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Prospectus Hit List for July 8



by Matt Sussman

Hit List for July 3 Hit List for July 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.

Hey now, you're an All-Star edition of the Daily Hit List

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

48

39

52.7

58.4

58.1

.595

.615

87.7%

4.9%

92.6%

-1.3%

8.9%

Al Alburquerque allowed his first home run in 77 2/3 career regular season innings. In the postseason he's allowed two homers in 5 1/3 innings.
2

54

36

54.1

53.0

52.8

.565

.585

64.9%

24.5%

89.3%

-2.0%

2.4%

Climbing up on Ellsbury Hill / I could steal the second base / Count was favorable, two and one / should've seen the pitcher's face
3

49

40

49.4

52.4

52.9

.552

.572

16.6%

35.8%

52.4%

-0.3%

15.5%

They had their fake '70s throwback day this weekend. A real '70s throwback day for them is more commonly known as "an off-day."
4

51

37

47.0

47.5

47.5

.551

.571

51.4%

26.7%

78.1%

3.0%

-7.1%

Joakim Soria's back! I told you we should have had practice drills for this.
5

52

37

51.2

51.0

49.3

.547

.567

46.2%

31.7%

77.9%

1.9%

3.6%

Bartolo Colon has now been named to three All-Star Games, each in separate decades.
6

53

34

56.5

55.4

53.9

.576

.556

48.4%

46.9%

95.4%

1.1%

2.4%

Yesterday they scored five runs and went 1-for-1 with runners in scoring position, which is weird. But, statistics!
7

43

45

44.2

46.1

44.9

.532

.552

2.4%

9.7%

12.1%

0.8%

-1.3%

Of all the Angels to need a shampoo commercial, it's Jered Weaver.
8

50

38

50.7

52.3

52.4

.567

.547

20.3%

66.0%

86.3%

-2.9%

3.2%

I don't care that he isn't worthy of the National League Final Vote. What am I going to do with all these "Choo Choo Choose Choo" buttons? Why did I order them?
9

48

40

44.0

40.8

41.4

.525

.545

10.1%

28.1%

38.2%

-5.1%

12.8%

Mariano Rivera remembers a simpler time when Orioles were easier to strike out.
10

50

38

52.7

53.0

51.2

.552

.532

82.1%

5.7%

87.8%

-1.4%

-5.8%

#VoteFreddie isn't a bad hashtag for Freeman's Final Vote campaign, but why not just use his initials? Let me see if anybody else uses #FF...
11

46

42

45.6

44.0

44.7

.503

.523

11.4%

13.1%

24.5%

2.6%

-15.0%

If I told you Michael Brantley was the centerpiece of the CC Sabathia trade to Milwaukee and Matt LaPorta was the throw-in, I'd merely be a decoy while my assistant stole your life savings.
12

49

40

47.0

45.5

46.2

.499

.519

8.0%

21.7%

29.7%

1.6%

-13.9%

Chris Davis leads the league in homers, Manny Machado in doubles, and Nick Markakis is in the top four in the American League in singles.
13

53

34

48.5

47.5

48.7

.537

.517

31.3%

58.2%

89.5%

-3.1%

-4.8%

From now on, A.J. Burnett will bring his own rosin bag from home.
14

43

45

43.4

40.8

42.7

.491

.511

0.5%

2.6%

3.1%

0.1%

-3.9%

Steve Delabar might win the All-Star Final Vote, but in Ontario first he has to win his riding.
15

42

45

40.0

41.9

41.1

.530

.510

29.5%

2.5%

32.1%

1.9%

8.9%

Juan Uribe's seven RBIs on Friday is the most for a Dodger since 2006 when James Loney had nine RBIs. Related: James Loney once had nine RBIs in a game.
16

47

41

46.3

44.2

44.0

.514

.494

54.4%

2.8%

57.2%

3.1%

17.9%

Their five-game winning streak is the longest in baseball, but it's a dry winning streak.
17

46

42

42.8

41.1

41.0

.509

.489

15.7%

13.4%

29.1%

4.6%

7.1%

Ryan Zimmerman seems to own the Padres. Not literally. Although with 13 homers in 36 games, that has to be worth stock options.
18

41

44

43.0

37.0

37.8

.469

.489

0.9%

1.0%

1.9%

-1.1%

-1.3%

TWO All-Stars? This snaps a nine-year streak of their All-Star representative being Crippling Self-Loathing. Heck of a run, though.
19

39

49

37.0

41.1

41.4

.465

.485

0.0%

0.3%

0.3%

-0.1%

0.1%

Brad Miller is the first person to hit two triples in a game in Great American Ball Park history. #SeattleForNLCentral
20

40

47

39.0

41.5

42.4

.487

.467

7.3%

0.7%

8.0%

-2.2%

-9.9%

The latest statue on display at AT&T Park: Gaudin's "The Sinker."
21

42

47

44.5

46.1

44.1

.484

.464

7.2%

0.7%

7.9%

-0.6%

-12.8%

Carlos Gonzalez leads his team in hits, doubles, triples, homers, runs, RBIs, stolen bases, zips, zops, blips, bleeps, hocuses, pocuses, and Z's in last name.
22

38

48

41.9

42.9

43.1

.480

.460

0.0%

0.9%

0.9%

0.3%

-0.1%

You can't trade Alfonso Soriano before the Fourth of July, because he hooks everybody up with the coolest fireworks.
23

34

51

35.8

36.6

34.7

.439

.459

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

-0.1%

In their last eight games they've scored 17 runs. Before that, they scored 18 runs in a doubleheader in which they were swept.
24

37

48

37.6

38.7

39.1

.433

.453

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

-0.1%

-0.7%

Their pitching is like a weird European film: lots of things you don't understand and then it ends with "Fien."
25

37

48

38.6

38.4

38.1

.470

.450

0.3%

0.4%

0.7%

0.3%

0.0%

Ike Davis is back from his stint in Triple-A Las Vegas and won't explain the new tattoo.
26

43

46

39.4

40.7

40.9

.466

.446

1.9%

1.7%

3.7%

0.1%

0.9%

It shows leadership by Michael Young to deflect all the trade rumors onto himself so his teammates can just worry about playing baseball.
27

40

49

39.3

39.0

38.6

.456

.436

1.6%

0.1%

1.6%

-1.1%

-6.9%

Losing nine straight would knock most teams out of contention. But this is the NL West, land of opportunity!
28

35

52

36.7

39.2

40.2

.455

.435

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.1%

-0.1%

Rickie Weeks sounds like the coolest festival in Wisconsin, at least in the non-food-themed category.
29

32

57

31.0

26.3

28.4

.356

.375

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Jose Altuve didn't make the All-Star Game, narrowly beaten out for the final Home Run Derby outfield shagging spot by Jaysen, a 13-year-old from North Carolina.
30

32

55

33.2

30.3

30.6

.384

.365

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

With Ricky Nolasco finally traded, the largest earners on the team are Adeiny Hechavarria and Placido Polanco ($2.75 million each). THAT'S STILL A LOT OF MONEY.