MLB Hot Bats
Who's Seeing It Best: Drake Baldwin Tops the MLB Hot-Bat Board
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Drake Baldwin 
Brandon Nimmo 
Jackson Chourio 
George Springer
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
Nobody is squaring the ball up like Drake Baldwin (ATL) right now: twelve hits in 30 at-bats across seven games, a .400 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.
And he is not just slapping singles: one home run and 6 RBI over the run.
The chase pack
Then comes Brandon Nimmo (TEX): 11 hits in 23 at-bats, a .478 clip with one homer and nine RBI.
Do not overlook Jackson Chourio (MIL), 10-for-27 over the window with three homers and seven RBI.
Add George Springer (TOR) to the watch list as well, 10-for-22 over the stretch with two homers and four RBI.
Also swinging it well: Jazz Chisholm Jr. (NYY) 10-for-22, Bryce Eldridge (SF) 10-for-25, Jac Caglianone (KC) 10-for-26.
The board
The five hottest qualified lines, side by side:
| Player | Team | Line | AVG | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Baldwin | ATL | 12-for-30 | .400 | 1 | 6 |
| Brandon Nimmo | TEX | 11-for-23 | .478 | 1 | 9 |
| Jackson Chourio | MIL | 10-for-27 | .370 | 3 | 7 |
| George Springer | TOR | 10-for-22 | .455 | 2 | 4 |
| Jazz Chisholm Jr. | NYY | 10-for-22 | .455 | 1 | 3 |
One more thing
A word on the cutoff: hitters need 8 at-bats and multiple games in the window to make this list, which keeps one-night wonders off the board.
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.
Next up on the slate: Texas Rangers against Tampa Bay Rays. Check back after that one goes final.