It's Monday morning, so that means it's time to vote for the SB Nation New York Player of the Week. Last week Brett Gardner took the honors. Hey, when you bat .625 for the week, that'll do it. This week, the New York Yankees alternated wins and losses with the result being a 4-3 mark, while the New York Mets stumbled to a 3-4 record. Here are this week's nominees. Vote now! And don't forget to comment on why you made your choice.
↵Nick Swisher: The Yankee right fielder had a classic Swisher week. He collected a bushel of walks (six) helping him to a .433 OBP, blasted a homer and drove in five runs in the route of the A's on Friday and hit a bomb off the facing of the upper deck on Saturday. His totals for the week: five runs scored, two home runs and six RBIs.
↵David Wright: Welcome back, Mr. Met. Sure, he strikes out a lot and his wobbly throws from third resemble a wounded duck, but he came back from his broken back with a hot bat. He batted .429 (six for 14) in his three games over the weekend, belted three doubles and a home run, scored four runs and drove in six. And he saved his best for the late innings, with a seventh-inning go-ahead RBI double on Friday night and a seventh-inning (unfortunately brief) go-ahead two-run homer on Sunday.
↵Carlos Beltran: As one Met returns another may be playing his last games with the franchise. We'll nominate Beltran this week because it just may be our last chance. He's going out with a bang, though, as he hit .368, with two doubles, a home run, scored four runs, drove in five runs and walked an astounding eight times. He's so hot, opposing pitchers are pitching around him.
↵Bartolo Colon: His first start back from the All-Star break had everyone in the New York area yelping "Uh-oh," but in his two outings this week, Colon was back to his old/new self. He was the hard-luck loser on Tuesday, when he gave up two earned runs in six and 2/3 innings against the Rays, but he earned the victory on Sunday, with seven innings of excellence: Two runs, four strikeouts, one walk and eight hits.
↵Freddy Garcia: The crafty righty (righties can be crafty too, right?) reached into his off-speed bag of tricks and pulled out a bounce-back performance on Wednesday in the Yanks' 4-0 win over Tampa Bay. He threw six and 2/3 scoreless innings, striking out seven, while scattering eight hits without a walk. The watch is on to see how long he'll last, but he hasn't fallen apart yet.
↵Jason Isringhausen: The new Met closer picked up his first save with the franchise since 1999 in Tuesday's win against his old team, the Cardinals. The following night, Isringhausen threw two scoreless innings to earn the win, and he was Carl Hubbell-like when he struck out Albert Pujols, Matt Holliday and Lance Berkman consecutively. And on Friday, he pitched a one-two-three ninth against the Marlins for another save.
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