6-1 week, and the one loss was a 1-run game.
The good: The power bats woke up, smashing 12 homers this week. Also Jacob DeGrom was stellar in his 2 outings, throwing 16 innings with only 2 runs on 5 hits and a walk with 22 strikeouts. His lone blemish was allowing 2 homers.
The bad: My LF platoon of Harrison Bader and Franchy Cordero was....rough. Combined they went 1/23 with 9 strikeouts.
Coming up: 3 @ BOS, day off, 3 @ DET
AWARD LADDERSAL MVP:
1. Anthony Rendon (3B) - Tampa Bay Rays
2. Fernando Tatis Jr. (SS) - Baltimore Orioles
3. Jose Ramirez (2B) - Chicago White Sox
4. Matt Chapman (3B) - New York Yankees
5. Manny Machado (3B) - Seattle Mariners
6. Ronald Acuna Jr. (RF) - Tampa Bay Rays
7. Bryce Harper (RF) - Minnesota Twins
8. Christian Yelich (CF) - Texas Rangers
9. Yoan Moncada (3B) - Baltimore Orioles
10. Max Muncy (RF) - Kansas City Royals
NL MVP:
1. Mike Trout (CF) - Miami Marlins
2. Mookie Betts (RF) - Washington Nationals
3. Juan Soto (CF) - Atlanta Braves
4. Alex Bregman (3B) - Arizona Diamondbacks
5. Giancarlo Stanton (LF) - Colorado Rockies
6. Brett Gardner (CF) - Philadelphia Phillies
7. Freddie Freeman (1B) - Atlanta Braves
8. Marcell Ozuna (LF) - San Diego Padres
9. Luke Voit (1B) - San Diego Padres
10. Ozzie Albies (2B) - New York Mets
AL Cy Young:
1. Nate Pearson (SP) - Toronto Blue Jays
2. Justin Verlander (SP) - Chicago White Sox
3. Walker Buehler (SP) - Detroit Tigers,Toronto Blue Jays
4. Jacob deGrom (SP) - Tampa Bay Rays
5. Mike Minor (SP) - Seattle Mariners
NL Cy Young:
1. Lucas Giolito (SP) - Pittsburgh Pirates
2. Clayton Kershaw (SP) - Pittsburgh Pirates
3. Andrew Kittredge (SP) - Miami Marlins
4. Corbin Burnes (SP) - Cincinnati Reds
5. Gerrit Cole (SP) - San Diego Padres
AL Rookie of the Year:
1. Nate Pearson (SP) - Toronto Blue Jays
2. Andy Young (2B) - Cleveland Indians
3. Mike Brosseau (3B) - Texas Rangers
4. Jeremy Walker (SP) - Tampa Bay Rays
5. Alejandro Kirk (C) - Kansas City Royals
NL Rookie of the Year:
1. Randy Arozarena (RF) - Cincinnati Reds
2. Ke'Bryan Hayes (3B) - New York Mets
3. Adrian Morejon (SP) - Arizona Diamondbacks
4. Sam Huff (C) - Pittsburgh Pirates
5. Dylan Carlson (LF) - Arizona Diamondbacks
AL Hank Aaron Award:
1. Anthony Rendon (3B) - Tampa Bay Rays
2. Bryce Harper (RF) - Minnesota Twins
3. Gleyber Torres (DH) - Tampa Bay Rays
NL Hank Aaron Award:
1. Luke Voit (1B) - San Diego Padres
2. Freddie Freeman (1B) - Atlanta Braves
3. Mike Trout (CF) - Miami Marlins
AL Reliever of the Year:
1. Liam Hendriks (RP) - Toronto Blue Jays
2. Edwin Diaz (RP) - Oakland Athletics
3. Tommy Kahnle (RP) - Baltimore Orioles
NL Reliever of the Year:
1. Raisel Iglesias (RP) - Colorado Rockies
2. David Robertson (RP) - San Diego Padres
3. Craig Stammen (RP) - Arizona Diamondbacks
MILESTONE WATCHMilestone Watch
Weekly Leaderboards are updated:
Week-By-Week ChartsBest week: Arizona Diamondbacks, 5-1, +1.9% World Series Odds (+1.8 wins added to mean win projection). Also Considered: TB, ATL, TOR
Worst week: Colorado Rockies, 1-6, -2.4% World Series Odds (-3.1 wins subtracted from mean win projection). Also Considered: