As the pandemic clouds clear from Our National Pastime, the competitive sorting will intensify.
Will the Cardinals rise up, fall back or just keep plodding along?
This next month should bring more clarity.
April produced unpredictable results across the majors. Heading into Tuesday's games, Mike Matheny’s Kansas City Royals owned the top winning percentage in the American League.
The Oakland A’s reeled off 13 consecutive victories this month and the depleted San Francisco Giants held a share of the National League West lead entering Tuesday’s games.
Meanwhile the ambitious Minnesota Twins lost 14 of their first 21 games and the big-spending New York Yankees sank to the American League East cellar, making manager Aaron Boone a marked man with the Big Apple media.