The New York Mets have the lowest-scoring offense in major league baseball in 2021, but thanks in part to underperforming division rivals and a historic run by their ace, Jacob deGrom, they entered July in first place in the NL East.
The New York Yankees? They, too, have spent much of the season among the game's worst-hitting teams. And while they began this month with a winning record despite that, they've also been battling the Toronto Blue Jays for third place in the AL East instead of hanging out at the top of the division with the Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays, as they were expected to do this year.