Luis Arraez leads the American League in batting average, Byron Buxton stayed healthy and the starting rotation proved to be stronger than anticipated. Those factors helped propel the Minnesota Twins into first place at the All-Star break.
But as the second half of the season resumes Saturday, will the Twins be able to stay ahead of the Cleveland Guardians and Chicago White Sox, who trail Minnesota in the pennant race by 2 and 3 games respectively?
The interactive graphic below shows the Twins leaders in several categories.