When a player who didn’t even lead his own team in any offensive category still ends up as the AL Player of the Week. True story. On Monday, Major League Baseball announced Josh Smith as its AL Player of the Week.

Josh Smith homered and scored all three Texas runs as the Rangers beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1. The leadoff hitter for the Rangers had a single in the first and scored on Corey Seager’s sacrifice fly.

The two-hit effort extended a multi-hit streak to five games, during which he's gone 10-for-23 with two walks, two doubles, two homers, four RBI and seven runs scored. The versatile Smith has served as the DH,