MLB Hot Bats
Who's Seeing It Best: Carson Benge Tops the MLB Hot-Bat Board
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Carson Benge 
Nolan Arenado 
Jac Caglianone 
Wade Meckler
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
Nobody is squaring the ball up like Carson Benge (NYM) right now: eleven hits in 25 at-bats across six games, a .440 pace that leads every qualified hitter we track.
Averaged out, he is banging 1.8 hits a night over the window, which is the difference between a hot streak and a headline streak.
Add one home run and 4 RBI, and you have a hitter carrying his corner of the lineup.
Right behind him
Right behind him is Nolan Arenado (ARI), who has gone 10-for-23 over the same stretch, a .435 pace with three homers and eight RBI.
Jac Caglianone (KC) has quietly gone 10-for-22 (.455) with four RBI.
And Wade Meckler (LAA) has strung together 10 hits in 23 at-bats (.435).
Filling out the board: Cole Carrigg (COL) 9-for-23, Brice Turang (MIL) 9-for-25, Jonny DeLuca (TB) 9-for-26.
At a glance
The five hottest qualified lines, side by side:
| Player | Team | Line | AVG | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carson Benge | NYM | 11-for-25 | .440 | 1 | 4 |
| Nolan Arenado | ARI | 10-for-23 | .435 | 3 | 8 |
| Jac Caglianone | KC | 10-for-22 | .455 | 0 | 4 |
| Wade Meckler | LAA | 10-for-23 | .435 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Carrigg | COL | 9-for-23 | .391 | 2 | 5 |
The fine print
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.