Jake Odorizzi: AL Player of the Week

[Seth Stohs]

Beat the Astros 1-0 with 7 strong innings.

Beat the Yankees with 6 scoreless innings.

 

I'd say Well Deserved for Jake Odorizzi.

 

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Major League Baseball announced today that right-handed starter Jake Odorizzi has been named American League Player of the Week...Odorizzi claimed his first career weekly award, the first for a Twins player since Eduardo Escobar for the week ending June 11, 2018, and the first by a Twins pitcher since Francisco Liriano for the week ending May 8, 2011...Noah Syndergaard also claims his first career weekly award, and the first for a Mets player since Jacob deGrom for the week ending June 18, 2017...this marks the first time that the AL and NL Players of the Week are both pitchers since last April, when Patrick Corbin of the D-backs claimed the NL honor,
while Sean Manaea of Oakland was a co-winner in the AL for the week ending April 22, 2018.

 

Odorizzi went 2-0 in two starts last week without allowing a run over 13.0 innings pitched...permitted six hits and five walks with 15 strikeouts across the two outings.

 

Among AL leaders, finished the period first in wins; tied for first in ERA and strikeouts; and tied for second in innings pitched.

 

The 29-year-old right-hander made his first start of the week last Monday against the Houston Astros at Target Field, outdueling Justin Verlander in Minnesota’s 1-0 win...Odorizzi hurled 7.0 scoreless frames, allowing four hits and a walk with seven strikeouts.

 

His second start of the week came on Saturday against the Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx as the Twins topped New York, 7-3 behind 6.0 scoreless innings from the Illinois native, who surrendered just two hits and four walks with eight strikeouts in the win.

 

Odorizzi lowered his ERA to 2.78 on the season in the victory, which marked his fourth consecutive start with a win...during that stretch, he has allowed just three earned runs in 24.1 innings for a 1.11 ERA.

 

His back-to-back scoreless starts were the first time the former first round Draft pick (2008 by Milwaukee) accomplished the feat since July 22-August 3, 2016, when he had a career-best three straight scoreless starts.

[USAFChief]

I expect no less from him every week on out through the end of the WS.