Fantasy Players of the Week

This past week proved to be a week for some amazing pitching performances. Considering all the players in the MLB, there will be weeks when multiple players will share the honors. So let's get right into it.

Position Player of the Week - Alex Rodriguez, New York Yankees
This is Rodriguez's second top honor in three weeks. It is really hard to make an argument against ARod right now. He's on a tear, leading the majors in some high profile categories. This past week, ARod hit .370 with 5 HR's and 13 RBI's ARod now leads the MLB in RBI's, OPS, HR's, Runs and SLG. percentage. Not bad for a guy who was almost ran out of town by those totally awesome Yankee fans. ARod edged out Carlos Beltran for this week's honor, who hit .448 this past week.

Pitcher of the Week - Mark Buehrle, Chicago White Sox
It's hard not to give the highest honor to a guy who threw a no-hitter. In his game last week vs. the Texas Rangers, he threw a complete game, no-hit shutout while striking out eight Rangers. It's also noteworthy that he only threw 106 pitches. As much as I hate the White Sox and would love for them to lose 100 games every year, I have to say I was rooting for him in the ninth inning. As other people have noted, there just really isn't anything like a no-hitter/perfect game in any other sport. So any time I get a chance to see one, I really don't care who is throwing or who he's playing.

Other Pitchers Worth Noting -
Cole Hamels, Philadelphia Phillies -- Rich Hill, Chicago Cubs
Hamels had a Kerry Wood esque performance on Saturday when he took the mound vs. Cincinnati. He threw a complete game, while striking out 15 Reds and only surrendering one run.
Rich Hill continued his outstanding start to the 2007 season on Thursday night against the Braves. He threw eight innings, giving up no runs while striking out seven. Hill has only given up one run in 22 innings of work this year which has pushed his ERA down to a razor-thin and MLB leading 0.41.