Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
August 18, 2008
Players of the Week

Two hitters stood out this week for their hitting prowess, their power, and their scoring. Ty Wigginton took up the mantle of the fallen Carlos Lee, collecting hits in all seven Astros games. In six of those games, Ty knocked out multiple hits, 16 in all. Seven of those went for extra bases, including four home runs. With his high on-base average and phenomenal power, Wigginton scored nine runs and drove in eleven. He's the Baseball Musings NL Hitter of the Week.

Melvin Mora played a nearly identical week for the Orioles. He started off with an 0 for 4 and a sacrifice fly, but then reeled off six straight multi-hit games, three three-hit games and a five hit game. Mora also hit for power, with eight of his eighteen hits resulting in extra bases. Like Ty, he scored nine runs, but did Wigginton two RBI better with 13. Melvin Mora earns the nod as the Baseball Musings AL Hitter of the week.

With the White Sox locked in a tight battle with the Twins for the AL Central title, Javier Vazquez stepped up his game last week. He made two starts, last eight innings in each game and gave up a total of one run. His eighteen strikeouts reduced his opponents balls in play and his one walk allowed kept the nine hits against him from doing much damage. His 0.56 ERA for the week earns him Baseball Musings Pitcher of the Week honors.

In the NL, four pitchers make the choice tough. Edinson Volquez appears to be over his rough patch, posting a 0.66 ERA in two starts. His low strikeout and high walk total, however, knocks him down a bit. Tim Lincecum struck out 17 batters in 12 innings, but also walked six. Roy Oswalt threw the best game of the week on Sunday, but his first outing wasn't that impressive. That leaves Johan Santana. Two wins, sixteen innings pitched, a shutout, eleven hits and just two walks moves him to the top. With 13 strikeouts, he K'd as many as he allowed on base, and his two wins helped propel the Mets to the top of the NL East. Johan Santana wins the Baseball Musings NL Pitcher of the Week.


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