Matt Olson

My sincerest apologies to any Detroit Tigers fans out there, but it was clear that an Atlanta player was going to win the MLBoyfriend title this week. The three best batters of the week all play for the Braves.

Rookie catcher, Drake Baldwin, had a .393 batting average and 1.290 OPS hitting 4 doubles, 1 triple and 3 home runs. He scored 9 runs while batting in 10. Very impressive.

Former MLBoyfriend and fashion icon, Ronald Acuña Jr., also put up some very impressive numbers. He had a .423 batting average and 1.225 OPS with 2 home runs, 8 runs and 4 RBI. He also had 2 stolen bases.

In the end, I chose Matt Olson--who, surprisingly, has never won an MLBoyfriend title despite being a very good player for the last 10 years.

Olson had a .400 batting average and a whopping 1.386 OPS last week. He hit 4 doubles, 1 triple and 3 home runs. He scored 9 runs and had 10 RBI. Those numbers were enough to win him the National League Player of the Week Award.

Congratulations, Matt Olson! You are my MLBoyfriend of the week.

Week 14: Ozzie Albies

Ozzie Albies had an excellent week last week. He had a .400 batting average and 1.167 OPS with 6 runs, 3 home runs and 3 stolen bases.

Most impressively, Albies led MLB in runs batted in with a whopping 13.

It's also worth noting that Albies is the rare baseball player who looks better in street clothes than in uniform in my opinion. 

Congratulations, Ozzie Albies! You are my MLBoyfriend of the weeks. Here's hoping I see you at the All-Star Game.

Week 21: Ronald Acuña Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr. has been on my radar for much of the season. This is the week Atlanta's likely National League Rookie of the Year is finally my MLBoyfriend.

Acuña had eleven runs, four home runs, nine RBIs, three stolen base, a .464 average, and 1.523 OPS last week. He had an amazing home run streak that ended on Tuesday, August 14. He hit homers in five consecutive game and--even more impressively--he hit lead-off home runs in three consecutive games. Speaking of his Rookie of the Year possibilities, at the age of just 20, Acuña is the youngest player to hit home runs in five consecutive games in over a hundred years and the youngest ever to  hit three lead-off home runs.