April represents about one-sixth of the baseball season and generally gives us about one-sixth of the information needed to predict what will happen by the end of September.

As we’re seeing in this and every other month, things you thought you knew can suddenly become unpredictable. What looks like a sure thing in April can take even less time to go off course.

With that in mind, let’s look at 15 players who broke out this April, and the twists and turns their seasons took over the following five months. We’ll examine five who are finishing off consistently excellent campaigns, five who cooled off before another hot streak and five whose declines didn’t prove reversible.

All stats are through Friday’s games.

Stayed hot

Maikel Garcia , 3B, Royals

March/April: .282/.342/.417

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