Henry Roldán
As usual, every Monday of each week, the winners of the MLB Major League Baseball Player of the Week award were announced, being on this occasion the most outstanding names in the period from August 15 to 21, 2022.
As announced by the league through its social networks, the winner in the American League was Chicago White Sox starter Johnny Cueto, while in the National League the award was shared between St. Louis Cardinals players Paul Goldschmidt and Albert Pujols.
MLB Player of the Week August 15 – 21
MLB Player of the Week: American League – Johnny Cueto
Johnny Cueto brought all his experience to bear on the mound to keep the Chicago White Sox in contention for a postseason berth and won the American League Player of the Week award.
The 36-year-old starter dominated the Morritos after allowing just one clean run in 16.2 innings of work, the most innings for a pitcher in the young circuit last week. In addition, he conceded only two tickets and struck out five over the two starts in which he completed at least eight innings.
Cueto has been impressive in 2022 in each of his 17 starts, as he has failed to reach the sixth in only two of them and allowed more than three runs in only one. The Dominican also has 10 consecutive quality starts in a row and his effectiveness for the season is 2.58.
MLB Player of the Week: National League – Albert Pujols and Paul Goldschmidt
The St. Louis Cardinals are the hottest team in the Major Leagues and the offensive performance of Albert Pujols and Paul Goldschmidt have a lot to do with it.
The Dominican continues to make history at his 42 and in addition to being just seven home runs shy of 700, he became the first player in the Major Leagues to hit two complete-game home runs and collect four hits in a single game at that age.
Pujols also hit .615 (13-8) with a .615 average and 1.308 SLG, which with he won his 13th career Player of the Week award, the fifth-highest total in league history.
Goldschmidt was not far behind and with three-hit games in three consecutive days, he finished with a .542 batting average, 1.042 slugging and 1.643 OPS, the circuit leader in the latter two categories.
It is the third time the Cardinals first baseman has won the award this season and no other player in the majors has a better batting average (.340) and OBP (.422) than him at the time of the award announcement.
