MLB Hot Bats
MLB Hottest Bats, Pete Alonso Leads the Week
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Pete Alonso 
Chase DeLauter 
Jac Caglianone 
Yandy Diaz
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 hottest hand
Pete Alonso has spent the week making pitchers miserable. The BAL hitter has rapped out eleven hits in 21 at-bats across five games, a .524 average, and nobody else in the sample is particularly close.
It has not been one loud afternoon doing the work, either: the pace comes out to 2.2 hits per game across the run.
Add two home runs and 3 RBI, and you have a hitter carrying his corner of the lineup.
The chase pack
Right behind him is Chase DeLauter (CLE), who has gone 10-for-23 over the same stretch, a .435 pace with one homer and one RBI.
Do not overlook Jac Caglianone (KC), 9-for-19 over the window with two homers and nine RBI.
And Yandy Diaz (TB) has strung together 9 hits in 22 at-bats (.409) with two homers and four RBI.
Filling out the board: Mike Trout (LAA) 9-for-22, Alec Bohm (PHI) 9-for-15, Gunnar Henderson (BAL) 8-for-18.
The board
The five hottest qualified lines, side by side:
| Player | Team | Line | AVG | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Alonso | BAL | 11-for-21 | .524 | 2 | 3 |
| Chase DeLauter | CLE | 10-for-23 | .435 | 1 | 1 |
| Jac Caglianone | KC | 9-for-19 | .474 | 2 | 9 |
| Yandy Diaz | TB | 9-for-22 | .409 | 2 | 4 |
| Mike Trout | LAA | 9-for-22 | .409 | 1 | 4 |
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.