Written by Cory Puffett
Published June 16, 2025

Cory Puffett continued his dominant run through the middle third of the campaign, extending his winning streak to six games with his second double in a row.

Eric Meyer has used four or fewer pitcher starts in four straight weeks, which may explain why he has lost three games in that stretch. To his credit, his pitching staff gave up no earned runs this week. It is the second time in AOA history a manager has gone a full contest without giving one up and with 15 innings pitched, Eric broke Cory Frontin's record of 14 innings pitched with a 0.00 ERA week. Ironically, it was Cory himself who took advantage of Eric's low-volume pitching week to snag a victory this time around.

Though we still have 40% of the season left to play, the playoff picture is beginning to take shape and three managers appear to be running away from the field. Cory Puffett has two games on Stephen April and Rich Blorstad while the two of them have two games on the rest of the field.

Eric, Sean Kennedy, and Sam Martin are in a three-way dog fight for the last remaining playoff spot. And while they're both longshots, Cory Frontin and Alex Mayo are both coming off victories this week so neither can be fully counted out just yet.

Players of the Week

Catcher - Hunter Goodman, 6.50 points (Cory Puffett)

1st Baseman - Matt Olson, 8.15 points (Cory Frontin)

2nd Baseman - Jose Altuve, 9.75 points (Cory Frontin)

3rd Baseman - Eugenio Suarez, 7.55 points (Alex Mayo)

Shortstop - Elly De La Cruz, 14.75 points (Eric Meyer)

OF - Ronald Acuna Jr., 15.50 points (Cory Puffett)

UTIL - Ian Happ, 10.65 points (Stephen April)

SP - Zack Wheeler, 20.00 points (Stephen April)

RP - Abner Uribe, 12.90 points (Cory Puffett)

While Hunter Goodman took a significant step back this week after earning Week 11's Mike Piazza Award, his Week 12 performance was still just a bit better than the field, earning him repeat honors for Cory.

Ian Happ and Abner Uribe are both first-time weekly award winners while Ronald Acuna Jr., after havina slow start to 2024 and then an injury that kept him out until just a couple weeks ago, earned his first Mike Trout Award since Week 13 of the 2023 campaign.

We had no movement in this week's power rankings for the first time since Week 10. This is Cory's AOA-record 41st time leading the league's power rankings.

Cory Frontin, meanwhile, is at the bottom of the power rankings for the 26th time in his career.

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