The calendar has flipped to August — and just like that, the 2025 MLB season has officially entered its homestretch. Playoff races are heating up, and teams are scraping for every win as they march toward October.

Momentum is crucial at this point in the season. And luckily, these guys are catching fire at just the right time. Here are the MLB’s top five hottest hitters of the week .

5. Alek Thomas, Arizona Diamondbacks

Alek Thomas is doing his best to replace the power that the Diamondbacks traded away at the deadline. The 25-year-old outfielder, who owns a below-average 94 wRC+ this season, looked like a completely different player at the plate this week.

In Arizona’s first series after sending Eugenio Suarez to join Josh Naylor in Seattle, Thomas tallied three multi-hit games agains

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