Prospectus Hit List for July 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

66

36

71.1

72.6

72.0

.691

.695

96.6%

3.1%

99.8%

-0.1%

-0.1%

Dear lord. Even the Astros’ position players throw in the 90s when they’re on the mound.
2

70

31

67.4

66.4

65.5

.667

.671

62.3%

37.7%

100.0%

0.1%

0.0%

It’s July 22 and the Red Sox have more wins than they did during the Bobby Valentine Era.
3

63

34

61.7

65.3

65.6

.659

.663

37.7%

62.1%

99.8%

-0.2%

-0.1%

Someday the Yankees’ rotation might contain one Sunny and two Sundays (Domingos).
4

58

40

60.2

59.2

59.3

.604

.599

86.2%

10.7%

96.9%

1.2%

0.3%

Tyler Chatwood gives out more free passes than a cheap gym franchise.
5

55

44

59.2

59.8

58.8

.588

.583

68.8%

16.8%

85.6%

4.5%

6.6%

With Justin Turner headed back to the DL, look for the Dodgers to make a move for one of the game’s best infie ... oh. Oh, right.
6

54

44

58.0

58.4

56.0

.578

.582

99.8%

0.0%

99.8%

0.1%

1.0%

Issuing correction on a previous post of mine, regarding the Indians. you do not, under any circumstances, "gotta trade Brad Hand to them"
7

53

43

55.0

55.1

54.8

.567

.562

32.7%

19.2%

51.9%

-4.6%

3.7%

Pretty selfish of Mike Foltynewicz to become good enough that we all need to learn how to spell his name.
8

50

49

51.7

57.1

58.6

.549

.554

0.0%

4.6%

4.6%

-0.7%

-3.1%

Wildly talented, fun to watch and excruciatingly inconsistent? Chris Archer is gonna make a phenomenal Cub (again).
9

57

43

52.3

53.9

53.8

.543

.548

0.9%

37.9%

38.8%

1.4%

3.3%

The A’s trading *for* good players at the deadline causes a lot of cognitive dissonance; it’s like watching a dog drive or something.
10

56

45

54.9

54.9

54.0

.544

.539

11.6%

49.9%

61.5%

-5.4%

-5.2%

I’m so sick of small-market teams like the Mets having to potentially trade Jacob deGrom-level talents to the sport’s giants like the Brewers.
11

60

40

50.1

51.8

51.7

.534

.539

2.4%

53.3%

55.8%

-0.2%

0.7%

The Mariners deserve to win every game in which they wear their throwback unis and lose every game with their regular unis.
12

55

43

51.3

52.7

52.4

.539

.534

55.4%

16.8%

72.2%

-1.9%

-1.0%

Vince Velasquez is gonna be the most frustrating pitcher to own in fantasy leagues for the next decade, isn’t he?
13

54

46

55.0

52.5

52.8

.536

.531

19.9%

29.7%

49.6%

5.9%

-8.0%

It should be an exciting seven weeks of the Steven Souza Experience before he ends up back on the DL.
14

49

49

52.4

52.4

51.9

.525

.520

11.9%

11.4%

23.3%

5.1%

-0.4%

Tough to see Sean Doolittle’s second half start off on the wrong foot.
15

50

50

52.6

50.8

51.6

.512

.517

0.0%

1.2%

1.2%

-0.2%

-0.8%

If an Angel is on a .500 team isn’t he technically in purgatory?
16

53

46

49.1

49.9

49.1

.508

.503

8.2%

17.0%

25.2%

-2.8%

4.3%

Bryce Harper: I’m having a terrible walk year. D.J. LeMahieu: Hold my Coors.
17

50

49

51.0

49.8

48.7

.504

.499

1.4%

11.7%

13.1%

-1.2%

-0.5%

It’s just like a bunch of Cardinals to idolatrize a powerful Carpenter.
18

51

49

49.7

49.4

49.0

.498

.493

0.8%

8.1%

8.9%

2.5%

5.2%

The last time the Pirates lost a game Noah Syndergaard’s hand, mouth and foot were blister-free.
19

51

50

47.9

49.5

51.0

.493

.488

3.1%

8.7%

11.8%

-3.2%

-4.6%

The Giants bullpen is made out of whatever the opposite of black boxes are made out of.
20

46

52

45.1

43.8

44.9

.459

.464

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

0.0%

0.1%

According to MLB Trade Rumors, pretty soon the Blue Jays will literally be Happless.
21

44

53

45.6

42.2

40.5

.444

.449

0.2%

0.0%

0.2%

-0.2%

-1.1%

Here comes Ervin Santana to help the Twins play juuuuuust well enough to miss out on a premium draft pick!
22

43

56

44.3

44.3

45.3

.447

.442

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

-0.1%

-0.3%

There’s the Matt Harvey we all know and love!
23

42

59

42.5

43.0

41.9

.419

.424

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.1%

It’s pretty cool that 40% of the Tigers’ roster at this point is third basemen who shouldn’t be playing third base.
24

42

58

42.8

40.4

42.0

.418

.423

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Do the Rangers stink more or less when their Odor is strongest?
25

40

56

40.8

39.8

40.4

.419

.414

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

-0.0%

I’ve got nothing.
26

43

58

38.5

42.0

43.4

.413

.408

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Do you understand how bad you have to be to let the *Rays* embarrass you?
27

41

61

39.9

37.1

38.8

.384

.380

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Folks we haven’t seen people in boring clothing parlay a decent Hand into a windfall since the last time the World Series of Poker aired.
28

34

64

36.1

37.2

36.2

.366

.371

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

One amazing start sprinkled around weeks of mediocrity? Dylan Covey must truly consider James Shields a mentor.
29

30

68

30.2

30.1

29.8

.307

.311

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Motion to build a section on MLBTR for all Mike Moustakas-related rumors called Moose Tracks.
30

28

72

33.1

29.7

31.2

.305

.309

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

The only problem with trading Kevin Gausman and/or Dylan Bundy for a bunch of prospects is who the hell is gonna give up a bunch of prospects for Kevin Gausman and/or Dylan Bundy?