Prospectus Hit List for July 24
Hit List for July 22
Hit List for July 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 54 | 43 | 56.1 | 57.8 | 57.9 | .582 | .601 | 38.5% | 42.7% | 81.3% | 4.3% | 17.5% |
| The last time Scott Kazmir pitched in Houston it was for the Sugarland Skeeters. Skeeter roster raid! Delwyn Young and Allan Dykstra incoming! | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 57 | 37 | 54.7 | 52.7 | 52.8 | .578 | .597 | 86.8% | 7.7% | 94.5% | -0.4% | 7.0% |
| Sal Perez has played 86 games at catcher which is a lot, but is all the stranger when you consider the Royals themselves have only played 17. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 61 | 34 | 60.4 | 54.8 | 54.9 | .608 | .589 | 87.7% | 12.1% | 99.7% | 0.3% | 0.9% |
| How confident are the Cardinals? Confident enough to put a 52-year-old reporter in as closer… wait what? Drat! That would have been funny! | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 55 | 42 | 56.6 | 61.9 | 60.0 | .602 | .582 | 86.1% | 7.1% | 93.2% | 0.6% | -0.2% |
| “Kershaw, Colon to clash” is a headline that describes both last night’s Dodger game and Kershaw’s visit to his proctologist in 13 years. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 54 | 41 | 54.1 | 52.5 | 52.7 | .561 | .581 | 59.7% | 27.2% | 86.9% | -2.1% | 16.2% |
| After going 1-for-4 last night, Mike Trout is down to .303/.395/.602. TroutSlump! | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 53 | 41 | 50.7 | 53.1 | 52.7 | .557 | .577 | 73.0% | 13.1% | 86.1% | 1.8% | 11.6% |
| Seven and two-thirds innings, seven strikeouts, three runs for Masahiro Tanaka was made that much more impressive considering it was authored from an operating table. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 49 | 48 | 58.1 | 53.3 | 52.9 | .550 | .569 | 19.4% | 26.8% | 46.2% | 6.0% | 9.9% |
| The Blue Jays desperately want a starting pitcher so this makes today different than every other day before it in no way at all. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 44 | 53 | 53.6 | 54.7 | 55.1 | .534 | .554 | 0.5% | 4.0% | 4.5% | -1.6% | -2.2% |
| If Billy Beane were really smart he’d have thrown himself with Kazmir to Houston. “Oh, look, I’m traded to a first place team. Part of the business. Oh well!” | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 55 | 40 | 53.9 | 53.5 | 51.9 | .564 | .544 | 9.1% | 75.0% | 84.1% | 11.3% | -2.8% |
| The headline “Pirates acquire Ramirez” momentarily made half of Boston stand up and cheer. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 46 | 48 | 51.0 | 48.2 | 47.8 | .513 | .533 | 2.9% | 7.1% | 10.0% | -3.3% | -5.5% |
| The Orioles are reportedly looking to deal Bud Norris who just gave up two runs in two innings to raise his ERA to 6.79. Certainly it’s a robust market as long as you don’t know what “robust” means. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 51 | 43 | 48.7 | 52.0 | 52.7 | .544 | .524 | 3.2% | 66.8% | 69.9% | -0.1% | 0.7% |
| More than anything what the Cubs need is a number one starter who can get on base and hit for power when he’s not pitching but, upon last check, Babe Ruth is still dead. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 51 | 44 | 52.2 | 52.0 | 50.7 | .542 | .522 | 13.4% | 26.4% | 39.7% | -5.0% | 14.9% |
| Considering Madison Bumgarner’s is the best selling jersey in baseball, maybe he should junk this baseball stuff and go into sales full time. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 45 | 49 | 43.8 | 49.5 | 50.4 | .502 | .522 | 2.4% | 9.0% | 11.4% | -3.2% | -3.0% |
| On the plus side, Trevor Bauer gave up fewer walks than homers. On the minus side, Trevor Bauer allowed more homers than walks! | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 47 | 48 | 45.8 | 47.5 | 48.2 | .496 | .516 | 5.0% | 16.7% | 21.7% | -6.6% | -13.5% |
| David Price might still be traded, but the Tigers left him in to pitch the ninth at 110 pitches yesterday. Makes you wonder if they have an extra UCL lying around the office they can use as a throw-in. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 51 | 43 | 50.1 | 50.4 | 48.8 | .533 | .513 | 74.4% | 4.2% | 78.6% | -3.1% | -2.2% |
| Dan Uggla went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts last night prompting people everywhere to say, “Dan Uggla is still in the majors?” | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 48 | 49 | 46.3 | 47.1 | 47.5 | .487 | .507 | 4.1% | 10.8% | 14.9% | 0.7% | -8.7% |
| Hey, remember that time at the trade deadline when the Rays… uh… hmm… uh… umm… aaaaand comment! | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 51 | 44 | 48.3 | 41.9 | 41.8 | .482 | .502 | 5.6% | 24.7% | 30.3% | 4.1% | -11.5% |
| Quick Quiz! Twins first baseman and number three hitter Joe Mauer is slugging, A) .389, B) .394, C) .399, or D) who cares they’re all horrible! | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 45 | 49 | 44.4 | 42.7 | 43.4 | .467 | .487 | 0.9% | 4.5% | 5.4% | 0.0% | -1.5% |
| The Rangers are ahead of Seattle and Oakland, but behind Houston and the Angels. Go home, American League, you’re drunk. [looks at standings again] And probably on meth too. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 44 | 52 | 41.9 | 44.4 | 46.9 | .462 | .482 | 0.3% | 2.6% | 2.9% | 0.4% | -1.6% |
| Austin “.305 OBP” Jackson is your leadoff hitter, Mariners fans. It’s like we’re back in the ‘60s. BEATLEMANIA! | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 49 | 47 | 46.1 | 46.7 | 46.6 | .491 | .471 | 23.7% | 6.0% | 29.6% | -4.5% | -7.2% |
| Rather than deal young pitchers for hitters, perhaps the Mets should bypass the problem altogether and take up cricket. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 44 | 50 | 46.6 | 46.6 | 46.3 | .488 | .468 | 0.4% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 0.0% | -3.2% |
| The Diamondbacks have a player named Danny Dorn. I can only assume he’s the son of Roger. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 42 | 54 | 40.7 | 43.3 | 43.7 | .442 | .462 | 0.6% | 1.5% | 2.1% | -0.8% | -11.8% |
| To watch Mike Napoli hit is to accept and embrace your own mortality. (I wrote that and then Napoli went 3-for-4 with two doubles and a homer. Jerk.) | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 41 | 55 | 45.3 | 48.3 | 48.1 | .476 | .456 | 1.0% | 0.1% | 1.1% | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| The Marlins are going to be involved in so many deals over the next week they’ll have to be extra careful they don’t trade Giancarlo Stanton by mistake. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 42 | 51 | 41.8 | 45.4 | 44.6 | .467 | .447 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | -0.0% | -0.4% |
| If the Reds are really going to deal everything, they should trade the name of Great American Ballpark. Perhaps if they throw in Johnny Cueto they can get the Wrigley Field name from the Cubs. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 43 | 50 | 37.9 | 37.8 | 39.1 | .424 | .444 | 0.2% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 0.6% | -3.0% |
| Upside: if the White Sox trade Jeff Samardzija, fans can clear some mental RAM by forgetting how to spell “Samardzija.” | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 45 | 50 | 42.8 | 40.5 | 40.0 | .443 | .423 | 0.9% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| According to Baseball Reference’s multi-year park factors, Turner Field doesn’t favor pitchers and doesn’t favor hitters. It’s good for hot dogs though. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 42 | 54 | 43.9 | 41.5 | 42.0 | .441 | .422 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | -0.2% | -0.1% |
| Trading Aramis Ramirez was probably one of those ‘We can finish last without you or we can finish last because of you’ situations. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 44 | 52 | 41.5 | 39.4 | 40.6 | .431 | .412 | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.7% | -0.4% | -0.2% |
| If AJ Preller can tear down as quickly as he built up, the Padres will be on their third rebuild by next March. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 40 | 53 | 39.8 | 39.4 | 38.8 | .425 | .405 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | -0.6% |
| According to rumors, the Rockies will not trade Troy Tulowitzki and they will trade Troy Tulowitzki. I look forward to the funhouse mirrored future! | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 34 | 63 | 32.4 | 31.5 | 31.4 | .333 | .316 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| If you think Phillies fans are mad about the team, imagine what Phillies fans’ uncle Bob is saying about the team on Facebook! | |||||||||||||
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