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Prospectus Hit List for August 8



by Matthew Kory

Hit List for August 7 Hit List for August 9
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.

This is what happens when you hit a man in the list.

RkTmWLW1W2W3HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

67

45

70.9

76.3

75.5

.647

.665

97.6%

1.6%

99.2%

0.4%

3.3%

The Tigers have won 11 in a row so get your Spinal Tap jokes in today. Game time tomorrow is 7:05.
2

66

47

63.2

69.3

69.1

.592

.611

31.2%

59.3%

90.6%

-2.3%

-2.2%

The Rays used six pitchers, only one of whom threw more than 1 2/3 innings. That is interesting, darn it!
3

70

46

69.1

68.0

67.5

.592

.611

66.1%

30.5%

96.6%

0.6%

3.4%

David Ortiz has nine hits in his last 10 at-bats. He would have had the 10th too but he wasn't really paying attention.
4

70

45

71.1

71.2

68.8

.611

.592

100.0%

0.0%

100.0%

-0.0%

0.6%

B.J. Upton had four hits last night. I think it was the most he had in a game this season but I couldn’t tell because looking through months of zeros in the hit column made my eyes bleed.
5

66

47

71.7

69.3

67.8

.608

.589

32.1%

66.5%

98.6%

-0.5%

2.0%

The Cardinals did pretty well when you consider their starting pitcher made it two pitches into the game. They lost by nine, but still.
6

64

49

62.5

62.4

60.9

.553

.572

41.6%

30.7%

72.4%

-2.6%

-11.6%

Three pieces of utterly unconnected information: 1. Coco Crisp has spent 408 of a possible 411 plate appearances in the leadoff spot this season. 2. Crisp’s OPS by month: .943, .709, .745 .469, .654. 3. The A’s are in first place.
7

65

50

62.0

62.9

63.2

.550

.570

58.3%

21.8%

80.1%

6.7%

27.0%

I know it's not over yet, but we can just write "success" on Adrian Beltre's contract with the Rangers and put it aside, right?
8

69

44

63.6

63.4

64.6

.577

.557

58.1%

41.5%

99.6%

0.0%

0.3%

After all this time it’s hard to get used to the act of purposefully clicking on a Pirates box score.
9

62

52

61.4

60.1

60.8

.536

.556

2.3%

28.9%

31.2%

-7.4%

-15.6%

The Indians are 62-52, but take out the games they’ve played against Detroit and they’re 59-40.
10

63

51

64.7

65.7

66.4

.570

.550

9.8%

82.4%

92.2%

0.7%

0.7%

Homer Bailey got the win, three guys got holds, and Aroldis Chapman got the save. I’m not finishing this Hit List unless I get something.
11

63

51

60.2

57.8

58.4

.525

.545

2.6%

22.0%

24.7%

4.6%

2.9%

Manny Machado doesn’t double any more. No subtlety to it. Now a single, that’s artistic, delicate, unique. He’ll take two!
12

63

50

59.2

62.1

60.3

.541

.521

94.5%

1.0%

95.5%

0.9%

10.1%

Remember when Don Mattingly was going to get fired? Three words: Manager of the Year.
13

58

53

58.0

51.5

52.0

.494

.514

0.1%

3.6%

3.7%

0.5%

0.9%

Teams the Royals now have a better record than: Minnesota, the White Sox, the Yankees, Toronto, Seattle, the Angels, and Houston.
14

51

62

54.0

57.6

56.4

.485

.505

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

-0.2%

Josh Hamilton is batting .219 with a .273 on-base percentage. Maybe, just maybe, it’s time to move him to the back of the lineup?
15

53

61

54.4

52.4

54.4

.470

.490

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.1%

-0.1%

Toronto was over .500 from June 22 through June 24, and again on the 26. Those were the days, eh?
16

57

56

54.2

49.2

50.2

.466

.486

0.1%

1.4%

1.5%

-0.4%

-7.7%

Remember that joke Curt Schilling made about the Yankees Aura and Mystique being prostitutes? I bet the Yankees wish they were prostitutes now so they could bring them in to play shortstop and catcher.
17

53

61

50.8

54.1

53.6

.464

.484

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.2%

Step 1: Start Aaron Harang. Step 2: Step 3: Win!
18

58

55

57.7

54.5

54.6

.497

.477

5.3%

7.3%

12.6%

0.9%

-8.2%

The Diamondbacks turned six double plays last night, which, when you consider they won and were at home, was 67 percent of the double plays that were possible.
19

49

62

48.6

49.0

49.4

.441

.461

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

The Twins put a guy with a .305 on-base percentage in the leadoff position. So of course he had three hits. Baseball!
20

50

63

53.5

55.6

55.7

.475

.455

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

-0.4%

Two more hits for Junior Lake who sees your skepticism and raises you reality, son.
21

52

63

54.0

55.1

52.5

.464

.445

0.1%

0.0%

0.1%

-0.2%

-1.1%

Hey, did you guys know Troy Tulowitzki is back? Yeah, turns out he came off the DL sometime in early July. I feel like if he played for any other team I’d have known that.
22

51

60

52.1

51.7

50.9

.463

.443

0.0%

0.2%

0.2%

0.0%

-0.3%

Matt Harvey just threw the first complete game of his major-league career. This means you can stop paying attention to the Mets for four more days.
23

54

60

52.5

51.7

52.0

.461

.441

0.0%

0.9%

0.9%

-1.3%

-2.5%

Some say the problem with the Nats is their inability to play small ball. How about starting with a team on-base percentage of .299? Fix that and then we’ll worry about effective bunting.
24

43

69

47.2

48.2

48.0

.416

.436

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

In last night’s game, the White Sox used eight pitchers. Seven of them walked at least one batter.
25

50

63

49.6

52.6

53.4

.455

.435

0.1%

0.1%

0.2%

-0.2%

-0.2%

Jeff Francoeur in center field? Oh, Brian Sabean, you mad, mad genius, you!
26

49

65

50.2

53.1

53.4

.451

.431

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

In retrospect, the Brewers should be happy that Bud Selig didn't open up the Selig Guide to Suspensions which is actually just a carrying case for a 211-sided die.
27

52

62

50.3

49.9

49.6

.443

.423

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

-0.2%

-0.4%

Every pitcher for the Padres gave up two runs until the fourth pitcher, Dale Thayer, had the nerve to not give up any. That meant the next guy, Sean O’Sullivan, had to overcompensate, and well, that’s how you lose a baseball game, friend.
28

51

62

46.7

47.3

48.7

.429

.409

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.1%

-0.5%

Ruben Amaro, Jr. just spent a whole bunch of millions on two more years of an aging, oft-injured, once-great player. Ever feel like you’ve been somewhere before?
29

43

69

45.3

41.6

41.9

.384

.365

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

The Marlins could've had the world for Giancarlo Stanton last offseason. Now they've got a player who is a year older, with knee problems, coming off the worst season of his career. That's turning water into muddy water.
30

37

76

39.7

34.2

36.4

.326

.344

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

The Astros gave up three in the ninth to open up a 6 ½ game lead over the Marlins for the first pick in the draft. Congratulations to the Astros!