Who's Seeing It Best: Jake Cronenworth Tops the MLB Hot-Bat Board

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 hottest hand

Jake Cronenworth has spent the week making pitchers miserable. The SD hitter has rapped out 13 hits in 28 at-bats across seven games, a .464 average, and nobody else in the sample is particularly close.

Spread it out and that is 1.9 hits a game, every game, for the whole stretch, not one big night propping up a quiet week.

And he is not just slapping singles: two home runs and 8 RBI over the run.

The rest of the hot list

Right behind him is Cole Carrigg (COL), who has gone 12-for-31 over the same stretch, a .387 pace with three homers and nine RBI.

Ty France (SD) belongs in the conversation too at 12-for-30 (.400) with one homer and seven RBI.

And Jackson Merrill (SD) has strung together 12 hits in 30 at-bats (.400) with one homer and four RBI.

The rest of the hot list reads Dustin Harris (SD) 11-for-29, Pete Crow-Armstrong (CHC) 10-for-29, Jeremy Pena (HOU) 10-for-26.

The board

Here is the top of the board, straight from the box scores:

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.

One to circle: San Diego Padres meet Los Angeles Dodgers in their next game, and we will find out quickly whether this stretch travels.