Prospectus Hit List for April 23



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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

17

4

16.7

16.8

16.4

.675

.679

55.2%

35.1%

90.4%

-0.2%

6.1%

Being no-hit by the Baby Giraffe has the Red Sox reeling, although who wouldn’t be stymied by... Daniel Mengden?
2

16

7

17.9

17.2

15.8

.667

.671

89.0%

7.1%

96.1%

1.0%

6.4%

It was a little on the nose for Justin Verlander to paste a "kick me" sign on the White Sox' clubhouse door.
3

15

6

14.1

14.4

14.3

.625

.620

54.7%

27.2%

81.9%

0.9%

8.0%

[To the tune of "Seven Nation Army"] Oh-oh-oh Patrick Corbin!
4

11

8

11.3

12.1

11.1

.596

.601

88.1%

4.9%

93.0%

1.2%

1.9%

The Cubs are coming to town this week. Suddenly, re-signing Rajai Davis makes a ton of sense.
5

11

9

11.2

12.6

12.2

.593

.598

38.8%

46.3%

85.0%

2.6%

4.5%

Giancarlo Stanton is doing a mighty fine Albert Pujols impression. 2017 Pujols.
6

14

7

14.0

13.7

13.2

.582

.577

36.6%

13.9%

50.5%

4.2%

6.7%

Death. Taxes. Jake Arrieta owning the Pirates.
7

10

10

11.5

11.6

12.2

.576

.572

38.7%

31.0%

69.7%

-0.3%

8.0%

If there's one thing that could end the Dodgers' season-starting cold streak, it's the Nationals bullpen.
8

10

9

11.7

10.5

10.1

.561

.556

40.1%

21.5%

61.6%

1.9%

-1.2%

We're getting closer to the day we've all waited for: Javier Báez pitching.
9

13

8

13.4

12.0

11.5

.560

.555

31.5%

21.1%

52.6%

2.6%

8.5%

Now that Spring Training is over for Greg Holland, the Cardinals can start their regular season.
10

14

6

11.7

11.8

12.0

.554

.549

24.9%

14.6%

39.5%

-1.6%

-11.7%

The bad news for Matt Harvey: he's a reliever now. The good news: the Mets might actually need him to pitch.
11

12

8

13.3

12.3

12.7

.544

.540

7.5%

6.6%

14.1%

0.4%

1.6%

Ozzie Albies continues to make me look like a fantasy "brain genious."
12

13

8

13.2

10.7

10.2

.529

.534

4.7%

26.1%

30.9%

-1.3%

2.6%

In two weeks, they'll trade for José Bautista.
13

14

8

12.6

11.5

11.5

.526

.531

5.8%

22.4%

28.2%

-3.2%

-17.1%

Albert Pujols is on pace for his fewest GIDP since signing with the Angels. That has to count for something.
14

14

9

12.1

12.5

11.9

.536

.531

23.1%

20.7%

43.8%

0.2%

9.2%

The reason the Brewers are ahead of the Cubs in the division race is that they actually heeded the "beat the Marlins" memo.
15

10

12

10.3

12.4

12.5

.530

.525

30.9%

15.0%

46.0%

-4.4%

-3.4%

Mike Rizzo will be watching Farhad Zaidi's "The 10-Day DL and YOU" webinar this week.
16

11

11

11.7

13.0

12.8

.516

.521

2.0%

9.9%

11.9%

1.4%

5.5%

As Matt Chapman posts a .900+ OPS, I whisper to my date, "That's Chappie."
17

8

8

7.8

8.1

7.7

.497

.502

10.9%

16.9%

27.7%

-3.5%

-8.3%

Minnesota is betting on Yankee Stadium's short right-field porch bringing Logan Morrison's average above .100.
18

12

10

11.8

11.5

10.7

.499

.494

5.2%

7.0%

12.2%

-1.8%

-16.6%

Francisco Cervelli seems like he would be a huge Westworld fan. I think he identifies with Ed Harris.
19

11

9

8.8

8.9

8.9

.479

.484

2.9%

15.8%

18.8%

-1.0%

-4.1%

I'm beginning to suspect that Mitch Haniger smuggled Arizona's new humidor north.
20

9

12

9.3

10.2

10.7

.489

.484

3.2%

11.9%

15.1%

1.4%

-3.4%

Brandon Belt's 21-pitch plate appearance set the record for 2018 Giants excitement.
21

8

13

8.5

9.0

10.1

.464

.469

1.2%

11.3%

12.5%

3.6%

6.0%

Carlos Gomez trotted the bases slowly after his walk-off so Rays' brass could find Tuesday's starter.
22

12

11

9.2

9.8

10.3

.470

.465

3.3%

8.8%

12.0%

-2.9%

-3.3%

I'm beginning to think the Rockies' unique offseason strategy won't work for them.
23

9

11

10.4

9.8

8.9

.451

.456

0.7%

1.4%

2.0%

-0.1%

0.6%

Not sure why they're delaying the AL Central Race to the Top Draft Pick Extravaganza 2018, but to each their own.
24

8

15

7.9

7.7

8.6

.407

.412

0.3%

1.9%

2.1%

-0.0%

-1.5%

Everything's bigger in Texas, including Martin Pérez's ERA.
25

8

15

8.7

9.1

9.5

.413

.408

0.1%

0.5%

0.6%

-0.3%

-1.9%

Defensive whiz Christian Villanueva!
26

5

15

5.6

6.8

6.7

.357

.361

0.1%

0.1%

0.2%

-0.0%

-0.1%

Mike Moustakas will fetch a nice Single-A pitcher at the deadline.
27

6

16

6.1

5.3

6.5

.356

.360

0.0%

0.4%

0.5%

-0.2%

-0.6%

Manny Machado is killing it in his audition, but we'll see how he performs when he gets traded to a big-league team.
28

4

14

4.1

5.3

5.6

.350

.355

0.2%

0.4%

0.6%

-0.2%

-1.9%

Get better, Danny Farquhar.
29

3

18

4.9

4.8

5.3

.334

.330

0.1%

0.1%

0.2%

-0.3%

-0.4%

Jim Riggleman is MLB's version of Mike, the fixer from Breaking Bad. Except a lot more pleasant.
30

5

16

5.0

4.7

5.6

.318

.314

0.0%

0.0%

0.1%

0.0%

-0.0%

Bruce Sherman's name is still out of the papers, so I think the club is pleased.