Prospectus Hit List for July 24
Hit List for July 23
Hit List for July 28
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 | 54 | 47 | 51.6 | 53.0 | 53.8 | .526 | .506 | 19.6% | 23.3% | 43.0% | 5.7% | 19.2% | |
None of the pitchers on the active roster are over 30 years old, and Edison Volquez is the oldest. Time is a cruel tyrant that marches forever onward. | |||||||||||||
2 | 57 | 44 | 55.7 | 55.9 | 54.9 | .549 | .529 | 54.1% | 31.5% | 85.7% | 1.5% | 15.2% | |
Since the break they've lost two games, both one-run games, and we momentarily forgot that it's an even-numbered year and they're winning it all. | |||||||||||||
3 | 57 | 45 | 53.3 | 53.1 | 52.7 | .530 | .510 | 38.6% | 27.2% | 65.9% | 7.6% | 14.3% | |
Matt Garza pitched eight strong innings and was relieved by Tom Gorzelanny, which is Scandinavian for "miniature Garza." | |||||||||||||
4 | 49 | 53 | 50.1 | 55.2 | 55.1 | .513 | .533 | 7.6% | 4.4% | 12.1% | 2.5% | 7.2% | |
Joe Maddon's homework for the team on their off-day: listen to a King Crimson and write 500 words on how it changed your life. | |||||||||||||
5 | 51 | 50 | 50.9 | 49.7 | 49.9 | .499 | .519 | 7.7% | 14.9% | 22.6% | -4.2% | 5.7% | |
Corey Kluber lost a perfect game in the seventh on a base hit, then the shutout on an error, and from now on he'll just have to strike everybody out. | |||||||||||||
6 | 52 | 48 | 46.8 | 46.4 | 47.6 | .482 | .502 | 20.4% | 8.4% | 28.8% | 3.0% | 5.7% | |
Having acquired Brandon McCarthy, Chris Capuano and Chase Headley, the Yankees have racked up quite the double points on their NL West shopper's card. | |||||||||||||
7 | 55 | 44 | 57.7 | 56.3 | 55.8 | .568 | .548 | 72.7% | 13.4% | 86.1% | -3.9% | 5.6% | |
For the first time in his career, Doug Fister and his season FIP are not on speaking terms. | |||||||||||||
8 | 55 | 45 | 52.6 | 51.6 | 51.8 | .528 | .547 | 49.6% | 12.3% | 61.8% | -2.1% | 5.0% | |
Delmon Young tempts the gods by batting second and disproves physics and baseball deities with a three-run homer. | |||||||||||||
9 | 47 | 54 | 47.9 | 49.5 | 49.5 | .480 | .500 | 2.1% | 1.9% | 4.0% | -1.8% | 0.5% | |
Not since the Dexy's Midnight Runners tour in the 1980s did the Red Sox fall victim to a combined one-hitter. | |||||||||||||
10 | 62 | 38 | 66.1 | 64.0 | 64.1 | .641 | .659 | 61.8% | 37.9% | 99.7% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |
Samardzija, Schmamardzija. | |||||||||||||
11 | 44 | 56 | 44.0 | 40.2 | 40.3 | .422 | .402 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
Cameron Maybin will miss 25 games due to an amphetamines suspension, a shock to those who didn't know Cameron Maybin was still on the team. | |||||||||||||
12 | 44 | 58 | 43.6 | 44.2 | 44.2 | .431 | .412 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |
Maybe stop hitting the ball to Mark Trumbo in left field, please, he has a family to feed. | |||||||||||||
13 | 47 | 53 | 46.8 | 46.1 | 45.7 | .464 | .444 | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.9% | -0.1% | 0.0% | |
If you lined up all of Casey McGehee's home runs from end to end, you'd have two home runs. | |||||||||||||
14 | 42 | 59 | 41.2 | 41.9 | 44.2 | .419 | .439 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | 0.0% | |
Jose Altuve is the first Astros player to be part of the 40-40 club (stolen bases, Pokémon collected). | |||||||||||||
15 | 40 | 61 | 39.3 | 36.9 | 38.7 | .383 | .403 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Nine different players have started at first base for them, and you could be next! | |||||||||||||
16 | 41 | 60 | 45.0 | 46.8 | 45.1 | .437 | .417 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | |
One month you're tearing up the competition. Three months later you realize Carlos Gonzalez is replacement level. | |||||||||||||
17 | 41 | 58 | 45.4 | 47.7 | 47.3 | .458 | .438 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | -0.1% | |
Like your mother always said, if you're going to lose the Padres, lose big. | |||||||||||||
18 | 60 | 40 | 59.0 | 63.3 | 62.3 | .612 | .630 | 37.8% | 61.2% | 99.0% | 0.3% | -0.2% | |
Albert Pujols has one career sacrifice bunt; it was in his rookie year and was done to move runners into scoring position for Bobby Bonilla ' who will still be paid by the Mets well after the end of Pujols' contract. | |||||||||||||
19 | 43 | 58 | 43.6 | 42.6 | 43.3 | .427 | .407 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.2% | |
The Phillies are reluctant to eat Ryan Howard's contract but might be open to the idea once they learn it's only a figure of speech. | |||||||||||||
20 | 48 | 54 | 47.8 | 46.6 | 46.7 | .464 | .484 | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1.4% | -0.9% | -0.7% | |
Imagine if Jose Abreu signed with another team and the White Sox would only be able to hit home runs by bunting into an elaborate wind tunnel. | |||||||||||||
21 | 48 | 53 | 52.0 | 50.0 | 49.4 | .493 | .474 | 1.0% | 1.6% | 2.6% | 0.7% | -0.9% | |
Daisuke Matsuzaka is basically here to eat innings, but why is the caterer making so many in the first place? | |||||||||||||
22 | 56 | 42 | 53.9 | 55.0 | 53.8 | .558 | .577 | 87.6% | 4.9% | 92.5% | 2.1% | -1.5% | |
Now with the Joakim Soria trade, the Tigers' main bullpen issue remains that weird eggy smell emanating from under the bench. | |||||||||||||
23 | 46 | 54 | 46.9 | 47.3 | 47.1 | .468 | .488 | 0.4% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 0.2% | -1.7% | |
Each trade of a player away from Minnesota brings the world one depth chart layer closer to Byron Buxton maiming the AL Central. | |||||||||||||
24 | 53 | 49 | 52.5 | 52.0 | 52.3 | .514 | .534 | 20.3% | 9.3% | 29.6% | 2.8% | -4.6% | |
Juan Francisco was a double shy of the cycle. Melky Cabrera had three cycles. Tradesies? | |||||||||||||
25 | 50 | 50 | 50.1 | 47.2 | 48.5 | .490 | .510 | 3.9% | 8.9% | 12.7% | 3.4% | -5.1% | |
Wade Davis has allowed one run in his last 33 1/3 innings, which is presumably a Naked Gun DVD trilogy promotion. | |||||||||||||
26 | 56 | 47 | 56.2 | 58.1 | 56.2 | .550 | .530 | 45.8% | 38.5% | 84.3% | -3.2% | -6.2% | |
Are you sitting down? Good, Justin Turner is sixth on the team in runs scored, and you shouldn't stand up in a canoe. | |||||||||||||
27 | 55 | 46 | 53.0 | 51.6 | 51.4 | .522 | .502 | 26.0% | 29.4% | 55.4% | 3.9% | -8.6% | |
Three of Craig Kimbrel's nine career losses are against the Marlins. | |||||||||||||
28 | 54 | 47 | 51.5 | 54.5 | 54.7 | .531 | .511 | 34.8% | 21.0% | 55.8% | -8.0% | -10.4% | |
Somehow, some way, the Cardinals will turn next year's competitive balance pick into an entire starting rotation for 2019. | |||||||||||||
29 | 53 | 48 | 57.3 | 56.2 | 55.7 | .550 | .570 | 0.4% | 34.2% | 34.6% | -5.4% | -10.4% | |
Now with Kendrys Morales back, their three DH options are hitting about a combined .650 if you sum their batting averages together. | |||||||||||||
30 | 51 | 50 | 51.9 | 50.6 | 50.8 | .506 | .486 | 6.9% | 13.1% | 20.0% | -4.5% | -28.0% | |
Sure, they haven't won a game since the All-Star Break, but you could blame lots of things. Bastille Day, for one. If the French kings kept everyone imprisoned centuries ago, maybe Jay Bruce would have a couple more knocks. |