Prospectus Hit List for July 22
Hit List for July 15
Hit List for July 23
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 | 53 | 44 | 57.7 | 62.7 | 62.2 | .588 | .607 | 82.6% | 5.5% | 88.1% | 0.2% | -1.9% | |
No one's quite sure what's wrong with Justin Verlander, but he keeps muttering something about a "row's bud." | |||||||||||||
2 | 58 | 41 | 56.4 | 60.1 | 60.0 | .564 | .584 | 31.6% | 53.2% | 84.9% | 2.0% | 10.7% | |
Of course they've won 17 of 19 games. Rays are physically unable to go backwards. | |||||||||||||
3 | 60 | 40 | 59.2 | 58.7 | 58.4 | .564 | .584 | 59.1% | 32.4% | 91.5% | 2.3% | 1.0% | |
Ryan Dempster's nickname around Boston has to be "The Dempsterster." | |||||||||||||
4 | 57 | 41 | 56.0 | 54.7 | 53.6 | .544 | .564 | 65.0% | 17.4% | 82.4% | 4.1% | -1.6% | |
The last time Bartolo Colon had three shutouts in a season, one of them was with the Expos. | |||||||||||||
5 | 54 | 44 | 50.8 | 51.7 | 52.0 | .537 | .557 | 33.4% | 25.1% | 58.5% | -6.0% | -14.7% | |
Since the Wild Card game last year, they're 2-5 against Baltimore. All of this is connected. | |||||||||||||
6 | 59 | 37 | 61.6 | 60.2 | 58.3 | .576 | .556 | 57.0% | 41.3% | 98.3% | 0.9% | 0.6% | |
For as great as Matt Carpenter is playing, few others in the country named Matt are Carpenters. | |||||||||||||
7 | 46 | 50 | 47.5 | 50.0 | 48.4 | .528 | .548 | 1.4% | 2.7% | 4.1% | -2.2% | 0.2% | |
Sure, homerless J.B. Shuck's OPS is higher than Josh Hamilton's. But it's still only April. Also someone tampered with my calendar. | |||||||||||||
8 | 55 | 43 | 56.3 | 57.4 | 57.8 | .564 | .544 | 16.8% | 70.7% | 87.6% | -2.0% | 4.3% | |
Homer Bailey leads his team in strikeouts, has thrown a no-hitter and also has the Reds' rotation's highest ERA. Mind: asploded. | |||||||||||||
9 | 52 | 46 | 48.8 | 45.3 | 45.9 | .523 | .542 | 1.8% | 15.2% | 17.1% | -6.1% | -5.5% | |
Just a thought, but they could fill those empty luxury seats with injured Yankees players. | |||||||||||||
10 | 50 | 47 | 47.6 | 50.2 | 48.9 | .556 | .536 | 60.8% | 2.9% | 63.7% | 2.8% | 13.5% | |
"Matt Kemp's back!" That's much better news than when he falls to the field and everybody screams, "Matt Kemp's back!" | |||||||||||||
11 | 52 | 46 | 52.0 | 50.6 | 50.9 | .510 | .530 | 16.8% | 13.1% | 30.0% | 3.4% | -2.1% | |
Since June 1, Jason Kipnis has hit [arbitrarily moves beads around on abacus] pretty well. | |||||||||||||
12 | 55 | 43 | 57.4 | 57.5 | 55.5 | .542 | .522 | 88.8% | 2.1% | 90.9% | -0.0% | 1.1% | |
Mike Minor pitched the Braves' first complete game loss since Tim Hudson in 2010. Both games were interleague. | |||||||||||||
13 | 56 | 43 | 53.0 | 50.9 | 51.7 | .502 | .522 | 7.4% | 33.9% | 41.3% | 3.2% | 14.4% | |
Just giving up seven runs in a three-game series is pretty good. It was also against the Rangers, which means the Orioles' starting rotation discovered cheat codes. | |||||||||||||
14 | 57 | 39 | 53.4 | 53.7 | 55.2 | .539 | .519 | 26.2% | 67.6% | 93.8% | 1.9% | 1.2% | |
Clearly they need a bat, but more fittingly someone to swing it during baseball games. | |||||||||||||
15 | 45 | 52 | 46.8 | 44.4 | 46.8 | .491 | .511 | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.9% | -0.3% | -1.0% | |
On Friday they hit four home runs and lost. In the steroid era, this was commonplace. | |||||||||||||
16 | 46 | 52 | 44.4 | 47.1 | 47.0 | .474 | .494 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.5% | -0.1% | 0.3% | |
Where were you when the Mariners' 23-game streak with at least one home run ended? Remember that you are under oath. | |||||||||||||
17 | 48 | 50 | 46.2 | 45.4 | 45.0 | .509 | .489 | 6.9% | 5.6% | 12.5% | -2.1% | -9.1% | |
Despite scoring just 24 runs in their last 10 games, [insert encouraging proverb here]. | |||||||||||||
18 | 45 | 50 | 46.5 | 41.1 | 42.1 | .465 | .485 | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.8% | -0.4% | 0.2% | |
Jeremy Guthrie gave up five runs in six innings and wins. James Shields allowed three runs in seven innings and loses. The moral of the story: wins/losses are a function of run support, which is a function of how much the grand wizard in the center field fountain likes you. | |||||||||||||
19 | 51 | 47 | 49.9 | 47.0 | 46.9 | .504 | .484 | 27.9% | 4.1% | 32.0% | 1.2% | -8.4% | |
It's this new system they have: the closer on any given game is whichever arm delivery Kirk Gibson thinks finds the funniest. | |||||||||||||
20 | 45 | 52 | 44.2 | 48.0 | 48.5 | .492 | .472 | 4.4% | 1.1% | 5.5% | -2.2% | -1.0% | |
They've won 5 of their last 7 games; before that they won 5 of 24 games. | |||||||||||||
21 | 39 | 56 | 41.3 | 42.7 | 41.4 | .444 | .464 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |
Stop hugging Alex Rios unless you really mean he's been traded to a contender. Even if you have deep affection for him, just shoot him a smile until this whole thing blows over. | |||||||||||||
22 | 48 | 51 | 50.1 | 50.7 | 48.6 | .483 | .463 | 6.6% | 1.0% | 7.6% | -0.3% | -1.7% | |
Apocalyptic reminder that the Rockies had three players start the All-Star game. | |||||||||||||
23 | 43 | 53 | 46.3 | 48.0 | 48.3 | .477 | .457 | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.0% | -0.3% | |
Matt Garza checks the Hit List every day to see if he's finally been traded. Not yet, Matt. By the way, Matt, you should call your mother. | |||||||||||||
24 | 41 | 54 | 41.9 | 42.3 | 42.7 | .430 | .449 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | 0.0% | |
Opposing scouts are starting to feel Glen Perkins' kidney areas and taking copious notes. The trade deadline just got super weird. | |||||||||||||
25 | 43 | 51 | 44.2 | 42.6 | 42.3 | .467 | .447 | 0.8% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | |
Business idea: paint Matt Harvey's piercing dreamy eyes in the outfield so he can be with us always. | |||||||||||||
26 | 49 | 50 | 44.4 | 45.1 | 45.1 | .466 | .446 | 3.5% | 2.3% | 5.8% | -0.9% | -0.5% | |
Show some leadership, Michael Young, and actually execute the trade of yourself to a team that needs you. | |||||||||||||
27 | 41 | 56 | 42.4 | 45.6 | 46.2 | .462 | .442 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | -0.0% | |
Caleb Gindl waited until the 13th inning to hit his first career home run which won the game, giving us all three more hours of Brewers-Marlins than is federally allowed by law. | |||||||||||||
28 | 43 | 56 | 42.7 | 42.7 | 42.9 | .446 | .426 | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.0% | -0.1% | |
The All-Star Break couldn't have come at a better time for them. But unfortunately for them it didn't last three months. | |||||||||||||
29 | 33 | 64 | 32.9 | 28.9 | 31.1 | .357 | .376 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Allowing four runs on one hit? See, they CAN invent new ways to lose! | |||||||||||||
30 | 35 | 61 | 36.4 | 33.1 | 33.7 | .390 | .372 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Three games against the Brewers, zero runs scored. But on the positive side, it wasn't four games. |
And we're back, ready for round two.