Prospectus Hit List for September 27



Hit List for September 20 Hit List for October 1
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

100

58

107.1

106.0

105.8

.663

.667

100.0%

0.0%

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Oh sure, *now* Ken Giles can close out Astros games.
2

107

52

102.4

98.9

97.5

.638

.643

100.0%

0.0%

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

It’s beginning to look like the Tyler Thornburg/Travis Shaw trade might not work out for the Red Sox.
3

97

61

96.3

97.0

95.5

.610

.615

0.0%

100.0%

100.0%

0.0%

0.1%

The Yankees’ reaction when they make contact with a ball and it *doesn’t* go out of a park is hysterical.
4

88

71

97.6

101.3

100.6

.609

.605

44.0%

45.5%

89.4%

-1.4%

-6.9%

Kenta Maeda has proven definitively that the War on Christians is real.
5

96

63

93.8

95.7

94.6

.598

.602

0.0%

100.0%

100.0%

0.0%

1.2%

Somehow there are gonna end up being no homers in an A’s-Yankees Wildcard Game, huh?
6

89

69

96.2

94.5

89.9

.585

.590

100.0%

0.0%

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Guess Trevor Bauer is no longer the most famous hard-throwing, loud-mouthed right-hander in Cleveland.
7

88

70

87.4

96.7

96.5

.583

.588

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-1.2%

“Bloodied Choi exits after collision at plate” reads the Rays.com headline that could be a terrible food review.
8

89

69

89.8

91.4

91.9

.573

.568

100.0%

0.0%

100.0%

0.0%

1.1%

If there’s a higher power, it should’ve considered Dansby Swanson too handsome to be injured.
9

92

66

90.4

89.1

88.8

.570

.565

61.2%

38.8%

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Joe Maddon is basically Milkshake Duck in a longer timeline.
10

92

67

88.1

89.9

89.2

.565

.560

38.8%

61.2%

100.0%

0.0%

0.7%

You know it’s the Brewers’ year when they clinch a playoff spot in large part because a Cardinal fell down.
11

81

78

89.3

90.1

89.4

.550

.545

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.2%

Dear lord, Victor Robles. The body isn’t even cold yet!
12

88

70

82.1

84.5

84.6

.537

.532

56.0%

35.8%

91.8%

18.6%

63.9%

If you want the Dodgers to win the NL West over the Rockies, you clearly don’t know how to root for the best Story.
13

87

72

87.5

82.1

81.2

.531

.526

0.0%

18.7%

18.7%

-17.2%

-56.1%

Thank god recent gaffe-maker Adolis Garcia is a member of the Cardinals, a team known for its forgiving and tolerant fanbase.
14

81

78

85.0

84.4

85.9

.529

.524

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-1.1%

Huh. Usually when Arizona plays the roll of spoiler, a Senate vote is involved.
15

86

72

74.4

78.4

79.9

.504

.509

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.1%

Sure, we’ll just call it King Felix’s final start *of the season.* Sure.
16

78

81

79.3

77.7

78.5

.493

.498

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

You can almost see the “Shohei Ohtani injures shoulder, to be used as defensive 1B sub” headline from July 2019, can’t you?
17

80

77

78.5

76.1

76.0

.495

.490

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

Pour one out for the 18 people who were probably planning on attending the recently cancelled Marlins-Bucs makeup game.
18

78

80

74.1

76.6

76.9

.484

.479

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-1.4%

Pete Carroll just can’t believe how quickly this team has collapsed.
19

74

84

75.9

76.8

77.2

.481

.476

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

I wasn’t sold on Jacob deGrom as the Cy Young winner with only 9 wins, but now that he has a whopping 10 ...
20

73

84

72.6

68.3

66.5

.447

.451

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Niko Goodrum and Joe Kelly now have two things in common; being terrible at pitching and dropping Tyler Austin.
21

73

86

71.0

69.0

71.4

.447

.442

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

There are gonna be lots of out-of-work 30-year-olds in the Bay Area now that Bobby Evans is stepping down as GM.
22

72

87

67.7

67.8

69.1

.435

.440

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Toronto honoring John Gibbons with an entire day really emphasizes how nice and polite they are north of the border.
23

66

92

69.1

64.5

66.6

.421

.426

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Congrats to Joey Gallo on his 40th homer and 47th hit of the season!
24

66

93

67.3

68.4

69.3

.426

.421

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

The Reds are apparently overhauling their player development program, as their current strategy of developing only third basemen isn’t working.
25

64

94

63.5

63.1

60.8

.398

.403

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

“Goodrum donates water to Detroit schools” reads the Tigers.com headline that I can’t even make a joke out of because it’s so horribly sad.
26

62

96

61.1

62.4

60.7

.390

.394

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

“Shields reaches 200-IP mark before Sox walk off” reads the WhiteSox.com headline that’s ostensibly about the world’s longest game.
27

64

95

63.3

61.7

64.1

.398

.393

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

What did Freddy Galvis do in a past life to deserve starting 158 straight games for the Padres?
28

62

96

55.6

59.2

61.9

.378

.373

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

You might appreciate that Austin Dean has a good sense of humor, wearing “Mr. 300” on his back after becoming Max Scherzer’s historic K. Derek Jeter probably doesn’t.
29

56

102

59.4

58.1

56.3

.364

.368

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

The Royals now have 35 more losses (105) than their top-RBI producer, Sal Perez, has in runs driven in (77).
30

46

112

52.6

50.2

52.3

.318

.323

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

It’s cute how, in any given game, the Orioles seem likely to give up more runs than the Ravens.