Since 2001, Beat the Streak has challenged fans to go after one of the most hallowed records in all of sports: Joe DiMaggio’s 56-game hitting streak, set in 1941. While more than 5 million unique users have participated in the free-to-play contest, nobody has ever topped 56 and netted the $5.6 million grand prize. In fact, the longest streak on record is 51, which has been accomplished by two people.

This season, Beat the Streak is offering an additional challenge. The brand-new Club 56 gives fans the opportunity to test their skills against a panel of MLB experts: Beat the Streak founder Gregg Klayman, researcher Sarah Langs, analyst Mike Petriello and senior data architect Tom Tango.

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The new week opens with player coleslaw4, who has been near the top of the leaderboard for several weeks, at the very top thanks to the Marlins' Luis Arraez, the Guardians' José Ramírez and the Rangers' Corey Seager, who all came through to push coleslaw4's streak to 32.

Arraez went 1-for-3 against the Cardinals last Tuesday, José Ramírez was 1-for-3 against the Braves on Wednesday and Seager delivered against the Nationals over the weekend, turning in a 2-for-5 performance on Friday before going 1-for-4 in Sunday's series finale.

In second place on the leaderboard is player PurpleEagle2, with a streak of 28. Two players -- BBurke and Woods33 -- are tied for third place with streaks of 26 each.

Among the MLB experts, Klayman and Tango lead the way with streaks of 10 apiece, and Petriello and Langs each have streaks of 2.

The idea behind Beat the Streak is simple. Pick one player (or two) every day who you think will get a hit. If that player -- or players -- comes through, your streak continues to the next day. If not, it ends. The objective is to build a streak that ultimately passes DiMaggio.

Fortunately, fans do have some help in their quest to reach 57. Beat the Streak provides hit probability estimates via a unique prediction model, providing guidance to supplement contestants’ own judgment and intuition. Then there’s the Streak Saver, which will automatically “save” your streak once per season, if one of your picks fails to get a hit when your streak is at least 10 games but no more than 15.

Will those tools be enough to help you conquer Club 56 -- or even dethrone DiMaggio? Step up to the plate and find out.