Prince Albert in a Can

Prince Albert performed wonders with the bat last week, and is reminding everyone why he'll be soaring to even greater heights come contract time.

Albert Pujols has emerged back into form and is obviously locked in, right when we all started to doubt his position on the top of everyone's draft board. Prince Albert hit 5 HR to go along with 10 RBI this week, not to mention swiping 2 bags, tallying 11 runs and his superb .444 average and 1.620 OPS. Get ready to see history folks, as there is no doubt in my mind by the start of next season Albert will be the highest paid ballplayer the game has ever seen.

Another hitter tearing the seams off the ball is Dodgers Outfielder Matt Kemp. In 7 days, Matt had a line of .409, 6 R, 4 HR, 13 RBI, and a SB- giving him crazy numbers on the year up to this point. Kemp is a semi-streaky hitter, hitting either really well or insanely out of his mind, both of which I would take on my team any day. Another bat that stood out this week was the big man, Miggy Cabrera. Mr. DUI belted 4 homers, while hitting a cool .300 with a very nice 1.381 OPS. The scary thing about his numbers so far this season, (.313, 43 R, 13 HR, 43 RBI) is that he has barely even gotten hot yet.

On the pitching side of things, C.J Wilson was able to rack up 17 K's and a win in 2 starts, both coming on the road. He now quietly has 82 Strikeouts on the season and is looking primed for another great year. Bartolo "El Gordo" Colon continues to surprise people with his HGH'd right arm, winning two games this week including a complete game shutout at Oakland. A last arm that is worth mentioning is Chris Carpenter. Although he did not record a win this week, he pitched very well compared to his disastrous May, and is seems to be getting back on track with 14 K's and a 2.57 ERA in his last two outings.

3 Players UP: Matt Kemp (LAD), Michael Morse (WAS), Rajai Davis (TOR)

3 Players DOWN: Nick Markakis (BAL), Darwin Barney (CHC), Shin-Soo-Choo (CLE)