Hottest Bats in MLB: Jackson Chourio Is Seeing Beach Balls

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 Jackson Chourio (MIL) right now: 14 hits in 33 at-bats across seven games, a .424 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, four home runs in the stretch, with 8 RBI to show for it.

For separation, consider that second place has 12 hits, he is ahead by 2 all by himself.

The rest of the hot list

Cody Bellinger (NYY) is making noise of his own at 12-for-31 (.387) with two RBI.

Alex Bregman (CHC) has quietly gone 11-for-28 (.393) with five homers and twelve RBI.

Add Rafael Devers (SF) to the watch list as well, 11-for-31 over the stretch with three homers and seven RBI.

The rest of the hot list reads Brandon Nimmo (TEX) 11-for-21, Jac Caglianone (KC) 11-for-27, Wilyer Abreu (BOS) 11-for-28.

At a glance

Here is the top of the board, straight from the box scores:

The fine print

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.

A hot week is a fact about the past, not a promise about tonight. Hitters drift in and out of these stretches all summer, the fun is catching one mid-heater.

Next up on the slate: Milwaukee Brewers against Chicago Cubs. Check back after that one goes final.