MLB Hot Bats
Hottest Bats in MLB: Zach Neto Is Seeing Beach Balls
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Zach Neto 
Pete Alonso 
Corey Seager 
William Contreras
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
Zach Neto (LAA) is seeing beach balls. He has collected 13 hits in his last 32 trips to the plate over seven games, good for a .406 clip, and the at-bats keep getting louder.
Spread it out and that is 1.9 hits a game, every game, for the whole stretch, not one big night propping up a quiet week.
And he is not just slapping singles: two home runs and 9 RBI over the run.
For separation, consider that second place has 11 hits, he is ahead by 2 all by himself.
The rest of the hot list
Pete Alonso (BAL) is making noise of his own at 11-for-24 (.458) with three homers and eight RBI.
Do not overlook Corey Seager (TEX), 11-for-28 over the window with one homer and four RBI.
William Contreras (MIL) keeps the list honest at 11-for-20 (.550) with two RBI.
Also swinging it well: Lawrence Butler (ATH) 11-for-25, Steven Kwan (CLE) 11-for-29, Junior Caminero (TB) 11-for-30.
At a glance
For the scan-and-go crowd, the leaders in one place:
| Player | Team | Line | AVG | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Neto | LAA | 13-for-32 | .406 | 2 | 9 |
| Pete Alonso | BAL | 11-for-24 | .458 | 3 | 8 |
| Corey Seager | TEX | 11-for-28 | .393 | 1 | 4 |
| William Contreras | MIL | 11-for-20 | .550 | 0 | 2 |
| Lawrence Butler | ATH | 11-for-25 | .440 | 0 | 4 |
The fine print
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.
The schedule cooperates, too, Baltimore Orioles face St. Louis Cardinals next, so this story gets its next chapter almost immediately.