
Vargas hit in 27 consecutive games before Saturday
Four runs scored without a ball in play in the second inning on Saturday
The stunt came just days after Boston fired manager Alex Cora
Chisholm said he was using a ball of cotton to block out ringing in his ear
Mendoza, after overseeing a ugly collapse in 2025, has led the team to a 10-21 start this year
One month into the minor-league season, let's talk about three hitters and three pitchers making a mark
April's lies are over and May is when the real MLB season begins to take shape
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is making life tougher for lefties, Chandler Simpson is tracking down more balls and we're barely seeing any pitch clock violations
Cora was fired as the Red Sox manager just days earlier
Thomson took over in 2022 and won the National League pennant in his first year
Both struggling bottom-dwellers have fired their managers in recent days
Rice this season is one of just five players with double-digit home runs -- and it's not even May yet
Miller allowed two Cubs runners to score Monday night, his first in 34 ⅔ innings
A month into the regular season, which new signings have already proven they were worth the contract?
The Mets' Carlos Mendoza, Phillies' Rob Thomson and others are not off to the starts they wanted one month into the season
Mike Axisa joined CBS Sports in 2013. He has been a member of the BBWAA since 2015 and has previously written about both fantasy baseball and real life baseball for MLBTradeRumors.com, FanGraphs.com, RotoAuthority.com, and YESNetwork.com. Mike is a native New Yorker.