NUT Report · Week 19 — Jeremy Peña’s 4 HR Top a Quiet Board
Week 19 is in the books — and it was trade-deadline week. Thirty-six players changed teams ahead of Monday’s August 3 cutoff, headlined by Freddy Peralta, Luis Castillo, and Tarik Skubal. On the field, here's the seven-day NUT board — top and bottom — plus the team board and the season leaders.
NUT of the Week
Jeremy Peña — HOU · SS
+0.7 NUT · S · .364/.400/.879 · 4 HR, 8 RBI · 12-for-33
Jeremy Peña hit 4 home runs with 8 RBI and a .879 slugging percentage, finishing at +0.7 NUT — the top mark among MLB hitters this week. He went 12-for-33 (.364) with a .400 on-base, but the power is what carried the score: home runs move NUT more than any other outcome. It was the lowest week-leading NUT in more than a month, a sign of how evenly production spread across the league as the deadline dominated the headlines.
NUT Insight
New to the top five this week: Brandon Lowe (PIT), who wasn't in the top tier seven days ago and jumped to second at +0.6 NUT on a .412/.444/.706 line with 2 HR and 6 RBI. In a week this tightly packed — four hitters tied at +0.6 behind Peña — a name that wasn't there a week earlier is the one worth tracking, if the jump holds.
Games You Missed — Last 7 Days
Top 5 Hitters — Last 7 Days
Top 5 Pitchers — Last 7 Days
Coldest Hitters — Last 7 Days
All below league average by NUT — it weighs on-base and slugging, so these are production gaps, not just low averages.
Coldest Pitchers — Last 7 Days
Pitcher NUT is built on strikeouts, walks, and home runs — defense removed — so these grades reflect the arm, not the glovework behind it.
Season NUT Leaders
Team NUT — This Season
Best offense by NUT: the Dodgers at +8.0 hitting NUT. Best rotation: the Brewers at +5.4 pitching NUT.
The streak watch cuts against the numbers this week: the Astros have won 6 straight despite a -1.3 season NUT that ranks 20th, while the Rangers have dropped 5 in a row on a +1.9 NUT that ranks 12th. Wins and production don't always move together — a streak backed by a strong NUT tends to hold, while one built on a below-average NUT is closer to variance.
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That's the week. The full NUT board — last 7, last 30, or full season — is at baseballnut.app/stats. Pull it up to see where any name ranks.
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— Ivan