Hello and welcome to my weekly Hot and Cold MLB Hitters. If you are new here, every Monday morning, I send out a list of seven hot players and seven cold players from the last seven days.
You will typically see bigger names on this list, as that is where I tend to focus my attention. I’m sorry, but TJ Friedl having a bad week doesn’t mean as much as Trevor Story having a bad week. There are levels to this.
Below are some graphics from statsoldier.com. All the graphics you see from me this year will come from that website, so go check it out. It is a little early in the season for me to put graphics for each player, but I wanted to show you all some examples of the graphics we have over there.
HOT HITTERS
Yordan Alvarez, Houston Astros
Home Runs (HR): 3
Runs Batted In (RBI): 8
Batting Average (AVG): .471
On-base Plus Slugging (OPS): 1.733
Andy Pages, Los Angeles Dodgers
Home Runs (HR): 2
Runs Batted In (RBI): 7
Batting Average (AVG): .583
On-base Plus Slugging (OPS): 1.532
Ben Rice, New York Yankees
Home Runs (HR): 3
Runs Batted In (RBI): 9
Batting Average (AVG): .421
On-base Plus Slugging (OPS): 1.646
Corbin Carroll, Arizona Diamondbacks
Home Runs (HR): 2
Runs Batted In (RBI): 8
Batting Average (AVG): .381
On-base Plus Slugging (OPS): 1.424
CJ Abrams, Washington Nationals
Home Runs (HR): 3
Runs Batted In (RBI): 10
Batting Average (AVG): .333
On-base Plus Slugging (OPS): 1.173
Oneil Cruz, Pittsburgh Pirates
Home Runs (HR): 4
Runs Batted In (RBI): 10
Batting Average (AVG): .360
On-base Plus Slugging (OPS): 1.247
Jose Altuve, Houston Astros
Home Runs (HR): 2
Runs Batted In (RBI): 4
Batting Average (AVG): .421
On-base Plus Slugging (OPS): 1.366
COLD HITTERS
Austin Riley, Atlanta Braves
Home Runs (HR): 0
Runs Batted In (RBI): 2
Batting Average (AVG): .087
On-base Plus Slugging (OPS): .322
Strikeouts (SO): 6
Trevor Story
Home Runs (HR): 0
Runs Batted In (RBI): 0
Batting Average (AVG): .115
On-base Plus Slugging (OPS): .269
Strikeouts (SO): 10
Mike Trout, Los Angeles Angels
Home Runs (HR): 0
Runs Batted In (RBI): 0
Batting Average (AVG): .050
On-base Plus Slugging (OPS): .369
Strikeouts (SO): 9
Kazuma Okamoto, Toronto Blue Jays
Home Runs (HR): 1
Runs Batted In (RBI): 2
Batting Average (AVG): .182
On-base Plus Slugging (OPS): .598
Strikeouts (SO): 13
James Wood, Washington Nationals
Home Runs (HR): 1
Runs Batted In (RBI): 5
Batting Average (AVG): .148
On-base Plus Slugging (OPS): .628
Strikeouts (SO): 10
Cal Raleigh, Seattle Mariners
Home Runs (HR): .130
Runs Batted In (RBI): 0
Batting Average (AVG): .130
On-base Plus Slugging (OPS): .374
Strikeouts (SO): 10
Michael Busch, Chicago Cubs
Home Runs (HR): 0
Runs Batted In (RBI): 0
Batting Average (AVG): .100
On-base Plus Slugging (OPS): .350
Strikeouts (SO): 4