MLB Hot Bats
MLB Hottest Bats, Jackson Chourio Leads the Week
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Jackson Chourio 
Jackson Merrill 
Max Muncy 
Otto Lopez
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.
Top of the list
Jackson Chourio (MIL) is seeing beach balls. He has collected 13 hits in his last 27 trips to the plate over six games, good for a .481 clip, and the at-bats keep getting louder.
It has not been one loud afternoon doing the work, either: the pace comes out to 2.2 hits per game across the run.
Add two home runs and 8 RBI, and you have a hitter carrying his corner of the lineup.
The gap matters too: the next-best hit total in the sample is 11, leaving him 2 hits clear of everybody.
The rest of the hot list
Jackson Merrill (SD) is making noise of his own at 11-for-21 (.524) with three homers and ten RBI.
Do not overlook Max Muncy (LAD), 11-for-27 over the window with two homers and three RBI.
Otto Lopez (MIA) keeps the list honest at 11-for-22 (.500) with six RBI.
Also swinging it well: Victor Mesa Jr. (TB) 10-for-18, Brice Turang (MIL) 10-for-19, Riley Greene (DET) 10-for-23.
At a glance
For the scan-and-go crowd, the leaders in one place:
| Player | Team | Line | AVG | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Chourio | MIL | 13-for-27 | .481 | 2 | 8 |
| Jackson Merrill | SD | 11-for-21 | .524 | 3 | 10 |
| Max Muncy | LAD | 11-for-27 | .407 | 2 | 3 |
| Otto Lopez | MIA | 11-for-22 | .500 | 0 | 6 |
| Victor Mesa Jr. | TB | 10-for-18 | .556 | 3 | 6 |
One more thing
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.
Next up on the slate: San Diego Padres against San Francisco Giants. Check back after that one goes final.