Dodgers lead MLB narratives that are already changing — even if it’s early

You might be on sports overload. You might have been tied up wondering if Shedeur Sanders would go second pick or third day. You might have been coping with Masters afterglow just as the NBA and NHL playoffs began.

So have you noticed that we are a month into the baseball season? Just kind of sneaks up on you as part of the “It’s still early” portion of the program.

When the fifth weekend of last season began, the Astros already were double-digit games under .500, ushering in the possibility of them as trade deadline sellers, and the Mets were just about to begin their May nosedive that seemed to doom their season.

Both made the playoffs.