Diamondbacks’ Ildemaro Vargas wins National League Player of the Week

Arizona Diamondbacks infielder Ildemaro Vargas won the National League Player of the Week (April 20-26), earning leaguewide recognition for his best stretch as a big leaguer.

Vargas, a 34-year-old veteran in his 10th major league season, won the weekly honor for the first time.

In five games played this past week, Vargas clubbed four home runs with a double and a triple, driving in an MLB-high 12 runs and producing an OPS of 1.409. No one in the NL hit as many home runs in the past week as Vargas, who entered the season with a career high of six (which he has now matched).

Vargas capped his week with a three-hit performance in Sunday’s comeback win over the San Diego Padres in Mexico City, coming up a single shy of the cycle.

He extended his hitting streak to 20 games to start the season and 23 games dating back to last year.

The utility player did this while taking the field in three different positions (first base, second base and shortstop).

The last Diamondbacks member to win NL Player of the Week was Eugenio Suarez last July, his fourth such honor of the season. Corbin Carroll and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. each won it during the 2024 campaign.

Arizona begins a three-game road series on Tuesday against the Milwaukee Brewers.

Carlos Cortes of the Athletics won the American League Player of the Week after going 13-for-24 at the plate for the first-place A’s.

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