Prospectus Hit List for April 15
Hit List for April 11
Hit List for April 18
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 |  | 8 | 1 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.2 | .740 | .736 | 77.5% | 12.9% | 90.3% | 0.5% | 1.9% |
| The Cubs’ new clubhouse is state-of-the-art with every amenity, but it’s not called the Cubhouse so it’s a total failure. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 7 | 1 | 5.7 | 5.6 | 5.2 | .640 | .635 | 55.9% | 22.7% | 78.6% | 2.0% | 12.6% |
| Stephen Strasburg missed a start with an illness. This settles it definitely, as we all know aces are immune to disease. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 6 | 4 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 6.9 | .630 | .625 | 69.0% | 16.1% | 85.1% | 3.9% | -1.0% |
| Today it’s Madison Bumgarner versus Clayton Kershaw in what I can only imagine will be the very first major-league baseball game ever played between two guys. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 7 | 2 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.0 | .618 | .623 | 27.0% | 30.1% | 57.1% | 3.5% | 11.4% |
| Maybe this should be the year the White Sox finally tell Ron Kittle that the whole ‘everyone wears number 42’ thing isn’t about him. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 5 | 4 | 6.6 | 6.7 | 6.3 | .596 | .591 | 9.3% | 24.2% | 33.5% | 3.2% | 11.3% |
| Jeremy Hazelbaker was in the Red Sox minor-league system for five years. He was terrible. He was in the Dodgers system for one year. He was terrible. Now he’s with the Cardinals so of course he’s hitting .481 and batting second for St. Louis. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 7 | 2 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 5.9 | .583 | .588 | 8.9% | 9.6% | 18.4% | -3.5% | 7.0% |
| Mark Trumbo can play right field like a blind rhinoceros as long as he keeps hitting over .400. Trouble is blind rhinos don’t often hit .400 over a full season, according to Baseball Reference. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 6 | 2 | 5.4 | 4.9 | 5.0 | .579 | .584 | 10.0% | 19.0% | 29.0% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Eight pitchers were used in Thursday’s Tigers/Pirates game. Six had ERAs over 5.00. All were relievers. This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 4 | 3 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.8 | .562 | .567 | 56.3% | 22.8% | 79.1% | 5.2% | 5.1% |
| Three innings of shutout baseball yesterday by the Indians bullpen brought their collective ERA down to OX.POO. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 6 | 4 | 6.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | .549 | .544 | 24.1% | 28.7% | 52.8% | -3.3% | 1.0% |
| Jake Peavy has one at-bat and one hit this season and is reportedly refusing to ever bat again. Something about ‘baseball card integrity’ or something. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 7 | 2 | 5.7 | 4.7 | 4.3 | .536 | .541 | 5.5% | 12.2% | 17.8% | 2.5% | 7.8% |
| Hey Royals! We predict you’re gonna lose the next 10 straight! Nah nah nah nah naaaah! | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 4 | 4 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.5 | .531 | .536 | 25.9% | 19.0% | 44.9% | 0.1% | -2.6% |
| The Red Sox have finally figured out what made Rick Porcello so bad. Apparently someone got ahold of his sinker and added a T. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 5 | 5 | 5.6 | 5.2 | 5.1 | .528 | .533 | 23.2% | 18.3% | 41.5% | 2.5% | -1.3% |
| Justin Smoak’s slash line of .125/.417/.125 is visually appealing enough that it should get its own cologne. Call it Base Emotions. You can have that. You’re welcome. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 4 | 4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | .528 | .533 | 17.8% | 15.2% | 33.0% | -3.7% | -2.7% |
| Alex Rodriguez is hitting .136 but don’t worry because he still has a career as a centaur model to fall back on. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 5 | 5 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 5.8 | .513 | .508 | 8.9% | 22.9% | 31.8% | -4.2% | -10.3% |
| Justin Masterson has joined the Pirates on a minor-league deal. So now we know who stole his fastball. [shakes fist] SEARAGE! | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 6 | 5 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 5.2 | .494 | .499 | 15.3% | 5.9% | 21.2% | 2.1% | 3.6% |
| Elvis Andrus has been caught stealing three times, which coincidentally is also the same number of times he’s tried to steal. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 3 | 6 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 4.6 | .492 | .497 | 30.0% | 8.6% | 38.6% | 0.2% | -10.2% |
| Robinson Cano’s slash line of .189/.250/.622 is why early season baseball is so wonderful. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 3 | 4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | .488 | .483 | 4.4% | 8.7% | 13.1% | 0.1% | 1.6% |
| Did you know Ichiro is on the Marlins? Unfortunately he hasn't been able to play much because he's old and he's competing for playing time with the newly signed Ty Cobb. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 5 | 5 | 4.5 | 6.1 | 5.5 | .474 | .469 | 0.9% | 2.2% | 3.0% | 0.7% | 1.3% |
| Vince Velasquez struck out 16 Padres in a complete game shutout. The Phillies should seriously consider bringing him up to the majors PADRES BURN! | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 3 | 7 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.0 | .459 | .464 | 36.9% | 9.1% | 46.0% | -4.2% | -10.2% |
| If you’re worried about Ken Giles you should know that going into Thursday’s game he had a Home-Run-to-Fly-Ball ratio of 100 percent. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 5 | 4 | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.0 | .467 | .462 | 3.0% | 7.5% | 10.4% | 1.8% | 1.4% |
| Before Thursday’s game the longest a Rockies game had gone without scoring is three innings. That happened once. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 5 | 4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 4.1 | .464 | .459 | 2.1% | 7.1% | 9.2% | -1.0% | -3.3% |
| Joey Votto has the same number of walks as Kevin Kiermaier. Last season Votto out-walked Kiermaier by 119. April baseball the best! | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 3 | 5 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.6 | .459 | .455 | 38.6% | 27.7% | 66.3% | 1.7% | -9.5% |
| The Mets hitters act like they have to face the Mets pitchers when in reality they are the only hitters to not have to face the Mets pitchers which shows you how bad they've actually been. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 3 | 6 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.4 | .448 | .453 | 24.3% | 19.0% | 43.3% | -4.4% | -11.9% |
| Chris Archer is 0-3 with five homers given up in 15.2 innings pitched. It’s a good thing PECOTA doesn’t read because that sentence would piss it off real bad. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 4 | 6 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.2 | .440 | .445 | 8.1% | 2.7% | 10.8% | -0.4% | 1.0% |
| The A’s can’t hit but you shouldn’t make fun of people for not having things they can’t afford. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 5 | 4 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | .439 | .444 | 9.7% | 4.3% | 14.0% | -0.1% | 3.8% |
| The Angels are 5-4 and in first place despite being outscored by 10 runs. Now look at the Angels roster. This is exactly according to plan. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 3 | 7 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | .409 | .405 | 2.5% | 6.0% | 8.4% | -1.7% | -1.8% |
| Why do the Diamondbacks have so many uniforms? Because they molt. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 4 | 5 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 2.1 | .382 | .377 | 2.3% | 9.1% | 11.4% | -0.9% | 0.4% |
| The Brewers managed only one hit yesterday so that’s yet another way they’re like Queensrÿche. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 3 | 7 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.4 | .382 | .377 | 1.5% | 4.1% | 5.6% | -2.6% | -3.1% |
| The Padres have been shut out in five of their 10 games and I totally came up with that on my own so there’s no need to go back into Matt Sussman’s Twitter feed. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 0 | 9 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.6 | .336 | .340 | 1.1% | 4.2% | 5.2% | -1.9% | -6.8% |
| The Twins, scorers of 13 runs in eight games, are doing their part to make us appreciate how difficult it really is to hit major league pitching. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 0 | 9 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.4 | .291 | .287 | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.5% | -0.1% | -2.4% |
| The Braves are 0-9 but they lost 12 straight last season so they know how to handle this. | |||||||||||||
First Queensryche joke of the year; now on pace for 13 this season.