The Braves rotation has been a revelation.
The Atlanta Braves are 26-12 and own the best record in baseball, sitting 8.5 games clear of everyone else in the NL East.
The offense has piled up an MLB-best 213 runs through 38 games.
Nobody saw this coming after a spring that felt like one pitching injury after another, but here they are, winning series and playing like the most complete team in the sport.
The bats grab most of the headlines, but something else is worth watching, though.
Atlanta has six starting pitchers on the active roster, and manager Walt Weiss is not interested in squeezing them into a neat little five-man setup.
"Whether it's based on matchups or based on giving guys extra days of rest or that type of thing, we have some nice options," Weiss said after Wednesday's series finale in Seattle.
The Rotation So Far
Chris Sale is doing Chris Sale things at the top, going 5-1 with a 2.31 ERA while eating more innings than anyone else on the staff.
Bryce Elder has somehow been even better on a per-start basis with a 2.02 ERA through eight outings.
If someone had said Elder would be Atlanta's second-best starter heading into May, most people would have laughed.
Nobody is laughing now.
After those two, this is where it gets fun.
Martin Perez has been sneaky reliable with a 2.36 ERA across five starts and opponents hitting just .194 against him.
Spencer Strider made his season debut at Coors Field and was shaky with five walks, but that was Coors and his first game action since the oblique injury, so patience there feels fair.
Grant Holmes has a 3.62 ERA while bouncing between the rotation and bullpen.
JR Ritchie, the 22-year-old first-round pick, won in his MLB debut but walked six guys in his last start.
What the Plan Should Be
Weiss should not force everyone into a traditional rotation.
Sale and Elder pitch every fifth day because they have earned it and their arms can handle the workload.
Strider missed the entire first month with the oblique, so extra days between starts is the obvious move while he builds back up.
Perez and Ritchie can fill in around matchups while Holmes stays ready for whatever role the week brings.
As a group, the starters carry a 3.22 ERA that ranks fourth in baseball, and a big reason that number stays strong is because Weiss has been loose with how he uses these guys.
There was talk about a potential six-man rotation back in spring training, and what has played out is basically a messier, smarter version of that idea.
Atlanta opens a three-game set in Los Angeles on Friday with Sale, Strider and Elder lined up against the Dodgers.
The cushion in the standings is big enough to let Weiss manage workloads without sweating the day-to-day.