Luis García Jr. added another milestone to a scorching stretch Monday, when he was named National League Player of the Week after pacing the league in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, OPS and home runs.
The honor, announced on MLB Network, is the first Player of the Week award of García Jr.’s career. It also gives the Nationals their third MLB award of the season, following James Wood’s Player of the Week nod for the week of April 7 and Nasim Nuñez’s Play of the Week recognition on March 30.
García Jr., 26, put together a dominant six-game run from June 22-28, going 10-for-19 (.526) with two doubles, six home runs, nine RBI, three walks and eight runs scored. His power surge has been especially eye-catching: six homers in his last six games made him just the fourth Major Leaguer since the start of the 2022 season to reach that mark in a six-game span, joining Kyle Schwarber (May 9-15, 2026), Eugenio Suárez (July 12-21, 2025) and Aaron Judge (Aug. 20-25, 2024).
The week featured a string of big moments. García Jr. homered in three straight games for the first time in his career from June 22-24.
He then matched a season high with four hits, including a home run, at Baltimore on June 27. He capped the stretch by posting his sixth career multi-home run game, going 3-for-5 with two homers and five RBI to help the Nationals win the series in Baltimore on June 28.
Since May 22, García Jr. has been the most dangerous power hitter in the majors, leading MLB with 13 home runs and 33 RBI over that span. In those 32 games, he is hitting .306 with five doubles, a triple, 13 homers, 33 RBI, five walks and 20 runs scored.
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