On Aug. 12, Alex Rodriguez played his final game as a member of the New York Yankees and quite possibly his final game in the major leagues.
That doesn’t qualify him for Bleacher Report’s MLB Team of the Week, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t at least give one of the greatest, most polarizing players of this or any generation a shout-out.
We’ve got more pressing work to do, however: namely, highlighting 10 players—one per position, including a starting pitcher and designated hitter—who busted box scores over the past seven days.
To qualify, a player needs to have made at least two starts at the position in question or one start in the case of pitchers. And while this is mostly about individual output, we award bonus points for gaudy stats that translated to ticks in the win column.
Replay your favorite (or “favorite”) A-Rod memories, then proceed when ready.