{"id":28634,"date":"2025-07-22T12:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/28634\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T12:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T12:35:10","slug":"diamondbacks-eugenio-suarez-named-nl-player-of-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/28634\/","title":{"rendered":"Diamondbacks&#8217; Eugenio Suarez named NL Player of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suarez <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Dbacks\/status\/1947392675168325967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">was named<\/a> National League Player of the Week on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>It marks his fourth career NL Player of the Week nod, all coming this season. He now marks the third MLB player to earn four weekly awards in a season, joining former Diamondback J.D. Martinez (2017) and Shohei Ohtani (2024).<\/p>\n<p>And <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks\/eugenio-suarezh\/3590700\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">it\u2019s not hard to see why.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In three games since returning from the All-Star break, Suarez is slashing .500\/.583\/1.700 with a 2.283 OPS.<\/p>\n<p>Headlining his play to start the second half are his four home runs across the past two games. He now has six multi-homer games this season, the most in the National League.<\/p>\n<p>For the season, he\u2019s third in MLB with 35 home runs and first in RBIs with 85.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez\u2019s hot stretches have kept him in the conversation as a top trade candidate with the MLB deadline closing in.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the fire was stoked even more when ESPN\u2019s Jeff Passan and Kiley McDaniel <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/mlb\/arizona-diamondbacks\/eugenio-suarez-mlb-trade-deadline\/3590751\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">labeled<\/a> Suarez as the top trade option to watch with a 90% chance at getting moved.<\/p>\n<p>Bob Nightengale also doesn\u2019t see Suarez sticking around much longer. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s hard to imagine Eugenio Suarez here just because he\u2019s going to get a big contract as a free agent,\u201d Nightengale told Arizona Sports\u2019 Wolf &amp; Luke on Monday. \u201cTeams are willing to do anything to get him, so you can bring back a lot of pieces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nick Kurtz joins Eugenio Suarez as MLB\u2019s players of the Week<\/p>\n<p>For the American League, The Athletics\u2019 Nick Kurtz took home the Player of the Week honor.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tdrake4sports\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @Tdrake4sports<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/arizona-sports-newsletter-signup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arizonasports.com\/arizonasports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arizonasports.com\/arizonasports\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arizona Diamondbacks third baseman Eugenio Suarez was named National League Player of the Week on Monday. 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