CHICAGO — Seiya Suzuki helped carry the Cubs to a strong week and has been rewarded for his efforts.

MLB announced the Chicago Cubs DH/outfielder as the NL Player of the Week on Tuesday, with Los Angeles Angels outfielder Taylor Ward the AL recipient.

“It makes me very happy, considering there are so many great players and I was chosen,” Suzuki said.

Suzuki posted an eye-popping .480 batting average and 1.552 OPS over the last week (May 19-25), with three homers and 10 RBI.

“You could say he had a really good week,” Cubs manager Craig Counsell deadpanned. “He had a great week. He had some huge hits. He was consistent. It was damage. The other team’s coaches are having problems trying to figure out how to get him out, which is always a good thing.”

This is the second time a Cubs player won the award this season, as Kyle Tucker took home the honor in early April. It’s the first time the Cubs have had multiple NL Players of the Week since 2021, when Kris Bryant, Patrick Wisdom and Frank Schwindel all earned the accolade.

Suzuki previously won NL Player of the Week in April 2022.

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He has flashed his versatility over the past week, starting one game in left field, three games in right and two at DH. He helped the Cubs go 4-2 during that stretch, winning road series over the Miami Marlins and Cincinnati Reds.

Suzuki is in the midst of a career year with the Cubs, and enters play Tuesday with an NL-leading 49 RBI. He’s hitting .274/.333/.577 (.910 OPS) with 14 homers, 15 doubles and 33 runs scored.

Suzuki is on track to surpass his previous career highs if he can continue this offensive surge. Suzuki has never hit more than 21 homers or driven in 74 runs in an MLB season, and more than 100 games remain on the 2025 Cubs schedule.

The 30-year-old is in the fourth year of the five-year, $85 million contract he signed with the Cubs before the 2022 season.

The Cubs’ offense has been among MLB’s best in large part because of Tucker’s arrival and Pete Crow-Armstrong‘s breakout campaign, but Suzuki has been in the center of it all on the North Side.