Welcome to This Month in Baseball, your recap of the first 30 days of the 2021 MLB season, covering the good, the bad, the highs, the lows and everything in between.
1. For a decade, Mike Trout has been the best baseball player on the planet. And at 29 years old, he clearly has no intentions on ceding the title anytime soon.
Trout turned in arguably the greatest month of his career in April. It was almost certainly the best hitting month of the 54 in which he has played. It took a little bit of luck and a lot of skill.