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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 26th - 35th 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 data, 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 it’s just batters, but if the appetite is there I will start to add in pitchers as well.
Last 2 Weeks
Hot (last 14 days)
- Top 3 Hits: Nick Solak, Jesse Winker, Trea Turner, Matt Olson
- Top 3 Runs: Fernando Tatis Jr., Rhys Hoskins, Carlos Correa, Chris Taylor, Kiké Hernandez, Bryan Reynolds, Nick Solak
- Top 3 HR: Fernando Tatis Jr., Nick Solak, Rhys Hoskins
- Top 3 RBI: Jesus Aguilar, David Peralta, Jesse Winker
- Top 3 SB: Whit Merrifield, Trent Grisham, Jazz Chisholm Jr., Eddie Rosario, Marcus Semien, Austin Slater, Trea Turner, Fernando Tatis Jr.
Cold (last 14 days)
- Francisco Lindor: 3 runs, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB batting .190
- Bo Bichette: 6 runs, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 1 SB, .167
- Nolan Arenado: 3 runs, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 0 SB .191
- Eugenio Suarez: 5 Runs, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 0 SB, batting .061
Last 2 Years (games 26-35) – take note, a good number of players who have only done it for one year. Luke Voit is currently injured so a few other first basemen: Cody Bellinger, Rhys Hoskins and Jose Abreu are best historical representation of success here
Hot Ice Last 2 Years (4/29/2021)
| 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 |
| Salvador Perez | 2 | 36 | 4 | 14 | One Year Blank |
| Manny Machado | 35 | 17 | 11 | 21 | |
| Luis Robert | 23 | 36 | 12 | 24 | One Year Blank |
| Jonathan Lucroy | 43 | 30 | 7 | 27 | One Year Blank |
| Sean Murphy | 36 | 36 | 12 | 28 | One Year Blank |
| Rhys Hoskins | 12 | 73 | 11 | 32 | |
| Robinson Chirinos | 43 | 30 | 30 | 34 | One Year Blank |
| Andrew Benintendi | 87 | 8 | 30 | 42 | One Year Blank |
| C.J. Cron | 43 | 101 | 7 | 50 | One Year Blank |
| Kyle Tucker | 6 | 127 | 22 | 52 | One Year Blank |
| Hunter Pence | 31 | 101 | 30 | 54 | One Year Blank |
| Sam Travis | 87 | 52 | 30 | 56 | One Year Blank |
| Kyle Lewis | 145 | 3 | 22 | 57 | One Year Blank |
| Alex Dickerson | 66 | 21 | 86 | 58 | |
| Mike Trout | 51 | 36 | 86 | 58 | |
| Clint Frazier | 66 | 58 | 52 | 59 | |
| Darin Ruf | 36 | 127 | 22 | 62 | One Year Blank |
| Alec Bohm | 111 | 21 | 57 | 63 | One Year Blank |
| Aristides Aquino | 9 | 157 | 30 | 65 | One Year Blank |
| Kris Bryant | 68 | 64 | 64 | 65 | |
| José Abreu | 21 | 170 | 9 | 67 | |
| Austin Riley | 66 | 90 | 52 | 69 | |
| Ian Desmond | 87 | 52 | 74 | 71 | One Year Blank |
| Jake Marisnick | 87 | 101 | 30 | 73 | One Year Blank |
| Yordan Alvarez | 87 | 101 | 30 | 73 | One Year Blank |
In a nutshell
Trust in: Rhys Hoskins, Fernando Tatis Jr. Trea Turner
Possible Rebound Upcoming: Kyle Tucker (low batting average)
Keep an eye on/be cautious about: Bo Bichette, Francisco Lindor