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Prospectus Hit List for July 31



by Matt Sussman

Hit List for July 30 Hit List for August 1
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.

Something to read, 75 or 80 times in a row, until the trade deadline

RkTmWLW1W2W3HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff% 1-Day7-Day
1

58

49

54.8

56.2

56.2

.526

.546

24.9%

24.8%

49.7%

5.0%

-11.5%

Leonys Martin hit a three-run walkoff home run in the 10th inning of an 11-11 game and was mobbed by his teammates, making him the only person last night who was hugged and not traded.
2

57

48

53.6

57.0

55.4

.531

.511

88.7%

1.3%

90.0%

4.9%

19.1%

Small group discussion topic: what if Vin Scully took steroids and lied about it?
3

64

42

60.6

60.2

61.5

.581

.561

52.2%

46.7%

98.9%

2.0%

1.6%

The Pirates are back! And they're downloading illegal music! Somebody stop them.
4

58

48

58.2

56.8

57.5

.544

.563

11.8%

32.0%

43.8%

1.5%

25.0%

Nick Swisher and Ryan Raburn both have 11 home runs, 33 RBI and zero stolen bases so I'm out of ideas on telling them apart.
5

64

44

63.9

62.5

62.8

.586

.605

44.8%

46.2%

91.1%

0.8%

-0.6%

From San Diego to Chicago and now Boston, Jake Peavy just keeps getting traded further eastward. By 2019 he'll be flipped to the division-contending Shanghai Marlins.
6

62

45

63.9

63.9

61.9

.588

.568

98.3%

0.3%

98.6%

0.8%

6.1%

Gerald Laird has been trying to pass a kidney stone for the last few days, but so far no team is willing to part with their top prospect for it.
7

52

51

52.0

46.0

46.9

.478

.498

0.5%

1.7%

2.3%

0.6%

1.4%

Mike Moustakas' multi-homer milestone made many Missourians mighty merry.
8

64

43

61.6

66.8

66.8

.606

.625

51.0%

43.7%

94.7%

0.5%

8.5%

Roberto Hernandez threw a complete game in his first season with Tampa Bay. The other Roberto Hernandez never did that in three season with Tampa. Then again he was a closer, so.
9

50

56

44.9

45.4

46.5

.441

.421

0.3%

0.9%

1.2%

0.4%

-3.0%

A win, no errors and both Darin Ruf and Delmon Young played the outfield. Things are looking rosy!
10

48

56

48.8

48.0

47.5

.462

.442

0.1%

0.8%

0.9%

0.3%

-0.0%

Okay, kids. Any more extra-inning games against the Marlins and we're going to start handing out ties.
11

49

57

50.7

49.0

50.9

.471

.491

0.0%

0.2%

0.2%

0.0%

-0.2%

Mark Buehrle against the AL West this season: 30 innings, 0.30 ERA.
12

40

64

43.5

45.7

45.2

.419

.439

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

Clearly the White Sox are buyers, since they acquired the only person in that three-team trade with World Series experience (Avisail Garcia.)
13

35

70

35.7

30.5

32.8

.319

.337

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Jonathan Villar is the first person associated with the Astros to steal home since, I believe, Kenneth Lay. /topical
14

40

65

41.0

37.9

38.2

.374

.355

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Chad Qualls' accidental somersault and nonchalant recovery was quite the metaphor for the Marlins offseason.
15

46

61

47.1

50.0

50.4

.452

.432

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

-0.0%

Permission to christen Khris Davis with the nickname "Krush."
16

60

45

65.0

70.0

69.2

.629

.647

87.7%

7.1%

94.8%

-0.0%

1.1%

Perhaps Jhonny Peralta is hoping to get another convenient transposition of characters and end up serving just an 05-game suspension.
17

50

58

48.2

47.3

47.3

.446

.427

0.3%

0.1%

0.5%

-0.0%

0.1%

Any time Edinson Volquez doesn't allow a run in the first inning is a moral victory. But as statheads know, pitching moral victories are overrated.
18

45

58

45.8

45.6

46.4

.444

.464

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

-0.1%

They've remained starkly quiet through the trade deadline, save for Joe Mauer's audible sigh.
19

50

56

47.3

49.9

49.6

.464

.484

0.1%

0.2%

0.3%

-0.1%

-0.7%

Michael Morse got healthy for this?
20

51

57

53.6

54.4

51.9

.488

.468

1.0%

0.8%

1.9%

-0.1%

-1.2%

Another bad loss on the road, but let's be honest, when they're playing in Atlanta it's like playing in a mile-deep hole. You try focusing in something like that.
21

48

57

50.6

53.5

52.0

.486

.506

0.0%

0.3%

0.3%

-0.1%

-1.6%

Any more meltdowns and Ernesto Frieri will soon have the consistency of Nickelodeon© Gak™.
22

46

59

45.2

48.7

49.6

.451

.432

0.3%

0.1%

0.4%

-0.2%

-2.5%

You may want to cancel the Barry Zito comeback tour. But you bought tickets? From scalper? Buddy that's not my problem.
23

48

58

50.3

52.6

52.7

.480

.460

0.0%

0.3%

0.3%

-0.2%

0.0%

Junior Lake is 2 for his last 19, which is still pretty good for a body of water, even though baseballs float.
24

59

48

56.7

55.2

56.0

.530

.550

3.7%

24.6%

28.3%

-0.4%

-17.3%

And lo, the legend of Chris Davis returned to its proper course of hitting dingers, as he is batting fifth again.
25

62

43

65.5

63.1

61.3

.600

.580

36.2%

61.2%

97.4%

-0.7%

-1.1%

Last year they scored three runs in a 19-inning loss to Pittsburgh. Yesterday they scored one run in 20 total innings against Pittsburgh, and it counted as two losses.
26

52

55

50.4

49.4

49.4

.470

.450

1.3%

4.4%

5.7%

-0.9%

-1.6%

Stephen Strasburg served up a grand slam last night. Until then, he hadn't even allowed a three-run homer.
27

59

49

63.1

63.7

63.9

.578

.558

11.6%

77.0%

88.6%

-1.7%

-3.6%

Maybe that home run to Chris Denorfia in the ninth is why Dusty Baker doesn't like using Aroldis Chapman in a late-inning tie game, MOM.
28

55

51

52.0

47.2

48.6

.478

.498

0.4%

6.9%

7.3%

-3.8%

-9.9%

Perhaps A-Rod is hoping that Joe Girardi pinch-hits somebody to serve his upcoming suspension.
29

63

44

60.9

60.2

58.3

.566

.586

75.0%

12.3%

87.3%

-4.0%

5.9%

Alberto Callaspo is a good fit for Oakland for the sole reason that the Expos no longer exist. Because ... Alberto Callexpo.
30

54

52

54.1

51.6

51.0

.497

.477

9.7%

6.0%

15.7%

-4.4%

-14.0%

When given the chance to use the DH, they give it to Eric Chavez and have him bat cleanup, which is kind of like seeing your dad wear a backwards cap.