MLB Hot Bats
Who's Seeing It Best: Cody Bellinger Tops the MLB Hot-Bat Board
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Cody Bellinger 
Jackson Merrill 
Gabriel Moreno 
Riley Greene
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 hottest hand
Cody Bellinger (NYY) is seeing beach balls. He has collected 13 hits in his last 28 trips to the plate over seven games, good for a .464 clip, and the at-bats keep getting louder.
It has not been one loud afternoon doing the work, either: the pace comes out to 1.9 hits per game across the run.
Add three home runs and 8 RBI, and you have a hitter carrying his corner of the lineup.
The rest of the hot list
Jackson Merrill (SD) is making noise of his own at 13-for-27 (.481) with one homer and four RBI.
Gabriel Moreno (ARI) belongs in the conversation too at 11-for-25 (.440) with three homers and five RBI.
And Riley Greene (DET) has strung together 11 hits in 25 at-bats (.440) with one homer and eight RBI.
Also swinging it well: Josh Naylor (SEA) 11-for-27, Randy Arozarena (SEA) 10-for-26, Christian Encarnacion-Strand (BAL) 10-for-24.
The board
For the scan-and-go crowd, the leaders in one place:
| Player | Team | Line | AVG | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cody Bellinger | NYY | 13-for-28 | .464 | 3 | 8 |
| Jackson Merrill | SD | 13-for-27 | .481 | 1 | 4 |
| Gabriel Moreno | ARI | 11-for-25 | .440 | 3 | 5 |
| Riley Greene | DET | 11-for-25 | .440 | 1 | 8 |
| Josh Naylor | SEA | 11-for-27 | .407 | 0 | 3 |
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.
Nobody stays this hot forever, and the box scores will tell us the moment it cools. Until then, enjoy the show.
One to circle: New York Yankees meet Arizona Diamondbacks in their next game, and we will find out quickly whether this stretch travels.