Pete Alonso and Corbin Carroll Named Players of the Week

All-Star first baseman Pete Alonso of the Baltimore Orioles has been named the American League Player of the Week, and All-Star outfielder Corbin Carroll of the Arizona Diamondbacks has been selected the National League Player of the Week. The announcements were made earlier today on MLB Network.

Alonso earned his sixth career award and his first as a member of the Orioles after winning five times during his tenure with the New York Mets, including June 24, 2019; September 26, 2022; July 30, 2023; April 15, 2024; and June 9, 2025. It is the first honor for the Orioles since his teammate Gunnar Henderson won on September 9, 2024. Alonso is the 12^th player ever to garner honors in at least five consecutive seasons, regardless of team or league, joining Hall of Famer Vladimir Guerrero (8 seasons, 1998-2005); Manny Ramirez (7 seasons, 1997-2003); Nolan Arenado (6 seasons, 2014-2019); Aaron Judge (6 seasons, 2020-2025); George Bell (5 seasons, 1986-1990); Miguel Cabrera (5 seasons, 2012-2016); Hall of Famer Andre Dawson (5 seasons, 1987-1991); Carlos Delgado (5 seasons, 2000-2004); Clayton Kershaw (5 seasons, 2011-2015); Albert Pujols (5 seasons, 2005-2009); and Gary Sheffield (5 seasons, 1992-96). Carroll garnered honors for the third time in his career after previously winning on June 12, 2023 and September 3, 2024, with his win in 2024 marking the last time a Diamondbacks outfielder won the award. It marks the third award for Arizona this season after his teammates Ildemaro Vargas and Ketel Marte won on April 27^th and May 26^th, respectively.

Pete Alonso, Baltimore Orioles (@polarpete20)

• The 31-year-old hit .545 (12-for-22) with two homers, five RBI, a double, four walks, five runs scored, an .864 slugging percentage and a .630 on-base percentage across six contests.
• The Tampa, Florida native paced the Majors in batting average, on-base percentage and hits; ranked second to only Carroll in OPS (1.494); tied for third in total bases (19); and ranked fourth in slugging.
• The five-time All-Star had multiple hits in four consecutive games, including three hits on Tuesday at Minnesota and Saturday at Tampa Bay, and two hits on Wednesday at Minnesota and Friday at Tampa Bay. It marked the third time in his career that he recorded multiple hits in at least four straight games, joining streaks in April 2024 and May 2022. It is the longest streak by an Oriole since his teammate Ryan Mountcastle had multiple hits in four straight contests between August 29-September 2, 2025.
• The 2019 NL Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year has hit safely in each of his last eight games and has a hit in 11 of his 14 games so far in August. His eight-game hitting streak is tied for the 10^th-longest of his career and marks the third time this year he has hit safely in at least eight straight games following a 10-game streak between May 27^th-June 6^th and a nine-gamer from April 30^th-May 8^th. Alonso has appeared in 541 consecutive games since June 18, 2023, which is the second-longest active streak in the Majors behind Matt Olson (907 G).
• The 2025 Silver Slugger connected on a home run on Tuesday at Minnesota and Saturday at Tampa Bay as he now has 27 longballs on the year, putting him on track to reach the 30-homer mark for the sixth consecutive season and seventh time in his career. Entering the 2026 campaign, Alonso was one of four players with at least 30 home runs in five straight seasons, joining Kyle Schwarber, Aaron Judge and Shohei Ohtani. Since his debut in 2019, Alonso’s 291 homers are third-most behind Schwarber (305) and Judge (302), while his 1,132 games and 792 RBI are the most in the Majors.

Corbin Carroll, Arizona Diamondbacks (@corbin.carroll)

• The 25-year-old hit .409 (9-for-22) with two homers, three RBI, three doubles, two triples, five runs scored, a stolen base, a 1.000 slugging percentage and a .519 on-base percentage in six games.
• The Seattle, Washington native led the Majors in OPS (1.519), slugging, total bases (22) and extra-base hits (7); ranked third in on-base percentage; and tied for fourth in batting average.
• The three-time All-Star tallied a hit in all six of his games, homering in back-to-back contests on Tuesday and Wednesday against Colorado. His home run on Wednesday, which came in his 606^th career game, marked the 100^th longball of his career. Carroll became the fastest player in Major League history with at least 100 home runs, 100 stolen bases and 50 stolen bases and joined Hall of Famer Willie Mays (673 G: 164 HR, 104 SB, 50 3B) as the only players to reach those thresholds within their first 700 career games.
• The 2023 NL Jackie Robinson Rookie of the Year tallied an extra-base hit in five straight games from Monday through Saturday, matching the longest streak of his career after he accomplished the feat last season from August 6^th-11^th. Overall, he has an extra-base hit in seven of his last 10 games, totaling nine extra-base knocks during the stretch. His 15 triples more than double the next closest hitters in Baseball this year, trailed by Luis Arraez, Pete Crow-Armstrong, Otto Lopez and Jake McCarthy, who all have seven triples.
• The 2025 Silver Slugger hit his 15^th triple of the season on Saturday night at Atlanta, becoming the first player since Carl Crawford (2004-2006) and José Reyes (2005-2006) with at least 15 triples in back-to-back seasons. Carroll is just the fifth player in the Divisional Era (since 1969) to record multiple seasons of at least 15 triples at age 25-or-younger (based on age as of June 30^th), joining Crawford (3x: 2004-06); Reyes (3x: 2005-06 & 2008); Hall of Famer Jim Rice (1977-78); and Garry Templeton (1977 & 1979).

Other noteworthy AL performances last week included starting pitcher Reid Detmers (1-0, 0.64 ERA, 2 GS, 14.0 IP, 5 H, 4 BB, 17 SO) of the Los Angeles Angels; starting pitcher Noah Cameron (1-0, 2.45 ERA, 2 GS, 14.2 IP, 7 H, 3 BB, 10 SO) and outfielder/first baseman Jac Caglianone (.409, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 2 BB, 5 R, 2 SB, .682 SLG, .458 OBP) of the Kansas City Royals; All-Star third baseman Miguel Vargas (.318, 4 HR, 5 RBI, 2 2B, 2 BB, 5 R, .955 SLG, .375 OBP) of the Chicago White Sox; All-Star closer Louis Varland (0.00 ERA, 4 G, 4 SV, 3.2 IP, 1 H, 0 BB, 4 SO) and catcher Alejandro Kirk (.438, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 2B, 5 BB, 1 R, .688 SLG, .571 OBP) of the Toronto Blue Jays; third baseman Isaac Paredes (.417, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 1 2B, 1 BB, 2 R, .583 SLG, .462 OBP) and closer Josh Hader (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 4 G, 1 SV, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 BB, 5 SO) of the Houston Astros; rookie outfielder Chase DeLauter (.417, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 3 R, 2 SB, .583 SLG, .417 OBP) of the Cleveland Guardians; All-Star designated hitter Yandy Díaz (.357, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 1 2B, 1 BB, 6 R, .607 SLG, .367 OBP) of the Tampa Bay Rays; second baseman Gleyber Torres (.400, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 2 2B, 2 BB, 2 R, .600 SLG, .444 OBP) of the Detroit Tigers; and starting pitcher Ryan Weathers (1.38 ERA, 2 GS, 13.0 IP, 8 H, 4 BB, 8 SO) of the New York Yankees.

Other noteworthy NL performances last week included first baseman Alec Burleson (.409, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 3 2B, 2 BB, 7 R, .818 SLG, .480 OBP) and rookie outfielder Joshua Báez (.333, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 3 R, 1.333 SLG, .333 OBP) of the St. Louis Cardinals, who homered three times in a historic debut on Saturday at Wrigley Field; first/third baseman Alec Bohm (.550, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 4 2B, 1 BB, 5 R, .900 SLG, .571 OBP) of the Philadelphia Phillies; starting pitcher Eury Pérez (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 GS, 13.0 IP, 5 H, 7 BB, 12 SO) of the Miami Marlins; rookie catcher Rafael Flores Jr. (.467, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 1 BB, 4 R, 1.067 SLG, .500 OBP) and All-Star starting pitcher Braxton Ashcraft (1-0, 1.00 ERA, 1 GS, 9.0 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 10 SO) of the Pittsburgh Pirates; Carroll’s D-backs teammate, catcher Gabriel Moreno (.385, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 4 2B, 1 3B, 2 BB, 5 R, .731 SLG, .429 OBP); All-Star starting pitcher Chase Burns (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 GS, 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 BB, 8 SO) of the Cincinnati Reds; starting pitcher Cade Cavalli (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 GS, 8.0 IP, 1 H, 2 BB, 10 SO) of the Washington Nationals; pitcher Kodai Senga (0.00 ERA, 3 G, 3 SV, 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 BB, 5 SO) of the New York Mets; starting pitcher Logan Henderson (1-1, 2.70 ERA, 2 GS, 13.1 IP, 8 H, 2 BB, 13 SO) of the Milwaukee Brewers; and third baseman Alex Bregman (.300, 4 HR, 8 RBI, 5 BB, 6 R, .900 SLG, .440 OBP) of the Chicago Cubs.

Play of the Week

Diving Catch by Tyler Tolbert of the Kansas City Royals

August 15^th at Angel Stadium – Watch It Here

Kansas City Royals utilityman Tyler Tolbert earned his first career Play of the Week Award, marking Kansas City’s second honor of the season after his teammate Carter Jensen won on June 1^st. Overall, it marks the sixth honor for the Royals since the inception of the award in 2019 with Bobby Witt Jr. and Salvador Perez earning a joint honor on April 11, 2022, followed by awards to Michael A. Taylor on May 9, 2022; Witt on May 15, 2023; Adam Frazier on April 29, 2024; and Jensen earlier this year. With no outs and the score deadlocked at 0-0 in the top of the seventh inning, Denzer Guzman hit a ball to the gap that would have gone for extra bases before Tolbert ran back and dove at the warning track for the amazing catch. Additional Play of the Week candidates included Luis Lara’s over-the-shoulder catch; Connor Wong’s diving catch in foul territory; Masyn Winn’s diving stop and long throw to first to stop Pete Crow-Armstrong; Jonny DeLuca’s diving catch; Jakob Marsee’s leaping catch at the wall; and Wade Meckler’s home run robbery to keep the game tied.