The biggest storylines heading into May

Plus: Two walk-offs for one team?!

Friday, May 01 View In Browser  TOP NEWS 6 big questions as May gets underway   Can Mike Trout stay healthy and be his vintage self? Who emerges, or falls, in the NL Central? Will Shohei Ohtani win the NL Cy Young? Those are just a few of the storylines we're tracking as we enter the second month of the season. Phillies the first team in 22 years to walk off twice in a doubleheader Two slams in one game? Rutschman, Jackson give O's grand win Wood keeps racking up web gems -- first a HR robbery of Soto, then a 5-star dive NEW! Top 150 Draft prospects: Cholowsky still No. 1, but plenty of movement behind him Brewers await MRI results after low velocity prompts Woodruff's early exit 23-game hit streak -- and that's not counting last season! Vargas on historic tear Second-deck Schwarbs! Schwarber crushes 350th career HR to join elite club Kurtz extends historic walk streak to 19 games, ties Ted Williams Wetherholt sets tone from 1st swing as Cards pounce all over Skenes Rodón (8 K's) sharp in 2nd -- and possibly penultimate -- Minor League rehab start MORE TOP NEWS PERSONALIZE STORIES TOP PERFORMANCES Longest Home Run Kyle Schwarber   446 ft 1st Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Nick Kurtz   115.9 mph 2nd Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Connor Phillips   99.1 mph 7th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Phillies   60% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   Longest Home Run Kyle Schwarber   446 ft 1st Inning   Watch   Hardest Base Hit  Nick Kurtz   115.9 mph 2nd Inning   Watch   Fastest Strikeout Connor Phillips   99.1 mph 7th Inning   Watch   Decisive Play Phillies   60% WPA 9th Inning   Watch   JJ Wetherholt 6-for-16, 6 R, 3 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBIs in 4 G at PIT for PA native Yordan Alvarez 3-for-4, 3 R, HR: 12 dingers ties for MLB lead Framber Valdez 6 IP, 2 ER, 8 K's; ATL held to fewer than 3 R for 1st time since 4/11 Kyle Schwarber 5-for-6, 2 2B, HR, 2 RBIs, 3 BB in DH, including 350th career HR Byron Buxton 3rd HR in last 4 G, 5th in last 9 PLAY A SPORCLE BASEBALL QUIZ! MORE FREE GAMES AT MLB PLAY MUST-SEE PLAY James Wood used every bit of his 6-foot-6 frame to take away a homer from Juan Soto. MORE TOP PLAYS STAFF PICKS These rookies have rival executives glowing with praise Six of the top nine picks from the 2024 MLB Draft are already in the big leagues, many of them making an immediate impact on their respective clubs. But which rookies are creating the most buzz around the Majors this year? If the postseason started today ... There’s still a long way to go until a champion is crowned this fall, but the one-month mark is a good time to see how the standings are shaping up around the Majors. What it means to be first (or last) on May 1 Historically, a little more than half the teams in first place through April wind up making the playoffs. But even last-place squads shouldn't abandon hope just yet. 'Look what I’ve missed all these years' It took 80 years, 197 days and one Adley Rutschman grand slam for Hall of Famer Jim Palmer to eat his first chicken wing. Young stars headline Stats of the Week From home run records to mind-bending velocity and streaks, Sarah Langs looks back at 10 mind-blowing stats from the last week in baseball. He's a catching coach for a reason When Gunnar Henderson's bat went flying toward the Orioles' dugout, catching coach Joe Singley put his job title on display with an impressive snag. MORE STORIES SCOREBOARD DET 5 ATL 2 HOU 3 BAL 10 HOU 11 BAL 5 STL 10 PIT 5 SF 2 PHI 3 SF 5 PHI 6 COL 4 CIN 6 WSH 5 NYM 4 AZ 1 MIL 13 KC 3 ATH 6 TOR 1 MIN 7 © 2026 MLB Advanced Media, L.P. MLB trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball. Visit MLB.com. Any other marks used herein are trademarks of their respective owners. Please review our Privacy Policy. You (geoffgould.gr8iphone@blogger.com) received this message because you registered to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com. Please add info@marketing.mlbemail.com to your address book to ensure our messages reach your inbox. If you no longer wish to receive commercial email messages from MLB.com, please unsubscribe  or log in and manage your email subscriptions. Postal Address: MLB.com, c/o MLB Advanced Media, L.P., 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020.