MLB Hot Bats
MLB Hottest Bats, Jackson Merrill Leads the Week
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Jackson Merrill 
Jackson Chourio 
Fernando Tatis Jr. 
Victor Mesa Jr.
Hitting is contagious, streaky, and gloriously unfair, and the only honest way to track it is the box score. From the last seven days of captured games, minimum 8 at-bats to qualify, here is who is genuinely hot.
The hottest hand
Jackson Merrill has spent the week making pitchers miserable. The SD hitter has rapped out twelve hits in 25 at-bats across six games, a .480 average, and nobody else in the sample is particularly close.
It has not been one loud afternoon doing the work, either: the pace comes out to 2.0 hits per game across the run.
And he is not just slapping singles: three home runs and 12 RBI over the run.
The chase pack
Right behind him is Jackson Chourio (MIL), who has gone 12-for-23 over the same stretch, a .522 pace with two homers and six RBI.
Fernando Tatis Jr. (SD) has quietly gone 12-for-23 (.522) with one homer and four RBI.
Victor Mesa Jr. (TB) keeps the list honest at 10-for-18 (.556) with three homers and six RBI.
Also swinging it well: Brice Turang (MIL) 10-for-17, Otto Lopez (MIA) 10-for-18, Elly De La Cruz (CIN) 9-for-24.
At a glance
The five hottest qualified lines, side by side:
| Player | Team | Line | AVG | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson Merrill | SD | 12-for-25 | .480 | 3 | 12 |
| Jackson Chourio | MIL | 12-for-23 | .522 | 2 | 6 |
| Fernando Tatis Jr. | SD | 12-for-23 | .522 | 1 | 4 |
| Victor Mesa Jr. | TB | 10-for-18 | .556 | 3 | 6 |
| Brice Turang | MIL | 10-for-17 | .588 | 2 | 7 |
The fine print
Qualification here is simple and strict: at least 8 at-bats and more than one game inside the window, so a single loud afternoon cannot crowd out a real heater.
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, San Diego Padres face Colorado Rockies next, so this story gets its next chapter almost immediately.