The Twins have an off day on 4-30-20. I will give an end of month update below with plenty of links.

1. Cleveland 17-3 (7-6 since mid April update)
   
2. Minnesota 23-8 Tied for first (10-2)
   
3. Chicago 18-13 (11-2)
   
4. Kansas City 14-16 (5-7)
   
5. Detroit 5-25 (1-11)
   

The Twins are the best team in baseball with a 74.2% winning percentage. We also have the best score differential at +85, the Indians and Astros are the next closest at +83. Surprisingly, the White Sox have even been hotter than the Twins have been going 11-2 in their last 13 games, but their slow start still puts them in third in the Central. The Twins are 11-2 vs LHP, 12-2 in night games and 6-2 in one run games. The other AL division leaders are Tampa and Houston with Cleveland and Chicago getting the wild card spots. Oakland fell out of the wild card spot by 2.5 games since the mid April update. In the NL Philly, Chicago and Colorado continue to lead their divisions with the Dodgers and Washington taking the early Wild card positions.

Link to the standings here: https://www.dynastyleaguebaseball.com/Standings.aspx?OrgID=116202

Average

AL-------------------------------------------NL

1. Tim Anderson CWS .396 --------------- 1. Eric Sogard Mil .402

2. Alex Verdugo Bos .345 ------------------2. Howie Kendrick Wash .376

3. Danny Santana TEX .344 ---------------3. Omar Navarae MIL .367

OPS

AL-------------------------------------------NL

1. Mike Trout LAA 1.100 -----------------1. Howie Kendrick Wash 1.160

2. Hunter Dozier KC 1.089 --------------2. Andrew McCutchen Phi 1.148

3. Mitch Garver Min 1.065 ---------------3. Christian Yelich Mil 1.099

HRs

AL-------------------------------------------NL

1. Max Kepler Min 10---------------------- 1. Aristides Aquino Cin 17

1. Alex Bregman Hou 10 -------------------2. Manny Machado SD 11

3. 8 players with 8 --------------------------3. Howie Kendrick Wash 10

-----------------------------------------------3. Javier Baez ChC 10

ERA

AL--------------------------------------------NL

1. John Means Bal 1.31 -------------------1. Anibal Sanchez Wash 1.51

2. Mike Clevinger Cle 1.49 ----------------2. Anthony DeSclafani Cin 1.62

3. Charlie Morton TB 1.61 ----------------3. Antonio Senzatela Col 2.06

Strikeouts

AL--------------------------------------------NL

1. Gerrit Cole NYY 92---------------------- 1. Yu Darvish ChC .72

2. Justin Verlander Hou 83 -----------------2. Patrick Corbin Wash 71

3. Lucas Giolito ChW 799 ------------------3. Zack Wheeler Phi 65

------------------------------------------------3. Robbie Ray Ari 65

WHIP

AL---------------------------------------------NL

1. Justin Verlander Hou 0.68 --------------1. German Marquez Col 0.84

2. Charlie Morton TB 0.85----------------- 2. Jack Flaherty StL 0.93

3. Jake Odorizzi Min 0.89 -----------------3. Jon Gray Col 0.94

Max Kepler is still leading the AL in home runs with 10, tied with Bregman. Not shown is that Mitch Garver and Miguel Sano are two of the eight players tied for third with 8 home runs. Garver is just on a terror right now, third in the AL in OPS is crazy good. And it doesn't show but the Twins pitching has been outstanding. Jake Odorizzi is third in WHIP in the AL, Kenta Maeda is fourth. Odorizzi, Maeda and Jose Berrios show up multiple times in the top 10 and Rogers is third in the AL in saves.

All league leader stats here: https://www.dynastyleaguebaseball.com/LeagueLeaders.aspx?OrgID=116202&League=0&Report=0&GameType=0

Runs 190 (2nd) ------------Hits 288 (4th) ---------Doubles 68 (2nd) -------Triples 9 (4th)

Home Runs 46 (3rd) ------RBI 182 (2nd) ---------BB 150 (1st) -------------Strike Outs 292 (6th)---SB 2 (T11th)

Average .264 (7th) --------OBP .360 (1st) ------- SLG .469 (3rd) ---------- OPS .829 (2nd)

Wins 23 (2nd)------------Saves 9 (4thT) ---------Hits allowed 232 (T 1st)-------- Runs allowed 105 (1st)

HRs Allowed 28 (2nd)---Walks 84 (3rd)----------Strike Outs 326 (5th)----------- BAA .217 (2nd)

WHIP 1.13 (T 1st)------- ERA 2.93 (1st)

Team stats have stayed pretty consistent to what they were 15 days ago. We have done slightly better in the rankings this time around. I love we moved up to 1st and 2nd in OBP and OPS on offense. And 1st in both WHIP and ERA pitching.

All team stats here: https://www.dynastyleaguebaseball.com/LeagueStats.aspx?OrgID=116202&Report=0&League=0&GameType=0&Splits=0

Batting

Mitch Garver .300/.435/.630-----1.065 OPS-------Leads team in Walks (22), AVG, OBP, SLG, OPS

Miguel Sano .254/.359/.533------ .898 ------------Leads team in Ks (48)

Max Kepler .238/.336/.516. -------.851 ------------Leads team in AB (126), HR (10), RBI (34)

Nelson Cruz .277/.377/.473 ------.850

Jorge Polanco .298/.375/.463.---.838--------------Leads team in H (36),

Josh Donaldson .261/.388/.417- .806

Byron Buxton .280/.341/.449---- .790--------------Leads team in R (25), 2b (11), 3b (3)

Luis Arraez .326/.333/.453--------.787------------Not enough PA to qualify, but close

Eddie Rosario. .208/.265/.403--- .688----------- Not enough PA to qualify, but close

Pitching

Starters

Jose Berrios. 3-3 ----------- 53.2 IP----- 68/16 K/BB----1.25 WHIP------4.36 ERA------.673 OPS Against

Jake Odorizzi 6-0 -----------56.0 --------72/15 -----------0.89 ------------2.09 -----------.526

Kenta Maeda 3-1------------39.1--------45/10------------0.92-------------2.29-----------.562

Homer Bailey 3-2------------36.1---------31/14-----------1.13-------------2.48------------.591

Jhoulys Chacin 0-0-----------6.2---------8/3--------------2.10-------------9.45-----------1.339

Relievers

Taylor Rogers 2-1, 7 SV -----15.0 IP------24/5 K/BB------1.07 WHIP-----0.60 ERA-----.544 OPS Against

Tyler Clippard 1-0, 0----------5.1----------6/0--------------0.38------------0.00-----------.311

Sergio Romo 1-0, 2----------16.1---------19/7-------------1.41------------1.10-----------.651

Randy Dobnak 3-1, 0--------25.0---------19/3-------------1.00------------1.44-----------.618

Tyler Duffey 1-0, 0------------8.2----------13/5-------------1.85------------4.15-----------.723

Trevor May 0-0, 0------------11.0---------17/4-------------1.64------------9.82-----------.942

Zack Littell 0-0, 0-------------6.2----------4/2--------------1.20------------2.70-----------.656

When you look at all the individual stats you really see how well the twins are batting. Garver is off the hook good. Buxton who is the worst of the qualifying batters for OPS still has a .790 OPS which is not too shabby. That is better than like all the Tigers players. That every batter is around .800 or better is amazing. The starting pitcher is great. Odorizzi is an early Cy Young candidate. Homer has turned things around the second half the month. Berrios had a rough end of April but there is plenty of season left. Dobnak did great in his two spot starts for Chacin. Pineda is 8 games away from having his suspension lifted and will jump in for Chacin who will be demoted down to the minor leagues. The relief pitching has been great overall. May is still struggling but did a little better as of late. Clippard, Dobnak, Romo and Rogers are taking most of the work on and they are absolutely crushing it. Throw in Littell and Clippard and this is a stellar bullpen.

Individual Twins player stats here: https://www.dynastyleaguebaseball.com/TeamStats.aspx?OrgID=116202&TeamID=10&Report=0&GameType=0&Splits=0