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Prospectus Hit List for September 12
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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.
| Rk | Tm | W | L | W1 | W2 | W3 | HLF | AHLF | Win Div% | Win WC% | Playoff% | 1-Day | 7-Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 91 | 55 | 88.9 | 91.3 | 90.3 | .619 | .638 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Is David Freese really having a better season than Mike Trout? If you look at the numbers, it's actually� PSYCH! | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 81 | 65 | 90.5 | 89.2 | 89.2 | .599 | .618 | 0.0% | 92.6% | 92.6% | -2.4% | -4.7% |
| If Jed Lowrie hadn�t singled twice the A�s would have had one hit and the game would�ve been the quickest the A�s played this season. [shakes fist] LOWRIE! | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 86 | 59 | 83.0 | 81.0 | 81.2 | .571 | .590 | 99.9% | 0.1% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| By WARP, Delmon Young has been as valuable as Matt Wieters and more valuable than Chris Davis. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 79 | 66 | 85.0 | 81.0 | 80.1 | .560 | .580 | 0.0% | 35.4% | 35.4% | 1.8% | -12.2% |
| The Mariners are 17-18 against last place teams because not only is Seattle talented, but they feel pity. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 83 | 62 | 85.0 | 84.9 | 84.1 | .581 | .561 | 99.7% | 0.2% | 100.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| The Nationals had six walks and only five strikeouts against Mets pitching last night and now you�re asking if one of those pitchers was Daisuke Matsuzaka and yes how did you know? | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 80 | 66 | 77.9 | 79.3 | 78.5 | .541 | .560 | 57.1% | 23.2% | 80.2% | 0.4% | 2.7% |
| The good news: Justin Verlander�s FIP is a full run lower than his ERA. The bad news: well, you know. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 83 | 63 | 81.3 | 86.0 | 83.7 | .572 | .552 | 72.8% | 27.1% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.6% |
| Don Mattingly doesn�t want to bench Yasiel Puig because after Puig Mattingly becomes the clear target for reporters looking for someone to accuse of ruining baseball (or at least the Dodgers). | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 81 | 65 | 81.6 | 83.5 | 82.6 | .563 | .543 | 27.2% | 71.7% | 98.9% | 0.1% | 7.9% |
| Doctors have cleared Brandon Belt to begin baseball activities and MLB.com headline writers to begin crafting awful puns. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 76 | 69 | 76.0 | 75.8 | 75.2 | .522 | .542 | 0.1% | 4.6% | 4.6% | -0.3% | 2.0% |
| This could be a big offseason for Toronto, which will need to find another starting-quality center fielder to bench. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 70 | 77 | 74.1 | 80.1 | 80.2 | .518 | .538 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Going into the eighth inning, Rays pitching hadn�t given up a hit. Rays fans curious about the outcome of the game should probably stop right there. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 76 | 69 | 74.0 | 74.3 | 72.9 | .513 | .532 | 5.1% | 10.7% | 15.8% | 8.5% | 9.5% |
| If Dr. Emmett Brown shows up in his flying DeLorean, go back to last April 2014 and put your life savings down on Corey Kluber placing in the Cy Young vote. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 80 | 65 | 74.8 | 69.1 | 69.6 | .506 | .526 | 37.8% | 30.8% | 68.7% | -9.3% | 3.7% |
| Against everyone but Boston, the Royals have a .571 winning percentage. Against the last place Red Sox, the Royals have a .000 winning percentage. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 77 | 69 | 76.1 | 79.3 | 79.8 | .535 | .515 | 12.6% | 49.1% | 61.8% | 3.5% | 38.9% |
| As Andrew McCutchen proved, baseball is the only sport where someone can stay inside a park and still run home. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 75 | 69 | 69.4 | 68.1 | 68.6 | .488 | .508 | 0.0% | 2.6% | 2.6% | 1.3% | -1.2% |
| Mark Teixeira leads the Yankees with 21 homers, but Brian McCann is only three away from xeiring the lead. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 80 | 67 | 73.7 | 76.8 | 76.4 | .522 | .502 | 84.8% | 10.5% | 95.2% | -2.5% | 0.7% |
| �Lance Lynn�s strikeout rate is down over last year and his walk rate is the same yet his ERA is down over a run so I�m not sure this is sustainable,� is something you shouldn�t ever say in a St. Louis bar. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 75 | 71 | 74.0 | 73.1 | 73.0 | .505 | .485 | 0.3% | 22.7% | 22.9% | -4.6% | -25.7% |
| B.J. Upton�s OPS is up 60 points over last season! It�s a shame last season was so awful. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 76 | 71 | 73.1 | 73.1 | 72.6 | .501 | .481 | 2.6% | 18.4% | 21.0% | 4.2% | -21.9% |
| Matt Clark has three career hits, two of them are home runs against the Marlins. Sorry, Matt, but the fish statue doesn't go off unless you're a Marlin. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 65 | 81 | 63.9 | 65.0 | 66.8 | .446 | .466 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Jose Altuve�s 200 hits are 26 more than any other player. [short joke] | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 64 | 83 | 64.5 | 66.0 | 67.1 | .445 | .465 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| David Ortiz doesn�t like playing for a losing team, but if he�d just stop complaining and hit like .700 with a million home runs he wouldn�t be. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 71 | 74 | 70.7 | 69.8 | 69.2 | .484 | .464 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | -0.7% | -0.4% |
| Giancarlo Stanton�s season has been worth 8.0 WARP, 3.3 more than the entire Marlins pitching staff. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 62 | 84 | 66.3 | 65.4 | 65.5 | .444 | .464 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| If a complete game shutout on fewer than 100 pitches is a Maddux, then throwing three innings with two homers allowed and no strikeouts is a Kyle Gibson. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 66 | 80 | 63.3 | 64.1 | 64.0 | .441 | .461 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Good pitching beats good hitting as long as good pitching is Chris Sale. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 71 | 76 | 73.2 | 68.3 | 68.1 | .477 | .457 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | 0.0% |
| Mets GM Sandy Alderson has said the team won�t spend much this offseason. Assume he means not counting lawyer fees. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 70 | 77 | 72.7 | 67.9 | 68.7 | .475 | .455 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| Aroldis Chapman has a 17.6 K/9 rate yet the most hitters he�s ever struck out in a game this season is four. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 64 | 82 | 63.9 | 69.7 | 69.9 | .458 | .438 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The Cubs are 64-82, though if they hadn�t played Nate Schierholtz at all they�d be 65.3-80.7. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 67 | 79 | 66.3 | 65.3 | 66.8 | .454 | .435 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| Ryan Howard had two strikeouts in two at-bats, two walks, two runners left on, and is now hitting .222. On the year he�s been worth -0.2 WARP! | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 67 | 78 | 66.7 | 60.8 | 61.8 | .442 | .422 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| The Padres shouldn�t move their fences in so much as replace them with an alligator-filled moat. Alligator-filled moat = attendance spike! | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 59 | 87 | 65.2 | 67.7 | 63.8 | .438 | .418 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The Rockies are�. You know what? I don�t want to write this comment and you don�t want to read it. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 54 | 92 | 55.8 | 53.9 | 56.5 | .377 | .396 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| If you simulated 10,000 2014 Rangers seasons and ranked them best-to-worst, this season would fall off the bottom of the spreadsheet. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 59 | 87 | 60.5 | 61.1 | 60.9 | .414 | .394 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Despite not having played since the trade deadline, there�s a good chance that by season�s end Paul Goldschmidt will have twice as many WARP as any other Diamondback. | |||||||||||||
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