Now that we’re 20 games into the season, stat lines have stabilized somewhat. While an extremely good or poor game can still affect a player’s hitting line—sometimes by a lot, especially if they hit a couple dingers in the same game—we’re a little past the point where most performances are going to radically alter a player’s season statistics. It will grow harder and harder for that to happen as players accrue more plate appearances.
As such, it can be somewhat difficult to determine which players in the lineup are doing well—and which ones aren’t. Therefore, I’m kicking off a new weekly column here: who’s hot and who’s not.