MLB: The Top Five Stories from April

April has been an interesting month. The Toronto Blue Jay’s are deep in last place in the AL East and the Arizona Diamondbacks boast the third highest run differential. MLB news in April has been just as interesting.

Baseball’s first month ends on Sunday. Roughly 27 days ago, we were calling out from work to watch MLB opening games and drink in elation that our favorite team’s season began on a high note. Or, we drank in despair as our favorite team began yet another season with yet another loss.

A lot of the news that comes in usually reports transactions teams have made. “X Team Calls Up Y Player,” or “X Team Trades With Y Team For Players and Cash.” These stories are “run of the mill”. Day to day, those transactions – and the inevitable hot takes that follow – start to sound like noise.

However, in the span of a month, some really good stories (or downright bummers) make their way to the top. Who is Gift Ngoepe? What’s up with the Mets? What do you get when a former governor and former All-Star do business? This is the #content you should be reading.

While we focus on the numbers streaming in and the tallies in the win-loss columns, it is easy to miss out on the meaty stories that surround baseball. How does one manage to sift through the hot takes and find the gems?

Fear not! I have you covered, dear reader. Here are April’s Top Five Stories In Baseball!