MLB Hot Bats
Who's Seeing It Best: Pete Alonso Tops the MLB Hot-Bat Board
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Pete Alonso 
Jac Caglianone 
Yandy Diaz 
Chandler Simpson
Hitting is contagious, streaky, and gloriously unfair, and the only honest way to track it is the box score. From the last seven days of captured games, minimum 8 at-bats to qualify, here is who is genuinely hot.
The man of the moment
Pete Alonso (BAL) is seeing beach balls. He has collected ten hits in his last 18 trips to the plate over five games, good for a .556 clip, and the at-bats keep getting louder.
It has not been one loud afternoon doing the work, either: the pace comes out to 2.0 hits per game across the run.
Add three home runs and 6 RBI, and you have a hitter carrying his corner of the lineup.
The chase pack
Then comes Jac Caglianone (KC): 10 hits in 20 at-bats, a .500 clip with three homers and eight RBI.
Do not overlook Yandy Diaz (TB), 10-for-24 over the window with two homers and five RBI.
And Chandler Simpson (TB) has strung together 10 hits in 17 at-bats (.588) with two RBI.
Filling out the board: Ivan Herrera (STL) 10-for-21, Alex Bregman (CHC) 8-for-17, Brooks Lee (MIN) 8-for-21.
The board
The five hottest qualified lines, side by side:
| Player | Team | Line | AVG | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Alonso | BAL | 10-for-18 | .556 | 3 | 6 |
| Jac Caglianone | KC | 10-for-20 | .500 | 3 | 8 |
| Yandy Diaz | TB | 10-for-24 | .417 | 2 | 5 |
| Chandler Simpson | TB | 10-for-17 | .588 | 0 | 2 |
| Ivan Herrera | STL | 10-for-21 | .476 | 0 | 3 |
Worth remembering
The bar to appear is 8 at-bats across more than one game, no exceptions, so everyone named above has been doing this repeatedly, not once.
Nobody stays this hot forever, and the box scores will tell us the moment it cools. Until then, enjoy the show.
One to circle: Baltimore Orioles meet Tampa Bay Rays in their next game, and we will find out quickly whether this stretch travels.