Prospectus Hit List for April 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.

RkTmWLW1W2W3HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

9

2

8.0

7.7

7.1

.636

.641

41.7%

34.5%

76.2%

-4.2%

8.6%

Oh so *now* Joe Kelly can hit his target.
2

9

4

8.8

8.2

7.7

.627

.631

82.0%

11.2%

93.2%

-0.8%

-2.8%

“Astros finish 7-run comeback, but fall in walk-off” reads the Astros.com headline that doesn’t know what “finish” means.
3

9

3

8.4

8.5

8.3

.629

.624

44.0%

25.6%

69.6%

4.0%

6.9%

The American Chopper meme, but Torey Lovullo explaining that calling someone a “m*****f*****” is a compliment.
4

10

1

8.1

7.7

7.6

.627

.623

34.7%

18.0%

52.7%

3.8%

18.2%

Hopefully the Mets have better luck against tomorrow night’s opposing starter, Jrewer Garcia.
5

10

3

9.9

9.1

8.8

.610

.614

10.8%

28.3%

39.0%

4.3%

11.8%

The Angels are making a big deal out of predicting when Albert Pujols will reach 3,000 hits, but analytics says it should be shortly after hit 2,999.
6

6

5

7.4

7.4

6.9

.598

.593

53.7%

18.0%

71.8%

3.6%

6.7%

Congrats to Sister Jean on becoming the second-oldest person to throw a pitch in an MLB stadium this season (Bartolo Colon).
7

6

6

6.1

6.8

6.6

.562

.567

49.5%

31.9%

81.3%

0.6%

-6.8%

Props to Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton for sparing the Red Sox from a Joe Kelly/Oberyn Martell moment.
8

6

4

6.1

6.2

6.2

.556

.561

13.5%

22.2%

35.6%

0.3%

-1.1%

Max Kepler is showcasing so much German power he could challenge for Paul Ryan's seat.
9

7

5

6.3

5.5

5.5

.549

.554

84.4%

7.4%

91.8%

1.3%

1.5%

Cleveland fans have two weeks left to feel good about the Indians before getting pissed about the NFL draft.
10

6

6

5.8

7.6

7.7

.557

.552

42.3%

18.1%

60.4%

-7.2%

-11.5%

Adam Eaton is so injury-prone it’s a miracle the Mariners haven’t traded for him yet.
11

8

3

6.7

6.3

6.3

.548

.543

9.5%

12.2%

21.7%

-3.0%

2.5%

Felipe Vazquez’s name change isn’t a big deal for Pirates fans; they’re used to seeing unfamiliar names on jerseys.
12

6

5

6.4

6.5

6.1

.539

.534

17.0%

14.1%

31.1%

2.4%

7.3%

The Phillies' kids are starting to hit, which means they’re only a rotation and bullpen away from having a pretty a scary team.
13

8

5

8.1

6.6

6.4

.528

.533

6.4%

20.7%

27.1%

-2.9%

4.4%

Did you see the “hit” Aaron Sanchez lost his no-hitter on? Who knew that Josh Donaldson’s best friend was an official scorer?
14

7

5

8.6

6.7

7.0

.535

.530

5.9%

6.1%

12.0%

2.1%

-2.0%

More power to ya, Charlie Culberson. You can’t really blame a guy for trying to look as much like Dansby Swanson as possible.
15

4

7

5.0

4.7

5.0

.505

.500

42.4%

25.8%

68.2%

-2.9%

-7.3%

It’s appropriate that Kenley Jansen is getting a Lando Calrissian bobblehead since, at its core, Star Wars is a series about arms falling off.
16

6

4

4.6

4.5

4.4

.489

.494

5.1%

17.4%

22.5%

2.2%

-2.0%

Kyle Seager now has 1,000 career hits, putting him just 500 behind his younger brother.
17

5

6

4.5

5.4

5.5

.488

.483

9.6%

16.5%

26.1%

-3.8%

-2.0%

The Giants have more dying star power than Mjolnir.
18

5

7

6.1

4.8

5.0

.479

.474

15.1%

17.0%

32.1%

-2.8%

-7.8%

Ah, so the Cardinals have their game broadcast on the network that leaks information ...
19

5

8

5.8

6.4

6.6

.468

.473

1.6%

6.6%

8.2%

1.7%

-2.0%

Did you know that Trayce Thompson’s brother players in the NBA? Hit List had this information first -- please credit us every time it is referenced.
20

7

6

4.8

5.1

5.2

.474

.469

21.1%

18.8%

39.9%

3.5%

-3.5%

Oh god, Matt Alberts is a closer. Someone check on the Effectively Wild facebook group.
21

6

7

5.2

5.8

6.2

.467

.462

3.5%

6.9%

10.3%

1.2%

-1.3%

The Coors Field effect is so devastating that even the punches that Rockies players throw don’t hit their spots.
22

4

7

4.4

5.7

5.4

.442

.447

1.0%

2.3%

3.4%

0.4%

-4.2%

Matt Davidson proves that Mark Reynolds’ skill set can neither be created nor destroyed.
23

4

7

5.4

5.2

5.3

.440

.445

0.8%

1.6%

2.4%

-0.5%

0.4%

Congrats to Jordan Zimmermann on his best start of the season (calm down, we waited to make sure he was ok first)..
24

4

9

5.4

6.5

6.2

.437

.432

0.5%

1.3%

1.8%

-0.2%

-0.4%

Luis Perdomo's backpedal proves there' could be at least one good NFL cornerback left in San Diego.
25

3

9

3.7

3.6

4.1

.403

.408

2.3%

10.2%

12.4%

-1.8%

-6.4%

If Yonny Chirinos keeps pitching this well does that mean he’s in or out of the Rays rotation?
26

5

8

4.2

4.5

4.9

.400

.405

0.2%

2.0%

2.3%

0.4%

0.2%

At least Chris Davis made contact with his knee.
27

3

7

3.7

3.8

3.8

.383

.388

0.3%

0.6%

0.9%

-0.1%

-0.1%

Nice to see Mike Moustakas have such a great start to his big walk year.
28

4

10

3.7

4.1

4.5

.380

.384

0.5%

3.1%

3.6%

-1.1%

-1.5%

Rougned Odor apparently skipped out on the chance to take paternity leave last weekend, so he’s probably your Facebook-loving uncle’s new favorite player.
29

2

9

2.5

3.0

3.3

.350

.346

0.6%

1.4%

2.0%

-0.6%

-4.7%

The good news for the Reds is Homer Bailey looks decent again. The bad news is, uh, everything else.
30

3

9

2.7

2.7

3.4

.324

.319

0.1%

0.2%

0.3%

-0.1%

-1.0%

Jacob Turner was released again. He is Schrodinger's Marlin.