{"id":45025,"date":"2025-04-29T08:05:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T08:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45025"},"modified":"2025-04-29T08:05:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T08:05:11","slug":"surprising-dodgers-outfielder-grabs-share-of-national-league-player-of-the-week-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45025","title":{"rendered":"Surprising Dodgers Outfielder Grabs Share of National League Player of the Week Award"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Apr 19, 2025; Arlington, Texas, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages (44) and left fielder Michael Conforto (23) leap for the fly-out hit by Texas Rangers shortstop Corey Seager (not shown) during the first inning at Globe Life Field. Pages made the catch. \/ Jim Cowsert-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Andy Pages burst onto the scene last year as a rookie, grabbing a regular spot in the Dodgers’ outfield rotation in a surprising season that culminated in a World Series championship.<\/p>\n

Pages cooled off after his hot start, but was able to make his first career Opening Day roster out of spring training this year. Now, five weeks later, he’s achieved another career first.<\/p>\n

Pages won his first career weekly honor, sharing the National League Player of the Week Award with Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Su\u00e1rez.<\/p>\n

It’s the first Player of the Week award won by a Dodger since Shohei Ohtani won in back-to-back weeks to cap off his historic 2024 NL MVP season. Su\u00e1rez \u2014 who became the 19th player in Major League history to hit four homers in a single game on Saturday against the Braves \u2014 earned his second career honor, and second this season.<\/p>\n

Pages hit .650 (13-for-20) with three homers, six RBI, three doubles, five runs scored, a stolen base, a .650 on-base percentage and a 1.250 slugging percentage in five games.<\/p>\n

Although those statistics are par for the course for a Player of the Week, they’re hardly standard for Pages. The 24-year-old continues to surprise the Dodgers with his aptitude on both sides of the ball, after being thrust into the primary center fielder’s job to begin the new season. Mostly a corner outfielder in the minors, Pages has yet to commit an error in center in 2025.<\/p>\n

Pages struggled in spring training and was hardly a shoo-in to win the job over James Outman. His poor performance spilled over into the regular season; the Cuba native was hitting .137 with a .529 OPS\u00a0as recently as April 14.<\/p>\n

In nine games since then, Pages has slashed .500\/.529\/.875 with three home runs and nine RBIs. His 10 hits in the Dodgers’ just-completed series against the Pittsburgh Pirates made him\u00a0the first Dodger since Freddie Freeman\u00a0in 2023, and the 13th in franchise history dating to 1901, to record at least 10 hits across a three-game series. The most recent major leaguer to do that was Luis Arraez last May.<\/p>\n

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