Twenty Hottest Bats In The Game Today

Felt like just yesterday sour Mets fans showed signs of buyer's remorse for their newly acquired $765M right fielder. Fast forward to mid-June and there isn't a single hitter you'd rather avoid than New York's Juan Soto. Scary to think he's only 26 and could still have another level coming. What a joy to watch.

Unsurprisingly, it's mostly the usual suspects populating the top spots again today — so it's really the back half of our top-20 grabbing the majority of my attention. Let's be honest, the casual fan's not aware of how profitable Wenceel Perez's base props are right now.

Best Hitters In Major League Baseball Right Now

+.280 BA, +.915 OPS, +38% Hard Hit, +10% Barrel, +.365 xwOBA Last 21 Days (min 50 PA)

1. Juan Soto NYM — 75 PA; 0.351 BA, 1.244 OPS, 64.6% Hard Hit, 18.8% Barrel, 0.540 xwOBA, 6 HR
2. Elly De La Cruz CIN — 63 PA; 0.333 BA, 1.132 OPS, 53.5% Hard Hit, 20.9% Barrel, 0.483 xwOBA, 5 HR
3. Aaron Judge NYY — 68 PA; 0.306 BA, 1.110 OPS, 51.4% Hard Hit, 31.4% Barrel, 0.426 xwOBA, 8 HR
4. Ronald Acuna Jr. ATL — 75 PA; 0.413 BA, 1.189 OPS, 54.2% Hard Hit, 16.7% Barrel, 0.439 xwOBA, 5 HR
5. Pete Alonso NYM — 76 PA; 0.313 BA, 1.051 OPS, 50.9% Hard Hit, 24.5% Barrel, 0.463 xwOBA, 6 HR
6. Max Muncy LAD — 66 PA; 0.340 BA, 1.096 OPS, 46.3% Hard Hit, 17.1% Barrel, 0.460 xwOBA, 5 HR
7. Brent Rooker ATH — 82 PA; 0.343 BA, 1.010 OPS, 52.5% Hard Hit, 14.8% Barrel, 0.435 xwOBA, 3 HR
8. Cal Raleigh SEA — 72 PA; 0.292 BA, 1.069 OPS, 49.0% Hard Hit, 10.2% Barrel, 0.367 xwOBA, 8 HR
9. Trea Turner PHI — 86 PA; 0.316 BA, 0.916 OPS, 50.7% Hard Hit, 13.0% Barrel, 0.407 xwOBA, 4 HR
10. Francisco Lindor NYM — 69 PA; 0.295 BA, 0.918 OPS, 55.1% Hard Hit, 14.3% Barrel, 0.381 xwOBA, 4 HR
11. Hunter Goodman COL — 69 PA; 0.313 BA, 1.095 OPS, 62.2% Hard Hit, 24.4% Barrel, 0.425 xwOBA, 7 HR
12. Addison Barger TOR — 60 PA; 0.286 BA, 0.994 OPS, 37.5% Hard Hit, 15.0% Barrel, 0.371 xwOBA, 6 HR
13. Michael Busch CHC — 54 PA; 0.306 BA, 1.044 OPS, 43.9% Hard Hit, 17.1% Barrel, 0.420 xwOBA, 4 HR
14. Willson Contreras STL — 72 PA; 0.283 BA, 0.936 OPS, 54.3% Hard Hit, 19.6% Barrel, 0.419 xwOBA, 3 HR
15. Jo Adell LAA — 65 PA; 0.281 BA, 1.021 OPS, 47.5% Hard Hit, 20.0% Barrel, 0.440 xwOBA, 7 HR
16. Brandon Marsh PHI — 50 PA; 0.333 BA, 0.944 OPS, 50.0% Hard Hit, 15.6% Barrel, 0.437 xwOBA, 1 HR
17. Wenceel Perez DET — 55 PA; 0.333 BA, 1.070 OPS, 39.1% Hard Hit, 17.4% Barrel, 0.424 xwOBA, 4 HR
18. Alejandro Kirk TOR — 66 PA; 0.377 BA, 0.934 OPS, 67.9% Hard Hit, 16.1% Barrel, 0.424 xwOBA, 2 HR
19. Christian Yelich MIL — 61 PA; 0.345 BA, 1.010 OPS, 58.3% Hard Hit, 13.9% Barrel, 0.406 xwOBA, 4 HR
20. Yandy Diaz TB — 72 PA; 0.369 BA, 1.001 OPS, 56.1% Hard Hit, 10.5% Barrel, 0.400 xwOBA, 3 HR

The MLB season's such a marathon, it's easy to lose the forest for the trees in a massive sea of data. For example, a hitter (or team for that matter) can experience a horrid stretch of several hundred PAs, which will inevitably erode the larger statistical sample. So it's not to say we want to chase the hottest hitters, as much as be aware of already great players who are fully healthy and locking in as we approach summer.