Michael Pineda AL Player of Week 050415 to 051015

Michael Pineda of the New York Yankees was selected the American League Player of the Week for the span of May 4, 2015 through May 10, 2015. For the week he was 2-0, 0.60 ERA, 22 K, 0.80 WHIP, 15.0 IP, 11 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 HR and 1 BB. He had a career high 16 K against the Orioles on Sunday in a 6-2 vitcory. This season the RHP is 5-0, 2.72 ERA, 54 K, 1.01 WHIP, .250 BAA in 46.1 IP over 7 games. Over three MLB seasons with the Yankees and Mariners he is 19-15, 3.10 ERA, 286 K, 1.02 WHIP, .215 BAA in 293.2 IP over 48 games. He originally signed with the Mariners in 2005 as an amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic and was traded to the Yankees in 2012. Pineda turned 26 on January 18.