What a way to finish off a month for the ages. The Twins woke up today on June 1 in first place with the best record in the American League.

The Twins went an incredible 20-7 in May. The Twins haven't had that many wins in any month since June 1991. That, of course, was when the Twins had their amazing 15-game winning streak that jump-started their run to their most recent World Series victory. In other words, most of those that are graduating from college this spring weren't even born the last time the Twins had a month like this. I wonder had many Citizens weren't even born yet.

It's not hard to figure out who were the main contributors on offense to the 'Mazing May. The trio of Brian Dozier (.985 OPS in May), Torii Hunter (.957) and Trevor Plouffe (.951) carried the Twins' offense in May and Sunday was no different. Dozier had three hits and scored three runs, Plouffe had a game-tying two-run home run in the sixth inning and after Josh Donaldson homered against the Twins, again, Hunter had a two-run double to put the Twins ahead for good.

Hunter's big hit looked like it was misplayed by former Twin Chris Colabello, but when you put a guy like Colabello out in left field, you can't complain when that ends up costing you some runs. Colabello also dropped a line drive sac fly by Joe Mauer in the first inning, but Mauer was eventually erased on a double play. Still, it was really nice to see the other team be punished for playing a DH in the outfield. At least the Twins have been putting athletic middle infielders in the outfield.

On the pitching side, Ricky Nolasco was attempting to go to 6-0 in May despite an ERA over 4.00. However, he had to leave the game early with an injury. It appeared at first to be an arm injury but turned out to be just an ankle injury. Even if Nolasco is out for a while, the Twins should be just fine with Tommy Milone dominating in AAA.

This is the main difference between this team and those of the previous four years is its depth. When injuries occurred, the Twins usually ended up looking to journeymen or worse to fill the void. A couple years ago, Milone probably would have been considered the team's ace. Now he has to wait in AAA for a spot to open up.

The Twins' best pitcher in May was Kyle Gibson, who went 3-1 with a 1.36 ERA and a 1.06 WHIP.  Mike Pelfrey was 2-1 with a 3.21 ERA, but he had a 1.36 WHIP and a convenience store of a BB-K ratio (7 BBs to 11 Ks), so he's overdue for some serious regression. Phil Hughes went 4-0, but he had a 4.64 ERA and struggled to keep the ball in the park (6 HRs allowed) and to locate his backdoor cutter to lefties, which meant just 15 Ks in 33 IPs.

The bullpen was pretty much lights out with the lead, which seemed like almost every day. Glen Perkins was 13-for-13 in save opportunities in May. In fact, Blaine Boyer was the only Twin to be given a blown save in May despite Boyer having a 0.68 ERA and 0.98 WHIP while filling in as primary setup man to Perkins with Fien injured for most of the month. And again the Twins have shown great depth in the bullpen because Ryan Pressly and Michael Tonkin were called up when Fien and Tim Stauffer were injured and, if anything, the bullpen was better than before. Pressly pitched well enough that the Twins decided to go with a 13-man staff for now when Stauffer returned. Stauffer allowed two runs, including a home run, in 2 1/3 innings on Sunday. A few more outings like that and maybe the Twins will finally jettison him and bring Tonkin back up.

That bullpen depth was tested on Sunday when Nolasco left without recording an out in the second inning. Stauffer was the only reliever to allow an earned run, although J.R. Graham did allow a pair of inherited runners to score after relieving Nolasco and then allowed an unearned run in the fourth.

What was even more amazing about this May is it wasn't like the Twins were completely healthy. Not only were Fien and Stauffer hurt, but so was Oswaldo Arcia. However, Eddie Rosario was called up and instantly improved the outfield defense (how could he not?) and his OPS has actually been slightly better than what Arcia was doing. Also, Joe Mauer has one of the worst healthy months of his career with a sub-.700 OPS. However, he still came through with 17 RBIs, which would put him on pace for 102 over a full season.

Many, many Twins fans spent most of May asking how long this will last. Well, the longer this continues, the harder it is to consider it a fluke. Even more exciting, the longer this continues, the sooner the Twins can fill holes with top prospects like Byron Buxton, Miguel Sano and Jose Berrios. My advice for nervous fans is to stop worrying about the future and just enjoy the now. Because as of right now, no one in the AL has been better than the Twins.