MLB Hot Bats
Who's Seeing It Best: Jeff McNeil Tops the MLB Hot-Bat Board
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Jeff McNeil 
Brandon Nimmo 
Cody Bellinger 
Alex Bregman
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
Jeff McNeil (ATH) is seeing beach balls. He has collected eleven hits in his last 31 trips to the plate over seven games, good for a .355 clip, and the at-bats keep getting louder.
Averaged out, he is banging 1.6 hits a night over the window, which is the difference between a hot streak and a headline streak.
Add two home runs and 6 RBI, and you have a hitter carrying his corner of the lineup.
Right behind him
Right behind him is Brandon Nimmo (TEX), who has gone 11-for-25 over the same stretch, a .440 pace with one homer and nine RBI.
Do not overlook Cody Bellinger (NYY), 11-for-26 over the window with one RBI.
Add Alex Bregman (CHC) to the watch list as well, 10-for-25 over the stretch with four homers and eight RBI.
The rest of the hot list reads Roman Anthony (BOS) 10-for-26, Henry Bolte (ATH) 10-for-30, Jackson Chourio (MIL) 10-for-32.
By the numbers
The five hottest qualified lines, side by side:
| Player | Team | Line | AVG | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff McNeil | ATH | 11-for-31 | .355 | 2 | 6 |
| Brandon Nimmo | TEX | 11-for-25 | .440 | 1 | 9 |
| Cody Bellinger | NYY | 11-for-26 | .423 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Bregman | CHC | 10-for-25 | .400 | 4 | 8 |
| Roman Anthony | BOS | 10-for-26 | .385 | 2 | 2 |
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.
Next up on the slate: Athletics against Seattle Mariners. Check back after that one goes final.