Five-time All-Star JD Martinez of the Boston Red Sox and four-time All-Star Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees, who set a new single-season American League home run record on Tuesday night, have been chosen the American League Co-Players of the Week presented by Chevrolet**, and first baseman Matt Olson** of the Atlanta Braves has been named the National League Player of the Week presented by Chevrolet. The announcements were made earlier today on MLB Network.
Martinez earned his 10th career Player of the Week Award and his first since April 2021. With the honor, Martinez becomes the 20th player all-time to earn at least 10 Player of the Week selections. He is the third Boston player to win this season, joining Trevor Story (May 23rd) and Xander Bogaerts (September 6th). Judge’s selection was the seventh of his career and third of this season (also July 25th and August 1st). The only other Yankees player to win this year was Matt Carpenter (July 18th). Olson claimed his first career Player of the Week Award and is Atlanta’s second recipient this season, joining Austin Riley (July 11th).
Other noteworthy AL performances last week included outfielder Mitch Haniger (.345, 6 R, 1 2B, 4 HR, 8 RBI, .793 SLG) of the Seattle Mariners; All-Star outfielder Mike Trout (.355, 6 R, 4 2B, 3 HR, 3 RBI, .774 SLG), two-way All-Star Shohei Ohtani (1-1, 0.69 ERA, 2 GS, 13.0 IP, 3 H, 16 SO; .297, 3 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI), pitcher Michael Lorenzen (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 GS, 11.0 IP, 6 H, 15 SO) and infielder/outfielder Taylor Ward (.389 , 6 R, 4 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 1 SB) of the Los Angeles Angels; All-Star pitcher Justin Verlander (1-0, 0.75 ERA, 2 GS, 12.0 IP, 6 H, 18 SO) of the Houston Astros; and second baseman Whit Merrifield (.467, 6 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, .633 SLG) of the Toronto Blue Jays.
Other noteworthy NL performances for the week included outfielder Bryan De La Cruz (.389, 6 R, 5 2B, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 1 SB, .694 SLG) of the Miami Marlins; outfielder Brandon Nimmo (.407, 5 R, 2 2B, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .704 SLG) and All-Star Jeff McNeil (.483, 6 R, 1 2B, 2 HR, 3 RBI, .724 SLG) of the New York Mets, who claimed the Tony Gwynn NL Batting Title; All-Star slugger Albert Pujols (.400, 7 R, 1 2B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 1.067 SLG) of the St. Louis Cardinals; rookie pitcher Hunter Greene (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 GS, 12.0 IP, 6 H, 18 SO) of the Cincinnati Reds; pitcher Eric Lauer (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 GS, 11.0 IP, 1 H, 16 SO) of the Milwaukee Brewers; and Olson’s teammate Kenley Jansen (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 5 G, 4 SV, 5.0 IP, 1 H, 8 SO) of the Braves.
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