Luke Voit backed up his passionate plea for winning more playing time with the Yankees, while making his way to a weekly honor.
After declaring last week, “he deserves to play just like [Anthony Rizzo] “Vait was named American League Player of the Week before Monday’s game against the Braves in Atlanta.
Voit was not in training despite winning the award by hitting .476 (10 vs. 21) with two homers, 11 RBI and 1,427 OPS in six games, all wins for the Yankees, who entered that series with a new one. streak of party victories.
“I mean he’s playing really well,” Yanks manager Aaron Boone said before the game. “I think the most important thing is that he is healthy and we know what kind of beater he is when he is healthy. Obviously, he has achieved great success for us.
“In what was a very good week for us, it was right in the middle of it all. So it’s good to see that. I feel like she’s getting better and better bats every time. And just be healthy and we know, again, what you can do when you are healthy ”.
After leading the major races at home in 2020 (with 22 in the 60-game pandemic shortened by pandemic), Voit has appeared in just 42 games this season due to three IL seasons due to oblique or knee illness .
During their last flank, the Yanks acquired Rizzo from the Cubs before the commercial deadline, mainly to play first base. He started strong with three homers in his first nine games before landing on the injured list of COVID-19 on August 8th.
However, when Rizzo was activated last week, Voit stated, “I’m not going to go down. I want to play and I deserve to play just like [Rizzo] does. ”That confidence has obviously translated well, as both players have been on the roster at the same time over the past week.
“I think Luke has confidence, even normally when he’s not doing very well,” Boone said. “She is still very safe. He knows what he is capable of on the plate.
“When he is at his best, he controls his area well and hits the ball hard. This is a good combination if you are a batsman. But there is no doubt that it has lived up to it, I think, as these games have become very important to us.