Peace out, April. You were fun. You helped us start another year of baseball and we'll remember you fondly for your small-sample sizes and early-season hilarities. We're off to May now, heading toward the summer, when things around MLB get a bit more serious. Before we do that, though, The Stew thought we owed the surprises of April a look-back. The thing about April surprises, sometimes they're precursors of what's to come, sometimes they're fun little anecdotes we'll recall in September when the season has taken shape. Remember when the Astros were good? Remember when Devon Travis looked like the Rookie of the Year and Chris Archer looked like an AL Cy Young candidate? [ Still not too late to sign up for Yahoo Sports Fantasy Baseball ] We'll spend the upcoming months figuring out whether those things will actually happen, but for now, The Stew's Chris Cwik and Mike Oz have collected 10 of their favorite April surprises. THE ASTROS KICKING APRIL'S BUTT Here are the teams that won more baseball games in April than the Houston Astros: See that. Nobody. The Astros finished the month 15-7, which tied them with the Kansas City Royals for the best record in the AL. They've won seven in...
10 things that surprised us in the first month of the MLB season
Published May 1, 2015 at 12:40 PM
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