I stopped watching MLB back in 1994 when the players went on strike. Recently I started to look at the NY Mets a little bit as I was a fan since childhood.
Looking at MLB stats, (http://espn.go.com/mlb/stats/team/_/stat/pitching/sort/ERA/order/false) it shows the Mets rank 3rd best ERA in all of MLB. OK, I knew their pitching was very good.
Then I sorted the same list using BAA (opponents batting average) thinking the Mets would be 1-5th best.
I was very surprised to see that the Mets came in at 16th best while the NY Yankees came in with a respectable 11th place.
WTH? Does this mean the Mets pitchers allow more runners to get on base but somehow they excel in not allowing them bastids to score?
Thanks!