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Prospectus Hit List for July 24



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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.

RkTmWLW1 W2W3HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

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!
2

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.
3

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).
4

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.
5

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.
6

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.
7

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.
8

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.
9

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.
10

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.
11

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.
12

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.
13

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.
14

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.
15

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?
16

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.
17

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.
18

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.
19

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?
20

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.
21

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."
22

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.
23

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.
24

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.
25

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.
26

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.
27

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.
28

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.
29

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.
30

62

38

66.1

64.0

64.1

.641

.659

61.8%

37.9%

99.7%

0.2%

0.1%

Samardzija, Schmamardzija.