Aces Only Association:

2026, Week 2

Written by Cory Puffett
Published April 6, 2026

Players of the Week

Catcher - Ben Rice, 12.00 points (Rich Blorstad)

1st Baseman - Matt Olson, 10.95 points (Alex Mayo)

2nd Baseman - Jose Altuve, 11.40 points (Cory Frontin)

3rd Baseman - M. Garcia & M. Chapman, 5.45 points (Sam Martin & Alex Mayo)

Shortstop - Gunnar Henderson, 8.30 points (Stephen April)

OF - Yordan Alvarez, 14.70 points (Cory Frontin)

UTIL - CJ Abrams, 11.60 points (Stephen April)

SP - Max Fried, 20.20 points (Cory Puffett)

RP - Mason Miller, 14.05 points (Rich Blorstad)

Matt Olson and Jose Altuve each recorded their 17th career Player of the Week honors. Of the other eight players honored this week, Gunnar Henderson and Yordan Alvarez are the next most-honored with eight apiece.

Game of the Week: Cory Puffett (118.25) vs Rich Blorstad (100.85)

All-time H2H: Series tied 4-4

With the pair of DeMatha head coaches from the Class of 2010 playing to a near-perfect deadlock on offense (Rich’s Dredgers has a quarter of a point over Cory’s Fireflies), this first divisional matchup of the year came down to their pitching staffs.

Both squads maxed out their allotted starts and the Dredgers had one additional relief appearance over the Fireflies, but Cory’s staff put up slightly better numbers, including four fewer doubles allowed, one fewer triple allowed, and two fewer home runs allowed across an extra four innings of work.

It was enough for a relatively comfortable win and a perfect 2-0 start to the commissioner’s campaign in a division featuring three playoff teams from a year ago.

Cory's top scorer: Max Fried, 20.20 points (2 starts)

Sam's top scorer: Mason Miller, 14.05 points (3 relief appearances)

Cory Frontin (130.00) vs Sean Kennedy (64.30)

All-time H2H: Sean leads series 11-2

Cory's top scorer: Yordan Alvarez, 14.70 points (6 games)

Sean's top scorer: Chase Burns, 16.15 points (2 starts)

Sam Martin (100.85) vs Eric Meyer (64.45)

All-time H2H: Sam leads series 12-4

Sam's top scorer: Kris Bubic, 11.65 points (2 starts)

Eric's top scorer: Chris Sale, 10.30 points (1 start)

Alex Mayo (77.30) vs Stephen April (100.05)

All-time H2H: Stephen leads series 6-2

Alex's top scorer: Hunter Brown, 11.05 points (1 start)

Stephen's top scorer: Oneil Cruz, 11.90 points (6 games)

Cory Puffett held onto the #1 power ranking for the 51st time in his career.

Eric Meyer fell to the bottom of our power rankings for the first time since Week 2 of last season. It is the 13th time he's found himself in the last position.

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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