posted on Monday, May 26, 2008 12:14 AM
by
Jim
Week in a Box: May 19 - 25
Player of the Week: Carlos Quentin. As CQ goes, so go the White Sox. He had
consecutive 0-fers, and the Sox scored one run. On the other hand, he provided all the offense in
a win over the Angels and drove in the go-ahead run
to finish the sweep of the Indians. He also
ran the bases extremely well. (If you've lost count, he's been Player of the Week for five consecutive weeks).
Player of the Weak: Nick Swisher. He went 2-for-16 with no runs scored and one RBI, which should have been a double play
if the Indians didn't have the infield in.
Pitcher of the Week: Jose Contreras. He
beat C.C. Sabathia in U.S. Cellular Field for the first time in Captain Cheeseburger's career, and then
struck out 10 Angels over eight innings.
Pitcher of the Weak: John Danks. He didn't pitch badly, but
ineffiency limited him to only five innings and he ended up throwing the only non-quality start all week.
Fireman of the Week: Scott Linebrink. Picked up
two wins with 1-2-3 innings, and struck out four over 2 2/3 perfect innings this week.
Gas Can of the Week: Nobody. The bullpen didn't allow one earned run all week.
Octavio Dotel did allow an inherited runner to score, but he also struck out the side in the same inning, so hey.
Super Sub of the Week: Toby Hall. They don't call him
Three-Hit Toby for nothing, folks. His third single against the Indians would come around to score, though pinch-running Brian Anderson would do the honors.
Super Scrub of the Week: Nobody. Brian Anderson is probably the closest, but along with scoring the go-ahead run, he hit
the only extra-base knock off Jered Weaver. Even
Pablo Ozuna had two hits after Joe Crede was ejected. The bench, weak as it may be, isn't the problem.
Gold Glove of the Week: Alexei Ramirez. He has looked like a natural at second,
bailing out Joe Crede on bad throws and
turning double plays with his strong arm.
Hands of Stone: Carlos Quentin. The cutoff man was
Q-perman's Kryptonite. He had two throws sail on him
against the Angels for his third and fourth errors of the year.