Gilbert, Machado earn Player of the Week honors

Mariners right-hander Logan Gilbert and Padres third baseman Manny Machado had been named MLB’s Players of the Week on Monday, because the league introduced its closing weekly award winners of the primary half of the season.

Orioles heart fielder Cedric Mullins earned MLB Play of the Week honors for his dwelling run theft of Byron Buxton on Friday.

Gilbert was named the American League Player of the Week after defeating a pair of contenders within the Giants and Astros to assist the Mariners shut out the primary half in sturdy vogue. He pitched a seven-strikeout shutout in opposition to San Francisco on the Fourth of July and threw seven innings of three-hit, one-run, six-strikeout ball to beat Houston in Seattle’s closing recreation earlier than the All-Star break on Sunday.

It’s the primary profession Player of the Week Award for Gilbert, who’s in his third large league season.

Machado posted a .478 batting common, 1.044 slugging share and 1.599 OPS for the week, with 4 dwelling runs and 13 RBIs for San Diego. During that stretch, he tied for the MLB lead in dwelling runs and led the Majors in RBIs, whereas rating third in batting common and slugging and second in OPS.

This is Machado’s eighth profession Player of the Week Award and fourth National League Player of the Week nod with the Padres. He most not too long ago gained for the week of Aug. 13, 2022.

Mullins’ theft was named the Play of the Week after he leaped excessive above the center-field wall in Minnesota to take a homer away from his counterpart Buxton — an elite heart fielder himself who has made his fair proportion of highlight-reel performs.

Mullins’ catch stored the sport scoreless within the fourth inning, and the Orioles finally gained, 3-1, in further innings.