Prospectus Hit List for July 10
Hit List for July 6
Hit List for July 13
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 49 | 38 | 51.1 | 55.4 | 53.3 | .595 | .576 | 89.0% | 3.4% | 92.5% | 1.0% | -0.9% |
| Zack Greinke’s ERA is like a baby tiger. It’s very small, adorable, and you know it’s going to cause a huge problem in the very near future. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 46 | 39 | 45.6 | 44.2 | 44.6 | .538 | .557 | 43.8% | 24.7% | 68.5% | -5.2% | 21.8% |
| How many homers does Mike Trout have to hit for you to pay attention to him?? 30? 40? 50??? Just tell him, he’ll do it! | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 49 | 39 | 50.2 | 51.5 | 51.6 | .537 | .557 | 48.4% | 26.5% | 74.9% | -4.0% | -6.7% |
| The Astros are 2-5 since losing George Springer to a broken wrist. Though they’re only marginally better since John F. Kennedy was assassinated. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 56 | 30 | 54.9 | 50.1 | 50.2 | .574 | .554 | 82.7% | 16.6% | 99.3% | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| Trevor Rosenthal is on pace for 49 saves which isn’t normally a number you note with an ‘on pace for’ unless you’re bad at counting so… hello. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 44 | 44 | 52.0 | 47.0 | 46.4 | .528 | .548 | 17.9% | 14.9% | 32.8% | -4.4% | -14.6% |
| The Blue Jays are a bug and .500 is a blinding, delicious light. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 39 | 49 | 49.0 | 50.2 | 50.4 | .525 | .545 | 1.3% | 3.9% | 5.2% | -1.4% | -3.7% |
| Another one-run loss. At this point the A’s couldn’t be blamed if they were getting a bit Stockholm Syndrome-y about it. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 46 | 39 | 44.8 | 47.2 | 47.2 | .525 | .545 | 54.1% | 14.2% | 68.4% | 6.5% | 14.7% |
| Congratulations to Brett Gardner on going from one of the best players never to make an All Star game to one of the worst to make one! | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 50 | 33 | 48.6 | 47.2 | 47.4 | .519 | .539 | 71.6% | 15.0% | 86.6% | 2.5% | 14.0% |
| If they get nothing else from this season, the Royals new online abilities should get them signed up for a lot of newsletters. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 46 | 38 | 45.7 | 47.1 | 45.2 | .554 | .535 | 76.6% | 4.7% | 81.3% | 0.3% | -1.9% |
| When Stephen Strasburg is healthy the Nationals' failures are his fault. When he’s on the DL, the Nationals' failures are his fault. There’s a pattern in here somewhere… | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 44 | 41 | 42.2 | 44.2 | 45.0 | .509 | .529 | 16.2% | 24.5% | 40.7% | 3.8% | 10.2% |
| In four starts this season, Justin Verlander has yet to strike out more hitters than the number of runs he has allowed. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 50 | 35 | 49.6 | 49.5 | 47.7 | .549 | .529 | 10.8% | 72.3% | 83.1% | -2.0% | 9.7% |
| Andrew McCutchen homered up three runs in the ninth inning. They should call him Andrew McUnclutchen. You're welcome. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 46 | 38 | 44.2 | 46.6 | 47.7 | .547 | .527 | 6.5% | 71.0% | 77.5% | 1.0% | 4.1% |
| Addison Russell has been caught stealing three times in four attempts so by my math stop running. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 41 | 44 | 40.3 | 45.6 | 46.8 | .504 | .524 | 6.4% | 15.5% | 21.9% | 5.2% | 2.3% |
| If the Indians were in the AL East, they’d be five games out. If they were in the West, they’d be 6.5 games out. Since they’re in the Central though their 2015 and 2016 seasons are over. Tough luck guys! | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 41 | 45 | 38.9 | 41.1 | 41.1 | .501 | .521 | 8.5% | 7.7% | 16.1% | -1.1% | 5.9% |
| Don’t look now but the Red Sox have won some games. I mean, go ahead and look, I just figured that months old copy of Modern Dentist was more interesting. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 43 | 42 | 47.1 | 43.8 | 43.1 | .500 | .520 | 11.3% | 9.7% | 21.0% | 1.3% | -16.2% |
| Remember when Buck Showalter was such a great manager he could even make Delmon Young useful? [wistful montage with "I Will Remember You" by Sarah McLachlan playing in the background] | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 43 | 45 | 42.2 | 43.3 | 43.5 | .499 | .519 | 8.2% | 10.5% | 18.7% | -3.1% | -17.8% |
| In their last 16 games, the Rays are 3-13 begging the question how many pictures of burning dumpsters can be uploaded to Twitter before it starts to perform like the Rays. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 40 | 46 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 41.7 | .492 | .512 | 2.7% | 6.8% | 9.6% | 2.8% | 0.5% |
| A 108 year old woman will throw the first pitch before Saturday’s game in Seattle. Jesus Montero was called up. Possibly these two events are the same thing. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 43 | 43 | 43.9 | 45.2 | 44.3 | .524 | .504 | 7.4% | 12.8% | 20.2% | 0.7% | -19.3% |
| It’s the Giants or the Dodgers for Cuban free agent Eddy Martinez, and since this is the Giants comment, ha ha those Dodgers sure are stupid, huh? | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 41 | 44 | 39.9 | 37.9 | 38.9 | .482 | .502 | 3.7% | 7.3% | 11.1% | 1.2% | -16.7% |
| The Rangers and the Red Sox have the same record after 85 games showing yet again that making preseason baseball predictions while on painkillers after major surgery is a fine idea. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 46 | 40 | 44.2 | 38.5 | 38.7 | .466 | .486 | 5.1% | 16.0% | 21.2% | -4.8% | 5.3% |
| For all of you who thought the Twins would be irrelevant at the All Star break, sorry to hear your dreams of playing for the Twins haven’t materialized. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 44 | 42 | 42.0 | 41.3 | 40.6 | .505 | .485 | 20.7% | 9.2% | 29.9% | -0.4% | 8.1% |
| Steven Matz tore his lat muscle which, come on, wouldn’t have happened if he was Steven Yankeez. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 42 | 42 | 42.6 | 42.8 | 42.5 | .490 | .470 | 3.2% | 6.0% | 9.2% | 0.0% | 4.7% |
| As it turns out A.J. Pollock is a pretty darn good player! So that’s, what? Three out of nine? | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 39 | 44 | 32.8 | 33.1 | 34.2 | .450 | .470 | 0.7% | 2.6% | 3.3% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Contrary to popular belief, they call Jeff Samardzija “shark” because it’s shorter and easier to spell and not because of his pronounced dorsal fin and predilection for eating people on beaches. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 36 | 50 | 38.2 | 41.7 | 42.1 | .476 | .457 | 0.9% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.5% | -1.3% |
| Nine strikeouts in seven shutout innings for Jose Fernandez who is pitching as if the team is in the throes of a pennant race. It’s not, but he’s not letting that stop him! | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 38 | 45 | 38.1 | 40.9 | 40.0 | .467 | .447 | 0.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | -0.8% | -1.3% |
| Johnny Cueto is going to be the first person to every wear one of those split team hats during the All Star game, isn’t he? | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 39 | 48 | 38.1 | 35.4 | 36.9 | .465 | .446 | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1.4% | -0.0% | -2.1% |
| This time last year the Padres were 11 games behind the Dodgers. A billion bold off-season moves and a year later the Padres are 9.5 games behind the Dodgers. Only 6.33 billion more moves to go! | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 37 | 50 | 37.8 | 35.4 | 35.6 | .450 | .430 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| This time last season, the Brewers were 52-41 and up two games in the NL Central. This season… Orange Is The New Black sure is gripping! | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 42 | 44 | 40.0 | 38.3 | 37.4 | .442 | .423 | 1.7% | 1.4% | 3.2% | -0.5% | -0.4% |
| How funny would it be if, on the strength of his performance with the Braves, Cameron Maybin was dealt to another team and immediately resumed being terrible? | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 36 | 49 | 36.0 | 34.9 | 34.5 | .433 | .413 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | -0.2% |
| Just for a second I read the website wrong and thought the Rockies had acquired Carlos Rodon. This marks the first time anyone has been excited about the Rockies since 2007. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 29 | 59 | 28.9 | 28.6 | 28.8 | .373 | .354 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Ruben Amaro told the press that Chase Utley has lost his starting job before he told Utley. The Phillies should let Utley be the one who tells Amaro he’s fired. | |||||||||||||
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