Prospectus Hit List for April 13
Hit List for April 10
Hit List for April 17
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 |
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1 | 5 | 4 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.7 | .644 | .639 | 73.3% | 17.3% | 90.6% | 2.0% | -0.8% | |
Hyun-Jin Ryu will face off against Brett Anderson tonight in the Battle of the Pitchers Who Are Likely to Be Removed in the Third Inning with an Injury. | |||||||||||||
2 | 7 | 2 | 7.1 | 6.7 | 6.4 | .603 | .598 | 4.7% | 8.7% | 13.4% | 2.1% | 7.3% | |
We’re 11 days into the season and the Reds have the best record in baseball. Don’t you hate that feeling you get righhhhht before the roller coaster drops? | |||||||||||||
3 | 5 | 3 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.0 | .602 | .597 | 76.8% | 9.1% | 85.8% | -2.4% | 3.1% | |
Breaking the curse was one thing, but now the Cubs are threatening to pull off an equally impossible feat; making David Ross unlikable. | |||||||||||||
4 | 5 | 3 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.4 | .580 | .585 | 10.2% | 16.9% | 27.2% | -1.9% | 2.2% | |
Pepsi thinks Byron Buxton is having a bad April. The former top prospect is showing the plate discipline of a post-rebellion Robert Baratheon. | |||||||||||||
5 | 6 | 3 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.4 | .586 | .581 | 51.5% | 19.7% | 71.2% | 4.6% | 11.0% | |
The Mets hit seven homers against Phillies pitching on Tuesday night. The Padres have hit seven homers since 2011. | |||||||||||||
6 | 4 | 4 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.6 | .566 | .571 | 14.6% | 12.5% | 27.1% | 3.8% | 2.9% | |
Chase Headley leads the team in average, Brett Gardner leads in steals, CC Sabathia leads in ERA and Michael Pineda leads in strikeouts. Love these young Yankees! | |||||||||||||
7 | 6 | 4 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 4.8 | .552 | .557 | 66.9% | 17.0% | 83.9% | 2.0% | -0.8% | |
Ken Giles might never lead the league in saves, but for the second straight year he might lead it in April votes of confidence from his manager. | |||||||||||||
8 | 6 | 2 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | .537 | .542 | 15.7% | 20.1% | 35.8% | 3.7% | 11.6% | |
Many were skeptical of Detroit’s “eh, we don’t need a center fielder strategy” headed into the season, but Andrew Romine’s grand slam yesterday proves that the Tigers do indeed have a living body out there. | |||||||||||||
9 | 4 | 4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | .534 | .539 | 39.8% | 17.0% | 56.8% | -4.7% | -5.9% | |
With Drew Pomeranz and Pablo Sandoval playing well, the Boston media has resorted to doing what it does best; making fun of Clay Buchholz. | |||||||||||||
10 | 6 | 3 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.2 | .531 | .536 | 6.6% | 13.8% | 20.5% | -1.8% | 5.4% | |
The Angels beat the Rangers on a walk-off bunt single in the 10th inning on Tuesday. That might sounds impressive, but again, it was off the Rangers bullpen so it’s really predestination. | |||||||||||||
11 | 5 | 4 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 5.1 | .530 | .535 | 32.8% | 17.3% | 50.1% | -3.5% | 1.3% | |
Rickie Weeks has just two base knocks on the season, which means he’s put just one more hit on baseballs than Brett Gardner has put on him. | |||||||||||||
12 | 7 | 3 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 5.0 | .535 | .530 | 7.1% | 22.3% | 29.4% | -2.0% | 8.8% | |
Just when you think the Diamondbacks are talented enough to make you forget about the past, Shelby Miller shows up and fails to make quality starts. | |||||||||||||
13 | 5 | 4 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 5.7 | .523 | .528 | 3.9% | 9.7% | 13.6% | 2.6% | 4.3% | |
Congrats to Jharel Cotton on becoming the first short righty with a changeup since Pedro Martinez, apparently. | |||||||||||||
14 | 5 | 4 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.8 | .532 | .527 | 34.8% | 22.7% | 57.4% | -3.4% | -8.5% | |
Daniel Murphy will regress, they said. No one can sustain that type of BABIP, they said. | |||||||||||||
15 | 4 | 4 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | .524 | .519 | 9.2% | 11.2% | 20.4% | -2.8% | 4.2% | |
Listen, #wallcat is great, but are we really all willing to ignore that a black cat ran across the field and camped out on a statue associated with the Marlins’ success? Just wait for Christian Yelich to walk under a ladder or something. | |||||||||||||
16 | 4 | 4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | .507 | .512 | 68.6% | 13.5% | 82.1% | -1.6% | -7.6% | |
Top highlights on the Indians’ website right now include “Brantley’s RBI groundout,” “Lindor breaks up no hitter,” and “Indians unveil pennant sign.” Feel the excitement! | |||||||||||||
17 | 4 | 6 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.1 | .511 | .506 | 15.1% | 32.5% | 47.6% | 2.7% | -6.2% | |
Matt Cain had just enough gas to hold the Diamondbacks to one run over five innings last night, which is impressive since his empty light has been on since 2013. | |||||||||||||
18 | 3 | 5 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.8 | .490 | .495 | 10.6% | 19.2% | 29.9% | 3.3% | 0.1% | |
Adrian Beltre is hurt and the Rangers are having some big-time bullpen troubles. Don’t you hate reruns? | |||||||||||||
19 | 3 | 4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 3.6 | .485 | .490 | 4.0% | 6.6% | 10.6% | 1.9% | 0.6% | |
The White Sox entered Wednesday ranked 22nd in the majors in average, 22nd in OBP and 20th in SLG, but other than that their offense is really clicking. | |||||||||||||
20 | 6 | 4 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.9 | .483 | .478 | 3.7% | 13.3% | 17.0% | -2.6% | 1.1% | |
For every rookie pitcher there is an equal and opposite rookie pitcher. Antonio Senzatela has allowed just two earned runs through two starts. Kyle Freeland has allowed seven. | |||||||||||||
21 | 5 | 2 | 3.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | .467 | .472 | 6.4% | 6.2% | 12.6% | 1.9% | 1.1% | |
After making approximately 43 errors on Tuesday night, the Orioles hit approximately 43 homers off Steven Wright on Wednesday. Ahh, baseball. | |||||||||||||
22 | 4 | 5 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | .451 | .446 | 6.4% | 10.5% | 16.9% | 2.4% | -1.2% | |
It took Kanye West more than a year to record Through the Wire. It took Keon Broxton a few days to return to baseball and mash a tater. Please like my sport. | |||||||||||||
23 | 5 | 5 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.5 | .442 | .437 | 0.7% | 4.3% | 5.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | |
Jered Weaver and Zack Lee combined to hold the rockies to just two runs in 11.1 innings in Coors Field en route to two Padres wins. Sometimes #ycpb isn’t a strong enough sentiment. | |||||||||||||
24 | 3 | 6 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | .432 | .427 | 1.4% | 2.7% | 4.1% | -1.1% | -3.2% | |
United Airlines: Watch this! Sean Spicer: Hold my beer. Clay Buchholz: Hold my beer. No seriously, please hold it, my arm hurts. | |||||||||||||
25 | 2 | 8 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.3 | .418 | .422 | 11.9% | 19.1% | 31.0% | -2.6% | -6.3% | |
The Blue Jays’ one-win start has prevented Seattle from earning the distinction of the most disappointing contender to this point, but hey, this is a team that’s used to being the runner-up. | |||||||||||||
26 | 3 | 6 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.4 | .416 | .411 | 4.5% | 7.7% | 12.2% | 0.9% | -8.2% | |
Mike Leake has been dominant through his first two starts, or as Cardinals reporters would put it, Yadier Molina has allowed Mike Leake to dominate in his first two starts. | |||||||||||||
27 | 2 | 6 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | .414 | .409 | 3.1% | 5.5% | 8.6% | 1.6% | -4.9% | |
The Braves will have their first regular season game at SunTrust Park on April 14, just one day before the traditional deadline for submitting taxes. An inspired choice. | |||||||||||||
28 | 3 | 5 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.5 | .404 | .399 | 7.5% | 12.7% | 20.3% | -3.1% | -3.5% | |
From now on, old dogs with grey muzzles who limp around the house and make you acutely aware of your own mortality shall be known as “McCutchens.” | |||||||||||||
29 | 1 | 7 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 1.8 | .362 | .367 | 6.5% | 8.1% | 14.6% | -2.6% | -8.8% | |
With a .191 team average and 4.23 team ERA, the one-win Blue Jays are showing an impressive all-around commitment to sucking. | |||||||||||||
30 | 2 | 6 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.5 | .361 | .366 | 1.4% | 3.0% | 4.5% | -0.5% | -0.3% | |
There’s a fun video of Danny Duffy spooking Alcides Escobar with a locker room pranked, but if he really wanted to disorient Escobar he should’ve thrown him four balls. |
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