Week-6 of the MLB players power rankings features a good mix of veterans and young talent, but who takes the mantle of hitter of the week?
Before we jump into the top 10 hitters in the MLB Player Power Rankings for week-6, let’s take a moment to acknowledge one of the greatest hitters of all time, Albert Pujols. This past week, Pujols reached a milestone that only two other hitters in the history of baseball have ever accomplished, 2000 RBIs.
In this reaching this accomplishment, Pujols also becomes only the third player in the history of MLB to have 3000 or more hits, 600 or more HR, and 2000 or more RBI. The other two? Alex Rodriguez and Hank Aaron.
With two more seasons left on his deal, the 3-time NL MVP award winner will continue to climb the RBI and HR ladder, cementing his legacy as perhaps the best hitter in several generations.
Kudos to “The Machine” on an incredible career.
Now, let’s move on to the top 10 hitters in week-6. For those of you who don’t know how this works, it’s really quite simple.
Here’s how we make our determinations:
- we base our weekly rankings on a Monday through Sunday schedule. Therefore, these rankings are for the week beginning on May 6h through May 12th.
- Then, using advanced stats (SLG, wOBA, wRC+) that best represent a players performance, we created a rubric.
- As a tiebreaker, we used fWAR to determine which player is ahead of who.
- If the tiebreaker is a tie, then we delve deeper into the weekly stats.
With that in mind, here are the 10th to 6th hitters ranked in this week’s MLB Players Power Rankings.