We break down the hottest hitters and pitchers every Monday in our Fantasy Baseball Power Players feature. In Week 9, it is Victor Martinez staking claim to the No. 1 spot among catchers and Francisco Cordero continuing to break away from the pack as the top closer in Fantasy.
| Top 10 Hitters | ||
| Position, player, team | Last week's Rotisserie stats | |
| 1 | C Victor Martinez, CLE | .346 AVG, 4 HR, 11 RBI, 4 R, 0 SB. |
| Even with Joe Mauer healthy, V-Mart is top C: .316-35-147-91 pace. | ||
| 2 | DH Gary Sheffield, DET | .345-4-9-11-2 |
| DHing sure helps: Sheff is on pace for a career-high 609 at-bats. | ||
| 3 | 1B Prince Fielder, MIL | .348-4-7-5-0 |
| His May (13 HR, 28 RBI) was about as good as A-Rod's April. | ||
| 4 | RF Brad Hawpe, COL | .456-3-8-6-0 |
| Age-27 breakout starts slow, but caps huge May: .333-7-22-14. | ||
| 5 | 2B Dan Uggla, FLA | .385-3-7-7-0 |
| So much for sophomore jinx: on pace for .271-34-99-127-0. | ||
| 6 | C Ramon Hernandez, BAL | .368-2-10-5-0 |
| Good week for catchers; rare we have two Cs in our top 10. | ||
| 7 | OF Jose Guillen, SEA | .375-2-11-5-0 |
| Quietly (surprisingly for him) having a rebound season in Northwest. | ||
| 8 | C Jorge Posada, NYY | .308-1-9-4-1 |
| Free-agent-to-be C is earning himself one last huge payday. | ||
| 9 | 2B Dustin Pedroia, BOS | .609-0-6-3-0 |
| Overlooked mighty mite just an impossible out right now. | ||
| 10 | OF Eric Byrnes, ARI | .400-3-3-9-1 |
| FA-to-be is the ideal sparkplug, role model for Baby-Backs. | ||
| Honorable mentions: OF Grady Sizemore, CLE; DH Travis Hafner, CLE; OF Jason Bay, PIT; OF Vladimir Guerrero, LAA; OF Craig Monroe, DET; OF Magglio Ordonez, DET; 3B Miguel Cabrera, FLA; 1B Albert Pujols, STL; 3B Ryan Zimmerman, WAS; 2B Kaz Matsui, COL; 1B Derrek Lee, CHC; OF Josh Willingham, FLA; OF Corey Hart, MIL; 3B Mike Lowell, BOS; C Ivan Rodriguez, DET; OF Alex Rios, TOR; 1B Mark Teixeira, TEX; 2B Placido Polanco, DET; C Russell Martin, LAD; SS Jhonny Peralta, CLE; SS Michael Young, TEX. | ||
| Top 10 Pitchers | |||
| Position, player, team | Last week's Rotisserie stats | ||
| 1 | RP Francisco Cordero, MIL | 0 W, 0.00 ERA, 5 Ks, 0.462 WHIP, 4 SV | |
| Yet another FA-to-be having a huge season en route to big payday. | |||
| 2 | SP Jeremy Bonderman, DET | 2-2.08-14-0.769-0 | |
| Hopefully you didn't give up on him; he's 5-0, winning past five. | |||
| 3 | SP Jeff Francis, COL | 2-1.84-9-0.818-0 | |
| Third-year SP breakout candidate scorching hot after a slow start. | |||
| 4 | SP Dustin McGowan, TOR | 2-3.07-12-1.023-0 | |
| This week puts him in a good spot when injured SPs are ready. | |||
| 5 | SP Ben Sheets, MIL | 2-2.25-9-1.583-0 | |
| Strikeout rate is disappointing, but it should pick up in summer. | |||
| 6 | SP Doug Davis, ARI | 2-1.15-11-1.021-0 | |
| After losing streak, he doubles his season's win total in a week. | |||
| 7 | RP Jeremy Accardo, TOR | 1-0.00-3-0.545-2 | |
| Perhaps the Jays, owners might have found a man to count on. | |||
| 8 | RP Kevin Gregg, FLA | 0-0.00-3-1.125-3 | |
| Marlins get Armando Benitez, Henry Owens back to help him. | |||
| 9 | RP Francisco Rodriguez, LAA | 0-0.00-3-1.000-3 | |
| Coco Cordero is No. 1 now, but K-Rod will be before it's over. | |||
| 10 | SP Joe Blanton, OAK | 1-0.00-6-0.333-0 | |
| It's tough to be any better than he was in his one start last week. | |||
| Honorable mentions: SP Chad Gaudin, OAK; SP Miguel Batista, SEA; SP Ian Snell, PIT; SP Kyle Lohse, CIN; SP Sean Marshall, CHC; SP Ervin Santana, LAA; SP Jeremy Guthrie, BAL; SP Aaron Harang, CIN; SP Cole Hamels, PHI; SP Brandon Webb, ARI; SP James Shields, TB; SP Brian Bannister, KC; SP Josh Beckett, BOS; SP Matt Belisle, CIN; SP Chuck James, ATL; SP Chris Capuano, MIL; SP Johan Santana, MIN; SP J.P. Howell, TB; SP Erik Bedard, TB; SP Oliver Perez, NYM; SP Roy Halladay, TOR; SP Barry Zito, OAK; SP Javier Vazquez, CHW; SP Derek Lowe, LAD; SP John Lackey, LAA; SP Orlando Hernandez, NYM; SP Matt Morris, SF. | |||
Official MLB honors
AL Player of the Week
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
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
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 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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