Our Eric Mack breaks down the hottest hitters and pitchers every Monday in his Fantasy Baseball Power Players.
| Top 10 Hitters | ||
| Position, player, team | Last week's Rotisserie stats | |
| 1 | DH Jack Cust, OAK | .348 AVG, 5 HR, 13 RBI, 6 R, 0 SB |
| Long-time minor leaguer gets big chance and knocks it out, times 5. | ||
| 2 | 1B Dan Johnson, OAK | .546-3-6-10-0 |
| He's finally making good on all that promise ... at age 27 no less. | ||
| 3 | OF Ken Griffey, Jr., CIN | .400-3-9-3-1 |
| A terrible April, but May has really been good to him so far. | ||
| 4 | CF Gary Matthews, Jr., LAA | .348-4-11-4-0 |
| Streaky hitter has been on the right side of things lately. | ||
| 5 | DH David Ortiz, BOS | .381-1-7-6-0 |
| Quietly he's on pace for another monster season for owners. | ||
| 6 | 3B David Wright, NYM | .375-1-4-3-4 |
| Power barely coming around, but the steals are nice surprise. | ||
| 7 | 3B Mike Lowell, BOS | .421-3-9-5-0 |
| Proving his solid '06 was sign he's back to being trustworthy. | ||
| 8 | LF Adam Dunn, CIN | .381-3-6-7-0 |
| 27-year-old breakout has average up and proving to be a star. | ||
| 9 | 1B Lance Berkman, HOU | .320-3-6-8-0 |
| Hopefully you didn't sell low, because payback is coming. | ||
| 10 | 1B Justin Morneau, MIN | .333-3-6-6-0 |
| Broken nose won't stop him from picking up for Joe Mauer. | ||
| Honorable mentions: LF Matt Holliday, COL; CF Chris B. Young, ARI; SS Julio Lugo, BOS; LF Carlos N. Lee, HOU; RF Magglio Ordonez, DET; OF Alfonso Soriano, CHC; SS Derek Jeter, NYY; OF Mark Teahen, KC; 1B Kevin Youkilis, BOS; CF Ichiro Suzuki, SEA; SS J.J. Hardy, MIL; 1B Mark Teixeira, TEX; DH Gary Sheffield, DET; LF Jason Bay, PIT; C Jason Varitek, BOS; C Russell Martin, LAD; UTL Willie Harris, ATL. | ||
| Top 10 Pitchers | |||
| Position, player, team | Last week's Rotisserie stats | ||
| 1 | SP Brad Penny, LAD | 2 W, 0.68 ERA, 18 Ks, 0.750 WHIP, 0 SV | |
| A sell-high candidate? His first-second half '06 splits were huge. | |||
| 2 | SP Ted Lilly, CHC | 2-1.80-10-0.800-0 | |
| If you saw this start to '07 raise your hand. Bueller? Bueller? | |||
| 3 | SP Roy Oswalt, HOU | 2-3.46-12-1.308-0 | |
| Despite Astros' struggles, he remains one of MLB's surest SPs. | |||
| 4 | SP Fausto Carmona, CLE | 2-1.93-7-1.286-0 | |
| If he keeps this up, there's no way he's losing his rotation spot. | |||
| 5 | RP Rafael Soriano, ATL | 0-0.00-4-0.000-3 | |
| Bob Wickman's return sends him and Mike Gonzalez to setup. | |||
| 6 | RP Billy Wagner, NYM | 0-0.00-4-0.000-3 | |
| Slots behind Soriano with identical stats, because we expect it. | |||
| 7 | SP Kelvim Escobar, LAA | 1-0.00-9-0.778-0 | |
| Streaky, oft-injured pitcher is on the right side of things now. | |||
| 8 | SP Brandon Webb, ARI | 1-1.00-10-0.778-0 | |
| Was coming off bad start, one of his worst, so some sat him. | |||
| 9 | SP Justin Germano, SD | 1-0.69-5-0.538-0 | |
| Padres' fill-in was once a prospect and finally gets chance. | |||
| 10 | SP Jason Marquis, CHC | 1-0.00-5-0.333-0 | |
| Another heavily criticized signee who is off to great start. | |||
| Honorable mentions: SP Cha Seung Baek, SEA; SP Jake Peavy, SD; SP Josh Beckett, BOS; RP J.J. Putz, SEA; SP Jeff Francis, COL; RP Francisco Cordero, MIL; SP Cliff Lee, CLE; SP Ian Snell, PIT; SP Jeremy Guthrie, BAL; SP Oliver Perez, NYM; SP Randy Wolf, LAD; SP Braden Looper, STL; Jarrod Washburn, SEA; SP Matt DeSalvo, NYY; SP John Lackey, LAA; SP A.J. Burnett, TOR; SP Tim Wakefield, BOS; SP Daisuke Matsuzaka, BOS; SP Jon Garland, CHW; SP Shaun Marcum, TOR; SP Tim Lincecum, SF. | |||
Official MLB honors
AL Player of the Week
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: LHP Mark Buehrle, CHW
April 16: 2B Ian Kinsler, TEX
April 9: 3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY and RF Vladimir Guerrero,
LAA
NL Player of the Week
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: CF Carlos Beltran, NYM
April 16: RHP Tim Hudson, ATL
April 9: 3B Miguel Cabrera, FLA
AL Player of the Month
April: SS Alex Rodriguez, NYY
AL Pitcher of the Month
April: RHP Roy Halladay, TOR
AL Rookie of the Month
April: LH RP Hideki Okajima, BOS
NL Player of the Month
April: SS Jose Reyes, NYM
NL Pitcher of the Month
April: RHP John Maine, NYM
NL Rookie of the Month
April: OF Josh Hamilton, CIN
CBS SportsLine's past Power Players
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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