MVP of Yesterday (May 27, 2014): Colin McHugh

Colin McHugh of the Astros threw 7 innings of 5-hit shutout ball, striking out 9 in the Astros 3-0 win over the Royals. He’s the MVP of Yesterday.

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MVPs of the Weekend (May 23-26, 2014): Felix Hernandez, R.A. Dickey, Josh Beckett and Hyun-Jin Ryu

What a Memorial Day weekend for pitching, with Josh Beckett‘s no-hitter standing about them all. Not bad, considering we were writing obituaries on his career last year.

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MVP of Yesterday (5-22-2014): Chris Sale

Chris Sale came back from the DL with authority, going 6 innings of 1-hit ball and striking out 10 in the White Sox victory over the Yankees.

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MVP of Yesterday (5/21/2014): Phil Hughes

I told you. I told you Phil Hughes could be a possibly deceptive good deal, and now, after 7 shut-out innings, he’s got a 5-1 record and 3.15 ERA. MVP of Yesterday!

 

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MVPs of the last two days (May 19 and 20): Todd Frazier and Chris Davis

The MVPs of the last two days were Todd Frazier– who hit a 15th inning walk-off on Monday- and Chris Davis, who went deep thrice yesterday.

 

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MVPs of the Weekend (May 16, 17 and 18, 2014)

The MVPs of the weekend were, in order: Drew Hutchison, Paul Goldschmidt, and Alex Gordon.

 

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MVPs of the past two days (May 13th and 14th): David Price and Masahiro Tanaka

The MVPs of the past two days were David Price and Masahiro Tanaka… sorry about the lack of explanation, but I’ve been very busy the last few days. I’ll be making up for this, however. Oh yeah….

 

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MVP of Yesterday (May 12, 2014): Junior Lake

With 6 RBIs, Junior Lake is the MVP of Yesterday.

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MVPs of the Weekend (May 10th and 11th)

Oh, crud, I missed the whole weekend! Argh!

Anyway…

 

Saturday, the MVP was Corey Dickerson of the Rockies. He went 4-5 with 2 HRs and 4 RBIs.

Yesterday, Sunday, the MVP was Daniel Murphy of the Mets. 3-4 with a HR, 2 RBIs and 2 walks.

 

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MVP of Yesterday (May 9, 2014): Yu Darvish

The whole controversy over whether the fly ball was a hit or error- and the fact he did eventually give up a clear hit later- doesn’t remove the fact that Yu Darvish had a brilliant game yesterday and is an easy choice for MVP.

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