Week 7: Jackie Bradley, Jr.

I take it as a sign of my maturity that I can pay honor to a player on my most hated MLB team. Not so long ago, I never would have considered a member of the Red Sox as a possible MLBoyfriend. Last week, Jackie Bradley, Jr. continued his hot streak and put up some very impressive numbers earning the title of my MLBoyfriend despite playing for Boston.

From April 24 to May 22, Bradley has had hits in 27 straight games including nine multi-hit games: five were two-hit games, and four were three hit games. Last week, he had an amazing .438 average and 1.515 OPS with two home runs.

Bradley's teammate, David Ortiz, has rightfully been getting a lot of attention for his great performance at the plate the past few weeks. However, even some die-hard Red Sox fans recognize the Bradley may be more valuable to the team. Today, boston.com's "Red Sox Player Power Rankings" for last week named Bradley the #1 player noting: "Right now... he's got a better batting average than Manny Machado, a better on-base percentage than Mike Trout, and a better slugging percentage than Bryce Harper."

Bradley has also been known to make some great plays in center field. While he didn't do anything spectacular on defense last week, last month a throw he made was clocked at 101.3 miles per hour--that's a really strong arm.

Finally, when looking for pictures for this post, I found this...

...which is beyond adorable. Unfortunately, sightings of Jackie's fabulous afro are rare.

A hearty congratulations to Jackie Bradley, Jr. for earning the title of my MLBoyfriend of the week. Here's hoping he celebrates by undoing his braids and letting his hair fly free.