Mark Teixeira has been a notorious slow starter. He’s struggled all throughout early parts of the season in the past. His career average in March and April is .238. He’s healthy for the first time in a couple of seasons and even though his average isn’t the highest, he’s put up power numbers. Tex was rewarded by being named American League Player Of The Week.
Tex last week hit .333 with five homers and 10 RBI as the Yankees had a 5-2 week. Teixeira had a slugging percentage of 1.000 which was tops in baseball for the week.