Prospectus Hit List for July 2



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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

55

31

61.3

62.2

62.1

.699

.704

89.7%

9.9%

99.6%

-0.1%

-0.2%

The Tigers’ slump is so bad it’s even impacting Justin Verlander, apparently.
2

54

27

51.9

55.5

56.0

.671

.675

66.1%

33.7%

99.8%

0.1%

-0.1%

Frankly, a portion of David Price’s salary should count toward the Yankees’ salary tax number.
3

56

29

54.7

55.5

55.3

.651

.656

33.9%

65.2%

99.1%

-0.4%

-0.0%

Turns out the cheapest place to rent space in New York City is in David Price’s head.
4

47

35

51.1

50.4

50.7

.607

.603

62.9%

25.8%

88.7%

1.2%

7.6%

How embarrassed do you think Jon Lester was by Vince Velasquez’s incredible throw to first?
5

48

34

49.4

48.8

47.8

.592

.587

43.0%

19.1%

62.1%

2.8%

13.0%

If Nick Markakis really wants to impress us he should go back to Baltimore for their impending rebuild.
6

45

37

47.8

49.3

47.4

.577

.582

98.9%

0.0%

98.9%

0.8%

0.4%

I’m not a doctor but a pitcher having “exploratory surgery” on his shoulder seems ... not promising?
7

54

31

44.9

46.6

46.4

.564

.569

10.0%

75.2%

85.2%

3.1%

11.1%

Congrats to Dee Gordon on infuriating your grandfather with his Turn the Clock Ahead look.
8

48

35

46.7

46.8

45.8

.564

.560

32.7%

41.3%

74.0%

-3.7%

1.4%

Maybe the Brewers should try out Keon Broxton at shortstop?
9

44

39

46.9

47.2

46.4

.556

.551

38.0%

20.8%

58.8%

3.3%

-10.4%

Congrats to the Dodgers on landing the No. 1 international prospect, LeBron James.
10

42

41

42.1

47.0

49.4

.544

.549

0.0%

5.5%

5.6%

1.3%

0.1%

When the Rays win Bullpen of the Week are they also really winning Rotation of the Week?
11

47

37

48.0

44.9

44.8

.550

.545

46.0%

21.5%

67.5%

-6.6%

-9.5%

Nice to see Shelby Miller picking up exactly where he left off!
12

42

40

44.6

44.7

44.3

.535

.530

21.7%

17.3%

39.0%

-3.8%

-18.0%

Tough news of Washington’s defense as Daniel Murphy is back to playing second base.
13

46

39

43.3

43.8

43.4

.519

.524

0.2%

7.5%

7.6%

-3.0%

0.9%

Blake Treinen is going to make a great setup man for the Nationals in a few weeks, huh?
14

45

37

41.6

42.6

43.8

.528

.523

35.1%

19.6%

54.7%

3.3%

5.5%

So Vince Velasquez is basically just a tougher Pat Venditte?
15

43

42

44.3

42.7

42.6

.508

.513

0.1%

2.2%

2.4%

-0.9%

-8.6%

Generally if you want to improve the quality of a Lamb’s joint you want to stew it for 3-5 hours, but I guess Tommy John could work, too.
16

45

40

41.2

44.1

44.3

.514

.509

14.4%

16.7%

31.1%

4.7%

16.1%

Nice to see the Giants land the type of major International Free Agent they can trade for a middling reliever in three years.
17

42

40

41.7

40.2

39.5

.498

.493

3.5%

12.2%

15.7%

-2.2%

-7.6%

MLB.com is telling me to Watch: Wong’s leaping play but I’m at work, so
18

40

43

40.9

41.2

40.6

.490

.485

0.9%

3.4%

4.3%

1.5%

1.3%

Colin Moran now has two grand slams this year and Gerrit Cole has none, so maybe we should revisit that trade.
19

39

44

37.5

36.4

37.3

.453

.458

0.0%

0.4%

0.4%

-0.1%

-0.7%

Apparently a recent college grad put Jose Bautista on his cap, appropriately signaling that his best years were behind him.
20

41

43

37.5

38.2

37.8

.460

.455

1.5%

2.2%

3.7%

-0.5%

0.8%

Folks we haven’t seen a supposed wolf disappear like this since Season 7 of Game of Thrones.
21

36

48

38.6

38.6

39.2

.454

.449

0.0%

0.2%

0.2%

0.1%

0.2%

Michael Lorenzen is all the lineup protection Joey Votto needs.
22

35

45

36.5

34.2

34.2

.437

.442

1.0%

0.2%

1.2%

-0.8%

-2.4%

Lance Lynn and Alec Cobb walk into a bar. The bar goes 8-for-11 and scores six runs.
23

38

47

38.0

35.3

36.7

.435

.440

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

-0.1%

-0.1%

The most amazing thing about Bartolo Colon tying Dennis Martinez for the most all-time wins by a Latin American pitcher is that Dennis Martinez has the most all-time wins by a Latin American pitcher.
24

37

48

36.8

37.1

35.3

.430

.435

0.1%

0.0%

0.1%

0.0%

-0.2%

Regression, thy name is Tigers baseball.
25

33

48

34.3

34.4

34.6

.421

.416

0.1%

0.1%

0.2%

0.1%

-0.2%

Sure, Jose Bautista is a nice story, but should he really be taking playing time away from guys like Jose Reyes?
26

37

49

35.7

32.2

32.7

.400

.395

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.1%

The Padres signed their top draft pick, Ryan Weathers, so there will finally be some of that in San Diego.
27

34

51

30.9

32.8

33.5

.386

.381

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

“Rehabbing Cooper expected to return soon” reads the Marlins.com headline that is also the entire plot of Interstellar.
28

29

54

30.5

31.6

30.7

.367

.371

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

It makes sense that Matt Davidson would be a good reliever given his affinity for strikeouts.
29

24

59

28.8

24.5

26.1

.311

.316

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

:(
30

25

58

25.4

25.4

25.4

.305

.309

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Here comes Jorge Bonifacio in the most anticipated return of a suspended Royal since Edward VIII.