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Hot ice! I heat up...the ice cubes! It’s the best of both worlds! Well, in fantasy baseball we rarely see Hot Ice, we typically see more hot streaks or cold streaks. The purpose of this article is to look at the “2’s.”
- A look at which players are hot and cold over the last two weeks.
- A look at players who were historically hot over the last two years. (The fun part of this is while you may research which players were hot in April vs. June, what I did was take a culmination of each player’s game individually and then put a count on each one. So what you will see here are how each player fared between their 12th and 22nd games over the last two years. Who might have struggled or been average through the first week of games and then really got a fire going after that. Obviously there are a lot of variables when looking at this including, rookies, injuries, Covid-related absences and being scratched...so I noted any player who only had ONE year’s worth of data due to one of those situations.
For now I am just discussing batters, but if the appetite is there, I will start to add in pitchers as well.
Hot Ice over the last two weeks
Hot (last 14 days)
- Top 3 Hits: Joey Wendle, Ronald Acuña Jr. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Adam Frazier
- Top 3 Runs: Ronald Acuña Jr., Mark Canha, Joey Wendle
- Top 3 HR: Eduardo Escobar, Matt Olson, Ronald Acuña Jr. Rafael Devers
- Top 3 RBI: Rafael Devers, Matt Olson, Jed Lowrie, Adam Duvall, Javier Baez
- Top 3 SB: Trea Turner, Whit Merrifield, Eddie Rosario, Mark Canha, Ramon Laureano, Manny Machado
Cold (last fourteen days)
- Mookie Betts: 1 HR, 1 Run and RBI; batting .240
- Kyle Tucker: 3 runs, 1 HR, 2 RBI, batting .154
- Alex Bregman: 1 run, no HR or RBI; batting .143
- Gleyber Torres: 3 Runs, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1SB, batting .143
(Quick note for Last Two Years rankings: low average rank is best and a good number of players have only done it for one year. Luke Voit is currently injured and so are a few others: Cody Bellinger, Rhys Hoskins and Jose Abreu are the best historical representation of success here.
Last Two Years (Games 20-30)
| Row Labels | Total Sum of Rank RBI | Total Sum of Rank Run | Total Sum of Rank HR | Total Sum of Average | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row Labels | Total Sum of Rank RBI | Total Sum of Rank Run | Total Sum of Rank HR | Total Sum of Average | Notes |
| Aledmys Díaz | 18 | 21 | 30 | 23 | One Year Blank |
| Salvador Perez | 6 | 50 | 14 | 23 | One Year Blank |
| Luke Voit | 51 | 18 | 9 | 26 | |
| Yordan Alvarez | 26 | 51 | 15 | 31 | One Year Blank |
| Luis Robert | 24 | 79 | 4 | 36 | One Year Blank |
| Jake Cronenworth | 14 | 16 | 80 | 37 | One Year Blank |
| Jonathan Lucroy | 83 | 21 | 15 | 40 | One Year Blank |
| Hunter Pence | 3 | 116 | 3 | 41 | One Year Blank |
| Cody Bellinger | 28 | 92 | 7 | 42 | |
| Evan White | 6 | 108 | 14 | 43 | One Year Blank |
| Tom Murphy | 11 | 116 | 3 | 43 | One Year Blank |
| Rhys Hoskins | 32 | 121 | 9 | 54 | |
| José Abreu | 4 | 132 | 32 | 56 | |
| Kyle Lewis | 134 | 5 | 32 | 57 | One Year Blank |
| Buster Posey | 18 | 76 | 78 | 57 | One Year Blank |
| Greg Allen | 83 | 21 | 78 | 61 | One Year Blank |
| Ozzie Albies | 113 | 35 | 47 | 65 | |
| Will Smith | 37 | 83 | 82 | 67 | |
| Trea Turner | 86 | 9 | 110 | 68 | |
| Juan Soto | 40 | 132 | 44 | 72 | |
| Brandon Drury | 113 | 76 | 30 | 73 | One Year Blank |
| Ryon Healy | 37 | 116 | 78 | 77 | One Year Blank |
| Travis d'Arnaud | 78 | 100 | 62 | 80 | |
| Chris Iannetta | 53 | 116 | 78 | 82 | One Year Blank |
| Derek Fisher | 168 | 51 | 30 | 83 | One Year Blank |
In a nutshell
Trust in: Ronald Acuña Jr., Cody Bellinger, Rhys Hoskins and Jose Abreu
Possible Rebound Upcoming: Ozzie Albies
Keep an Eye on/be cautious about: Kyle Tucker, Alex Bregman and Gleyber Torres (what is going on with the Yankees)