10:00 AM ET Sam MillerESPN.com Close ESPN baseball columnist/feature writerFormer editor-in-chief of Baseball ProspectusCo-author of “The Only Rule Is It Has To Work” Mike Trout is squarely in the passing-Hall-of-Famers-in-career-WAR-every-few-days period of his career. He’s 27. If I tell you that 27-year-old Mike Trout has more career WAR than, say, Goose Goslin, you could hear

7:00 AM ET Despite being even more aggressive at the plate than he was last season, Tim Anderson has raised his average more than 120 points. Rick Osentoski/USA TODAY Sports Kole Calhoun did not have a good 2018 season. He hit .208 with 19 home runs, and his wOBA of .294 ranked 178th out of 194

6:10 PM ET Tim Heaney In the early going, many fantasy baseball preseason aces have started slowly or scarily, thanks in significant part to the baseball’s rejuiced physics. Heavy investors in pitching should look away: Fantasy aces, or near aces, with a 4.00+ ERA (through 4/30) Pitcher K% BB% K%-BB% BABIP BARRELS/PA LOB% HR/9 ERA

7:00 AM ET What happened in April? Here are the five big storylines. 1. Lots of home runs 2. Dogfight in the National League 3. Cody Bellinger and Christian Yelich 4. Defending champs play like chumps 5. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. reaches the bigs But what about for your team? My April grades with best storyline

1:16 AM ET On Monday night, I wrote about all the home runs in April. Well, the pitchers got a little revenge on Tuesday. For one night at least, the best games revolved around good starting pitching instead of dingers. A roll call of some of those performances: Gerrit Cole, Houston Astros: 7 IP, 1

6:02 PM ET The Seattle Mariners demoted struggling outfielder Mallex Smith to Triple-A Tacoma on Tuesday and recalled outfielder Braden Bishop. Smith, acquired by the Mariners in an offseason trade that sent catcher Mike Zunino to the Tampa Bay Rays, is hitting .165 with two triples, one homer and five RBIs and eight stolen bases

7:00 AM ET SEATTLE — For 22 straight innings earlier this month, Chicago Cubs pitcher Cole Hamels was doing exactly what he wanted with a baseball: throwing it over the plate. The results showed in the form of three consecutive starts without his issuing a walk, leading to three wins for his team. No pitcher

1:43 AM ET Some of the numbers are astonishing, even as we become immune to all the home runs. I suppose the feeling is similar to all the 3-point shooting in the NBA: This is the modern game. Deal with it. The NBA has embraced its style of play, and maybe baseball fans need to

3:45 PM ET Robinson Cano expects to return to the New York Mets‘ lineup later this week after an MRI taken Monday on his injured left hand came back negative. Cano was not in the Mets’ starting lineup against the Cincinnati Reds one day after being hit on the hand by a pitch. Initial X-rays

11:37 PM ET PHOENIX — Perhaps Chicago Cubs pitcher Tyler Chatwood knew what was coming from his good friend when he doubled off of Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Matt Andriese to start a 15th-inning rally in the Cubs’ wild win over Arizona on Sunday. The game was tied 3-3 until Ben Zobrist drove home Chatwood not