Colorado Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado. (Daniel Petty, The Denver Post)
Nolan Arenado, in three big-league seasons, has five multi-home run games. And three came in the last week. His hot streak on Monday earned him the National League player of the week award, MLB announced.
In six games over the past week, the Rockies’ third baseman hit .391 (9for-23) with a baseball-best seven home runs and 14 RBIs. He scored 10 runs in those six games, the second-most in the majors.
On top of it, Arenado has at least one hit, one run scored and one RBI in each of his past seven games. That ties the longest streak in baseball since 2010. Only Miguel Cabrera matched the mark, in 2013, in his MVP season for the Detroit Tigers.
in the Rockies’ loss to the Giants in San Francisco. And he noticed that pitchers might now try to avoid him.
“I’m just trying to do my job the best I can” Arenado said Sunday. “I had a good week. And it’s happened — I’ve had a good week, then next week is not very good. As long as we win and pick each other up, that’s the key.”
New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner was named the AL player of the week after hitting .500 (13-for-26) with nine runs and two home runs.
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