Fantasy Players of the Week

Before I give you my fantasy players of the week, I'd first like to show some sympathy for those who are currently involved in a fantasy baseball league over at ESPN. I can only imagine how frustrating it is to lose all your transactions, stats and whatever else that may have been lost. However, ESPN did offer refunds to all those who had paid for teams and Insider access. I know that doesn't make up for their mistake, but at least it's something.

Anyway, on to the fantasy MLB players of the week

Position Player of the Week - Ian Kinsler, Texas Rangers
Kinsler (the 2nd baseman for the Rangers) had an outstanding past 7 days. He hit .476 with 4 bombs, 8 RBI's while racking up a total of 7 runs. Kinsler edged out Aaron Hill and Rickie Weeks for this week's top honor.

Pitcher of the Week - Felix Hernandez, Seattle Mariners
Hernandez edged out Roy Halladay this week after throwing a gem at Fenway on Wednesday night. He threw 7 innings of no hit ball before giving up the lone hit of the game to J.D. Drew on the first pitch of the 8th inning. He ended the game with a one-hit, complete game shutout, striking out 6 while only surrendering two walks. It's also worth noting that he did this in Dice-K's Fenway debut.

I'd also like to make note of Chicago Cubs reliever, Michael Wuertz. He pitched 4 innings this week, giving up no hits and surrending only one walk while striking out 6. What was most notable about his week came on Friday the 13th at Wrigley (a game in which I attended). In the 5th inning, the Cubs had already given up 6 runs and the bases were still loaded and nobody out when Wuertz came in. He struck out the next three batters, keeping the Cubs only one run behind. But, of course, in typical Cubs fashion, they couldn't put one run across in the last four innings and lost 6-5.