Aces Only Association:

2026, Week 1

Written by Cory Puffett
Published March 29, 2026

Our sixth season is officially underway. I initially planned not to do weekly write-ups, but I will at least publish a simple set of results, including players of the week.

Welcome back!

Players of the Week

Catcher - Shea Langeliers, 8.55 points (Sean Kennedy)

1st Baseman - Sal Stewart, 8.30 points (Cory Puffett)

2nd Baseman - Brandon Lowe, 8.80 points (Alex Mayo)

3rd Baseman - Munetaka Murakami, 8.25 points (Cory Puffett)

Shortstop - Zach Neto, 7.75 points (Sean Kennedy)

OF - Mike Trout, 9.95 points (Rich Blorstad)

UTIL - Geraldo Perdomo, 3.55 points (Cory Puffett)

SP - Cristopher Sanchez, 11.70 points (Stephen April)

RP - Edwin Diaz & Ryan Helsley, 8.25 points (Stephen April & Sean Kennedy))

Brandon Lowe and Mike Trout each claimed their fifth career positional player of the week awards while Edwin Diaz earned his fourth. Geraldo Perdomo and Ryan Helsley each notched their second.

Game of the Week: Stephen April (51.75) vs Sam Martin (68.10)

All-time H2H: Stephen leads series 5-3

Reigning AOA champions move to 3-2 all-time in season-openers with Sam’s decisive win over Stephen’s Orange Team.

In the only matchup in AOA history without a single home run hit by either team, both teams cleared 50 points in what was essentially a 4-day matchup, finishing third and sixth in scoring, respectively.

Sam’s Lowlanders had a meager 2.5-point advantage on offense. The difference came on the mound. His staff put up five more innings of work and four quality starts to offset a pair of blown saves.

Stephen's top scorer: Cristopher Sanchez, 11.70 points (1 start)

Sam's top scorer: Tarik Skubal, 11.10 points (1 start)

Cory Puffett (77.70) vs Cory Frontin (59.60)

All-time H2H: Cory P leads series 17-2

Cory P's top scorer: Max Fried, 11.15 points (1 start)

Cory F's top scorer: Kevin Gausman, 10.00 points (1 start)

Rich Blorstad (68.70) vs Alex Mayo (32.00)

All-time H2H: Rich leads series 3-1

Rich's top scorer: Garrett Crochet, 11.10 points (1 start)

Alex's top scorer: George Kirby, 10.15 points (1 start)

Sean Kennedy (55.05) vs Eric Meyer (36.45)

All-time H2H: Sean leads series 8-6

Sean's top scorer: Shea Langaliers, 8.55 points (3 games)

Eric's top scorer: Chris Sale, 10.65 points (1 start)

Cory Puffett earned his AOA-record 50th career #1 power ranking while also extending another record with his 29th career Rickey Henderson Award.

Alex Mayo earned his 18th career John Gochnaur Award, the second most in AOA history, which earned him his 13th career placement at the bottom of our power rankings.

Note: MLB issues stat corrections up to 7 days after games. These corrections will be applied to games, including those that have been completed, but these articles will not necessarily be updated with those stat corrections.

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