Mets still top of NL

Jay Jaffe at Baseball Prospectus rates the Mets this week as the third best team in the Majors and atop the NL:

Carlos Beltran hits his third grand slam of the month and the Mets' sixth, tying major league records for both and giving him four homers and 14 RBI on the week. He's now second in the NL in Wins Above Replacement Player (7.1) and perhaps in MVP consideration. Beltran's heroics help the Mets above 99 percent, the real suspense is the condition of Pedro Martinez's hip and the effect it will have on the rest of the rotation. In his first start in a month, Martinez survived a lousy first inning to finish strongly. Late news: the loss of Duaner Sanchez (fifth in the league at 2.832 WXRL; the Mets lead the majors with 10.709) for the season due to a car accident keys the almost-immediate reacquisition of Roberto Hernandez (-0.327 WXRL this year, and ten unearned runs hidden by that 2.93 ERA, but a team high 2.593 WXRL with the Mets last year), along with Oliver Perez (ERA by Boeing), at a price of Xavier Nady (.270 EqA).

Also the closest NL East team is the Braves at number 20.