MLB Hot Bats
Who's Seeing It Best: Luis Arraez Tops the MLB Hot-Bat Board
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Luis Arraez 
Alec Bohm 
Miguel Vargas 
Pete Alonso
Forget the season-long averages for a minute; hot is a right-now thing. Every line below comes straight from the last seven days of box scores, with a 8 at-bat minimum so nobody sneaks on with one good afternoon.
Top of the list
Luis Arraez has spent the week making pitchers miserable. The PHI hitter has rapped out eleven hits in 26 at-bats across six games, a .423 average, and nobody else in the sample is particularly close.
Spread it out and that is 1.8 hits a game, every game, for the whole stretch, not one big night propping up a quiet week.
Add one home run and 5 RBI, and you have a hitter carrying his corner of the lineup.
Right behind him
Right behind him is Alec Bohm (PHI), who has gone 11-for-26 over the same stretch, a .423 pace with one homer and eight RBI.
Miguel Vargas (CHW) has quietly gone 10-for-24 (.417) with three homers and four RBI.
Add Pete Alonso (BAL) to the watch list as well, 10-for-24 over the stretch with three homers and five RBI.
The rest of the hot list reads Luke Keaschall (MIN) 10-for-24, Henry Bolte (ATH) 10-for-24, Jeff McNeil (ATH) 9-for-22.
The board
The five hottest qualified lines, side by side:
| Player | Team | Line | AVG | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luis Arraez | PHI | 11-for-26 | .423 | 1 | 5 |
| Alec Bohm | PHI | 11-for-26 | .423 | 1 | 8 |
| Miguel Vargas | CHW | 10-for-24 | .417 | 3 | 4 |
| Pete Alonso | BAL | 10-for-24 | .417 | 3 | 5 |
| Luke Keaschall | MIN | 10-for-24 | .417 | 1 | 1 |
The fine print
Qualification here is simple and strict: at least 8 at-bats and more than one game inside the window, so a single loud afternoon cannot crowd out a real heater.
Nobody stays this hot forever, and the box scores will tell us the moment it cools. Until then, enjoy the show.
Next up on the slate: Philadelphia Phillies against St. Louis Cardinals. Check back after that one goes final.