May has arrived, and with it brings a tidy calendar-driven opportunity to look back on the first month of the season. Cody Bellinger is off to one of the best starts in MLB history. Christian Yelich has picked up right where he left off in 2018. Tim Anderson is breaking out, giving the city of Chicago two of the most exciting shortstops in the game. Justin Verlander continues to defy age. Luis Castillo is becoming an ace.
OK, are we on the same post-April page? Great. Let’s get to this week’s edition of the Stock Ticker.
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