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Prospectus Hit List for April 25



by Matthew Kory

Hit List for April 23 Hit List for April 28
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.

It's Friday, Friday, gotta Fun Fact on Friday.

Rk TmWLW1W2W3HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

10

11

12.4

12.0

11.5

.541

.561

25.8%

26.4%

52.2%

-3.7%

-0.3%

Who are these guys? What a bunch of no-names. I suppose it's like this with any team's accounting department staff email directory, but still.
2

7

18

7.1

8.1

8.2

.392

.373

0.3%

2.7%

2.9%

0.0%

-0.7%

Roger Kieschnick struck out three times, grounded weakly to the pitcher, and made an error allowing two runs to score. That’s a tough night. I’m just glad nobody writes about me when I do a bad Hit List.
3

14

7

13.9

15.2

15.0

.597

.578

37.1%

23.9%

61.0%

0.5%

5.9%

Aaron Harang has an 0.85 ERA after striking out 11 and walking just WAKE UP AARON, YOU’RE LATE FOR SCHOOL
4

11

10

10.9

9.1

8.9

.479

.499

8.4%

12.2%

20.7%

3.6%

4.0%

Chris Davis enjoyed beating the shift with two singles. Then he enjoyed the beat at The Shift with two singles. Life is good.
5

10

13

9.7

9.9

9.9

.487

.507

21.2%

18.9%

40.1%

-3.0%

-10.7%

How bad are the Red Sox right now? Outfielder Mike Carp’s ERA is less than two runs higher than two of their most prominent relievers.
6

11

12

11.4

11.4

11.6

.480

.500

8.3%

6.8%

15.0%

-2.2%

-4.9%

Gordon Beckham returned to go 0-for-4 with three strikeouts, making it almost as if he never arrived.
7

7

14

9.2

9.6

9.2

.435

.415

0.9%

1.4%

2.3%

-0.6%

-0.7%

Last night the Cubs went 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position. On the season they have a .594 OPS in such situations, effectively making them, at the most important moments of the game, Zack Greinke.
8

11

11

13.1

13.0

12.7

.535

.515

16.4%

14.9%

31.3%

3.4%

7.4%

Of qualified players, the worst hitter in baseball is Reds shortstop Zack Cozart who is hitting .139/.162/.236.
9

11

11

10.4

10.3

10.5

.482

.502

12.8%

9.4%

22.2%

1.3%

-0.8%

It’s shameful that just 10,440 came to Progressive Field to see Bruce Chen nope actually that’s about right, never mind.
10

12

11

13.2

14.4

13.5

.528

.508

4.0%

13.3%

17.3%

0.2%

3.7%

Charlie Blackmon’s OPS on the road is .746 which is pretty good considering traffic.
11

11

8

9.7

10.4

10.2

.543

.562

62.0%

9.2%

71.2%

4.4%

6.9%

Danny went 1-for-3 which is one hit more than Stephen Drew got, notes Danny Worth’s mom.
12

7

16

6.6

7.1

7.5

.362

.381

0.1%

0.4%

0.5%

-0.0%

-0.1%

Let’s play Find The DH. Here’s the Astros lineup by batting average: .269, .222, .217, .171, .190, .149, .247, .167, .211. Now guess! Did you guess? It’s the lowest one!
13

10

11

9.8

9.8

9.6

.476

.496

10.6%

8.2%

18.8%

-3.9%

-4.5%

The Royals have hit fewer homers than words in this sentence.
14

13

10

12.2

12.0

10.9

.560

.540

70.7%

18.5%

89.2%

0.2%

-1.6%

When Yasiel Puig eats a bite of soup, he flips his spoon.
15

10

12

12.1

11.9

12.4

.481

.461

1.7%

2.5%

4.2%

0.3%

2.4%

Adeiny Hechavarria has stolen one base and been thrown out stealing a league-leading three times. (They set off the giant smoking fish in left field for caught-stealings too.)
16

16

6

13.5

14.7

14.3

.581

.561

44.2%

18.7%

62.9%

1.4%

17.0%

The Brewers are 9-1 on the road, 7-1 in day games, and 10-0 when they play in front of a crowd of 30,000 or more. But, they’re just 3-3 when the game lasts less than 2:45! Achilles heel! Achilles heel!
17

11

10

11.1

10.8

11.0

.485

.505

6.3%

4.5%

10.9%

2.0%

1.7%

Twins pitchers have 126 strikeouts combined. Give Jose Fernandez the same number of innings as the Twins and he’d have 282 strikeouts.
18

13

9

11.2

11.6

10.9

.528

.547

33.5%

19.6%

53.2%

3.7%

4.2%

Brett Gardner ended last night’s game with more runs scored than at-bats, and he had three at-bats.
19

12

10

10.5

8.3

8.7

.453

.433

5.8%

7.4%

13.2%

2.0%

-0.8%

“Daisuke Matsuzaka got the save so sure the Mets season is going great.” “Are you being sarcastic?” “I have no idea.”
20

14

8

15.0

14.9

14.4

.594

.613

40.6%

23.6%

64.2%

2.9%

1.8%

Two seasons ago Scott Kazmir had a 5.34 ERA for the Sugar Land Skeeters. Now his 1.62 ERA is the 14th best ERA in the majors. The lesson? Sign Tracy McGrady immediately!
21

11

11

9.8

8.9

10.0

.466

.446

9.8%

10.4%

20.2%

4.0%

6.3%

Prepare to understand the depths to which you do not understand baseball: Ryan Howard is hitting .250/.321/.542 against left-handers.
22

9

14

10.9

10.3

11.2

.474

.454

4.5%

6.2%

10.7%

-2.1%

-8.3%

The Pirates… [must not make fun of Brandon Cumpton's name...] played a… [must not make fun of Brandon Cumpton's name...] baseball… game… IT’S TOO HARD
23

11

12

10.2

9.9

10.6

.470

.450

3.4%

10.2%

13.6%

0.7%

-4.5%

The Padres have been hit by one pitch this season. It was a big pitch.
24

8

13

9.7

9.0

9.4

.464

.484

6.1%

8.4%

14.5%

0.0%

-12.6%

Robinson Cano has a .687 OPS. Put a Mariner uniform on him and he turned into a $240 million Dustin Ackley. Maybe consider adding pinstripes?
25

12

10

11.4

10.2

10.0

.519

.499

21.6%

33.2%

54.8%

-1.5%

-8.0%

The Giants OPS is 18th in baseball in games the Giants win, and 18th in baseball in games the Giants lost. Overall the Giants OPS is 17th in baseball.
26

12

11

12.5

12.0

11.9

.531

.512

34.1%

18.2%

52.3%

-4.4%

-14.7%

Kolten Wong is having a rough start to the season with just a .275 on-base percentage. On the plus side though, harder to get picked off if you’re not on base, right?
27

10

12

11.1

12.6

12.9

.537

.557

25.7%

18.2%

43.9%

-4.0%

-1.0%

Heath Bell’s night: hit-by-pitch, single, double, homer, who cares
28

14

8

10.9

11.8

11.5

.525

.545

27.3%

21.9%

49.2%

2.0%

17.3%

Hector Noesi has the worst ERA on the Rangers… and the Mariners.
29

11

11

11.1

10.5

10.1

.496

.516

11.1%

12.2%

23.3%

-3.1%

-1.0%

The Blue Jays bullpen is so bad it’s not even the best at being the worst.
30

12

11

11.3

11.6

12.4

.532

.513

45.6%

18.5%

64.1%

-4.2%

-3.4%

The Nationals left 14 runners on base last night. Lucky tonight’s game is in Washington too.