MLB Hot Bats
Hottest Bats in MLB: Pete Alonso Is Seeing Beach Balls
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Pete Alonso 
Michael Massey 
Yandy Diaz 
Henry Bolte
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
Nobody is squaring the ball up like Pete Alonso (BAL) right now: twelve hits in 28 at-bats across seven games, a .429 pace that leads every qualified hitter we track.
Averaged out, he is banging 1.7 hits a night over the window, which is the difference between a hot streak and a headline streak.
The power has traveled with the average, too, three home runs in the stretch, with 5 RBI to show for it.
Right behind him
Then comes Michael Massey (KC): 11 hits in 20 at-bats, a .550 clip with two homers and four RBI.
Yandy Diaz (TB) has quietly gone 11-for-27 (.407) with two homers and three RBI.
Add Henry Bolte (ATH) to the watch list as well, 11-for-29 over the stretch with one homer and four RBI.
The rest of the hot list reads Miguel Vargas (CHW) 10-for-27, Jordan Walker (STL) 10-for-28, Alec Burleson (STL) 10-for-28.
The board
For the scan-and-go crowd, the leaders in one place:
| Player | Team | Line | AVG | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Alonso | BAL | 12-for-28 | .429 | 3 | 5 |
| Michael Massey | KC | 11-for-20 | .550 | 2 | 4 |
| Yandy Diaz | TB | 11-for-27 | .407 | 2 | 3 |
| Henry Bolte | ATH | 11-for-29 | .379 | 1 | 4 |
| Miguel Vargas | CHW | 10-for-27 | .370 | 3 | 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.
Small samples run hot and cold by nature. Treat this as a snapshot of who is seeing it well right now, not a forecast of anyone's next at-bat.
One to circle: Baltimore Orioles meet Tampa Bay Rays in their next game, and we will find out quickly whether this stretch travels.