What did we learn in MLB in May?

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What did we learn from baseball in May? Here’s a look at some of the month’s highlights.

Kershaw might be the best pitcher ever

Clayton Kershaw has won three of the last four National League Cy Young Awards, yet he might have just had the best month of his career. The Dodgers left-hander struck out 65 batters and walked two to bring his season totals to 105 and five, respectively. Elias Sports Bureau research shows that Kershaw had the most strikeouts by a pitcher who had fewer than five walks in a calendar month in the modern era (since 1900).

Kershaw finished the month with a 0.91 ERA. He’s one of four pitchers to record a sub-1.00 ERA and at least 65 strikeouts in one calendar month, joining Randy Johnson, Roger Clemens and Pedro Martinez.

Ortiz far from finished …

David Ortiz

Through end of May

MLB RankXBH381stRBI471stSlug pct.716*1stOPS1.1321st*Next highest is .634

David Ortiz isn’t just off to a solid start to his final season, but he’s off to one of the best starts of his career.

The 40-year-old has the highest slugging percentage he’s ever had at this point in the season.

His 14 home runs are the second-most he has hit through his team’s first 52 games, his most since he hit 15 in 2006.

… and neither is Cabrera

Two-time MVP Miguel Cabrera stumbled out of the gate in April, but he seemed to hit his stride in May. He hit .333 in May, 63 points better than he hit in April. His eight May home runs were twice as many as he hit in the first …

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