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Prospectus Hit List for April 22



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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 TmWLW1W2W3HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

9

13

9.9

8.8

8.8

.451

.456

1.2%

6.0%

7.2%

0.1%

-9.7%

Congrats to Albert Pujols on passing Babe Ruth in RBI and games played while immobile.
2

11

11

11.1

11.4

11.5

.502

.497

5.9%

11.7%

17.6%

-5.1%

0.5%

Unsurprising that the DBacks lost yesterday given that they sat Christian Walker on Easter.
3

11

10

11.5

11.9

11.3

.537

.532

17.5%

22.0%

39.5%

3.3%

-5.1%

This whole “Minter Is Coming” Braves/Game of Thrones Twitter campaign makes a ton of sense as Minter generally leads to unhappy endings.
4

8

15

7.5

6.1

6.5

.328

.332

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

So now Chris Davis is giving up runs on the mound, too? He’s truly going for the lowest WARP ever.
5

9

13

7.5

7.8

7.9

.464

.469

17.5%

29.1%

46.6%

6.1%

-5.9%

Motion to call Nate Eovaldi’s elbow “The Big Dig” because it’s too expensive and always under construction.
6

8

12

8.1

8.1

8.4

.424

.429

1.3%

1.6%

2.9%

-0.4%

0.5%

[MLB HAS SUSPENDED US FROM TIM ANDERSON COMMENTARY FOR ONE COLUMN]
7

10

10

11.6

11.4

11.2

.523

.518

7.4%

7.5%

14.9%

-0.9%

3.9%

Have any JFK Truthers seen the video of Darvish hitting three people at once with a fastball?
8

8

13

11.0

9.6

9.6

.484

.479

6.9%

6.5%

13.4%

-1.6%

0.1%

I’ve never been big into those apocalyptic predictions, but Joey Votto popped up to a first baseman, so ...
9

12

9

10.4

8.6

8.9

.532

.537

75.1%

13.8%

88.9%

-5.1%

4.1%

Now that Francisco Lindor is back in the fold, the Indians can return to their time-honored strategy of playing ~.525 ball as the rest of the AL Central implodes.
10

9

13

9.0

8.5

8.5

.462

.457

5.8%

14.0%

19.8%

3.1%

6.6%

Between Jon Gray and that Ghost cameo Sunday was quite the day for forgotten wolves.
11

10

10

8.3

9.9

9.9

.445

.450

0.4%

2.1%

2.5%

0.5%

-0.9%

We’re inching closer and closer to Shane Greene: All-Star Representative, aren’t we.
12

13

8

12.7

16.4

17.0

.657

.661

93.1%

4.0%

97.1%

0.2%

0.6%

“Astros threaten club exit velocity record in rout” reads the Astros.com headline that proves maybe we’re taking Statcast a bit too far.
13

7

15

9.1

9.2

9.4

.420

.425

0.3%

1.3%

1.6%

0.0%

-1.2%

Yikes. Just imagine how ugly it would’ve been if the Royals weren’t facing New York’s Triple-A team.
14

15

9

14.7

16.8

16.6

.617

.612

80.4%

7.4%

87.8%

1.0%

11.6%

Robbing a homer *and* hitting a grand slam? Cody Bellinger just had the second-best Easter ever.
15

6

16

5.8

5.5

5.7

.334

.329

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Who needs a Dinger Machine when you have Trevor Richards?
16

13

10

11.3

11.7

12.3

.530

.525

37.6%

16.0%

53.6%

-1.6%

-1.1%

How bored was God when he decided to put Barry Bonds in Pete Davidson’s body for a little while?
17

12

7

11.4

11.9

11.3

.565

.569

22.9%

33.1%

56.0%

5.8%

7.1%

I believe hitting 11 homers in a double-header against that Orioles pitching staff can be legally classified as bullying.
18

11

10

13.3

13.5

12.4

.589

.594

45.4%

30.5%

75.9%

-1.0%

11.4%

“Oof, you gotta feel terrible for the Yankees” -- Star Trek redshirts.
19

11

10

8.9

9.3

9.4

.502

.497

28.6%

24.8%

53.4%

1.6%

-5.8%

Now that he’s suffered a substantial injury in a difficult loss, Robinson Cano is a True Met. Never thought I’d see the day.
20

11

13

11.4

11.4

10.8

.476

.481

1.2%

10.8%

12.0%

-3.6%

-7.0%

If you’re on the East Coast and look Northwest of the Sun at about 2:00 pm EST today you’ll be able to see Ramon Laureano’s overthrow from center field start to descend.
21

12

9

11.6

10.6

10.7

.538

.533

30.5%

23.6%

54.1%

-4.2%

-4.6%

How excited do you think Mike Schmidt was when he learned you can suspend a player for language used?
22

12

7

10.7

10.8

10.8

.535

.530

15.5%

10.8%

26.3%

-9.8%

3.3%

Pretty crazy that Cole Tucker exceeded his entire MiLB power output in his first at-bat in the bigs.
23

12

11

9.5

10.1

9.8

.477

.472

7.5%

13.2%

20.7%

4.2%

-10.1%

It turns out that Eric Hosmer could indeed hit water if he fell out of a boat ... or at least a sauna.
24

16

9

15.3

15.0

14.4

.533

.538

3.7%

22.5%

26.2%

-2.0%

-1.4%

The Mariners are truly the kings of the Garbage Time homers. They’re like if Blake Bortles was a whole baseball team.
25

9

14

9.8

9.2

9.9

.425

.420

0.4%

1.2%

1.6%

0.5%

-0.5%

Well, it’d be pretty appropriate of Vladito came up and slayed some Giants for his first act.
26

12

9

12.5

11.1

11.4

.544

.539

32.6%

16.7%

49.3%

3.7%

2.1%

Motion to re-nickname Dexter Fowler as “Heimdall” because he’s really all about giving Thor a hand.
27

14

8

15.6

17.1

16.7

.628

.632

35.7%

32.9%

68.6%

-3.4%

-6.9%

Getting back picked off of a first base with two on and two out in the bottom of the ninth of a one-run game? Definitely deserving of a “Who Did This, Pham?”
28

12

8

10.8

8.2

8.6

.461

.466

0.8%

5.9%

6.7%

1.8%

3.6%

Congrats to Shelby Miller on his first and probably last win since 2017.
29

11

12

12.3

11.5

11.7

.481

.486

1.4%

6.4%

7.8%

1.0%

5.7%

It’s a little depressing that I needed more hands to type this than Freddy Galvis needs to make difficult catches.
30

10

10

10.9

11.1

10.6

.537

.533

23.4%

24.6%

48.0%

5.8%

-0.9%

Max Scherzer avoided the ball and got hurt. Anthony Rendon got hit by the ball and got hurt. THe Nationals truly can’t win.