Alonso's Four-Homer Week, and a Few Cold Spells

Who climbed and who cooled over the past week.

The week's climbers hit, and the fallers mostly went quiet at the plate. Pete Alonso homered four times to reach 40, while a couple of good bats slipped a few points. Nobody's arm lost ground, which is what late September looks like.

Hot at the plate

The week's hottest hitters — top OPS over the last 7 days (min at-bats), with their game line.

Angel Martínez had the loudest bat of the week, 8-for-17 with three homers for a 1.589 OPS, just ahead of Zack Gelof's four-homer, eight-RBI stretch in Oakland. Mookie Betts and Will Smith both scorched it for the Dodgers.

• Angel Martínez5 G · 8-for-17 · 3 HR · 5 RBI1.589OPS·WK›
• Zack Gelof6 G · 10-for-22 · 4 HR · 2 SB · 8 RBI1.583OPS·WK›
• Mookie Betts6 G · 11-for-24 · 2 HR · 6 RBI1.469OPS·WK›
• Will Smith5 G · 6-for-16 · 3 HR · 4 RBI1.438OPS·WK›
• Vinnie Pasquantino6 G · 9-for-22 · 3 HR · 11 RBI1.318OPS·WK›

Cooling off

Hitters whose bat cooled most this week — shown with their 7-day line.

The cold spells were modest: Luis García Jr. went 2-for-19 over five games and Jordan Walker 2-for-22, each shaving about twenty points of season OPS. Small dents, not slides.

• Luis García Jr.5 G · 2-for-19.105 · 0.255 OPS this week›
• Jordan Walker6 G · 2-for-22 · 1 SB.091 · 0.258 OPS this week›

Changing colors

Players who moved up or down a tier on our scale this week.

One tier move worth noting: James Wood dropped from elite to above-average, the lone recolor on the board this week.

• James WoodWashington Nationalselite → above avg
  OPS 0.909→0.890›

Stats via the MLB Stats API. Colors, form scores and power rankings are Baseball Lens's own.