Here is a quick look at some of the best performances from the last seven days of baseball.
Of all the pitchers to take the mound twice in the last week, none were better than John Danks of the White Sox. On Tuesday he pitched 7 2/3 shut-out innings against the A's. He followed that with 7 shut-out innings against the Rays on Sunday. He picked up the win in both games and struck out a combined 12 batters while allowing just eight hits.
Veteren pitcher Randy Wolf is enjoying life with his new team in San Diego. This week he won his two starts against the Rockies and the Diamondbacks. After blanking the Rockies on Tuesday he gave up four to Arizona on Sunday. In total he allowed just seven hits between the two games and struck out a league best 16 batters.
After a very slow start, the Tigers finally figured out a way to score some runs this week. Most of the damage was done by their newest star, Migual Cabrera. The Detroit third baseman batted .429 over the last seven days and drove in a league best 11 runners.
With his two home run performance Sunday night against the Mets, Chase Utley finished the week with five blasts, the most in the majors. The Phils second baseman also batted .391 with 8 RBI in six games. He leads the league with eight home runs this season.
No team is playing better baseball in April than the Arizona Diamondbacks. And this week no Diamondback has been hotter than Conor Jackson. In six games Jackson hit three home runs with 10 RBI while posting a .480 batting average. He also led the league with 10 runs scored.
In the last seven days we have also seen a few sluggers work their way up the Home Run ladder. Alex Rodriguez passed Willie McCovey and Ted Williams and sits alone in 15th place with 522 all-time. Jim Thome hit three bombs this week and is currently tied with Ernie Banks and Eddie Mathews with 512 home runs. And Manny Ramirez hit four home runs this week and is now just four from reaching 500 in his career.
But of all the future hall-of-famers still playing the game, none have had a better week than Chipper Jones. The veteran Braves third baseman batted .565 with four home runs in six games in the last seven days. He leads the majors with a .458 batting average. No other player is over .400 at this point. He is also tied for third with 6 HRs and 18 RBI. While his team has not gotten off to a great start (9-9) and are battling some injuries, Chipper is doing all he can to carry the Braves to one more pennant. But if he happens to come up short, at least he can take home the GSI Player of the Week Award.