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Last night's action saw pitching at the forefront. Tim Lincecum and Chris Young battled in San Diego, both throwing very well, while fantasy sleepers Cliff Lee and Brian Bannister battled it out in Kansas City. In this around the horn, we will look at the best players of April.

• Joakim Soria- The Kansas City closer has only pitched 8 innings, but ever single at bat has been flawless. He is perfect in saves going 5/5 so far this season. Soria has shut down 20 straight batters in his current stretch, with 8 of his 11 strike outs coming in those 20 batters. The Mexico native is compared to Mariano Rivera in New York. He has a bright future in this league

• Chipper Jones- Jones has had the best April of his career. His .461/.506/.750 line is probably the best in baseball. Throw in his six home runs and 16 RBIs this month and you have the hottest player in April. At this rate, the Braves wont miss Andruw Jones one bit. I do believe a lot of his success has to do with having Mark Teixera protecting him in the order.

• Chase Utley- Who cares that slugger Ryan Howard is struggling. When you look at Utley's numbers you have to take a second look just to make sure your eyes aren't creating the amazing line of .375/.451/.807 in April. Utley has gone deep 8 times with 19 rbis this month.

• Tim Lincecum- This is a simple no brainer. Linceum is 4-0 to start the season with a 1.23 ERA and 36 strike outs. Opponents are hitting .250 against him. Lincecum has thrown 16 1/3 straight innings straight of scoreless baseball. Lincecum went 6 1/3 scoreless innings last night.

• Ben Sheets- Sheets is also a no brainer. He has a 1.25 ERA in April with batters only hitting .160 against him. The most telling stat of his success is his whip, which is .65. He has only walked two compared to striking out 17.