MLB Hot Bats
Who's Seeing It Best: Pete Alonso Tops the MLB Hot-Bat Board
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Pete Alonso 
Yandy Diaz 
Chandler Simpson 
Trent Grisham
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.
The man of the moment
Pete Alonso has spent the week making pitchers miserable. The BAL hitter has rapped out eleven hits in 19 at-bats across five games, a .579 average, and nobody else in the sample is particularly close.
Spread it out and that is 2.2 hits a game, every game, for the whole stretch, not one big night propping up a quiet week.
The power has traveled with the average, too, three home runs in the stretch, with 6 RBI to show for it.
The chase pack
Then comes Yandy Diaz (TB): 11 hits in 28 at-bats, a .393 clip with two homers and five RBI.
Chandler Simpson (TB) has quietly gone 11-for-21 (.524) with two RBI.
Add Trent Grisham (NYY) to the watch list as well, 9-for-20 over the stretch with three homers and six RBI.
Filling out the board: Jac Caglianone (KC) 9-for-20, Andy Pages (LAD) 9-for-26, Alex Bregman (CHC) 8-for-19.
At a glance
For the scan-and-go crowd, the leaders in one place:
| Player | Team | Line | AVG | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Alonso | BAL | 11-for-19 | .579 | 3 | 6 |
| Yandy Diaz | TB | 11-for-28 | .393 | 2 | 5 |
| Chandler Simpson | TB | 11-for-21 | .524 | 0 | 2 |
| Trent Grisham | NYY | 9-for-20 | .450 | 3 | 6 |
| Jac Caglianone | KC | 9-for-20 | .450 | 2 | 9 |
One more thing
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.
The schedule cooperates, too, Baltimore Orioles face Tampa Bay Rays next, so this story gets its next chapter almost immediately.