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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 fire 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 2 weeks.
- A look at players who were historically hot over the last 2 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 is how each player fared between their 70th and 80th 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 (especially since 2020 only had around 60 games).
Last 2 Weeks:
Hot (last 14 days—if more than 3 players are listed, there is a tie)
Top 3 Hits: Raimel Tapia, J.P. Crawford, Bo Bichette, Tim Anderson
Top 3 Runs: Justin Upton, Raimel Tapia, Bo Bichette, Max Stassi
Top 3 HR: Jose Altuve, Salvador Perez, Patrick Wisdom, Josh Donaldson, Joc Pederson, Fernando Tatis Jr. Vladimir Guerrero Jr.
Top 3 RBI: Jake Fraley, Christian Arroyo, Brandon Crawford, Matt Olson, Jesse Winker, Joey Votto, Jose Altuve, Rafael Devers
Top 3 SB: Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Ronald Acuña Jr, Tommy Pham
Cold (last 14 days)
Javier Baez: 1 run, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 SB; batting .094
Kris Bryant: 4 runs, 1 HR, 3 RBi, 0 SB; batting .162
Lourdes Gurriel Jr.: 4 runs, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 0 SB; batting .200
Rhys Hoskins: 4 runs, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 SB; batting .068
AJ Pollock: 4 runs, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 0 SB; batting .194
Last 2 Years (games 70-80)
Hot Ice (games 70-80)
| 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 |
| Nelson Cruz | 7 | 10 | 2 | 6 | One Year Blank |
| Manny Machado | 3 | 10 | 6 | 6 | One Year Blank |
| Miguel Sanó | 16 | 3 | 6 | 8 | One Year Blank |
| Whit Merrifield | 16 | 10 | 16 | 14 | One Year Blank |
| DJ LeMahieu | 4 | 2 | 36 | 14 | One Year Blank |
| Yuli Gurriel | 10 | 30 | 3 | 14 | One Year Blank |
| Evan Longoria | 16 | 17 | 10 | 14 | One Year Blank |
| Mitch Garver | 28 | 17 | 6 | 17 | One Year Blank |
| Jose Altuve | 36 | 4 | 16 | 19 | One Year Blank |
| Yordan Alvarez | 13 | 30 | 16 | 20 | One Year Blank |
| Jason Heyward | 16 | 30 | 16 | 21 | One Year Blank |
| Domingo Santana | 16 | 30 | 16 | 21 | One Year Blank |
| Danny Santana | 13 | 17 | 36 | 22 | One Year Blank |
| Fernando Tatis Jr. | 28 | 30 | 10 | 23 | One Year Blank |
| Alex Verdugo | 46 | 17 | 16 | 26 | One Year Blank |
| Aaron Judge | 28 | 51 | 3 | 27 | One Year Blank |
| Brad Miller | 28 | 51 | 3 | 27 | One Year Blank |
| Anthony Santander | 7 | 69 | 6 | 27 | One Year Blank |
| Vladimir Guerrero Jr. | 2 | 69 | 16 | 29 | One Year Blank |
| AJ Pollock | 28 | 51 | 10 | 30 | One Year Blank |
| Chris Taylor | 4 | 51 | 36 | 30 | One Year Blank |
| Yasiel Puig | 46 | 30 | 16 | 31 | One Year Blank |
| Yoán Moncada | 46 | 30 | 16 | 31 | One Year Blank |
| Pete Alonso | 46 | 30 | 16 | 31 | One Year Blank |
| Kurt Suzuki | 16 | 51 | 36 | 34 | One Year Blank |
In a nutshell:
Trust in: Fernando Tatis Jr., Bo Bichette
Possible rebound/upswing coming: AJ Pollock
Keep an eye on/be cautious about: Lourdes Gurriel