Prospectus Hit List for August 20
Hit List for August 19
Hit List for August 21
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 73 | 51 | 78.1 | 84.0 | 83.0 | .641 | .659 | 97.9% | 1.3% | 99.1% | -0.6% | -0.1% |
| Just another reminder that Rick Porcello, who has pitched over 800 innings over five seasons, is the third youngest player on the Tigers roster. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 74 | 53 | 74.2 | 73.5 | 72.5 | .579 | .599 | 55.3% | 37.0% | 92.3% | 1.8% | -2.0% |
| Xander Bogaerts is the first person in the major leagues whose first name begins with "X" and isn't Xavier. Put his birth certificate into Cooperstown. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 71 | 52 | 67.5 | 72.9 | 72.9 | .578 | .597 | 41.3% | 49.3% | 90.6% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Jeremy Hellickson has allowed 80 runs this year, all of them earned. Be sure to tip your shortstops. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 76 | 48 | 76.9 | 77.3 | 74.4 | .614 | .595 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| "B.J. Upton or Jordan Schafer?" asks a team who cannot possibly have a ridiculous lead in a baseball division. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 72 | 53 | 70.0 | 69.5 | 68.7 | .560 | .580 | 63.8% | 26.6% | 90.4% | 1.4% | -0.6% |
| What do you think Matt Garza did during the 11-run inning to stay loose? I am guessing he left the dugout to go pitch an entire National League game. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 72 | 52 | 77.2 | 73.9 | 72.6 | .596 | .577 | 34.0% | 63.9% | 98.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Here are synopses of Michael Wacha's two wins: a six-inning, two-run start and a one-inning, three-run relief apperance. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 71 | 53 | 69.8 | 68.7 | 66.2 | .556 | .575 | 36.2% | 44.3% | 80.5% | 1.8% | 0.4% |
| It seems like they just keep finding ways to achieve walkoff victories at home. For some reason, they haven't done it on the road yet. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 71 | 54 | 72.6 | 72.4 | 72.7 | .577 | .558 | 26.5% | 69.1% | 95.6% | 1.5% | 2.0% |
| Here are a list of Reds players with triples this month: Joey Votto, Brandon Phillips. Circle the parts of this paragraph that seem wrong. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 67 | 57 | 66.4 | 64.3 | 64.7 | .529 | .549 | 3.0% | 14.4% | 17.4% | -6.0% | -9.5% |
| Danny Valencia was greated with a chorus of boos as he stepped to the plate, his first since being cleared of Biogenesis connections. I should mention that Danny Valencia is haunted by ghosts. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 67 | 58 | 66.0 | 65.2 | 66.2 | .529 | .548 | 1.9% | 19.4% | 21.3% | 1.2% | 7.4% |
| It's going to take more than Jason Giambi opposite-field doubles to stay in the Wild Card race. But please continue those as well. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 73 | 51 | 67.3 | 68.9 | 70.2 | .563 | .543 | 39.5% | 59.4% | 98.9% | 1.4% | -0.0% |
| Pedro Alvarez leads the National League in home runs. The rest of the league has the mumps. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 72 | 52 | 67.6 | 70.2 | 68.5 | .561 | .541 | 98.4% | 0.5% | 98.8% | -0.3% | -0.1% |
| Yasiel Puig didn't run into a single out yesterday, which is progress. He didn't get on base either, but we all have our own little ways. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 64 | 59 | 64.4 | 57.8 | 58.9 | .498 | .518 | 0.2% | 3.3% | 3.5% | -0.5% | -5.0% |
| They've lost five of their last seven games immediately after losing five of their previous 24 games. They're back! | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 64 | 59 | 60.7 | 54.6 | 56.0 | .478 | .498 | 0.4% | 4.5% | 4.8% | -0.6% | 2.2% |
| Ichiro hitting .272 in late August nearly qualifies as a global crisis. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 55 | 69 | 58.1 | 60.9 | 59.4 | .471 | .491 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | -0.1% |
| Albert Pujols has several months for returning to the best shape of his life, e.g., invent time travel. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 64 | 59 | 63.0 | 60.5 | 61.0 | .505 | .485 | 1.6% | 6.4% | 8.1% | -3.1% | -0.7% |
| You have to walk before you run, but the D'backs didn't walk for the eighth time this season and they still lost so I forget the moral of this story. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 57 | 67 | 58.2 | 55.5 | 58.1 | .461 | .481 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| They optioned Thad Weber to Triple-A yesterday then plan to recall him for today's doubleheader, but only because they couldn't claim him off waivers and waive him again. Or could they? | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 57 | 67 | 52.7 | 56.9 | 56.6 | .450 | .470 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% |
| Despite everything, the Mariners refuse to go away. They're not exactly playing well, but there they are, showing up on time each game. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 54 | 69 | 53.6 | 56.0 | 55.8 | .446 | .466 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Yesterday just made it official, but in spirit the entire season has felt like a long drawn out sweep by the Mets. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 58 | 68 | 61.2 | 61.6 | 59.0 | .476 | .456 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| Jeff Manship has a higher ERA (7.80) than anyone in their rotation's K/9. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 60 | 64 | 58.3 | 58.6 | 58.9 | .475 | .455 | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | -0.7% | -2.0% |
| If claiming David DeJesus off waivers was a mistake, then they can correct this by flipping him for Adam Rosales or Casper Wells. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 54 | 70 | 57.6 | 60.5 | 61.1 | .470 | .450 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| And then the bartender says, "I don't know, what's Samardzija with you?" | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 57 | 66 | 58.7 | 57.8 | 57.0 | .469 | .449 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | -0.3% |
| You know one of the baseball god's has OCD when all 14 hits yesterday were split evenly amongst seven different Mets. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 49 | 74 | 53.4 | 53.6 | 53.3 | .426 | .445 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| It was an off day yesterday, giving Robin Ventura plenty of time to stare at himself in the mirror, tap his left arm, then his right arm, then smile. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 54 | 71 | 56.1 | 58.8 | 59.8 | .457 | .438 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The good news is Aramis Ramirez still makes $16 million next year. Good news for Aramis Ramirez, that is. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 55 | 69 | 53.9 | 57.6 | 58.3 | .453 | .434 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| The Giants lineup saw 125 pitches yesterday and Buster Posey saw 23 of them. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 56 | 69 | 53.9 | 55.2 | 55.5 | .441 | .422 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Chris Denorfia's three-base error on a ground ball to him in right field is a good argument for even bigger mitts. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 55 | 69 | 50.7 | 50.1 | 52.2 | .420 | .400 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The save is a meaningless stat until you notice the Phillies recorded their first save since July 11. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 48 | 75 | 49.7 | 45.3 | 46.0 | .384 | .365 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Jose Fernandez has nearly one-third (9 of 28) of the rotation's victories. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 41 | 83 | 43.4 | 38.6 | 41.0 | .331 | .349 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Jake Elmore has now played every position for Houston this year except for center field. | |||||||||||||
Samardzija? What's Samardzija?