AMERICAN LEAGUE -"V for Vendetta"
You think Joey Votto (of the South Shore Fighting Imps) may have been a little steamed at the Chicago Nine for trading him? Votto seeked vengeance by hitting .458 (11-for-24), 3 HR, 11 RBI with an OPS of 1.477 -- in fact, he hit 7 RBI, going 4-for-5 in the Imps 20-5 victory over the Nine during the 6th & final game of the series.
Votto was involved in the league's only trade to date, in which the Chicago sent Votto & Brad Lincoln to South Shore in exchange for P-Kris Medlen, 1B/OF-Nick Swisher & OF-Dexter Fowler.
His performance earned him Week #1's American League Player of the Week Award.
The A.L. Pitcher of the Week was close between the Bronx Bombers' C.C. Sabathia and the Carolina Eagles' Justin Verlander. Although Verlander racked up 19 K's (allowing only 3 BB's) in his two outings against Boston (going 1-1), the award ends up going to Sabathia for his complete game shutout to earn the Game 2 win against the Buffalo Yankees, he also came into the series finale as a reliever, pitching 2 1/3 more innings of shutout ball & earning the victory. In total he went 2-0, 0.00 ERA in 11 1/3 innings, plus 16 strikeouts (allowing only 3 walks).
A.L. Honorable Mention:
- SS/3B-Hanley Ramirez (Bronx) - .571, 16 hits, HR, 2 RBI (1.336 OPS).
- OF-Ichiro Suzuki (Boston) - .308 (8-for-26), HR, 3 RBI & 4-for-4 in steals.
- SP-Madison Bumgarner (Fairgrove) - 2-0, 1.80 ERA, 17 K & 2 BB (15 IP).
- C/1B-Joe Mauer (South Shore) - .480 (12-for-25), 7 RBI.
- SP- Justin Verlander (Carolina) - 1-1, 1.06 ERA, 2 CG, 19 K & 3 BB.
NATIONAL LEAGUE - "The Price is Right"
David Price showed exactly why the Urbana Locomotives took him at #12 overall for their first pick in the 2013 Inaugural Boys of Summer Draft. The Seattle Rainiers were no match for Price, as Price collected two of the team's victories in their 3-3 series split -- while striking out 22 batters (4 BB's) in 16 innings, with a 1.69 ERA. He collected a four-hit shutout in Game 2, while pitching 7 solid innings in Game 6 of the series. Price was the 4th starting pitcher taken in the draft, behind Clayton Kershaw (KING), Justin Verlander (CAR) & Felix Hernandez (CHI).
Price was the easy choice for this week's National League Pitcher of the Week.
Outfielder Giancarlo Stanton (T.C.) set an early-league record by connecting for a home run, for four consecutive games against the King Road Kings; Although the feat was impressive, not to mention that he leads both leagues with 4 HR's (all solo shots), it was not good enough to earn this week's National League Player of the Week -- it would go to his teammate, third baseman Chris Johnson.
Johnson had some tough competition, a good handful of players from the Hannibal Cavemen were on the hunt (led by Buster Posey), while Portand's Todd Frazier & Sacramento's Erick Aybar had great weeks as well.
Johnson batted .389 (7-for-18), including a league-record 3 HRs (all solo's) in Game 4 of their series with the Kings. Johnson also had 4 RBI, 3 runs for the week, while having a 1.421 OPS & the stat that put him over the edge of 19.4 Runs Created/Game.
N.L. Honorable Mention:
David Price showed exactly why the Urbana Locomotives took him at #12 overall for their first pick in the 2013 Inaugural Boys of Summer Draft. The Seattle Rainiers were no match for Price, as Price collected two of the team's victories in their 3-3 series split -- while striking out 22 batters (4 BB's) in 16 innings, with a 1.69 ERA. He collected a four-hit shutout in Game 2, while pitching 7 solid innings in Game 6 of the series. Price was the 4th starting pitcher taken in the draft, behind Clayton Kershaw (KING), Justin Verlander (CAR) & Felix Hernandez (CHI).
Price was the easy choice for this week's National League Pitcher of the Week.
Outfielder Giancarlo Stanton (T.C.) set an early-league record by connecting for a home run, for four consecutive games against the King Road Kings; Although the feat was impressive, not to mention that he leads both leagues with 4 HR's (all solo shots), it was not good enough to earn this week's National League Player of the Week -- it would go to his teammate, third baseman Chris Johnson.
Johnson had some tough competition, a good handful of players from the Hannibal Cavemen were on the hunt (led by Buster Posey), while Portand's Todd Frazier & Sacramento's Erick Aybar had great weeks as well.
Johnson batted .389 (7-for-18), including a league-record 3 HRs (all solo's) in Game 4 of their series with the Kings. Johnson also had 4 RBI, 3 runs for the week, while having a 1.421 OPS & the stat that put him over the edge of 19.4 Runs Created/Game.
N.L. Honorable Mention:
- 3B-Todd Frazier (POR) - .313 (5-for-16), 3 HR, 5 RBI & 1.228 OPS.
- C-Buster Posey (HAN) - .353 (6-for-17), 6 RBI.
- SP-Gio Gonzalez (HAN) - 2-0, 3.29 ERA, 12 K & 2 BB in 13.2 IP.
- OF-Denard Span (HAN) - .353 (6-for-17), RBI & 4 SB's.
- SS-Erick Aybar (KING) - .563 (9-for-16), HR & 5 RBI.
- OF-Giancarlo Stanton (T.C.) - .250, 4 HR & 8 RBI.
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