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Prospectus Hit List for September 10



by Matthew Kory

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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.

We ought to have called it the Mitt List. Just as many mitts in baseball as there are hits. Missed opportunity.

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

89

55

86.8

89.3

88.6

.614

.633

99.5%

0.5%

100.0%

0.0%

0.1%

Mike Scioscia put Howie Kendrick and his sub-.400 slugging percentage in the cleanup spot so the Angels could score eight runs. Planning!
2

81

63

89.6

88.4

88.5

.603

.622

0.4%

95.7%

96.1%

3.1%

-2.9%

Nick Punto is back from the DL so now Oakland can make that big trade with the Dodgers and win the World Series next season.
3

85

59

82.1

80.1

80.2

.568

.588

100.0%

0.0%

100.0%

0.1%

0.5%

Chris Davis is hitting .195 and struck out three times in four plate appearances last night and the Orioles have the biggest divisional lead in baseball. Oh, sorry, in #baseball.
4

79

65

84.9

80.9

80.1

.564

.584

0.0%

47.7%

47.8%

-8.0%

10.8%

A tough hop went over Robinson Cano’s glove in the ninth and the winning run scored, momentarily interrupting another showing of last year’s Super Bowl win. “Oh darn,” said Seattle before returning to screaming obscenities at Peyton Manning.
5

82

61

84.0

84.3

83.5

.584

.564

99.7%

0.2%

99.9%

0.0%

0.2%

The Nationals' magic number is down to 10 games, or enough to blow their division series lead! Celebrate at your own risk!
6

80

65

77.7

79.4

78.4

.544

.564

67.2%

17.8%

85.0%

11.8%

3.6%

Victor Martinez has the highest OPS of any player with A) 400 plate appearances and B) 100 career Adrian Beltre head-rubs.
7

82

63

80.3

84.9

82.9

.569

.549

75.8%

24.1%

99.9%

-0.1%

0.1%

Two hits for Carl Crawford who now has his OPS up over .700 so happy Dreams Come True Day, Los Angeles!
8

70

75

73.6

79.0

79.2

.520

.540

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Theory: one ‘L’ throws off Wil Myers’s balance at the plate.
9

75

69

74.4

74.8

74.2

.518

.538

0.0%

2.6%

2.6%

1.1%

0.6%

How does Mark Buehrle pitch so quickly and effectively yet so slowly? Slight of hand! Watch his next start closely and you’ll see he releases a dove during every pitch.
10

79

65

79.5

81.5

80.8

.557

.537

24.2%

74.4%

98.6%

2.8%

5.1%

Yusmeiro Petit threw 80 percent strikes last night but, by Brooks Baseball, 13 percent of them should have been called balls, meaning Petit threw just 69 percent strikes, and by now 100 percent of you have stopped reading this comment.
11

74

69

72.2

72.3

71.1

.506

.526

1.7%

4.3%

6.0%

-3.7%

-4.9%

Part One of the secret “Trade Justin Masterson to an NL team so we can ensure our victory in the World Series” plan is complete. Now, to Part Two!
12

79

64

73.8

67.9

68.4

.505

.525

31.1%

30.7%

61.8%

-4.1%

-5.5%

In the ninth inning down by two runs with two runners on, pinch-runner Jarrod Dyson was picked off, leading to this joke: Jarrod Dyson tried to kiss his girlfriend but got picked off.
13

75

69

74.4

77.2

77.8

.528

.508

5.0%

51.1%

56.1%

-1.7%

29.4%

Bud Selig will miss a lot about being commissioner, maybe even Pittsburgh.
14

80

65

73.1

76.2

75.7

.526

.506

94.1%

5.0%

99.1%

0.1%

13.8%

The Cardinals used seven pitchers and 16 position players in last night’s nine-inning game and yet it took three and a half hours to play which makes the whole thing sound like a stirring game of duck-duck-goose.
15

73

69

67.9

67.2

67.5

.485

.505

0.0%

0.7%

0.7%

-0.4%

-2.3%

Masahiro Tanaka threw another simulated game, though he might have just simulated throwing it.
16

74

71

73.0

71.8

71.9

.501

.481

0.2%

25.0%

25.3%

-0.0%

-11.1%

The Braves scored four runs and lost, which never happens. At least not the first thing.
17

74

71

71.5

71.3

70.8

.496

.476

0.9%

18.2%

19.1%

-2.3%

-37.3%

The Brewers are who we thought they were, they just didn’t do it the way we thought they’d do it.
18

71

72

70.3

69.7

69.0

.489

.470

0.1%

1.9%

1.9%

1.1%

0.6%

A sub-.500 team is 3.5 games out of a Wild Card. It seems someone has replaced the word “excellent” with the word “excitement.” Let’s see if anyone notices!
19

62

82

66.2

65.3

65.4

.449

.469

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

MLB.com says the Twins' four run inning “stunned the Tribe.” Makes you think Terry Francona told his guys, “All we need is one, guys! One run! This team can’t score runs.”
20

63

82

63.6

65.0

66.0

.444

.464

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Dustin Pedroia has been playing through an injury all season long. It’s called age. He hopes surgery will fix the problem.
21

64

81

63.1

64.1

66.0

.443

.463

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Before this season, Collin McHugh had a 8.94 ERA in 47 big league innings. Now he’s a 25-year-old with the 16th most pitcher WARP in baseball.
22

70

75

72.4

67.4

67.3

.478

.458

0.0%

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

The Mets will have quite the starting rotation in three years after Jacob deGrom returns from the Tommy John surgery he doesn’t yet need.
23

64

80

62.2

62.9

62.6

.437

.457

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

The White Sox had more errors than walks and runs scored combined. Guess how the game turned out though!
24

68

77

71.3

66.5

67.2

.471

.451

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.6%

Aroldis Chapman was pulled over for going 85 in a 70 mph zone. The cop said, “Do you know why I pulled you over?” and Chapman said, “ For going slower than my changeup?”
25

64

81

64.5

69.7

69.7

.462

.442

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Cubs prospect Kris Bryant won minor leaguer of the year, continuing a long run of seasons when the best players on the Cubs weren’t on the Cubs.
26

67

77

65.9

65.5

66.9

.461

.441

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

The new Apple Watch is so advanced it automatically lies to you about the Phillies score.
27

67

77

66.7

60.8

61.9

.445

.426

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.4%

Spangenberg, Quackenbush, and Goebbert: Padres players or a law firm’s name in a Monty Python sketch?
28

59

86

64.9

67.4

63.7

.440

.420

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

The Rockies have used 15 different starting pitchers this season and only one of them has an ERA below 4.20.
29

54

90

55.9

53.9

56.2

.382

.401

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

The Rangers finished second-to-last in the Cactus League this March so it’s not like we didn’t see this coming.
30

59

85

60.5

61.0

60.7

.419

.399

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

If you really want to speed up the game make everyone always play the Diamondbacks.