MLB Hot Bats
MLB Hottest Bats, Cody Bellinger Leads the Week
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Cody Bellinger 
Alex Bregman 
Brandon Nimmo 
Wilyer Abreu
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.
The man of the moment
Cody Bellinger has spent the week making pitchers miserable. The NYY hitter has rapped out twelve hits in 29 at-bats across seven games, a .414 average, and nobody else in the sample is particularly close.
Spread it out and that is 1.7 hits a game, every game, for the whole stretch, not one big night propping up a quiet week.
The stretch has not included a home run yet. It has not needed one. And 1 RBI say the hits have mattered.
Right behind him
Then comes Alex Bregman (CHC): 11 hits in 26 at-bats, a .423 clip with five homers and eleven RBI.
Brandon Nimmo (TEX) has quietly gone 11-for-24 (.458) with one homer and nine RBI.
Wilyer Abreu (BOS) keeps the list honest at 11-for-32 (.344) with one homer and one RBI.
Also swinging it well: Roman Anthony (BOS) 10-for-22, Yandy Diaz (TB) 10-for-29, Henry Bolte (ATH) 10-for-31.
The board
For the scan-and-go crowd, the leaders in one place:
| Player | Team | Line | AVG | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cody Bellinger | NYY | 12-for-29 | .414 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Bregman | CHC | 11-for-26 | .423 | 5 | 11 |
| Brandon Nimmo | TEX | 11-for-24 | .458 | 1 | 9 |
| Wilyer Abreu | BOS | 11-for-32 | .344 | 1 | 1 |
| Roman Anthony | BOS | 10-for-22 | .455 | 2 | 2 |
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.
Nobody stays this hot forever, and the box scores will tell us the moment it cools. Until then, enjoy the show.
The schedule cooperates, too, New York Yankees face San Diego Padres next, so this story gets its next chapter almost immediately.