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 | 3B David Wright, NYM | .409 AVG, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 7 R, 2 SB |
| Hopefully you didn't give up on him, because he's back on pace. | ||
| 2 | 3B Aramis Ramirez | .423-3-12-5-0 |
| Wait until he actually gets Derrek Lee in the lineup with him. | ||
| 3 | OF Ichiro Suzuki, SEA | .577-0-1-4-8 |
| Another one you shouldn't have given up on, especially as FA-to-be. | ||
| 4 | 1B Mark Teixeira, TEX | .345-3-8-4-0 |
| Huge May has him back among Fantasy Baseball's elite sluggers. | ||
| 5 | OF Grady Sizemore, CLE | .444-2-5-8-3 |
| SI cover: 'One of greatest players of our generation.' Uh, OK. | ||
| 6 | OF Hunter Pence, HOU | .591-2-5-5-1 |
| It's becoming apparent he will be a top NL ROY candidate. | ||
| 7 | 1B Kevin Youkilis, BOS | .407-3-7-5-0 |
| Oft-overlooked 1B hitting .400 in May and on pace for 23 HRs. | ||
| 8 | SS Jhonny Peralta, CLE | .450-3-7-5-0 |
| It sure looks like 2006 is more of a fluke than 2005 now. | ||
| 9 | C Jorge Posada, NYY | .476-3-4-5-0 |
| FA-to-be catcher is leading the league in hitting to date. | ||
| 10 | SS J.J. Hardy, MIL | .300-3-7-6-0 |
| OK, this is ridiculous; he's got Pujols numbers on board. | ||
| Honorable mentions: SS Hanley Ramirez, FLA; OF Mark Teahen, KC; 1B Carlos Pena, TB; OF Jermaine Dye, CHW; OF Magglio Ordonez, DET; OF Jeremy Hermida, FLA; OF Reggie Willits, LAA; OF Curtis Granderson, DET; 2B Brandon Phillips, CIN; OF Victor Diaz, TEX; SS Edgar Renteria, ATL; 2B Dan Uggla, FLA; DH Matt Stairs, TOR; OF Angel Pagan, CHC; OF Endy Chavez, NYM; OF Delmon Young, TB. | ||
| Top 10 Pitchers | |||
| Position, player, team | Last week's Rotisserie stats | ||
| 1 | SP Daisuke Matsuzaka, BOS | 2 W, 2.12 ERA, 11 Ks, 0.882 WHIP, 0 SV | |
| He's on pace for 23-7, but more important: 244 innings, 229 Ks. | |||
| 2 | SP Randy Johnson, ARI | 2-1.54-19-0.686-0 | |
| The old dog can still hunt -- and strike out hitters with the best. | |||
| 3 | RP Brett Myers, PHI | 1-1.59-8-1.059-3 | |
| We said this guy has the potential to be one of the best closers. | |||
| 4 | SP Justin Verlander, DET | 2-2.30-10-0.766-0 | |
| No sophomore slump here. We could see a Cy Young in Year 3. | |||
| 5 | SP Jered Weaver, LAA | 2-1.98-11-1.098-0 | |
| Speaking of super sophomores ... Jered proves to be just fine. | |||
| 6 | SP Sergio Mitre, FLA | 2-2.45-7-0.886-0 | |
| Unheralded young arm overshadows young Marlins this week. | |||
| 7 | RP Jose Valverde, ARI | 0-0.00-4-0.500-4 | |
| Streaky closer on right side of things right now, but be careful. | |||
| 8 | SP Paul Byrd, CLE | 2-5.14-10-1.143-0 | |
| He'll have to keep pitching like this to keep his spot all season. | |||
| 9 | SP Erik Bedard, BAL | 0-2.57-19-1.000-0 | |
| He's keeping up a crazy pace with the Ks -- on pace for 276. | |||
| 10 | SP A.J. Burnett, TOR | 1-1.00-10-0.556-0 | |
| The loss of Roy Halladay appears to have motived Jays 'ace.' | |||
| Honorable mentions: SP Fausto Carmona, CLE; SP Dan Haren, OAK; SP Matt Morris, SF; SP John Smoltz, ATL; SP Dontrelle Willis, FLA; SP Adam Eaton, PHI; SP Jason Bergmann, WAS; SP Cole Hamels, PHI; SP Tom Gorzelanny, PIT; SP Derek Lowe, LAD; RP Kevin Gregg, FLA; SP James Shields, TB; SP Boof Bonser, MIN; SP Brandon McCarthy, TEX; SP C.C. Sabathia, CLE; SP Scott Baker, MIN; SP Ben Sheets, MIL; SP Jorge Sosa, NYM; SP Wandy Rodriguez, HOU; SP Oliver Perez, NYM; SP Taylor Buchholz, COL; SP Tyler Clippard, NYY; SP John Lackey, LAA; SP Tim Lincecum, SF. | |||
Official MLB honors
AL Player of the Week
May 21: RHP 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: 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 21: OF Hunter Pence, HOU and CL Jose Valverde
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 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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