Prospectus Hit List for September 11
Hit List for September 10
Hit List for September 12
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 |  | 87 | 57 | 91.7 | 86.8 | 86.8 | .612 | .630 | 77.0% | 22.8% | 99.8% | -0.1% | -0.1% |
| For just the second time in MLB history, the Yankees lost in extra innings to the same team in different ballparks on consecutive days. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 94 | 48 | 92.4 | 91.3 | 90.5 | .648 | .630 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Cole Hamels wasn't missing any bats on Thursday night (his two strikeouts tied a season-low), but he picked up 15 groundball outs and limited the Brewers to just four hits. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 85 | 60 | 87.4 | 90.9 | 90.3 | .610 | .628 | 23.0% | 75.7% | 98.7% | -0.7% | -1.3% |
| Dustin Pedroia went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts, his first hat trick since May 4th, when he picked up a golden sombrero. The Red Sox would much prefer Pedroia be flaunting his baldness, as they've lost four of their last five during his 1-for-23 slump. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 82 | 64 | 85.6 | 88.8 | 89.4 | .592 | .611 | 82.7% | 0.2% | 82.9% | -7.8% | -9.1% |
| Ian Kinsler kept it interesting, but the Rangers just couldn't squeak out a victory at Tampa Bay. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 80 | 64 | 80.0 | 80.6 | 80.9 | .558 | .578 | 0.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| The club picked up its 1,000th victory on Wednesday. And the 11,190 fans in attendance will never forget it. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 83 | 62 | 77.1 | 80.9 | 79.6 | .553 | .573 | 99.9% | 0.0% | 99.9% | 0.2% | 3.7% |
| Jason Verlander has carried the Tigers all season. On Wednesday, they returned the favor. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 80 | 65 | 76.6 | 75.9 | 75.6 | .531 | .551 | 17.3% | 0.1% | 17.4% | 7.9% | 9.3% |
| Losing to a Seattle team that picked up a lone hit on Wednesday certainly would've been a buzzkill, but the Angels pulled it out and pulled with 2.5 games of the Rangers. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 85 | 62 | 79.8 | 82.8 | 82.0 | .560 | .541 | 99.0% | 0.1% | 99.0% | -0.4% | -0.7% |
| Chris Narveson had cruised through five innings when his centerfielder took matters into his own hands and all but handed the Phillies a six-run rally. The only thing loonier than the routes Carlos Gomez took to the balls heading his way in the sixth is Nyjer Morgan, who replaced him shortly thereafter. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 73 | 71 | 70.7 | 75.8 | 75.7 | .512 | .532 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | -0.2% | -2.9% |
| There aren't too many playoff races to monitor closely... so should we watch the White Sox and Indians battle for second place in the AL Central? (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 84 | 62 | 79.4 | 78.9 | 77.8 | .548 | .528 | 0.0% | 96.9% | 96.9% | -1.4% | -0.9% |
| The Braves' two rookie starting pitchers bested the Mets' two rookies in Thursday's doubleheader. It's only the fourth time since 1965 that four rookies started in a doubleheader. Elder statesman Chipper Jones showed the Mets rooks how the game is played, homering and driving in three on Thursday. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 78 | 67 | 77.5 | 77.7 | 76.7 | .534 | .514 | 1.1% | 2.9% | 4.0% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| With the Braves coming to Busch Stadium for a weekend series, anything's possible... (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 85 | 61 | 78.1 | 74.4 | 74.3 | .534 | .514 | 99.8% | 0.0% | 99.8% | 0.5% | 11.6% |
| Ian Kennedy may not be a legitimate Cy Young candidate, but he sure looked like one on Thursday, striking out 11 Padres in 7.2 innings. The D'backs are now just two games behind the Brewers in the standings, and have a chance to avoid facing the Phillies in the NLDS. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 73 | 73 | 73.0 | 70.0 | 72.0 | .493 | .513 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Nothing would announce Toronto's impending arrival as an AL East force better than spoiling Boston's playoff hopes in the last couple weeks of the season. And since the Blue Jays come to Fenway next week for a two game series wedged between seven Sox-Rays contests, John Farrell's team has a real chance to put his former employer on the hot seat. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 71 | 72 | 67.4 | 66.9 | 67.1 | .476 | .496 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.7% |
| Just 21 days ago, the Indians were 1 1/2 games back of division-leading Detroit. Now they're 1 1/2 back of second-place Chicago and 10 games out of first. Well, it was fun while it lasted. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 66 | 79 | 69.3 | 69.4 | 70.6 | .475 | .495 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Guillermo Moscoso threw 129 pitches in his no-hit bid, the most for an Oakland pitcher since Mark Mulder threw 132 against Toronto in 2001. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 71 | 74 | 75.8 | 75.8 | 75.1 | .513 | .493 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Johnny Cueto just can't get a win -- his last W came five starts ago. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 72 | 72 | 73.6 | 74.7 | 74.2 | .511 | .491 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| Since returning from the disabled list on August 26th, Kkkkkkkkkenley Jansen has pitched 7.2 innings and whiffed 14 batters. If he can sustain it, Jansen's 15.11 K/9 this season would be the highest of any pitcher with at least 40 innings in MLB history. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 75 | 70 | 69.2 | 71.9 | 71.6 | .496 | .476 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | -0.5% | -12.0% |
| Brett Pill has proven that he can go deep against Wade LeBlanc and Aaron Harang. If he can do it again versus Clayton Kershaw on Friday, Pill will become the first player to hit a home run in each of his first three big league games since at least 1919. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 71 | 74 | 71.0 | 71.7 | 72.3 | .493 | .473 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Meet the Mets! This one's named Chris Schwinden. Even Kevin Goldstein likely just said, (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 68 | 77 | 71.0 | 72.5 | 72.0 | .489 | .469 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| Rookie catcher Wilin Rosario crushed his first career home run -- a mammoth blast that traveled well over 400 feet to left-center field -- in the 4th inning. As Kevin Goldstein tweeted, (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 61 | 86 | 67.2 | 66.8 | 67.5 | .446 | .466 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Eric Hosmer stole his 10th base on Thursday, joining a group of Royals rookies with 15 homers and 10 steals in their first season--Carlos Beltran, Alex Gordon, Bo Jackson and Kevin Seitzer... and Angel Berroa. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 65 | 79 | 65.1 | 71.6 | 70.9 | .473 | .454 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| FIP and SIERA be damned, Brad Hand has managed to post a 3.92 ERA in 50.2 innings, despite allowing nine homers, walking 32 batters, and striking out just 28. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 61 | 84 | 60.9 | 63.6 | 64.5 | .431 | .451 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| All four of Ichiro Suzuki's home runs this season have come in the first inning, and three have come on the very first pitch he saw. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 66 | 77 | 65.9 | 66.2 | 66.4 | .462 | .442 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The Nationals had no trouble with Chad Billingsley, bashing three doubles and a homer, and working three walks against him in just 2.1 innings. But as soon as Don Mattingly handed the ball to his bullpen, Davey Johnson's team suddenly forgot how to hit, going 0-for-20 the rest of the way. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 62 | 84 | 70.2 | 64.7 | 64.5 | .448 | .428 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Kyle Blanks is one of the most bizarre players in baseball. He's 6-foot-6 and weighs 270 pounds, yet his outfield defense is far better than that of similarly proportioned Adam Dunn. Blanks is also a pull-heavy hitter, yet he somehow has fared considerably better against right-handed pitchers (.783 OPS) than southpaws (.680), both this season and in his young career. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 58 | 86 | 57.1 | 55.4 | 56.1 | .393 | .413 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Baltimore's bullpen has thrown six-plus scoreless innings in consecutive games. The Pirates did it in 2009, but the last American League team to do it was the White Sox in 2000. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 63 | 82 | 61.4 | 62.6 | 62.1 | .430 | .410 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Carlos Pena's go-ahead three-run homer looked like something out of a Home Run Derby. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 66 | 79 | 64.5 | 58.3 | 57.3 | .424 | .405 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Clint Hurdle relied on his bench to get the Pirates going in the 8th inning, and it worked to perfection. Pinch-hitters Garrett Jones and Ryan Doumit set the table with singles, before fellow replacement Jason Jaramillo finished off the Astros with a game-winning knock of his own. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 59 | 86 | 55.8 | 49.7 | 50.5 | .371 | .389 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| More than one run! Hip hip hooray! (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 49 | 96 | 55.9 | 56.5 | 56.7 | .376 | .357 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Brad Mills let J.A. Happ stick around long enough to throw 120 pitches. Problem is, that only got him through 5 innings. (Sep 10) | |||||||||||||