Prospectus Hit List for October 2
Hit List for September 30
Hit List for October 5
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 |  | 92 | 67 | 101.7 | 99.3 | 99.4 | .617 | .636 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The top four in yesterday’s Blue Jays batting order were Dalton Pompey, Cliff Pennington, Ezequiel Carrera, and Chris Colabello. It’s good to be the king. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 84 | 75 | 89.8 | 95.2 | 94.8 | .572 | .592 | 0.3% | 70.0% | 70.3% | 3.3% | -2.7% |
| The Astros are the only team not currently in first place that is still able to win a division. It’s like being the last dinosaur. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 87 | 72 | 87.7 | 87.4 | 88.9 | .552 | .572 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| The Yankees are going to the playoffs! Our long national nightmare is back on again! | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 100 | 59 | 95.6 | 89.5 | 89.1 | .588 | .569 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| What percentage of Cardinals fans do you think know St. Louis has a pro football team too? Fifteen? Twenty? If it’s over that I’ll eat your hat. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 92 | 67 | 87.3 | 83.1 | 83.8 | .544 | .564 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Jonny Gomes drove in three runs to help the Royals in their chase for home field in the AL. He’s hitting like nothing this year, but you just know there’s some bizarre over-the-top moment waiting for him in the next few weeks, don’t you? | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 94 | 65 | 87.7 | 94.0 | 93.0 | .580 | .560 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The good news: the Cubs are featured on the cover of Certain Success Magazine. The bad news: the magazine went out of business. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 89 | 70 | 86.9 | 96.4 | 94.9 | .577 | .558 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Maybe next time they won't be so budget-conscious. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 78 | 80 | 81.1 | 90.3 | 90.5 | .538 | .558 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -2.8% |
| The Indians aren’t the team that Cleveland deserves, but they’re the team Cleveland gets. It could be worse, they could have the Browns too! Ha ha what? | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 96 | 63 | 90.4 | 90.7 | 89.5 | .577 | .557 | 0.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The Pirates are going to win between 96 and 99 games and will have to play a one game playoff to see if they can make the real actual playoffs. Bud Selig at work, ladies and germs. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 78 | 81 | 79.0 | 85.0 | 85.5 | .515 | .535 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| Kevin Kiermaier threw a ball in from center field that was clocked at 100 mph. Since it was Florida and the throw wasn’t drunk or packing heat, it was pulled over and given a speeding ticket. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 89 | 70 | 87.7 | 89.5 | 86.6 | .555 | .535 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| How did this season happen? David Wright’s injury, Matt Harvey’s innings limit, and the Mets made Wilmer Flores cry! Everything this team touches turns to crap, but if you touch crap enough, maybe just once, it’ll turn to gold. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 87 | 72 | 80.8 | 78.2 | 78.5 | .510 | .530 | 99.7% | 0.3% | 100.0% | 1.5% | 1.9% |
| Is there a more unlikely team to ever make the playoffs than the 2015 Texas Rangers? Well, probably! Still though, well done! | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 83 | 76 | 88.2 | 88.1 | 87.8 | .546 | .526 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| Jeremy Affeldt will retire after the season, as will Tim Hudson. Now if the Giants could only get the rest of their pitching staff after Madison Bumgarner to retire as well | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 81 | 78 | 86.6 | 90.8 | 87.0 | .543 | .523 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| The Nationals are still eliminated but nobody set anyone else on fire or purposely tripped all the racing presidents, so globally speaking, it was good day! | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 78 | 81 | 80.0 | 80.1 | 80.6 | .501 | .521 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The magic and power of Rich Hill finally met an end. No more complete game shutouts this year. Still, six innings, six strikeouts, four hits, three walks, and two runs isn’t a bad way to go out. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 83 | 76 | 78.5 | 75.3 | 76.7 | .493 | .513 | 0.0% | 14.3% | 14.3% | -13.9% | -1.2% |
| If Mike Trout went down with an injury, half the Angels roster would drop their gloves and go home. Then the other half would see what the first half did and go home too. That’s MVP material here folks! | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 78 | 81 | 80.3 | 74.8 | 76.6 | .487 | .507 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -1.2% |
| Q: Why has J.J. Hardy been awful this season? A: He has a torn labrum in his left shoulder. Also, he’s better with a torn labrum than either of us with two healthy shoulders so. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 83 | 76 | 80.3 | 71.8 | 72.1 | .483 | .503 | 0.0% | 15.5% | 15.5% | 8.7% | 6.0% |
| The Twins could still win a Wild Card. They’re like your work. You could do it. You won’t, but you could. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 75 | 84 | 72.3 | 76.2 | 77.4 | .473 | .493 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| I like to think when Jack Z goes for coffee he orders a small and the barista looks at him, puts a Mariners cap on, and says, “$240 million, please.” | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 78 | 81 | 82.2 | 80.5 | 80.2 | .504 | .484 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Arizona is surprisingly not terrible, but they’re not good either which means they're mediocre and irrelevant, which in a way is worse. Sorry. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 66 | 93 | 75.5 | 75.8 | 77.8 | .464 | .484 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The A’s went 22-11 and finished in first place in spring training. Hey, mock if you want, but flags fly forever. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 73 | 85 | 67.1 | 71.8 | 73.0 | .451 | .471 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Even back in Little League, Al Avila was so worried about being accused of favoritism that he sent Alex to bed without dessert and gave little Jimmy Fortney an eight year, $160 million deal. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 74 | 85 | 71.2 | 69.2 | 70.9 | .449 | .468 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Listen, Jeff Samardzija, does Rich Hill know what you’re doing? Because a few excellent starts to end the year is borderline plagiarism. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 69 | 90 | 72.2 | 72.6 | 71.6 | .449 | .429 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Reportedly the Marlins were willing to trade Giancarlo Stanton a few years back but only for the likes of Xander Bogaerts or Manny Machado. That those deals didn’t happen makes you wonder what kind of extension are those guys going to sign? | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 74 | 85 | 71.6 | 70.1 | 69.0 | .448 | .428 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Free agent-to-be Justin Upton hurt his back and now has likely played his final game as a Padre. So [looks at standings] that went well. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 68 | 91 | 71.6 | 67.5 | 68.4 | .433 | .414 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Maybe instead of using malted barley, the Brewers should try baseball bats. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 63 | 96 | 67.8 | 70.0 | 71.0 | .427 | .408 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Judging by the Reds roster, Joey Votto is going to have to walk twice as hard next season. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 66 | 93 | 68.1 | 63.5 | 62.0 | .408 | .389 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Jose Reyes has hit worse in Colorado than in Toronto. Well, I guess that puts the lie to that, huh? | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 64 | 95 | 57.9 | 58.5 | 58.7 | .376 | .357 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The Braves have a new GM and will soon have a new stadium. Now all the need is a new name and a new team. Progress, though. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 62 | 97 | 60.3 | 55.4 | 55.3 | .366 | .348 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Did you know Ryan Howard has a knee injury and will likely miss the rest of the season? Neither did anyone else! | |||||||||||||
We made it to October! Congrats everyone!