MLB Hot Bats
Who's Seeing It Best: Zach Neto Tops the MLB Hot-Bat Board
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Zach Neto 
Corey Seager 
Fernando Tatis Jr. 
Nick Sogard
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
Nobody is squaring the ball up like Zach Neto (LAA) right now: 14 hits in 31 at-bats across seven games, a .452 pace that leads every qualified hitter we track.
Averaged out, he is banging 2.0 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, two home runs in the stretch, with 9 RBI to show for it.
The chase pack
Right behind him is Corey Seager (TEX), who has gone 13-for-27 over the same stretch, a .481 pace with one homer and four RBI.
Fernando Tatis Jr. (SD) belongs in the conversation too at 12-for-27 (.444) with four homers and ten RBI.
Add Nick Sogard (BOS) to the watch list as well, 10-for-22 over the stretch with two homers and four RBI.
The rest of the hot list reads Jo Adell (CLE) 10-for-23, Luis Arraez (PHI) 10-for-20, Kaelen Culpepper (MIN) 10-for-22.
By the numbers
For the scan-and-go crowd, the leaders in one place:
| Player | Team | Line | AVG | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Neto | LAA | 14-for-31 | .452 | 2 | 9 |
| Corey Seager | TEX | 13-for-27 | .481 | 1 | 4 |
| Fernando Tatis Jr. | SD | 12-for-27 | .444 | 4 | 10 |
| Nick Sogard | BOS | 10-for-22 | .455 | 2 | 4 |
| Jo Adell | CLE | 10-for-23 | .435 | 2 | 13 |
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: Los Angeles Angels meet Cleveland Guardians in their next game, and we will find out quickly whether this stretch travels.