Every week during the season, we break down the hottest hitters and pitchers in Fantasy Baseball. This week we tip our caps -- yeah, the backward ones on our noggins -- to early season surprises B.J. Upton and John Maine, the Week 4 top honorees.
| Top 10 Hitters | ||
| Position, player, team | Last week's Rotisserie stats | |
| 1 | 2B B.J. Upton, TB | .417 AVG, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 6 R, 3 SB |
| Hopefully you never gave up on this talent; part of a 2B renaissance. | ||
| 2 | SS Jimmy Rollins, PHI | .344-3-6-10-4 |
| Other-worldly April has him on pace for .299-60-121-168-40 year! | ||
| 3 | RF Magglio Ordonez, DET | .571-2-11-7-0 |
| Run production is great and his plate discipline is better than ever. | ||
| 4 | SS Alex Gonzalez, CIN | .520-3-6-9-0 |
| Streaky glove man is on the right side of inconsistent right now. | ||
| 5 | 2B Chase Utley, PHI | .444-2-10-7-1 |
| Amid 2B renaissance, he again proves he can still be the 2B king. | ||
| 6 | SS Jose Reyes, NYM | .269-0-0-4-6 |
| No. 2 in standard H2H scoring and on pace for 112 steals! | ||
| 7 | 2B Kelly Johnson, ATL | .400-1-4-9-0 |
| We had said look out here; yet another developing 2B monster. | ||
| 8 | CF Aaron Rowand, PHI | .407-3-5-6-0 |
| Off to great start in contract year. We've heard this story before. | ||
| 9 | RF Sammy Sosa, TEX | .348-3-7-5-0 |
| We have to admit we had no inclination he could still do this. | ||
| 10 | 1B Derrek Lee, CHC | .522-1-5-5-0 |
| People have complained about lack of HRs -- while he's hitting .391? | ||
| Honorable mentions: CF Vernon Wells, TOR; CF Gary Matthews, LAA; LF Carl Crawford, TB; CF Grady Sizemore, CLE; RF Jeff Francoeur, ATL; 3B Chipper Jones, ATL; CF Torii Hunter, MIN; LF Matt Holliday, COL; SS Edgar Renteria, ATL; CF Darin Erstad, CHW; 1B Todd Helton, COL; 2B Brian Roberts, BAL; 1B Adrian Gonzalez, SD; 2B Ian Kinsler, TEX; DH Frank Thomas, TOR; LF Adam Lind, TOR; CF Andruw Jones, ATL; LF Barry Bonds, SF; CF Juan Pierre, LAD; 2B Jose Lopez, SEA. | ||
| Top 10 Pitchers | |||
| Position, player, team | Last week's Rotisserie stats | ||
| 1 | SP John Maine, NYM | 2 W, 0.61 ERA, 13 Ks, 1.023 WHIP, 0 SV | |
| Postseason success, confidence overflowing into regular season. | |||
| 2 | SP Aaron Harang, CIN | 2-4.02-14-1.085-0 | |
| Someone complained we had him as a must-start; an uninformed e-mail. | |||
| 3 | SP Dan Haren, OAK | 2-1.88-12-0.907-0 | |
| Quietly off to great start and is becoming a trust-worthy ace. | |||
| 4 | SP Fausto Carmona, CLE | 2-1.69-3-1.000-0 | |
| Nice effort(s), now hit the 'pen or Triple-A shuttle ... tough luck. | |||
| 5 | RP J.J. Putz, SEA | 0-0.00-3-0.353-3 | |
| Your typical closer on a bad team; saves will come in streaks. | |||
| 6 | SP Jarrod Washburn, SEA | 1-0.00-2-0.556-0 | |
| Spins CG shutout right before two-start week (in time for beating?). | |||
| 7 | SP Roy Halladay, TOR | 1-3.38-10-0.625-0 | |
| We can't wait to see his numbers if he stays healthy for full year. | |||
| 8 | RP Al Reyes, TB | 0-4.50-7-0.750-3 | |
| Tommy John survivor should be Dr. George Paletta spokesman. | |||
| 9 | RP Armando Benitez, SF | 0-0.00-3-0.667-3 | |
| Injury-risk sleeper proving to be a late-round steal for owners. | |||
| 10 | SP Dontrelle Willis, FLA | 2-6.23-10-1.615-0 | |
| Gave up runs and hits, but we can't leave two-win starter out. | |||
| Honorable mentions: SP Matt Belisle, CIN; SP Tomo Ohka, TOR; SP Jamie Moyer, PHI; RP Francisco Cordero, MIL; SP Scott Kazmir, TB; SP Jake Peavy, SD; SP John Smoltz, ATL; SP A.J. Burnett, TOR; SP Jeff Suppan, MIL; SP Ian Snell, PIT; SP Shawn Hill, WAS; SP James Shields, TB; SP Gil Meche, KC; SP Bartolo Colon, LAA; RP Jose Valverde, ARI; SP Kelvim Escobar, LAA; SP Chad Durbin, CHW; SP Carlos Zambrano, CHC; SP Mark Buehrle, CHW; SP Jason Bergmann, WAS; SP Paul Maholm, PIT. | |||
Official MLB honors
NL Player of the Week
April 30: SS Alex Gonzalez, CIN
and 2B Chase Utley, PHI
April 23: CF
Carlos Beltran, NYM
April 16:
RHP Tim Hudson, ATL
April 9:
3B Miguel Cabrera, FLA
AL Player of the Week
April 30: OF Magglio Ordonez, DET
April
23: LHP Mark Buehrle, CHW
April
16: 2B Ian Kinsler, TEX
April
9: 3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY and RF Vladimir Guerrero, LAA
CBS SportsLine's past Power Players
Week 4: 2B B.J. Upton, TAM; SP John Maine, NYM
Week 3: 3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY; RP Jonathan Papelbon
Week
2: 2B Ian Kinsler, TEX; SP C.C. Sabathia, CLE
Week 1: 3B Alex Rodriguez, NYY; SP Johan Santana,
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