Prospectus Hit List for August 24
Hit List for August 23
Hit List for August 27
Teams are ordered based on Adjusted Hit List Factor, a computer generated number, and the author isn't responsible for the order of the teams.
Rk | Tm | W | L | W1 | W2 | W3 | HLF | AHLF | Win Div% | Win WC% | Playoff% | 1-Day | 7-Day |
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1 | 73 | 51 | 72.0 | 75.8 | 75.2 | .597 | .616 | 98.4% | 1.3% | 99.7% | 0.3% | 0.4% | |
Adrian Beltre: lots of homers in not lots of games. Also, don't rub his head! | |||||||||||||
2 | 68 | 56 | 74.9 | 74.9 | 72.3 | .585 | .565 | 9.4% | 60.7% | 70.1% | 7.4% | 8.4% | |
The Cardinals won 13-5 and relievers Barret Browning and Edward Mujica were the stars because they got the holds! -- BizzaroBaseball Headline Recognizing The True Genius Of Middle Relievers | |||||||||||||
3 | 77 | 47 | 74.2 | 74.7 | 73.0 | .603 | .583 | 93.7% | 5.9% | 99.6% | -0.2% | -0.2% | |
Does Josh Beckett make sense in Washington? Only if they have unlimited funds and the desire to create an international incident by preventing a healthy ace pitcher from throwing in the postseason. | |||||||||||||
4 | 72 | 52 | 72.1 | 72.8 | 74.0 | .586 | .606 | 84.0% | 15.5% | 99.5% | 0.6% | -0.4% | |
The Yankees have lost 7 1/2 games in the standings since July 18. Maybe team collectively stopped using PEDs? | |||||||||||||
5 | 71 | 54 | 71.4 | 69.6 | 69.7 | .563 | .544 | 6.3% | 80.1% | 86.4% | -2.0% | -7.0% | |
There is only one plausible explanation for the Braves getting shutout for eight innings by Barry Zito: batters' eyes dried out due to excess drooling. | |||||||||||||
6 | 70 | 55 | 71.1 | 69.6 | 70.5 | .562 | .582 | 15.9% | 66.5% | 82.4% | 5.6% | 25.6% | |
Alex Cobb simply doesn't walk anyone: batters, his kids, dogs, anyone. Go walk yourself, Alex Cobb isn't interested. | |||||||||||||
7 | 76 | 50 | 71.3 | 69.3 | 67.3 | .563 | .543 | 88.7% | 10.0% | 98.7% | -0.9% | 0.2% | |
Does playing Miguel Cairo and his .466 OPS at first base reads like a combination of begging and a not-so-veiled threat to Joey Votto to anyone else? | |||||||||||||
8 | 65 | 60 | 65.4 | 68.6 | 69.4 | .537 | .557 | 1.1% | 27.9% | 29.0% | 2.4% | -17.3% | |
If the Angels scored 14 runs every night they'd be 124-1. [shakes fist] Stupid Rangers! | |||||||||||||
9 | 67 | 57 | 64.9 | 67.0 | 67.8 | .538 | .558 | 43.8% | 30.6% | 74.4% | 4.7% | -0.9% | |
Twelve strikeouts, four hits, two walks, and two runs over nine innings. Yup, I'd say Verlander Ver-landed it. [crowd cheers] Thank you! Don't forget to tip your waitress! | |||||||||||||
10 | 59 | 66 | 65.2 | 66.6 | 67.5 | .517 | .537 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | -0.1% | -3.2% | |
After the Red Sox lost 14-13 in 10 innings last night, they all held hands, had a good cry, and then stayed up until all hours of the night making balloon animals. | |||||||||||||
11 | 64 | 61 | 67.1 | 66.5 | 65.8 | .527 | .507 | 3.0% | 4.3% | 7.3% | -3.5% | -7.9% | |
Do teams playing for a playoff spot usually trade away their starting shortstop? Asking for a friend. | |||||||||||||
12 | 70 | 55 | 66.9 | 66.5 | 65.8 | .539 | .519 | 84.5% | 2.9% | 87.4% | 7.3% | 34.6% | |
Barry Zito, clearly ramping up for a contract year in 2013, threw eight shutout innings before giving up two in the ninth. | |||||||||||||
13 | 68 | 55 | 69.1 | 66.1 | 66.0 | .547 | .567 | 56.2% | 25.9% | 82.1% | -4.4% | -8.0% | |
Adam Dunn needs just 19 strikeouts in the White Sox' remaining 39 games to break the American League record of 197, set by Oakland's Jack Cust in 2008. | |||||||||||||
14 | 67 | 58 | 66.1 | 64.6 | 64.1 | .524 | .504 | 12.5% | 11.2% | 23.7% | -6.5% | -24.4% | |
Alternate theory for why Hanley Ramirez's slugging percentage has jumped over 100 points since joining the Dodgers: he's afraid of wack-box homer carousel. | |||||||||||||
15 | 67 | 57 | 65.9 | 63.3 | 64.0 | .525 | .545 | 0.5% | 23.5% | 24.0% | -7.2% | 5.3% | |
There are days when you look at the A's lineup, giggle a bit, shake your head and think, "Naaaah..." Yesterday was one of those days. | |||||||||||||
16 | 67 | 57 | 63.7 | 63.1 | 61.4 | .514 | .494 | 1.9% | 24.9% | 26.8% | -1.6% | -3.6% | |
Miss the historically bad Pirates offense of April and May. Sad they don’t make Hallmark cards, like, “Can’t believe it / you learned to hit / Only now all of / my jokes are…" | |||||||||||||
17 | 58 | 67 | 59.1 | 62.4 | 62.2 | .483 | .463 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Cole Hamels went 1-for-2 at the plate last night. Three pinch-hitters batted in his spot following his removal from the game. They went 0-for-3 with a strikeout and left four runners on base. | |||||||||||||
18 | 57 | 68 | 58.1 | 61.8 | 63.4 | .481 | .461 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | |
Failing to score against Rockies pitching is like going out for Halloween and coming back with nothing. | |||||||||||||
19 | 57 | 66 | 60.8 | 60.9 | 58.7 | .482 | .462 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Now that the Brewers have released Randy Wolf, there won't be any more Wolf Pack. How will Brewers fans elevate a mediocre player to hero status on the basis of an odd and humorous surname? | |||||||||||||
20 | 61 | 64 | 63.2 | 60.0 | 61.2 | .491 | .511 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | -0.1% | 0.1% | |
"The Mariners just keep on winning." -- nominee for strangest sentence uttered this season | |||||||||||||
21 | 56 | 68 | 59.1 | 57.3 | 58.7 | .466 | .486 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | |
The OPS's of the last four hitters in last night's Blue Jays lineup: .480, .655, .439, .499. | |||||||||||||
22 | 56 | 70 | 55.6 | 56.5 | 55.4 | .443 | .424 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Carlos Quentin is having a nice season but it was Branch Rickey who said, "I can finish last with you and I can finish last without you." | |||||||||||||
23 | 57 | 69 | 53.3 | 54.9 | 55.4 | .438 | .418 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
New documents discovered and posted online outline the Marlins offseason strategy: 1) Steal all Girl Scout cookies in greater Miami area; 2) Sell cookies at outrageously inflated mark-up; 3) hide profits in off-shore Cayman Islands account; 4) Something something marlins. | |||||||||||||
24 | 55 | 68 | 56.3 | 54.3 | 54.0 | .446 | .466 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Jeff Francoeur has three stolen bases. He has been caught stealing six times. | |||||||||||||
25 | 54 | 70 | 48.9 | 54.2 | 54.5 | .427 | .446 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
The Indians have announced that manager Manny Act is safe, meaning he'll probably be fired two weeks into next season. | |||||||||||||
26 | 51 | 73 | 52.4 | 54.0 | 53.9 | .426 | .446 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
On the plus side the Twins did have 12 hits and score six runs. On the minus side the entire rest of the season. | |||||||||||||
27 | 67 | 57 | 56.3 | 52.4 | 54.3 | .464 | .484 | 0.1% | 8.3% | 8.4% | -1.8% | -1.5% | |
If the Orioles and A's meet in the Wild Card play-in game, the world won't care at all, but the heads of many baseball analysts will explode. | |||||||||||||
28 | 50 | 73 | 51.7 | 48.9 | 49.3 | .406 | .387 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
As the team that scores the second-most runs in the National League and gives up the most, you'd expect they haven't been involved in many 1-0 games this season. And they hadn't until last night when they beat the Mets by that score. | |||||||||||||
29 | 47 | 76 | 50.3 | 47.6 | 48.0 | .392 | .373 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
By OPS+, Chicago's best hitter has been Reed Johnson (117 OPS+) followed closely by Alfonso Soriano (116). | |||||||||||||
30 | 39 | 86 | 43.4 | 43.7 | 43.7 | .340 | .322 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
If you reversed the Astros record they'd be the best in baseball by 8 1/2 games. |
It raises a good question, though. *Has* a team tried to score 14 runs every game and go 124-1?