Week 13: Kyle Schwarber

Anyone paying attention to baseball the past couple of weeks could have seen this one coming a mile away. To say Kyle Schwarber has been on a hot streak at the plate would be an understatement. He has been on fire.

Schwarber hit 9 home runs in just 6 games from June 19-25.

Last week, June 21-27, Schwarber had an insane .400 average with a 1.704 OPS. He hit 7 home runs--for comparison, my entire fantasy team had 10 home runs in the same week--scored 8 runs and had 12 RBIs.

A nice by-product of all this is that there are lots a great pictures of Schwarber rounding the bases.

Congratulations, Kyle Schwarber! You are my MLBoyfriend of the week!

Take a curtain call. You deserve it!

Week 12: Shohei Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani is possibly the best designated hitter in the MLB right now. At least the fans seem to think he is. He is handily winning the All-Star voting for the American League DH.

He put up some great numbers last week at the plate. He had a .292 average and 1.287 OPS with 5 home runs, 5 runs, 7 RBIs, and one stolen base.

Ohtani also happens to be one of the best starting pitchers in baseball. He had a solid outing on Thursday, July 17, scoring a win and a quality start. 

He pitched 6.0 innings giving up just one earned runs, one base on balls, and 5 hits.

In short, Ohtani had a very good week and earned the American League Player of the Week award for the third time in his career.

He's also pretty dreamy.

Congratulations, Shohei Ohtani! You are my MLBoyfriend of the week. Clearly, this is more prestigious than MLB Player of the Week--because this is only the second time you've won this title. However, I see the strong chance of more wins in your future.

Week 11: Jacob deGrom

It's well past time to show Jacob deGrom a little love this season. The game he pitched on Friday, June 11, was humdinger. In six innings, he gave up only one hit, walked zero hitters, and struck out ten with no runs scored. He got both a win and a quality start.

That would be an amazing game for any MLB starting pitcher, but for deGrom this season, it's just par for the course. He has pitched 64 innings, and his stats are almost unreal: 

• deGrom has had just 4 earned runs, giving him an incredible 0.56 ERA (not a misprint!). For comparison sake, of all the starters who have pitched more than just 6.0 innings this year, Lance Lynn has the next lowest ERA, and his is 1.37--2.5 times higher than deGrom's.
• deGrom has given up just 26 hits and 8 walks giving him the very low WHIP of 0.56.
• Meanwhile, deGrom has struck out 103 batters. That's a lot in 64 innings!

Talk of MVP awards before the All-Star break is certainly premature, but it's not surprising that deGrom the favorite in betting markets to win the title in the National League.

It is a little ironic that I'm naming deGrom as my MLBoyfriend the week there has been some discussion about whether or not he has been cheating by sneaking banned substances onto balls. I'm no expert, but the consensus seems to be that he's probably not cheating. So, I'm going to go with that.

Congratulations, Jacob deGrom! You are my MLBoyfriend of the week. Keep it up and keep it clean.

Week 10: Patrick Wisdom

I had never heard of Patrick Wisdom before last week, but he mad quite the first impression.

Wisdom had a whopping. .435 batting average and 1.719 OPS last week. He hit 6 home runs, scored 7 runs, had 9 RBIs and even stole a base. 

He did all of this while being the poster child of the Strapping Young Men's Association.

Congratulations, Patrick Wisdom! You are the National League Player of the Week and, more importantly, my MLBoyfriend! It was a pleasure to meet you.