Before last week, Eddie Rosario, 32, was 6 for 70 (.086/.133/.157) with two doubles, a home run, four walks, and 19 Ks in 24 games (19 starts) and 76 plate appearances this season. It’s been quite a week since. Rosario, whose slow starts in previous years Davey Martinez tried to point to in explaining his continued insistence on playing the veteran outfielder, in spite of the slash line included above, just earned the NL Player of the Week after he went 10 for 22 (.455/.571/1.046) in seven games and 28 PAs.
Rosario hit a double and four home runs, drove in seven runs, and walked (7) more than he K’d (4) over the course of the week, and he stole four bases.