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 | 1B Justin Morneau, MIN | .400 AVG, 4 HR, 13 RBI, 4 R, 0 SB. |
| 2006 AL MVP is having a much better encore than the 2006 NL MVP. | ||
| 2 | OF/1B Nick Swisher, OAK | .435-3-11-4-0 |
| OK, so apparently losing his locks didn't sap him of his power. | ||
| 3 | OF Jason Bay, PIT | .500-2-10-6-0 |
| His power and steals are down, but he put together some weekend. | ||
| 4 | 3B/1B/OF Casey Blake, CLE | .348-4-8-8-0 |
| Andy Marte's demotion seals him as full-time 3B in forseeable future. | ||
| 5 | OF Magglio Ordonez, DET | .435-3-9-7-0 |
| MVP campaign has him on pace for .356-40-158-145 at this point. | ||
| 6 | 3B Mark Reynolds, ARI | .480-2-8-7-0 |
| Prospect gets surprise call-up and posts even more surprising stats. | ||
| 7 | 2B Brian Roberts, BAL | .429-1-7-5-4 |
| After slow start, O's second baseman is now on pace for 58 steals. | ||
| 8 | OF Carlos Quentin, ARI | .375-3-11-5-0 |
| He proves he is much better than he had shown to start his year. | ||
| 9 | SS Alex Gonzalez, CIN | .345-3-6-8-0 |
| After another big week, our projection of 17 HRs looks reasonable. | ||
| 10 | SS Miguel Tejada, BAL | .409-3-8-5-0 |
| Former No. 1 shortstop is out of the top five, but not forgotten. | ||
| Honorable mentions: OF Ichiro Suzuki, SEA; OF Michael Cuddyer, MIN; OF Adam Dunn, CIN; C Kenji Johjima, SEA; C Victor Martinez, CLE; OF Alex Rios, TOR; 1B Dmitri Young, WAS; SS Felipe Lopez, WAS; 1B Adrian Gonzalez, SD; 1B Kevin Youkilis, BOS; SS Carlos Guillen, DET; OF Carl Crawford, TB; OF Manny Ramirez, BOS; DH Jose Vidro, SEA; 2B Chase Utley, PHI; 1B Carlos Delgado, NYM; OF Grady Sizemore, CLE; SS Yuniesky Betancourt, SEA; OF Ken Griffey, CIN. | ||
| Top 10 Pitchers | |||
| Position, player, team | Last week's Rotisserie stats | ||
| 1 | SP Jake Peavy, SD | 2 W, 0.69 ERA, 14 Ks, 0.615 WHIP, 0 SV | |
| He's the new Johan Santana as the SP king of Fantasy Baseball. | |||
| 2 | SP John Lackey, LAA | 2-2.08-7-1.077-0 | |
| He's having a Cy Young-caliber breakthrough; on pace for 25 wins. | |||
| 3 | SP Jarrod Washburn, SEA | 2-2.70-6-1.050-0 | |
| Forgotten starter is quietly having a very good season in Northwest. | |||
| 4 | RP Joe Borowski, CLE | 0-0.00-2-0.750-4 | |
| Closer everyone wants to see lose his job is on pace for 57 saves. | |||
| 5 | RP Trevor Hoffman, SD | 0-0.00-1-0.900-4 | |
| Some mid-week arm troubles don't keep him from a great week. | |||
| 6 | RP Brian Fuentes, COL | 0-0.00-4-1.000-4 | |
| Despite Rockies' struggles, this closer has been one of the best. | |||
| 7 | RP Joe Nathan, MIN | 0-0.00-6-1.200-3 | |
| Twins stopper gets hot after a string of some real quiet weeks. | |||
| 8 | SP Micah Owings, ARI | 1-1.00-8-1.111-0 | |
| Overlooked rookie rebounds from worst outing with his best. | |||
| 9 | RP Jason Isringhausen, STL | 0-0.00-3-0.667-3 | |
| Injury-risk sleeper has been solid all year for struggling Cards. | |||
| 10 | SP Johan Santana, MIN | 1-1.29-13-0.857-0 | |
| Peavy might've caught him, but he's still not too far behind. | |||
| Honorable mentions: SP Livan Hernandez, ARI; SP Cha Seung Baek, SEA; SP Randy Wolf, LAD; SP Aaron Cook, COL; RP Francisco Rodriguez, LAA; SP Brandon Webb, ARI; SP Chien-Ming Wang, NYY; SP Adam Wainwright, STL; SP Cole Hamels, PHI; SP C.C. Sabathia, CLE; SP Scott Kazmir, TB; RP J.J. Putz, SEA; SP Scott Olsen, FLA; RP Chad Cordero, WAS; SP Julian Tavarez, BOS; RP Billy Wagner, NYM; SP Kelvim Escobar, LAA; RP Takashi Saito, LAD; SP Carlos Zambrano, CHC; SP Oliver Perez, NYM; SP Chad Gaudin, OAK; SP Tim Lincecum, SF; SP Dan Haren, OAK. | |||
Official MLB honors
AL Player of the Week
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 RF Vladimir Guerrero,
LAA
NL Player of the Week
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
April: SS Alex Rodriguez, NYY
AL Pitcher of the Month
April: SP Roy Halladay, TOR
AL Rookie of the Month
April: RP Hideki Okajima, BOS
NL Player of the Month
April: SS Jose Reyes, NYM
NL Pitcher of the Month
April: SP John Maine, NYM
NL Rookie of the Month
April: OF Josh Hamilton, CIN
CBS SportsLine's past Power Players
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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