New York Yankees Gerrit Cole (33) was selected as the best performing player in the American League (AL) last week.
MLB.com announced on the 18th (Korean time) that “Cole was selected as the AL Player of the Week.”
Cole, who is in his 11th season in the major leagues, won Player of the Week for the second time in his career. It is the first time he has been named Player of the Week since transferring to the Yankees in 2020.
Cole went 2-0 with a 1.13 ERA in his two starts last week. He pitched 16 innings, allowing only 7 hits, 3 walks, and striking out 13 while allowing 2 runs.
In particular, against the Minnesota Twins on the 17th, he led the team’s 2-0 victory with 9 innings, 2 hits, 10 strikeouts, 1 walk, and a scoreless shutout.
Cole, who won all four games of the season, has an average ERA of only 0.95.
The media explained,토스카지노 “Cole, who finished in the top five in the Cy Young Award voting five times, became the first pitcher in Yankees history to record an ERA of less than 1.00 and strikeouts of 30 or more in the first four starts of the season.”
In the National League, Arizona Diamondbacks Jack Gallen was named player of the week.
Galen won all of his two starts last week with 5 hits, 1 walk, 18 strikeouts and no runs in 13⅔ innings. His 18 strikeouts was first in the major leagues last week.
Gallen was named Player of the Week for the second time in his career, following last September.