The Punisher has earned his nickname. Aristides Aquino has had it since he was 12-years-old, but he’s lived up to the billing and then some. He just picked up the National League Player of the Week Award on Monday afternoon. All he did last week was hit six home runs and a double in 24 plate appearances to go with a .500/.542/1.364 line. That’s an OPS of 1.905 for those keeping track at home. You don’t need to be Branch Rickey to understand just how insane that line is, even for a 1-week stretch.
Along the way he was setting and tying both Cincinnati Reds franchise records and Major League records.