Here’s our weekly look at 10 mind-blowing notes from the last week in baseball (April 13-19).

Volpe milestones: Yankees rookie Anthony Volpe hit his first career home run on Friday, and it was of the leadoff variety. At 21 years and 351 days old, Volpe became the third-youngest Yankees player with a leadoff homer, older than only Mark Koenig (4/23/26: 21 years, 278 days) and Mickey Mantle (9/13/51: 19 years, 328 days). The next day, he became the youngest Yankees player with at least three stolen bases in a game. He was the first Yankee to do so since Ichiro Suzuki had four stolen bases on Sept. 19, 2012. And how about this? At 38 years and 333 days, Ichiro was the oldest Yankee with at least three stolen bases in a game.

Springer dinger: Speaking of leadoff home runs, George Springer hit the 53rd of his career on Friday, tying Craig Biggio for third-most all-time. He trails only Rickey Henderson (81) and Alfonso Soriano (54). The homer had a 115.9 mph exit velocity, the third-hardest leadoff home run tracked by Statcast (since 2015), behind only Jorge Soler (117.9 mph, 10/3/21) and Shohei Ohtani (116.1 mph, 6/25/21).

Mets’ unique innings: On Friday, the Mets scored six or more runs on one or no hits in two separate innings. In other words, a lot of runs on not a lot of hits. Since 1974, that had only happened twice in a season once prior -- in 1998, in two separate games by two different teams. The Mets became the first team to do this in two separate innings in the same game since at least 1957, according to the Elias Sports Bureau.

Another Yankees record for Cole: Last season, Gerrit Cole set a Yankees single-season record with 257 strikeouts. On Sunday, he tied a franchise mark with his 23rd game with at least 10 strikeouts since joining the Yankees, matching Ron Guidry. In a far different era, Cole got there in his 79th start for the club, while Guidry made 323 starts, notching his 23rd 10-strikeout game in his 312th.

A classic matchup: Sunday Night Baseball between the Rangers and Astros was also the 194th regular-season matchup between legendary managers Bruce Bochy and Dusty Baker. That tied Bochy and Clint Hurdle for the third-most matchups between two managers in the Wild Card era, behind only Baker and Tony La Russa (215) and Bochy and Bud Black (210). Their first matchup was May 4, 1995, with Baker’s Giants at Bochy’s Padres.

A wise man once said: Patrick Wisdom is off to a powerful start for the Cubs so far this year. He hit his seventh and eighth home runs on Monday, reaching the mark in just the Cubs’ 15th game of the year. That’s tied with 1925 Gabby Hartnett for the third most by a Cubs player in the team’s first 15 games of a season. Only 1958 Lee Walls and 1954 Hank Sauer had more, with nine each.

Ohtani’s hard-hit prowess: Shohei Ohtani’s first-inning home run on Tuesday at Yankee Stadium had a 116.7 mph exit velocity. It was his seventh career homer with a 116-plus mph exit velocity, third most by any player tracked by Statcast, behind only Giancarlo Stanton (26) and Aaron Judge (15). Keep in mind that span dates to 2015, and in this case includes the postseason – and Ohtani didn’t debut until ‘18.

Burger’s smash: That wasn’t the only well-crushed baseball on Tuesday. Jake Burger hit a 118.2 mph home run, marking the White Sox hardest-hit homer tracked by Statcast. In fact, it was their second-hardest hit batted ball of any kind, behind only a 118.4 mph Daniel Palka double on June 5, 2018. Including regular season and playoffs, Burger is one of 11 players with at least one 118+ mph home run since 2015. The others: Stanton (12), Judge (5), Matt Olson, Pete Alonso, Kyle Schwarber, Manny Machado, Aristides Aquino, Ohtani, Franchy Cordero and Gary Sánchez.

Kershaw dazzles: On Tuesday, Clayton Kershaw notched his 200th career win with a vintage outing, going seven scoreless with three hits allowed and no walks. It was his 61st career scoreless start of seven innings, the second most by a Dodger since 1900, trailing only Don Sutton. In addition, Kershaw recorded his 65th career start with at least seven innings and three or fewer hits allowed. The only pitchers with more such starts since 1900 are Nolan Ryan (134), Roger Clemens (80), Randy Johnson (78) and Tom Seaver (66).

More Rays streaks: The Rays’ season-opening winning streak may be over, but there’s another streak still intact. The team has homered in each of its first 19 games this season. That’s the second-longest home run streak to open a season, behind only the 2019 Mariners, who did so in 20 straight games. On the other side of the ball, the Rays haven’t allowed many runs. Their six shutouts are tied for the most in a team’s first 19 games of a season in MLB history, with the 1981 Rangers, 1966 Cleveland, 1945 Tigers and 1876 St. Louis Brown Stockings.