are way out of the playoff picture by this point. If they can continue to overachieve like this, the sky is the limit. Hopefully, they don't trade Reyes, if they trade Reyes I would say that most of the hope would be lost. The Mets are playing incredibly well for a team with injuries to two of their best (Wright and Davis), and is made up of mostly scrubs (see Josh Thole, Danny Murphy, RA Dickey). When Jason Bay is hitting homeruns, you have to start thinking playoffs. By the way, Krod still sucks...big time. Also, Dillon Gee for ROTY.

NHL Salary Cap to go up $5m (now totaling $64m)

Great news for the Rangers. Already one of the highest salary caps in the league, they can now spend more. Hopefully Brad Richards is on the horizon, as a dominant center would be a great pickup for the club. A center isn't the only thing the Blue Shirts need. A goal scorer would be nice, some more defense (can't play Girardi and Staal the whole game), and maybe a beefed up special teams, but hey Rome wasn't built in a day. This news is great for big market teams, sucks for teams like Florida and Winnipeg. Rich getting richer, gotta love it. July 1st marks the start of free agency. 

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Stock Up: The Mets?!

The Mets are only two games below .500 and just went 6-4 on their road stretch.  They are 4.5 games out of the Wild-Card spot, and I know that doesn’t sound great, but I for one thought they would be much worse off at this point in the year. The question now is, what are they going to do with Reyes? If they continue to hover around the .500 mark, you have to think that they can stay close in the Wild Card race in the NL, however, the Mets brass may have to deal Reyes if they don’t think they are going to sign him in the off-season. I think that they should hang on to Reyes, and even though Wilpon said that they aren’t going to give him “Crawford” money, I do think that given the player he can be, and the player that he is this season, they will give him a contract he will say yes too.  

They are also getting tremendous starting pitching recently, as Dillon Gee is over-performing his ass off and the rest of the starters are finally carrying their weight. Will the starting pitching break down and return to the level they are supposed to be pitching at? Probably. However, you never know, and this Mets team is starting to have this writer believe in them (typical Mets).

Stock Up: Yankees

After getting embarrassed at home against the Red Sox last week, they're 8-2 in their last 10, and beat up on a pretty good Rangers team. Yes, 3 of those wins came against the Indians and the league is finally starting to see that the Indians actually suck. And yes, two of those wins are against the Cubs, who also suck, but the Yankees are finally starting to hit as a team. Granderson is still CRUSHING it this season, seriously this guy has to be in the AL MVP talks. Even their small pickups are playing their role. I mean Brian Gordon? Really? This Yankees team is going to be dangerous come October; who is going to want to play the team that could hit 17 homers off you in a game. Are they better than the Red Sox or Phillies? No, but come the postseason, anything can happen.

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