Prospectus Hit List for April 28
Hit List for April 25
Hit List for April 30
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 | 15 | 10 | 16.6 | 16.7 | 16.1 | .584 | .603 | 41.2% | 21.6% | 62.9% | -2.5% | -6.6% | |
After three seasons, Dan Otero finally recorded a home run. Not as great a feeling as everyone made it out to be, perhaps because he's a pitcher and he gave it up. | |||||||||||||
2 | 17 | 7 | 16.1 | 17.7 | 17.6 | .608 | .588 | 45.9% | 24.2% | 70.1% | 6.6% | 12.1% | |
Turns out, yes, you can actually build a starting rotation out of toothpicks and chewing gum and dominate the National League. | |||||||||||||
3 | 11 | 13 | 14.8 | 14.8 | 14.4 | .555 | .574 | 27.5% | 24.0% | 51.5% | 2.6% | 0.7% | |
If Garrett Richards literally threw gas, the infield would look much worse. | |||||||||||||
4 | 12 | 9 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 11.3 | .543 | .563 | 63.1% | 10.1% | 73.2% | 1.1% | 2.8% | |
Anibal Sanchez is on the DL with a blister on his finger and is expected to be out until the end of the "Money For Nothing" guitar solo. | |||||||||||||
5 | 18 | 7 | 15.2 | 17.0 | 16.4 | .580 | .561 | 43.5% | 18.6% | 62.1% | -4.0% | 6.6% | |
If they stay in the pennant race, here's hoping they again trade for CC Sabathia, for old time's sake. | |||||||||||||
6 | 11 | 14 | 12.0 | 14.3 | 14.5 | .531 | .551 | 22.3% | 19.3% | 41.6% | -5.9% | -8.3% | |
If Heath Bell improves soon he may find yet another team to pay him not to play baseball for them. | |||||||||||||
7 | 14 | 12 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 13.0 | .559 | .540 | 62.2% | 22.0% | 84.2% | -2.8% | -7.3% | |
Now they are 7-11 against teams are not the Diamondbacks. They don't play them until mid-May, so it may behoove them to also play other teams well. | |||||||||||||
8 | 15 | 10 | 12.5 | 13.1 | 12.7 | .517 | .537 | 23.6% | 19.8% | 43.3% | -7.3% | 8.9% | |
"You remembered to take Geovany Soto off our All-Star ballot candidates, right?" "No but I'm sure someone did." | |||||||||||||
9 | 15 | 10 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.2 | .510 | .530 | 38.0% | 20.0% | 58.0% | 5.3% | 13.0% | |
All of Masahiro Tanaka's pitches are lethal: the floater, the bomber, the climber, the builder, the digger … wait, these are Lemmings power-ups. | |||||||||||||
10 | 14 | 12 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 14.9 | .549 | .529 | 40.5% | 23.2% | 63.7% | -7.3% | -5.7% | |
Tanner Roark became the first Tanner to throw a shutout in Major League Baseball history, but the 1706th in Tanner League Baseball history. | |||||||||||||
11 | 14 | 12 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 14.4 | .546 | .526 | 39.8% | 16.0% | 55.8% | 2.3% | -5.7% | |
Jhonny Peralta is now up to 11 extra-base hits, five singles, and an average still below .200. Easily sustainable, just like snowballs in the freezer. | |||||||||||||
12 | 12 | 14 | 11.4 | 11.9 | 11.6 | .498 | .518 | 23.6% | 21.4% | 45.0% | -0.5% | -5.9% | |
The slumping but healthy Grady Sizemore is a new and different beast that we have not encountered, nor do we understand its eating and mating habits. | |||||||||||||
13 | 12 | 12 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.1 | .498 | .518 | 13.3% | 10.1% | 23.4% | 4.6% | -1.0% | |
If you have any new or gently used home runs, please donate them. No team should boast Omar Infante second on the team with them. | |||||||||||||
14 | 15 | 10 | 14.0 | 12.1 | 11.8 | .535 | .516 | 29.7% | 33.1% | 62.8% | 1.3% | 6.6% | |
Ever notice how many Brandons this team has? Brandon Crawford, Brandon Hicks, Brandon Belt, Pablo Brandonval, Brandison Brandgartner, Tim Brancecon and Branster Posey. | |||||||||||||
15 | 12 | 13 | 12.4 | 11.6 | 10.9 | .488 | .508 | 9.4% | 11.2% | 20.5% | -0.4% | -6.2% | |
Their Sunday lineup had an MLB-record six Dominicans, along with a Canadian, two Americans, and a knuckleballer (origin unknown, probably lives on a cloud in the sky). | |||||||||||||
16 | 14 | 12 | 15.0 | 15.6 | 14.6 | .524 | .504 | 5.4% | 14.5% | 20.0% | 4.6% | 3.7% | |
Their stellar offense is having to atone for their inconsistent pitching. It's still 1998 and Coors Field should have Goo Goo Dolls concerts after every game. | |||||||||||||
17 | 12 | 11 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 12.0 | .482 | .502 | 6.1% | 5.6% | 11.7% | 0.2% | 3.9% | |
Twins fans had to be educated on what "rain delay" meant yesterday. The best explanation was "it's like clear snow." | |||||||||||||
18 | 13 | 13 | 13.5 | 12.6 | 12.9 | .482 | .502 | 8.5% | 7.5% | 16.0% | 1.6% | -1.1% | |
If Jose Abreu's endgame is to weaken the vocal cords of Hawk Harrelson, he's doing a terrific job. | |||||||||||||
19 | 11 | 14 | 14.1 | 13.8 | 13.8 | .516 | .496 | 11.7% | 11.5% | 23.2% | -0.8% | -3.4% | |
That's now four times Billy Hamilton has been caught stealing this year. That's eight too many. | |||||||||||||
20 | 10 | 14 | 11.1 | 10.8 | 11.2 | .475 | .495 | 7.6% | 10.9% | 18.5% | 2.0% | -0.3% | |
I'll save you an "Against The Wind" joke with Kyle Seager, mostly because his two-homer game likely had to be with the wind. | |||||||||||||
21 | 11 | 14 | 10.9 | 11.4 | 11.5 | .466 | .486 | 9.0% | 8.2% | 17.2% | -0.3% | -1.4% | |
Carlos Santana is now sporting a .122/.301/.195 line while Lonnie Chisenhall weeps on the bench to be noticed. | |||||||||||||
22 | 12 | 12 | 11.4 | 9.6 | 9.4 | .463 | .483 | 6.7% | 10.1% | 16.8% | -0.5% | 1.7% | |
You can have Manny Machado, Chris Davis or Jemile Weeks, but none at the same time. This is the weirdest witch's curse ever. | |||||||||||||
23 | 11 | 14 | 13.2 | 13.3 | 13.7 | .474 | .454 | 0.7% | 2.1% | 2.8% | -0.9% | -0.9% | |
"Keep batting Casey McGehee cleanup until somebody notices," that's what I always say. | |||||||||||||
24 | 13 | 12 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 11.3 | .471 | .452 | 7.8% | 10.8% | 18.7% | 1.2% | 8.1% | |
Freddy Galvis could go 15 for his next 15 and still have a lower batting average than Chase Utley. | |||||||||||||
25 | 14 | 11 | 12.5 | 9.9 | 10.6 | .464 | .444 | 5.0% | 8.3% | 13.4% | 1.9% | 3.1% | |
Bobby Abreu will tell his grandchildren about the time he hit his first home run as a Met, just as soon as they get home from school today. | |||||||||||||
26 | 10 | 16 | 12.1 | 10.6 | 11.6 | .461 | .441 | 4.3% | 4.8% | 9.1% | -2.3% | -4.7% | |
In six of their last eight games they've scored two or fewer runs. Andrew McCutchen can't do it alone, despite what these lab results say. | |||||||||||||
27 | 12 | 14 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.9 | .450 | .431 | 2.6% | 8.0% | 10.6% | 0.2% | -10.6% | |
A team .276 on-base percentage isn't great -- in fact it's the worst in MLB -- but resisting the urge to peel off the basepath and go surfing in San Diego takes discipline. | |||||||||||||
28 | 8 | 16 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.2 | .432 | .412 | 0.8% | 1.2% | 2.0% | 0.9% | -0.3% | |
Luis Valbuena is on the All-Star Game ballot, running as a member of the Replacementarian Party. | |||||||||||||
29 | 9 | 17 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 9.0 | .374 | .393 | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.4% | -0.0% | -0.0% | |
Minor league free agents with career ERAs near nine are hot commodities, which is why Collin McHugh has allowed one run in 15 1/3 innings. | |||||||||||||
30 | 8 | 20 | 8.3 | 9.5 | 9.5 | .398 | .379 | 0.1% | 1.5% | 1.7% | -0.7% | -1.5% | |
The constant bright spot for this team remains that giant yellow orb in the sky. |
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