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?