Elly De La Cruz Torches a Week to Remember
Who climbed and who cooled over the past week.
The week belonged to Elly De La Cruz, who went 12-for-24 with five homers for the Reds. Behind him, a few big bats cooled off and a handful of arms slipped a tier. Here's who's trending which way.
Cooling on the mound
Of the strongest arms, the ones who shed the most form this week.
On the mound, Foster Griffin and Sean Burke each shed seven form points to land at 60, and Keider Montero dropped five to 68. Arrows pointing down, but all three are still in workable territory.
Foster Griffin
Cleveland Guardiansform 68→60 (-7)›ERA 3.65 · WHIP 1.18 · IP 162.2GS 29 · 15 W · 146 KFORM60above avg
Sean Burke
Chicago White Soxform 67→60 (-7)›ERA 3.58 · WHIP 1.20 · IP 156GS 25 · 8 W · 169 KFORM60above avg
Keider Montero
Detroit Tigersform 73→68 (-5)›ERA 3.55 · WHIP 1.03 · IP 147GS 24 · 9 W · 98 KFORM68above avg
Hot at the plate
The week's hottest hitters — top OPS over the last 7 days (min at-bats), with their game line.
De La Cruz was untouchable, a 1.746 OPS across six games with five homers and 10 RBI. Rafael Devers wasn't far off in San Francisco at a 1.605 mark on three homers, and Travis Bazzana and Teoscar Hernández both cleared 1.45 for the week too.
Elly De La Cruz
6 G · 12-for-24 · 5 HR · 1 SB · 10 RBI1.746OPS·WK›AVG .283 · HR 26 · OPS 0.87370 RBI · 25 SBThis week: 6 G · 12-for-24 · 5 HR · 1 SB · 10 RBIOPS0.873above avg
Rafael Devers
5 G · 8-for-19 · 3 HR · 9 RBI1.605OPS·WK›AVG .258 · HR 35 · OPS 0.85892 RBI · 0 SBThis week: 5 G · 8-for-19 · 3 HR · 9 RBIOPS0.858above avg
Travis Bazzana5 G · 7-for-16 · 2 HR · 8 RBI1.464OPS·WK›AVG .243 · HR 11 · OPS 0.72150 RBI · 18 SBThis week: 5 G · 7-for-16 · 2 HR · 8 RBIOPS0.721average
Teoscar Hernández
6 G · 10-for-19 · 1 HR · 1 SB · 10 RBI1.451OPS·WK›AVG .269 · HR 13 · OPS 0.76158 RBI · 4 SBThis week: 6 G · 10-for-19 · 1 HR · 1 SB · 10 RBIOPS0.761above avg
Cam Smith
6 G · 7-for-18 · 3 HR · 4 RBI1.450OPS·WK›AVG .219 · HR 20 · OPS 0.69554 RBI · 10 SBThis week: 6 G · 7-for-18 · 3 HR · 4 RBIOPS0.695average
Cooling off
Hitters whose bat cooled most this week — shown with their 7-day line.
A few good bats simply went quiet. Bryce Harper managed 4-for-25 over seven games and slipped .024 in season OPS, with Michael Harris II (2-for-23) and Matt Olson in the same boat. None of it is alarming, just a cold week for names used to better.
Michael Harris II
7 G · 2-for-23.087 · 0.212 OPS this week›AVG .286 · HR 24 · OPS 0.79980 RBI · 10 SBThis week: 7 G · 2-for-23OPS0.799above avg
Jordan Walker
6 G · 2-for-22 · 1 SB · 1 RBI.091 · 0.251 OPS this week›AVG .281 · HR 28 · OPS 0.826100 RBI · 19 SBThis week: 6 G · 2-for-22 · 1 SB · 1 RBIOPS0.826above avg
Bryce Harper
7 G · 4-for-25 · 2 RBI.160 · 0.382 OPS this week›AVG .269 · HR 27 · OPS 0.87982 RBI · 7 SBThis week: 7 G · 4-for-25 · 2 RBIOPS0.879above avg
Hunter Goodman
6 G · 2-for-22 · 1 HR · 5 RBI.091 · 0.387 OPS this week›AVG .244 · HR 37 · OPS 0.83278 RBI · 5 SBThis week: 6 G · 2-for-22 · 1 HR · 5 RBIOPS0.832above avg
Matt Olson7 G · 3-for-23 · 1 RBI.130 · 0.322 OPS this week›AVG .249 · HR 37 · OPS 0.82681 RBI · 4 SBThis week: 7 G · 3-for-23 · 1 RBIOPS0.826above avg
Changing colors
Players who moved up or down a tier on our scale this week.
Only one tier change of note: Robbie Ray slid from above-average to average. A small step, not a collapse.
Robbie Ray
San Diego Padresabove avg → average
form 61→56›ERA 3.39 · WHIP 1.34 · IP 151.1GS 27 · 11 W · 127 KFORM56average
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