Acuña is the NL Player of the Week; Ohtani, German share AL honor

There have been too many unimaginable performances final week to suit into simply two weekly honors. Whereas Ronald Acuña Jr. was named NL Participant of the Week introduced by Chevrolet, Sunday German and Shohei Ohtani shared the award within the AL.

For Germán, the rationale for inclusion right here is an easy one: perfection. On Wednesday, Germán threw an ideal recreation in an 11-0 win over the Athletics, the 24th such game in AL/NL history and first since Félix Hernández in August 2012. Among the many myriad fun facts concerning the recreation, these two stand out: He solely wanted 99 pitches to get it carried out, and he had allowed a mixed 15 earned runs in 5 1/3 innings in his prior two begins. The proper recreation was Germán’s solely begin of the week, making him a straightforward alternative for his first profession Participant of the Week Award.

Talking of straightforward decisions, MVP front-runners Ohtani and Acuña continued their historic seasons final week, making Participant of the Week honors a straightforward name. Like Germán, Ohtani solely had one begin on the mound final week, nevertheless it was a historic one. On Tuesday, Ohtani allowed one run and had 10 strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings pitched, whereas additionally hitting two residence runs in a 4-2 win over the White Sox. It was simply the sixth instance since 1900 of a participant throwing 10 strikeouts and hitting a number of residence runs in a recreation, and the primary by an AL participant since 1963.

In fact, Ohtani’s litany of statistical accomplishments for the week didn’t finish there, as he completed the seven-day span with six residence runs and a 1.783 OPS, together with this career-long 493-foot bombthe longest homer in MLB this season. That is Ohtani’s second Participant of the Week Award of the previous month, and the sixth of his profession.

Over within the NL, Acuña’s stats carefully mirrored Ohtani’s (or, a minimum of, Ohtani’s hitting stats). Regardless of having one fewer recreation to do it in, Acuña hit 5 residence runs final week to go along with a 1.916 OPS, three steals and a 6-0 crew file. This was merely the most recent achievement in a exceptional season for Acuña, who turned the first player to have 20-plus homers and 35-plus steals earlier than the All-Star break.

The Braves acquired much more {hardware} by additionally incomes the Play of the Week Award, because of a classy play from Ozzie Albies and Orlando Arcia on Tuesday towards the Twins. Ever hear of a 4-6-3 “single play?” It’s not one thing you see each day, however the Atlanta center infielders confirmed off each their athleticism and improvisation expertise to nab Minnesota’s Max Kepler at first. Every part’s developing roses for the Braves recently, who completed with an unimaginable 21-4 file in June, and this internet gem was one more instance.