Jordan Beck

The Colorado Rockies are currently on track to have the worst season in the history of Major League Baseball. I was surprised to see one of their squad listed among the top players of last week. But, Jordan Beck really did put up some big numbers.

Beck had 7 hits in 18 at bats, and 5 of those hits were home runs. For the week, he had a .389 average which is great and a 1.677 OPS which is amazing. Along the way, he scored 5 runs, batted in 6, and even stole a base.

If you stretch the time frame a little from my usual week, Beck's stats are still very impressive.

Congratulations, Jordan Beck. You are my MLBoyfriend of the week. So, that's some good news for the Rockies.

Ryan McMahon

Ryan McMahon had a very good week at the plate. He had a decent .320 average with 6 runs, 2 doubles and 3 home runs. He tied for the most RBIs in the MLB with 10.

He hit his 3 homers in 3 games in a row--all against the Mets.

It didn't hurt that McMahon had a great game wearing The Rockies fantastic City Connect uniform. This provided several excellent pics of him.

I actually like Colorado's usual purple uniforms, but I have to say the green one really suits McMahon.

Congratulations, Ryan McMahon! You are my MLBoyfriend of the week.

PS: This Instagram post wasn't from last week--in fact, it's over two years old--so it didn't really make sense to include it above. Still, I think everyone needs to see it--be sure to click over to the fifth image.

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Week 12: Charlie Blackmon

I don't just automatically hand out the MLBoyfriend title to the best batter of the week. However, Charlie Blackmon was the best hitter in the MLB last week by a country mile. 

Blackmon's stats for last week are pretty unreal. He went 21 for 37 for a .568 average and 1.784 OPS. He had 12 runs, 6 home runs, and 15 RBIs. Blackmon's nearest competition, Ketel Marte of the Arizona Cardinals, had almost as many runs (11) and home runs (5) but only 6 RBIs, and while his average was a very impressive .448, that's still over 100 points below Blackmon's.

It was a foregone conclusion that Blackmon would be named the NL Player of the Week--and he was. However, before I crown him my MLBoyfriend, we must address the elephant in the room--or should I say the woolly mammoth?

Week 10: Trevor Story

Since the American League Player of the Week was my MLBoyfriend last week, it seems only fair that the National League  Player of the Week win the honor this week. Welcome back, Trevor Story. It's always nice to see the first ever MLBoyfriend back on the blog.

Last week, Story went 11 for 21 at the plate giving him an amazing .524 batting average. He had a 1.631 OPS, 9 runs,7 RBIs, 2 home runs, and 2 stolen bases.

Story had a monster night on Friday, May 31--he hit both of his home runs and had all seven of his RBIs in that one game.

Week 24: Trevor Story

Hey, Trevor Story. It's been a minute.

Trevor Story was the first ever MLBoyfriend, and it was high time for for him to win the title again. In honor of his return, I'm going to kick it old school and keep the text to a minimum and include lots of pictures.

Last week, Trevor Story had a decent .292 average and a very good 1.237 OPS. He had five runs and nine RBIs--also very respectable for one week.

The big news was that Story had five home runs last week. Three of those were in one game on Wednesday, September 5. One of those three was a monster 505 foot blast--the longest homer since Statcast started measuring them in 2015.

Oh yeah, Story also had three stolen bases--and I feel like I don't talk about stolen bases enough here at MLBoyfriend.

Week 16: Nolan Arenado

Nolan Arenado's stats from last week are very, very good: .458 batting average and a 1.480 OPS with 4 home runs, 9 runs and 13 RBIs.

Arenado's stats from Wednesday, July 19th, are nothing short of amazing. The Colorado Rockies' third baseman hit 3 home runs that day. In that day's game against the San Diego Padres, he had a .833 batting average and a 3.167 OPS with 4 runs and 7 RBIs. That was the day people started wondering if Arenado is the best player in baseball. But there was no debate that Nolan would be my MLBoyfriend.

He didn't need any bonus points, but Arenado got some when he celebrated his big week by hiring a deejay for the Rockies batting practice on Friday. He also gets some bonus points for this....

Week 1: Trevor Story

My first MLBoyfriend of the season had to be the Rockies rookie who tore it up, Trevor Story. He may have had the best first week of major league play ever.  I didn't draft him for my fantasy team, but I was smart enough to pick him up after his amazing, record-setting two-home-run debut in the majors on Opening Day. Added bonus: Trevor is pretty cute.

Of course, he's even better looking when he hits a homer which is often.

He also works it in the infield--check out his stuck-out tongue which shows he's really concentrating.