Julio Urias gets hit again, Zack Greinke is basically back, and the Padres out-do themselves.
A utility man who isn’t, a formerly great closer who wasn’t, and a comeback story no one knows.
Colin Walsh picked the wrong time to draw walks, Edwin Jackson’s out-making ability vanished, and Alex Guerrero bit off more than he could chew.
The box score won’t tell you this, but Julio Urias justified the hype in his debut.
The improbably predictable Giants.
Clayton Kershaw is peaking, Pujols hits a sort of a milestone, and the Cubs are slumping, relatively speaking.
Why our changing expectations are driving us all insane.
Chase Anderson (almost) shuts down the Cubs, Scherzer vs. Syndergaard lives up to the billing, and Kershaw vs. Trout lives up to Kershaw.
Clayton Kershaw is really doing something, David Price finds his feel again, and Chase Headley finally finds second base.
Revisiting last year’s biggest velocity changes, because change is just another word for regression to come.
Kansas City’s slow start, plus: Yes to Trayce Thompson, yay J.A. Happ, and way to be Dae-Ho Lee
Marcus Stroman has a happy birthday, Clayton Kershaw continues to pitch in a class of his own, and Trevor Story finds another way to write himself into the history books.
‘What’s innovative is not to chase the shiniest thing and worship it.’
What did we learn about various players and teams this month? Less than we’ll learn in the next one.