Prospectus Hit List for August 8
Hit List for August 6
Hit List for August 11
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 | 70 | 44 | 75.0 | 72.6 | 72.0 | .635 | .653 | 67.5% | 32.4% | 99.8% | 0.1% | -0.0% | |
All but one of their active players was born in the '80s, and somehow A.L.F. is not their mascot. | |||||||||||||
2 | 67 | 47 | 65.8 | 69.7 | 69.3 | .596 | .615 | 32.3% | 66.9% | 99.2% | -0.3% | -0.2% | |
Now with Vinnie Pestano, the Angels have the most delicious-sounding combination of players in baseball. (Grilli Trout Pestano) | |||||||||||||
3 | 66 | 50 | 64.6 | 66.8 | 65.2 | .566 | .546 | 82.6% | 15.4% | 98.1% | 0.4% | 0.1% | |
Yasiel Puig's super arm has both saved and hindered his teammates' progress, which is one more similarity Puig has with Inspector Gadget. | |||||||||||||
4 | 62 | 51 | 65.7 | 65.3 | 64.5 | .570 | .550 | 89.9% | 2.2% | 92.1% | 2.2% | 6.6% | |
Time to send Bryce Harper down to Triple-A because Syracuse could really use a couple of walkoff home runs down the stretch to make the playoffs. | |||||||||||||
5 | 60 | 54 | 65.5 | 64.6 | 64.2 | .558 | .577 | 0.2% | 31.0% | 31.3% | 5.6% | 8.2% | |
Usually royal leaders are proud of their large powerful weapons but "King" Felix has a small WHIP. | |||||||||||||
6 | 55 | 59 | 56.9 | 62.5 | 62.9 | .521 | .540 | 2.2% | 3.7% | 5.8% | 0.4% | -4.3% | |
Even Sean Rodriguez is probably concerned that he is second on the team in home runs. | |||||||||||||
7 | 62 | 53 | 61.9 | 62.0 | 61.3 | .534 | .514 | 17.4% | 56.5% | 73.9% | -6.6% | 8.2% | |
Want some more production out of your center fielder? Move Pablo Sandoval there. | |||||||||||||
8 | 61 | 53 | 58.6 | 60.3 | 61.1 | .529 | .509 | 21.6% | 31.0% | 52.6% | 2.7% | 6.2% | |
Imagine how good Michael Martinez will be once he realizes you don't have to play baseball for the Pirates wearing an eye patch. | |||||||||||||
9 | 61 | 55 | 61.0 | 61.5 | 61.0 | .527 | .547 | 11.6% | 15.2% | 26.8% | -9.8% | -33.2% | |
Anthony Gose doesn't hit home runs very often, possibly to limit the number of "Anthony Gose Yard" lines uttered by broadcasters and joke bloggers. | |||||||||||||
10 | 62 | 50 | 60.8 | 61.8 | 60.4 | .547 | .567 | 77.6% | 6.7% | 84.3% | -4.4% | -3.0% | |
Time to panic? Blaine Hardy has been in the majors for over a month now and not one dang mystery solved yet. | |||||||||||||
11 | 61 | 52 | 57.1 | 60.0 | 60.0 | .527 | .507 | 39.7% | 24.6% | 64.3% | 0.9% | 3.4% | |
Adam Wainwright has only allowed five home runs this year, two if you don't count the Cubs--and who does, honestly. | |||||||||||||
12 | 65 | 49 | 61.1 | 59.1 | 59.9 | .537 | .557 | 74.1% | 11.3% | 85.4% | 2.6% | 14.0% | |
Never trust a man with two first names, but Caleb Joseph's are both Biblical figures, so proceed with caution. | |||||||||||||
13 | 63 | 52 | 60.7 | 60.2 | 59.9 | .530 | .510 | 31.1% | 36.2% | 67.3% | 3.9% | 1.7% | |
That's Wily "MLB-Best 14 Wins" Peralta to you. Mr. MLB-Best 14 Wins Peralta is his father. | |||||||||||||
14 | 59 | 56 | 60.7 | 58.5 | 58.9 | .515 | .495 | 7.5% | 20.2% | 27.8% | 2.8% | 9.4% | |
They're done for the year playing other teams in Ohio, unless of course they reach the World Series against a hastily-relocated Zanesville A's. | |||||||||||||
15 | 57 | 58 | 58.2 | 57.7 | 57.3 | .501 | .521 | 4.1% | 4.2% | 8.3% | -2.4% | -1.3% | |
Carlos Santana, who had two errors yesterday, you would say didn't have a Smooth game defensively. | |||||||||||||
16 | 49 | 64 | 51.7 | 55.3 | 55.3 | .468 | .448 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |
In three games, Javier Baez has tied Chris Getz on the all-time home run list. Chris Getz could not be reached for comment. | |||||||||||||
17 | 60 | 54 | 54.4 | 54.3 | 55.0 | .491 | .511 | 12.0% | 12.8% | 24.8% | 2.7% | 6.4% | |
Chris Capuano and Shane Greene combined for 14 2/3 innings and no earned runs in consecutive games. Better call them up from Triple-A and they can help their start... what? | |||||||||||||
18 | 58 | 56 | 57.4 | 55.6 | 54.8 | .495 | .475 | 9.1% | 11.7% | 20.7% | -3.7% | -30.2% | |
There's probably a metric somewhere that rates Andrelton Simmons' defense negatively; perhaps a poll of everyone who has hit a ball toward Andrelton Simmons. | |||||||||||||
19 | 60 | 53 | 58.2 | 53.1 | 54.4 | .499 | .519 | 17.8% | 15.5% | 33.3% | 5.7% | 16.8% | |
Guess which team has the most home runs since the All-Star Break? Definitely not the Royals! | |||||||||||||
20 | 54 | 61 | 57.4 | 53.4 | 53.1 | .474 | .454 | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.9% | -1.3% | -3.0% | |
He's making a name for himself as a pitcher, but Jacob deGrom had an uncle that played for the New York Cosmos: Jacob deGrom Tyson. | |||||||||||||
21 | 55 | 59 | 53.5 | 53.0 | 52.7 | .470 | .450 | 0.5% | 1.4% | 1.9% | -1.2% | -2.2% | |
So if Giancarlo Stanton hits a mammoth home run in an away stadium and it lands in the same state as the dinger sculpture, it's legal to set it off, right? | |||||||||||||
22 | 51 | 62 | 52.9 | 52.8 | 52.6 | .463 | .483 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | -0.0% | |
And you may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful house. And you may tell yourself, this is not my beautiful Mauer. | |||||||||||||
23 | 50 | 64 | 50.3 | 51.9 | 52.4 | .449 | .469 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | -0.1% | |
"Have you heard about those crazy Will Middlebrooks trade rumors? Boy some teams really want to give up a lot for Will Middlebrooks," Will Middlebrooks loudly proclaims in the press pool. | |||||||||||||
24 | 55 | 61 | 52.7 | 52.8 | 52.2 | .458 | .478 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.7% | -0.1% | -3.2% | |
Maybe Adam Eaton wouldn't have been embarrassed by running into the fence had Bill Veeck gotten the Cardboard Outfield Boundary Night promotion like he wanted. | |||||||||||||
25 | 52 | 63 | 50.1 | 50.7 | 51.1 | .443 | .424 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | -0.1% | -0.1% | |
Ryan Howard hit his fifth career grand slam off a lefty, a number which somehow increased this year. | |||||||||||||
26 | 45 | 69 | 51.4 | 52.7 | 51.1 | .436 | .417 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
LaTroy Hawkins is second on the active roster in career pitching starts and hasn't started a game since 1999, four years before any active Rockies pitcher made their MLB debut. | |||||||||||||
27 | 52 | 61 | 53.6 | 50.3 | 50.3 | .456 | .436 | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | -0.1% | 0.1% | |
A.J. Preller's first order of business in San Diego is calling up all the other GMs and asking if they can take back, like, all the transactions this year. | |||||||||||||
28 | 47 | 68 | 47.3 | 47.0 | 49.4 | .415 | .434 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
It takes talent to have a .299 on-base percentage and a .269 ISO, but Chris Carter--sorry, that should have read "frightening lack of plate discipline." | |||||||||||||
29 | 49 | 66 | 47.6 | 48.6 | 48.5 | .421 | .402 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.2% | |
What was your favorite Andy Marte memory with the Diamondbacks? Remember Andy Marte? Remember the 2000s? | |||||||||||||
30 | 45 | 69 | 45.4 | 43.2 | 44.9 | .391 | .411 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Chris Gimenez was activated from the paternity list then designated for assignment. That's just more time to spend with your child. |
Partyin', partyin' (Yeah) Partyin', partyin' (Yeah) Fun, fun, fun, fun Lookin' forward to the Mets joke.