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July is just around the corner and while baseball fans are gearing up for the All-Star game, fantasy owners are looking at who to buy and sell for the season's second half. Using Yahoo!'s rankings based on the last month's worth of numbers, let's look at June's hottest hitters and figure out who is for real.Begin Slideshow

So far this season, the Mets have played 75 games. They are currently .5 games out of first place. The Mets have been able be competitive despite that fact that they have had Carlos Beltran, a perennial All-Star, play exactly 0 games for them. When Beltran does return to the Mets, he will be a major asset. There is no way to deny that. Despite playing only half a season last ...

In sports and competition, sometimes adrenaline and frustration can combine for an ugly mix. Many times players just take out their frustrations on the water cooler. Other times, players take it out on each other. The result? Dugout blowouts caught by the cameras for everyone to see. We saw two examples of that over the weekend as a pair of teammates in Chicago and Tampa Bay hashed out their ...

The term "Batting Average on Balls In Play" (BABIP) has become one of the most popular stats among fantasy managers in recent years.  To put it simply, BABIP measures the number of batted balls that fall safely for a hit (excluding home runs). According to The Hardball Times Glossary, the exact formula for BABIP is: (H-HR)/(AB-K-HR+SF). The major league average for BABIP is usually around .300. Last year it was .299. Through nearly three months this season, it's .298. Generally, if a ...

The “Year of the Pitcher” continued Friday night as Arizona Diamondbacks’ pitcher Edwin Jackson threw the fourth no-hitter this year as he defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0 in front of 18,918 at Tropicana Field. Jackson struck out six and walked eight in the 149-pitch effort. This wasn’t your traditional no-hitter as Jackson walked eight and reminded me of AJ Burnett’s no-hitter against the San Diego Padres back in 2001. Burnett ...

As of Monday night, the Texas Rangers are four-and-a-half games in front of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in the race for the AL West crown, and don't look to be slowing down any time soon. What's surprising about that is the fact that the Rangers currently have the fourth-lowest payroll in all of baseball, just in front of the Oakland A's, San Diego Padres, and Pittsburgh Pirates. What has impressed me ...

The New York Mets have been superb in June. They have become a bona fide contender in the National League East, and have solidified their position as a buyer rather than a seller before this season's trade deadline. There have been a tremendous amount of positives which have come hand-in-hand with their overall success. Yet, in the middle of all of those positives, there has been one surprising—and alarming—dark spot for the ...

It's hard to be a Mets fan.  It means a lot of broken hearts and lonely Octobers.  But still we persevere.  The Mets owe it to their fans to start taking themselves seriously and really go after a title.  The Mets, who many believed would spend the season in the basement of the NL East, are within striking distance of the divisional lead.  And although optimism is something we Mets ...

Angels Hall of Famer, 1979 MVP and current Rockies hitting coach Don Baylor joins Jeff Biggs and talks about his time with the Angels, Gene Mauch and Gene Autry. Baylor was the Angels first AL MVP in 1979 when he hit .296 with 36 HR 139 "Runs Baylor'd In" and 120 runs scored. Baylor talks about the 1979, 1982 Angel clubs and ...

According to the NewYorkMets post on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/NewYorkMets/status/17272109005 , the Mets will begin the series against the Florida Marlins in Puerto Rico with the following lineup: 1. Jose Reyes —SS  Reyes has really become hot and is the Reyes we all know and are glad to have on the Mets. 2. Jesus Feliciano —CF  Feliciano is returning to his home country, Puerto Rico, during this series. Angel Pagan still is out due ...