What a difference a year makes
Sure, we have yearly stalwarts like Eloy Jiménez winning these POTW mentions, and the occasional minor-leaguer done good like Chuckie Robinson. Pitchers get their due, with a start or two in a week that teases the imagination, like Michael Soroka or Garrett Crochet. And every so often, a real curveball of a winner is named, like last week, when us fans took the honors.
But it’s fairly rare that an apparent also-ran has...