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Prospectus Hit List for May 7



by Matt Sussman

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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.

Jon Garland's first appearance on a Hit List in quite some time!

RkTmWLW1W2W3HLF AHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

19

11

20.2

21.7

20.9

.629

.647

82.3%

9.6%

91.9%

0.6%

3.5%

At long last, Al Alburquerque studied a map of New Mexico and finally understood the humor.
2

20

12

19.7

20.5

19.6

.589

.608

73.2%

9.0%

82.2%

-2.3%

4.4%

Making up a game with the Cubs seemed like such a good idea at the time.
3

21

11

20.0

20.0

19.8

.583

.602

40.2%

32.2%

72.4%

1.6%

1.3%

Dustin Pedroia hitting a home run over the giant Fenway Park wall is an affront to most modern physics theories.
4

18

12

16.1

15.4

15.1

.550

.570

44.2%

27.6%

71.8%

-0.4%

-2.0%

Alex Rodriguez's injury rehab will consist of gradually larger minor league crowds booing him whatever he does.
5

15

14

16.9

17.9

17.2

.539

.559

8.5%

19.5%

28.1%

3.5%

7.2%

Show us on the baseball where Mark Reynolds hurt you.
6

19

12

19.3

19.9

19.8

.571

.551

49.1%

20.4%

69.5%

3.4%

3.2%

Cory Gearrin has made 17 appearances with no runs allowed and one appearance that look he just doesn't want to talk about, okay?
7

18

15

18.1

17.6

16.9

.522

.542

15.8%

19.8%

35.6%

-1.3%

-1.3%

If he keeps this up, Yoenis Cespedes could give his native Cuba a reputation for producing baseball players.
8

19

13

18.7

17.9

17.6

.520

.540

6.8%

16.1%

22.9%

-0.0%

8.1%

Their 107-game winning streak with a lead after seven innings deserves an investigation into how many times they ended the game after seven innings and nobody noticed.
9

18

15

19.2

18.8

17.9

.558

.539

47.1%

25.3%

72.4%

-2.3%

-1.0%

A Voltron made of Shin-Soo Choo's HBPs and Joey Votto's walks. An unstoppable on-base machine whose only vulnerability is strikes.
10

17

11

15.9

14.3

14.7

.516

.536

7.7%

21.7%

29.4%

-2.4%

9.2%

George Kottaras' season numbers: .222/.462/.667, 13 plate appearances. He's been with the team since Opening Day.
11

14

17

15.5

15.3

16.5

.513

.533

7.8%

16.8%

24.6%

-1.9%

-13.1%

It took only 55 fewer appearances but Fernando Rodney already matched 2012's earned run total.
12

20

11

20.0

16.4

16.0

.547

.528

36.5%

26.4%

62.9%

4.6%

24.3%

Adam Wainwright has walked three batters all year, while Lance Lynn has walked three batters in four different games, and is 5-0.
13

18

13

18.2

20.3

19.9

.539

.519

12.6%

12.1%

24.7%

-0.0%

8.3%

Jon Garland leads the team in innings pitched and has fewer total strikeouts than two teammates who are relievers. This team is beautiful.
14

17

15

18.4

17.1

17.5

.535

.515

27.1%

19.2%

46.3%

2.5%

-9.2%

How many chores did you get done during Travor Cahill's triple?
15

19

13

16.6

16.1

16.2

.523

.503

34.4%

16.0%

50.4%

-5.5%

10.4%

You still can't disprove the theory that Pablo Sandoval is two Cirque du Soleil acrobats stuffed into one jersey.
16

11

20

12.3

12.9

13.1

.472

.492

7.8%

14.3%

22.1%

2.7%

-11.9%

They are already 7½ games behind the second Wild Card, more than at any point last season. Better now than July.
17

17

15

14.6

14.9

15.2

.509

.489

37.2%

18.4%

55.6%

-0.8%

4.7%

To differentiate himself from Ryan, Jordan Zimmermann may want to change his name to Jordan Agoodpitcher.
18

15

18

13.6

15.6

15.6

.465

.485

3.3%

4.5%

7.8%

0.0%

-0.7%

They have eight stolen bases as a team, which is fewer than Nate McLouth has as an individual.
19

17

14

15.4

14.6

15.0

.499

.479

11.6%

18.1%

29.7%

2.5%

-3.5%

A.J. Burnett is second in the majors in total strikeouts yet is still 15 behind Yu Darvish.
20

13

18

11.7

14.4

14.4

.497

.477

23.1%

17.9%

41.0%

-6.8%

-19.6%

TV pitch: a hospital drama where all the Dodgers players are patients, but it focuses on the doctors' love lives.
21

13

17

13.3

12.9

13.1

.452

.472

1.3%

5.1%

6.4%

-0.2%

-1.5%

Jordan Danks went from being picked-off as a pinch-runner (and game-winning run) to hitting the go-ahead home run in extra innings. Overcompensating, much?
22

12

16

13.9

13.0

12.8

.477

.457

7.2%

6.6%

13.8%

1.2%

0.7%

A day off in New York City. Wonder if there's anything to do there.
23

13

15

13.2

12.9

13.8

.437

.456

0.2%

0.7%

0.9%

-0.3%

-0.5%

Extra-inning losses on the road are worse than ninth-inning losses, because you're sad AND all the good restaurants are closed.
24

12

20

14.2

16.6

16.5

.474

.454

2.0%

4.2%

6.1%

1.0%

-3.9%

As long as recently-promoted Ryan Sweeney doesn't punch any doors, he should be fine. Or the Cubs could install cardboard doors.
25

12

21

11.8

11.2

12.3

.434

.453

1.0%

3.0%

4.1%

0.3%

-2.7%

So with yesterday's win, are they championship contenders again? I can't keep this season straight.
26

14

16

13.7

14.3

14.6

.472

.452

2.8%

6.5%

9.3%

-1.8%

-7.9%

Carlos Gomez leads the league in WAR, but it's a small sample size so he actually leads the league in BATTLE.
27

15

18

13.2

13.2

13.2

.453

.433

6.4%

6.2%

12.7%

0.6%

-8.7%

If the season ended today, that wouldn't be the worst thing for them.
28

14

18

13.7

13.1

13.8

.447

.427

2.8%

2.7%

5.5%

1.5%

2.4%

The best place to watch a game at Petco Park is inside Andrew Cashner's beard.
29

10

23

11.3

10.5

10.5

.369

.351

0.1%

0.0%

0.1%

-0.0%

-0.2%

One bright spot of note on this team is their logo, by definition.
30

8

24

9.1

8.5

9.9

.333

.351

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

So much for the Rick Ankiel, designated for assignment. Now they're going back to the plan of "replacement-level players the fans HAVEN'T heard of."