Ketel Marte

How is it possible that Ketel Marte has never been named MLBoyfriend before today? He's been a very good player all nine years this blog has existed.

Marte also has some of the best hair in baseball.

Better late than never, I guess. Marte has finally won the honor he so deserves.

Last week, Marte had a .400 batting average and 1.538 OPS. 4 of his 8 hits were home runs. He scored 6 runs and batted in 8.

Congratulations, Ketel Marte! You are my MLBoyfriend of the Week.

Corbin Carroll

I love rookie on a hot streak, and no rookie was hotter than Corbin Carroll last week.

Carroll had 11 hits in 22 at-bats for an amazing (and easy-to-calculate) .500 average. In those 11 hits, he had 2 doubles, 1 triple and 3 home runs resulting in a very impressive 1.091 slugging average. As if that weren't enough, he also had 8 RBI and 3 stolen bases.

Carroll had an especially good game on Friday, June 9. He hit 2 home runs including the first grand slam of his career.

I'm not the only one impressed by Carroll's performance last week. He was named the National League Player Of The Week earlier today.

Congratulations, Corbin Carroll! You are my MLBoyfriend of the week.

Week 11: Paul Goldschmidt

 

It's kind of surprising that I'm well into my third season of MLBoyfriend, and Paul Goldschmidt has never won the title. He is, afterall, a five-time MLB All-Star with a slew of awards. It's probably because he plays for the Arizona Diamondbacks--a team I generally pretend doesn't exist. However, now that the Diamondbacks are leading the National League West and Goldschmidt has been on fire, I guess his time has come.

Last week, Goldschmidt had ten runs, four home runs, and eleven RBIs. His batting average was an amazing .640, and his OPS was an equally amazing 2.130--both are, by fairly wide margins, the highest of all MLB players with more than five at-bats in the week. Yesterday, ESPN sent out this tweet:

Paul Goldschmidt Last 4 Games
2 singles
5 doubles
1 triple
4 home runs

Goldschmidt is the first Diamondbacks player with multiple extra-base hits in 4 straight games.

— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) June 10, 2018

This is even more impressive because Goldschmidt had a terrible start to the season. Suddenly in June, he is racking up amazing numbers. 

Whether he's in a slump or on a hot streak, it's always a pleasure to see Goldy on the field.