posted on Sunday, April 13, 2008 11:33 PM by Jim

Week in a Box: April 7-13

And now a look back at the week that was.  As always, if your opinion differs, state your case.

Player of the Week:  Joe Crede.  Two grand slams -- including one to break open the home opener -- will do that

Player of the Weak:  Jim Thome.  Went 2-for-14 with no extra-base hits this week, and he's missing pitches he ordinarily hammers.

Pitcher of the Week:  Gavin Floyd.  He took a no-hit bid into the eighth inning against the Tigers, improving to 2-0 with a 2.05 ERA on the season and stopping a two-game losing streak.  Now, if he can manage it against a team besides Detroit.  Honorable mention to Javier Vazquez.

Pitcher of the Weak:  John Danks.  The Minnesota Twins deployed their Death By Singles attacked, and Danks succumbed, lasting only 2 1/3 innings in a 12-5 loss to the Twins.

Fireman of the Week:  Matt Thornton.  He didn't work anything resembling high-leverage innings, but he threw three scoreless innings, striking out four Twins over a two-inning stint, and retiring three Tigers on six pitches, all of them strikes.

Gas Can of the Week:  Nick Masset.  Nick Magic played a big part in two five-run innings in that 12-5 loss to the Twins, allowing all three of Danks' inherited runners to score on top of his five earned runs.  He helped turn a 7-3 game into a 12-3 game.

Super Sub of the Week:  Brian Anderson and Toby Hall.  Both did what they were supposed to do in their spot starts.

Super Scrub of the Week:  Nobody.  With two off days, Ozzie Guillen hasn't had to use his bench much.

Gold Glove of the Week:  Juan Uribe.  Continues to be a double play-turning machine.

Hands of Stone:  A.J. Pierzynski.  It's mostly the pitchers' fault, but teams are running wild on him right now.

Comments

# re: Week in a Box: April 7-13

Monday, April 14, 2008 12:37 AM by Joist
Seems to me like Jermaine is in the running for the Hands of Stone award every week. Did you see his laughable attempt to catch that sinking liner off the bat of Santiago today? Hawk and DJ were praising him for his "effort", but I saw a man whose outfield days are unfortunately numbered.

Come to think of it, if you couple that with his pathetic attempted stretching of a single into a non-double on Friday night, you really could come up with a separate category for J.D.: "Guy Who's Considerably Slower and More Over the Hill Than He Realizes."

# re: Week in a Box: April 7-13

Monday, April 14, 2008 2:26 PM by Orestes
AJ gets hung out to dry by Contre and Floyd. Those 4 SB's ( out of 7 total I think) are really not his fault.

I gotta give a guy hitting .400 a pass anyways

What do you thnk of OC's D so far ?

# re: Week in a Box: April 7-13

Monday, April 14, 2008 4:03 PM by Jim Margalus
I'm trying to think where I heard it -- it may have been Cowley's live chat -- where somebody said that JD should hit between Konerko and Thome to break up the speed, and he responded, "Have you seen Dye run lately?"

Cabrera's defense is decent, IMO. It's easy to see that Uribe is superior ranging to his right, but Cabrera's got him on plays behind the bag. I'd say it's generally a wash, and at least they work well together.