Acuña is NL Player of the Week; Ohtani, Germán share AL honor
There had been too many unbelievable performances final week to suit into simply two weekly honors. While Ronald Acuña Jr. was named NL Player of the Week introduced by Chevrolet, Domingo Germán and Shohei Ohtani shared the award within the AL.
For Germán, the explanation for inclusion right here is a straightforward one: perfection. On Wednesday, Germán threw an ideal sport in an 11-0 win over the Athletics, the twenty fourth such sport in AL/NL historical past and first since Félix Hernández in August 2012. Among the myriad enjoyable information concerning the sport, these two stand out: He solely wanted 99 pitches to get it finished, and he had allowed a mixed 15 earned runs in 5 1/3 innings in his prior two begins. The excellent sport was Germán’s solely begin of the week, making him a simple alternative for his first profession Player of the Week Award.
Speaking of simple decisions, MVP front-runners Ohtani and Acuña continued their historic seasons final week, making Player of the Week honors a simple name. Like Germán, Ohtani solely had one begin on the mound final week, but it surely was a historic one. On Tuesday, Ohtani allowed one run and had 10 strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings pitched, whereas additionally hitting two residence runs in a 4-2 win over the White Sox. It was simply the sixth occasion since 1900 of a participant throwing 10 strikeouts and hitting a number of residence runs in a sport, and the primary by an AL participant since 1963.
Of course, Ohtani’s litany of statistical accomplishments for the week didn’t finish there, as he completed the seven-day span with six residence runs and a 1.783 OPS, together with this career-long 493-foot bomb, the longest homer in MLB this season. This is Ohtani’s second Player of the Week Award of the previous month, and the sixth of his profession.
Over within the NL, Acuña’s stats carefully mirrored Ohtani’s (or, no less than, Ohtani’s hitting stats). Despite having one fewer sport to do it in, Acuña hit 5 residence runs final week to go along with a 1.916 OPS, three steals and a 6-0 staff file. This was merely the newest achievement in a outstanding season for Acuña, who turned the first participant to have 20-plus homers and 35-plus steals earlier than the All-Star break.
The Braves bought much more {hardware} by additionally incomes the Play of the Week Award, due to a trendy play from Ozzie Albies and Orlando Arcia on Tuesday towards the Twins. Ever hear of a 4-6-3 “single play?” It’s not one thing you see day-after-day, however the Atlanta center infielders confirmed off each their athleticism and improvisation expertise to nab Minnesota’s Max Kepler at first. Everything’s developing roses for the Braves recently, who completed with an unbelievable 21-4 file in June, and this internet gem was one more instance.
