Beat the Streak is back for the 2022 season — and the $5.6 million prize is still up for grabs.
The idea is simple — pick one player (or two) every day who you think will get a hit. The objective — surpass Joe DiMaggio’s record-long 56-game hitting streak — is a bit more challenging.
Let’s take a closer at the action from yesterday and today:
Longest active streak: 21 (cfurst)
Longest season streak: 21
Longest streak all-time: 51
Most popular picks (yesterday)
1. Juan Soto, Nationals (9.3%)
2. Ketel Marte, D-backs (7.9%)
3. Corey Seager, Rangers (7.5%)
4. Gio Urshela, Twins (5.1%) *
5. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays (3.8%) *
* – Recorded a hit
Most popular picks (this season)
1. Trea Turner, Dodgers (10.4%)
2. Freddie Freeman, Dodgers (5.5%)
3. Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Blue Jays (4.2%)
4. Starling Marte, Mets (3.8%)
5. Nick Castellanos, Phillies (3.7%)
José Ramírez, Guardians (vs. Yankees)
Ramírez has at least one hit in all 12 games this season — and this is the perfect scenario to tie your virtual hitting streak to his real-life strike. The Guardians superstar leads all players with a blistering .426 average and his 10 extra-base hits are tied for the most in the Majors. Now, he takes on a starting pitcher in Jameson Taillon who’s allowing a 92.1 mph average exit velocity — but the key is what happens to that number when the ball is hit in the air. Taillon’s average opponents’ exit velocity jumps to 101.9 mph on fly balls and line drives, easily the highest among any…