We break down the hottest hitters and pitchers every Monday in our Fantasy Baseball Power Players feature.
| Top 10 Hitters | ||
| Position, player, team | Last week's Rotisserie stats | |
| 1 | OF Corey Hart, MIL | .423 AVG, 3 HR, 7 RBI, 11 R, 2 SB |
| Streaking sophomore is overlooked and valuable in all leagues now. | ||
| 2 | SS Carlos Guillen, DET | .476-3-11-8-0 |
| He's due to get hurt, but you cannot argue with his productivity. | ||
| 3 | 2B Brian Roberts, BAL | .539-2-5-4-2 |
| At least the O's have one player playing up to his potential. | ||
| 4 | C Joe Mauer, MIN | .333-2-9-8-1 |
| It's rare Cs make it this high here, but this is not an ordinary C. | ||
| 5 | 2B Ian Kinsler, TEX | .364-3-6-11-0 |
| Did you compound mistakes of buying him high and selling low? | ||
| 6 | OF Alfonso Soriano, CHC | .480-4-5-6-1 |
| He's heating up in power dept. and says it's due to the weather. | ||
| 7 | OF Hunter Pence, HOU | .429-3-7-8-0 |
| He's making NL ROY race a runaway; own him in all leagues. | ||
| 8 | 3B Chone Figgins, LAA | .577-0-5-4-4 |
| Rotisserie specialist has been hottest player in baseball in June. | ||
| 9 | 3B Ryan Braun, MIL | .429-1-7-7-2 |
| And we're still asking ourselves why he had to open in minors. | ||
| 10 | 3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY | .546-1-4-7-1 |
| This list would be incomplete without the AL MVP runaway. | ||
| Honorable mentions: OF Eric Byrnes, ARI; 1B Ryan Howard, PHI; 3B Akinori Iwamura, TB; OF Luis Gonzalez, LAD; DH Frank Thomas, TOR; DH Matt Stairs, TOR; OF Reggie Willits, LAA; 2B Dan Uggla, FLA; SS Troy Tulowizki, COL; OF Coco Crisp, BOS; OF Kenny Lofton, TEX; 1B Richie Sexson, SEA; OF Carl Crawford, TB; 1B Lance Berman, HOU; SS Khalil Greene, SD; OF Magglio Ordonez, DET; 2B Howie Kendrick, LAA; C Gregg Zaun, TOR; SS Mark Loretta, HOU. | ||
| Top 10 Pitchers | |||
| Position, player, team | Last week's Rotisserie stats | ||
| 1 | SP Johan Santana, MIN | 2 W, 0.60 ERA, 9 Ks, 0.667 WHIP, 0 SV | |
| Look out, he's historically been lights out in summer months. | |||
| 2 | SP Josh Beckett, BOS | 2-1.29-11-0.929-0 | |
| He shows no signs of slowing down as AL Cy Young leader. | |||
| 3 | SP John Maine, NYM | 2-1.88-10-0.767-0 | |
| A rough patch is out of his system; he looks All-Star worthy. | |||
| 4 | SP Yovani Gallardo, MIL | 1-2.70-12-1.050-0 | |
| Elite prospect has been as good as advertised and could stick. | |||
| 5 | SP Chad Durbin, DET | 1-1.00-8-0.889-1 | |
| A great start, but he lost his rotation spot and picks up a save. | |||
| 6 | SP Ben Sheets, MIL | 1-2.00-4-0.778-0 | |
| A healthy Sheets is a must-start every week in all leagues. | |||
| 7 | SP Chris Young, SD | 1-0.00-11-0.429-0 | |
| Our third-year starting pitcher breakout hasn't disappointed. | |||
| 8 | SP Carlos Zambrano, CHC | 1-1.13-12-0.500-0 | |
| His poor start is out of his system and he's ready to dominate. | |||
| 9 | SP Joe Blanton, OAK | 1-0.56-11-0.767-0 | |
| He's the type of starter you value more if you own him. | |||
| 10 | SP Dustin McGowan, TOR | 1-5.06-9-1.385-0 | |
| An awful first start, but he gets credit for his one-hit shutout. | |||
| Honorable mentions: SP Jeff Weaver, SEA; SP Felix Hernandez, SEA; SP Tom Gorzelanny, PIT; SP Jeremy Guthrie, BAL; RP Kevin Gregg, FLA; RP Bob Howry, CHC; SP Justin Verlander, DET; SP Aaron Harang, CIN; RP J.J. Putz, SEA; SP Josh Fogg, COL; RP Jonathan Papelbon, BOS; SP Jeff Francis, COL; SP Carlos Silva, MIN; RP Francisco Cordero, MIL; SP Jake Peavy, SD; SP Erik Bedard, BAL; SP Tom Glavine, NYM; SP Kenny Rogers, DET. | |||
Official MLB honors
AL Player of the Week
June 18: RHP Justin Verlander, DET
June
11: 3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY; DH Gary Sheffield, DET
June 4: 2B Dustin Pedroia, BOS
May 28: OF/3B Casey Blake, CLE
May 21: SP Daisuke Matsuzaka, BOS
May 14: DH Jack Cust, OAK and 1B Dan Johnson,
OAK
May 7: 3B Troy Glaus, TOR
April
30: OF Magglio Ordonez, DET
April
23: SP Mark Buehrle, CHW
April
16: 2B Ian Kinsler, TEX
April
9: 3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY and OF Vladimir Guerrero, LAA
NL Player of the Week
June 18: LF Adam Dunn, CIN
June
11: 3B Miguel Cabrera, FLA
June
4: OF Brad Hawpe, COL
May 28: OF
Jason Bay, PIT
May 21: OF Hunter Pence, HOU and RP Jose Valverde,
ARI
May 14: OF Ken Griffey, Jr.,
CIN
May 7: 1B Prince Fielder,
MIL
April 30: SS Alex Gonzalez,
CIN and 2B Chase Utley, PHI
April
23: OF Carlos Beltran, NYM
April
16: SP Tim Hudson, ATL
April
9: 3B Miguel Cabrera, FLA
AL Player of the Month
May: 1B Justin Morneau, MIN
April:
SS Alex Rodriguez, NYY
AL Pitcher of the Month
May: RHP Dan Haren, OAK
April:
RHP Roy Halladay, TOR
AL Rookie of the Month
May: 2B Dustin Pedroia, BOS
April:
RP Hideki Okajima, BOS
NL Player of the Month
May: 1B Prince Fielder, MIL
April:
SS Jose Reyes, NYM
NL Pitcher of the Month
May: RHP Jake Peavy, SD
April:
RHP John Maine, NYM
NL Rookie of the Month
May: OF Hunter Pence, HOU
April:
OF Josh Hamilton, CIN
CBS SportsLine's past Power Players
Week 11: 3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY; SP Justin Verlander, DET
Week 10: 3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY; RP J.J. Putz,
SEA
Week 9: C Victor Martinez,
CLE; RP Francisco Cordero, MIL
Week
8: 1B Justin Morneau, MIN; SP Jake Peavy, SD
Week 7: 3B David Wright, NYM; SP Daisuke Matsuzaka,
BOS
Week 6: DH Jack Cust, OAK;
SP Brad Penny, LAD
Week 5: 1B Prince Fielder, MIL; SP Jeff Suppan, MIL
Week
4: 2B B.J. Upton, TAM; SP John Maine, NYM
Week 3: 3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY; RP Jonathan Papelbon,
BOS
Week 2: 2B Ian Kinsler,
TEX; SP C.C. Sabathia, CLE
Week 1:
3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY; SP Johan Santana, MIN
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