Prospectus Hit List for April 13
Hit List for April 10
Hit List for April 15
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 | 4 | 3 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.2 | .558 | .538 | 15.6% | 30.1% | 45.6% | 4.6% | 0.0% | |
Wouldn’t it be funny if the Padres made like eight more trades and none of them improved the infield? | |||||||||||||
2 | 3 | 3 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.7 | .555 | .575 | 28.5% | 25.6% | 54.0% | 3.8% | 0.0% | |
Kevin Cash has not shifted everyone to first base simultaneously, batted the ball boy first, or invited live bears into the clubhouse. This might be progress. | |||||||||||||
3 | 3 | 3 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.7 | .436 | .455 | 27.2% | 18.5% | 45.6% | 3.8% | 0.0% | |
Fernando Rodney gave up four runs in the ninth, necessitating the removal of thousands of invisible arrows from Seattle-area TV screens. | |||||||||||||
4 | 3 | 2 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.4 | .602 | .582 | 52.1% | 18.0% | 70.1% | 3.4% | 0.0% | |
Playing for the Cardinals, Mark Reynolds walked and struck out, which is significant because Mark Reynolds plays. | |||||||||||||
5 | 6 | 0 | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.5 | .723 | .739 | 55.3% | 10.9% | 66.2% | 3.3% | 0.0% | |
.400 Watch! Assuming 600 at-bats, Miguel Cabrera needs to hit just .395 the rest of the way. | |||||||||||||
6 | 6 | 0 | 5.2 | 5.6 | 5.5 | .689 | .706 | 14.6% | 9.2% | 23.8% | 2.9% | 0.0% | |
The Royals have committed one error on the season, assuming you don’t count signing Edinson Volquez. | |||||||||||||
7 | 3 | 3 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.6 | .488 | .468 | 21.4% | 16.5% | 38.0% | 2.5% | 0.0% | |
The Mets tried like heck to get rid of Bartolo Colon this offseason, yet nobody wanted him. It’s like teams hate fun. | |||||||||||||
8 | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.4 | .469 | .449 | 62.2% | 13.3% | 75.5% | 2.2% | 0.0% | |
The Nationals Super Rotation has a 1.91 ERA and a 1-3 record. So it’s not that they didn’t buy good pitchers, it’s that they didn’t buy the right good pitchers. | |||||||||||||
9 | 2 | 4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | .374 | .393 | 12.3% | 9.0% | 21.3% | 2.1% | 0.0% | |
In his only at-bat on Sunday, Gordon Beckham homered, meaning, for one day, Gordon Beckham was the best hitter anyone could ever be. Thanks, baseball. | |||||||||||||
10 | 2 | 4 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | .491 | .511 | 6.0% | 10.1% | 16.1% | 2.0% | 0.0% | |
If the Yankees can give him 14 runs worth of support each start Masahiro Tanaka will never 'need' Tommy John surgery. | |||||||||||||
11 | 2 | 4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | .483 | .463 | 12.1% | 13.5% | 25.6% | 1.7% | 0.0% | |
Answer: Not a hot start. Question: What happens when one of the highest batting averages on the team comes from Pedro Alvarez? | |||||||||||||
12 | 4 | 2 | 4.0 | 2.9 | 3.0 | .537 | .557 | 12.9% | 19.0% | 32.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% | |
How is the early season treating Russell Martin? One of the two highlights on his MLB player page is titled “Martin forgets number of outs.” | |||||||||||||
13 | 3 | 3 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | .586 | .566 | 71.9% | 16.5% | 88.4% | 1.4% | 0.0% | |
Yasiel Puig can’t ruin Vin Scully. Vin Scully is baseball. Therefore | |||||||||||||
14 | 3 | 3 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.4 | .461 | .481 | 6.0% | 8.1% | 14.1% | 0.6% | 0.0% | |
The bad news is Evan Gattis is 0-for-the-Season with 12 strikeouts in 20 at-bats. The good news is this is the end of this comment. | |||||||||||||
15 | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.1 | .502 | .482 | 23.5% | 22.3% | 45.8% | 0.3% | 0.0% | |
Kris Bryant has two homers and an OPS over 1.000 in Triple-A for all of you Cubs fans who are too busy looking for a bathroom to check. | |||||||||||||
16 | 3 | 3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 | .403 | .384 | 1.2% | 1.7% | 2.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Jonathan Papelbon said he wishes he still played for the Red Sox, by which I assume he means the Cubs. | |||||||||||||
17 | 1 | 5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | .288 | .305 | 2.1% | 2.0% | 4.1% | -0.2% | 0.0% | |
The Twins are bad but considering that none of their games has lasted longer than three hours, six minutes, at least they are being considerate about it. | |||||||||||||
18 | 4 | 2 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | .582 | .563 | 2.2% | 7.1% | 9.3% | -0.6% | 0.0% | |
If you’re reading it at sea level, it’s not funny at all, but if you’re reading this comment in Colorado, it’s hilarious. | |||||||||||||
19 | 3 | 3 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.8 | .423 | .404 | 1.1% | 3.7% | 4.8% | -1.5% | 0.0% | |
Two of the Diamondbacks most prized offseason acquisitions, Yasmany Tomas and Allen Webster, were sent to Triple-A to start the season, raising the question, ‘do the Diamondbacks know they fired Kirk Gibson?’ | |||||||||||||
20 | 1 | 5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | .361 | .343 | 9.9% | 10.8% | 20.8% | -1.5% | 0.0% | |
Don't worry about Stanton's lack of a home run. Hitting home runs is just like riding a bike. On the other hand, hitting home runs while riding a bike is much harder. | |||||||||||||
21 | 5 | 1 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.1 | .600 | .580 | 5.2% | 5.7% | 10.9% | -2.1% | 0.0% | |
The only explanation is the Nick Markakis contract must be a secret code which, if deciphered, will reveal the location of Captain Bluebeard’s treasure! | |||||||||||||
22 | 4 | 2 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | .585 | .604 | 45.2% | 23.7% | 68.9% | -2.2% | 0.0% | |
Everyone who thought you were so smart for grabbing Clay Buchholz for a dollar in your keeper league is a giant idiot named Matt Kory. | |||||||||||||
23 | 1 | 5 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.3 | .344 | .326 | 6.5% | 9.1% | 15.6% | -2.3% | 0.0% | |
Brewers starters have walked four batters in 33.2 innings, proving you don’t need bad control to be lousy at pitching. | |||||||||||||
24 | 3 | 4 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.2 | .417 | .436 | 7.5% | 8.5% | 16.1% | -2.5% | 0.0% | |
Rangers batters have been hit by 11 pitches, the most in baseball, proving that, despite the calendar, last year isn’t over yet. | |||||||||||||
25 | 3 | 3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | .485 | .505 | 7.4% | 11.4% | 18.8% | -2.9% | 0.0% | |
Buck Showalter is perhaps universally seen as one of the best managers in baseball. Yesterday he batted Alejandro De Aza leadoff. My friends, we’re getting trolled. | |||||||||||||
26 | 4 | 2 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.9 | .500 | .480 | 5.8% | 8.4% | 14.2% | -2.9% | 0.0% | |
Billy Hamilton homered and doubled, taking all the fun out of it. | |||||||||||||
27 | 3 | 4 | 5.1 | 5.6 | 5.4 | .599 | .618 | 16.9% | 15.0% | 31.8% | -3.4% | 0.0% | |
The A’s lead baseball in runs scored by teams that haven’t faced the Twins. | |||||||||||||
28 | 2 | 4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 | .415 | .434 | 42.4% | 19.0% | 61.5% | -4.4% | 0.0% | |
If Arte Moreno wants us to take his opinions more seriously he should stop dressing like Snidely Whiplash. | |||||||||||||
29 | 2 | 4 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | .443 | .463 | 15.6% | 10.0% | 25.7% | -4.5% | 0.0% | |
If Jerry Sands becomes the next Babe Ruth the baseball gods are still gonna owe Cleveland. | |||||||||||||
30 | 3 | 4 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 2.9 | .471 | .451 | 9.2% | 23.1% | 32.3% | -5.3% | 0.0% | |
The Giants are the last team in baseball without a stolen base that I haven’t written a comment for yet. |
Offense might be down, but we aim to offend you at least once today.