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
Reputations do not get a vote here. Over the last seven days the box scores have been keeping their own list of who is actually seeing the ball in MLB, and the name at the top is not up for debate.
Top of the list
Nobody is squaring the ball up like Pete Alonso (BAL) right now: ten hits in 18 at-bats across five games, a .556 pace that leads every qualified hitter we track.
It has not been one loud afternoon doing the work, either: the pace comes out to 2.0 hits per game across the run.
The power has traveled with the average, too, three home runs in the stretch, with 6 RBI to show for it.
Right behind him
Then comes Jac Caglianone (KC): 10 hits in 20 at-bats, a .500 clip with three homers and eight RBI.
Yandy Diaz (TB) belongs in the conversation too at 10-for-24 (.417) with two homers and five RBI.
Add Chandler Simpson (TB) to the watch list as well, 10-for-17 over the stretch with two RBI.
Also swinging it well: Ivan Herrera (STL) 10-for-21, Bryson Stott (PHI) 9-for-23, Alex Bregman (CHC) 8-for-20.
At a glance
For the scan-and-go crowd, the leaders in one place:
| 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 |
The fine print
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.
A hot week is a fact about the past, not a promise about tonight. Hitters drift in and out of these stretches all summer, the fun is catching one mid-heater.
The schedule cooperates, too, Baltimore Orioles face Tampa Bay Rays next, so this story gets its next chapter almost immediately.