Hey nuts, Week 8 is in the books, and a few hitters made it hard to look away. The Tampa Bay Rays lead the league at 34-16, while the Colorado Rockies are struggling at 20-34. The seven-day NUT board, the bottom of it, and where things stand for the season — all below.
Ketel Marte barreled almost everything this week. .536 on 15 hits in 28 at-bats, 3 HR, 12 RBI — a +0.9 NUT that led MLB hitters. Production that compounds when it lasts more than a week.
Ketel Marte and Willson Contreras both had productive weeks, but the slash lines tell different stories. Marte: .536/.563/1.000, 3 HR, 12 RBI. Contreras: .458/.480/.875, 2 HR, 8 RBI. Marte's +0.9 NUT cleared Contreras's +0.6 by a real margin — the kind of gap that adds up over a 162-game season.
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