MLB Player of the Week: Week 3

Happy Friday kids. Let's talk some baseball. So this week is a change of pace compared to the last two weeks, since the Soup de Jour MLB Player of the Week this week is not a pitcher. But before we reveal this weeks pick, let's look over the other players that had fantastic weeks.

Milwaukee's own Bill Hall had a good week at the plate this week with a solid line of 5 R 8 H 4 HR 8 RBI 1 SB .320 AVG. He also had some pretty nice plays over on third, including his diving stop with the throw from his knees against the Reds. Staying in the Central division, Albert "the elbow" Pujols, is making me eat my words when I may have said something along the lines of, "The Cardinals suck, and Pujols won't do anything, and will be out by the second week with his elbow blowing up..." Well the Cardinals are top of the Central, and Pujols is just popping the ball all over the place, especially this week. He had a line this week of 5 R 7 H 2 HR 3 RBI 2 SB .318 AVG. I just think it is hilarious that Pujols stole two bases...that is fun. Well, let's just keep our fingers crossed that the Cardinals do well enough to keep the Cubs in third place, but no good enough to keep the Brewers out of first.

And, drum roll...[drum noises] This week, the Soup de Jour Player of the Week is Arizona Diamondback's third basemen Mark Reynolds. Reynolds is a 24 year old from Pikeville, KY drafted in 2004. He has serious power. On Monday, he took over the major league lead in home runs with a 428-ft three run home run. According to Yahoo, this is his ridiculous line from the last week: 7 R 10 H 5 HR 13 RBI 0 SB .385 AVG. That is a crazy week. The only reason he didn't steal any bases is because he was hitting home runs so much that he didn't even get the chance to steal them. I'm pretty sure that his potent offense is contributing greatly to the D-backs current hot start of 7-2, making them first in the West. I honestly don't care about the NL West, but I have to like the D-backs because they were very nice last year and swept the Cubs (D-bags) in the NL Divisional Series. It will definitely be impressive if Reynold's can keep up this hot streak. It should also be noted that his power is legit, last year he hit at least four home runs of at least 447-ft...that is crazy, and out of some parks....I'm pretty sure that would be out of Miller Park if hit to the right spots. That is power.