AL Hitter of the Fortnight
Hideki Matsui, Angels
This was a tough call, and there were a few candidates who are probably more popular choices: Carl Crawford (13.4 wRC), Ryan Raburn (11.4 wRC), and Mark Teixeira (11.7 wRC). Matsui gets our vote because of his fantastic and league-leading .553 On-base percentage and .525 wOBA.
AL Pitcher of the Fortnight
Jon Lester, Red Sox
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NL Hitter of the Fortnight
Carlos Gonzalez, Rockies
Amazingly, the Rockies also have the runner-up to this award: Troy Tulowitzki. The Rockies have been rolling, winning nine in a row, and getting back in the postseason discussion 2.5 games behind the Padres. There has been MVP, even triple crown, talk about the soon to be 25-year old outfielder. In the last fourteen days, Carlos Gonzalez led the league with a .442 batting average and 17.5 wRC. CarGo doesn't walk much, as evident by his 6.1 BB% career - 5.7 BB% this season. If pitchers now start to pitch around him, he'll have to show more patience. This screams small sample size, but as the CarGo hype machine has been taking off in the past two weeks, his BB% has improved slightly to 8.6%.
NL Pitcher of the Fortnight
Cole Hamels, Phillies
More and more, I think arguments can be made for a handful of pitchers for who's been the best the past two weeks. Mat Latos, Carlos Zambrano, Madison Bumgarner, Jonathan Sanchez, J.A. Happ, and five other qualified starters in the National League had ERA's below 1.84. Hamels is ranked 9th in the league in xFIP and FIP, but he went 3-0 with a 0.00 ERA, and we've learned to respect the 0.00 ERA, especially through three starts.
We're going to try to enjoy the NFL and NL West games today! See you next week.
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