Aces Only Association:

2026, Week 3

Written by Cory Puffett
Published April 12, 2026

Players of the Week

Catcher - Ben Rice, 6.90 points (Rich Blorstad)

1st Baseman - Matt Olson, 9.65 points (Alex Mayo)

2nd Baseman - Nico Hoerner, 8.40 points (Stephen April)

3rd Baseman - Jose Ramirez, 6.65 points (Rich Blorstad)

Shortstop - Gunnar Henderson, 12.20 points (Stephen April)

OF - Oneil Cruz, 9.35 points (Stephen April)

UTIL - James Wood, 8.55 points (Rich Blorstad)

SP - Joe Ryan, 16.75 points (Sean Kennedy)

RP - Riley O'Brien, 9.30 points (Sam Martin)

After having no repeats among last week's players of the week, we had three Week 2 winners remain at the top of their positional charts in Week 2 - Ben Rice, Matt Olson, and Gunnar Henderson.

Olson and Henderson earned player of the week recognition for the 18th and 9th times, respectively. Jose Ramirez earned his first honors of the 2026 season and his 19th of his AOA career.

Game of the Week: Sam Martin (118.15) vs Cory Frontin (86.95)

All-time H2H: Sam leads series 10-2

Sam had quite a week, exactly the kind he was hoping for entering this matchup against the defending Rickey Henderson Award winner.

His pitching was strong; Tyler Glasnow and Tarik Skubal had rough outings, but Skubal bounced back on Sunday and Sam’s bullpen was lights-out.

Perhaps even more impressive was the advantage Sam held from his offense. Despite only tallying one more XBH compared to Cory for the week and only three more hits in total, Sam’s hitters outpaces Cory’s by nearly 10 points, led in part by Brice Turang’s outstanding 5.65-point outing Sunday afternoon.

Sam's top scorer: Kris Bubic, 12.90 points (1 start)

Cory's top scorer: Shohei Ohtani, 12.45 points (1 start + 2 games)

Sean Kennedy (76.60) vs Rich Blorstad (121.20)

All-time H2H: Rich leads series 5-3

Sean's top scorer: Joe Ryan, 16.75 points (2 starts)

Rich's top scorer: Ranger Suarez, 10.95 points (1 start)

Eric Meyer (84.50) vs Stephen April (104.05)

All-time H2H: Stephen leads series 7-1

Eric's top scorer: Jacob deGrom, 15.20 points (2 starts)

Stephen's top scorer: Gunnar Henderson, 12.20 points (6 games)

Alex Mayo (60.35) vs Cory Puffett (92.95)

All-time H2H: Cory leads series 10-2

Alex's top scorer: Matt Olson, 9.65 points (6 games)

Stephen's top scorer: Sandy Alcantara, 11.20 points (2 starts)

Cory Puffett held onto the #1 power ranking for the 52nd time in his career.

After climbing up to 7th in the Week 2 power rankings, Alex fell back to the bottom of our power rankings for the 14th time in his career.

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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