Prospectus Hit List for April 8



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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

8

2

7.6

7.9

7.6

.677

.673

76.9%

9.4%

86.3%

0.3%

3.6%

David Freese -- 3 Years, $9 Million: Maybe his postseason magic will pay off for the Dodgers some day?
2

5

4

6.3

7.3

6.9

.654

.658

58.7%

26.0%

84.7%

1.3%

3.4%

Tyler Wade -- 7 Years, $14 Million: The Yankees need to lock down a high-quality backup given that 40% of their roster somehow has Rinderpest.
3

7

3

7.2

7.8

7.5

.634

.638

25.4%

37.1%

62.5%

5.7%

1.9%

Jalen Beeks -- 10 years, $15 Million: This feels like something they’d actually do.
4

5

5

5.1

7.3

7.3

.613

.618

84.4%

7.1%

91.5%

0.9%

1.8%

Aledmys Diaz -- 4 Years, $16 Million: I mean all their infielders get extensions, so fair is fair.
5

6

2

5.7

5.0

5.2

.617

.612

31.0%

32.0%

63.0%

8.0%

-1.8%

Scott Kingery -- 6 Years, $24 Million: Too far fetched? Yeah you’re right, my bad.
6

9

2

7.7

8.0

7.7

.599

.604

6.9%

18.6%

25.5%

1.8%

7.0%

Dan Vogelbach -- 10 Years, $100 Million: Just a blatant attempt by me to prove I'm Bret's favorite.
7

5

3

4.7

5.2

5.2

.569

.574

14.1%

29.3%

43.4%

-5.9%

2.6%

Jake Odorizzi -- 3 Years, $28 Million: The Most Twins pitcher gets the Most Twins extension.
8

8

2

5.2

5.8

5.4

.571

.566

50.5%

11.1%

61.6%

5.4%

8.3%

Mike Moustakas -- 1 Year, $10 Million: He seems doomed to this fate, does he not?
9

5

3

4.9

5.4

5.1

.565

.560

14.5%

10.6%

25.1%

-1.3%

5.2%

Corey Dickerson -- 5 Years, $50 Million: Every time the Pirates extend an outfielder the Gods flip a coin.
10

6

3

5.0

4.9

4.8

.560

.555

30.4%

27.1%

57.5%

-2.3%

5.0%

Dom Smith -- 6 Years, $20 Million: Peter Alonso look way too promising. The Mets needs to do something to mess his development up.
11

5

4

5.1

5.4

5.4

.553

.548

14.7%

21.6%

36.3%

2.3%

10.0%

Nick Markakis -- 3 Years, $9 Million: You can’t put a price on his leadership. Except for this price, I suppose.
12

6

3

4.6

3.4

3.5

.541

.546

83.6%

10.2%

93.8%

1.4%

3.8%

Brad Miller -- 4 Years, $8 Million: He may not be good, but he’s cheap, and that’s really all the Indians care about these days.
13

7

3

5.2

5.8

6.0

.508

.513

0.6%

4.0%

4.6%

0.4%

3.0%

Joe Jimenez -- 6 Years, $18 Million: Maybe if we wait long enough that “Closer of the Future” tag will come true.
14

4

4

3.7

3.5

3.7

.507

.502

23.7%

27.6%

51.3%

1.0%

-3.3%

Trevor Rosenthal -- 3 Years, $30 Million: Odds are he’ll miss the signature line when he goes to sign his contract anyway, so no harm no foul.
15

6

4

5.0

4.8

4.5

.504

.499

9.1%

14.6%

23.7%

0.4%

-5.1%

Joey Lucchesi -- 6 Years, $50 Million: Given that 98% of Padres pitchers have arm issues let’s extend one of the few whose only maladies concern the legs.
16

4

5

4.6

4.2

4.4

.502

.497

22.3%

12.4%

34.7%

-3.0%

-4.9%

Jedd Gyorko -- 4 Years, $16 Million: If any fan base should get to keep The Gyork Store, it’s the Cardinals.
17

6

7

6.6

6.5

6.4

.487

.492

3.7%

11.8%

15.5%

-3.3%

-5.0%

Robbie Grossman -- 4 Years, $12 Million: Frankly it’s astonishing he hasn’t been an Athletic for his whole career. Let’s fix that on the back half.
18

5

5

4.5

4.3

4.4

.475

.470

6.6%

12.1%

18.7%

-1.6%

5.6%

Christian Walker -- 7 Years, $21 Million: Historically it’s not a great move to bet against Christian Walkers, plus this would play great with their fanbase.
19

4

6

4.6

4.1

4.0

.451

.456

4.2%

10.3%

14.5%

2.9%

2.2%

Kole Calhoun -- 5 Years, $60 Million: Of all the fake suggestions on this list, this is the one that most feels like it could actually happen?
20

3

8

3.2

3.4

3.5

.430

.435

15.6%

32.7%

48.3%

-5.1%

-14.4%

Tzu-Wei Lin -- 7 Years, $10 Million: Beloved backup Brock Holt is pretty much always hurt, so here the Red Sox can lock down their backup’s backup.
21

3

8

4.8

4.9

4.5

.422

.427

0.2%

2.9%

3.1%

-0.6%

-3.9%

Vladimir Guerrero III -- 20 Years, $40 Million: By locking down Vlad, Son of Vlad, Son of Vlad, the Blue Jays can avoid any awkward service time discussions in ~2040 or so.
22

3

5

3.2

3.5

3.6

.422

.427

0.7%

2.2%

2.9%

-0.6%

-0.2%

Leury Garcia -- 4 Years, $12 Million: The White Sox need to be frugal, as they’re saving all their cash for the next great free agent class in, uh, 2025?
23

2

7

3.8

3.8

3.7

.431

.427

7.8%

4.0%

11.8%

1.3%

-5.6%

N/A: When you’ve already signed David Bote, what more could you need?
24

5

5

4.6

3.4

3.3

.419

.424

0.8%

3.1%

3.9%

0.3%

1.4%

Willie Calhoun -- 8 Years, $24 Million: I mean sure, they’ll never play him, but he’s just nice to have around, ya know?
25

2

6

3.3

2.9

3.0

.404

.408

1.0%

4.6%

5.6%

0.7%

-3.6%

Adalberto Mondesi -- 7 Years, $35 Million: It’d be $42 million if he went back to Raul, Son of Raul, but alas.
26

3

7

2.6

2.3

2.8

.398

.393

7.3%

13.6%

20.9%

-6.8%

-4.3%

Pat Valaika -- 7 Years, $18 Million: Anything to block Garrett Hampson.
27

3

7

3.7

4.0

3.8

.385

.380

0.2%

0.3%

0.5%

0.3%

0.2%

Martin Prado -- 8 Years, $8 Million: There is no escaping purgatory for Martin. There is only Miami.
28

3

7

3.5

3.0

3.5

.382

.377

0.1%

1.0%

1.1%

-0.6%

-1.3%

Dereck Rodriguez -- 6 Years, $30 Million: This isn’t a joke I just couldn’t find anyone else even remotely reasonable. Giants baseball, baby!
29

1

8

2.8

2.1

2.5

.369

.364

4.9%

2.6%

7.5%

-3.4%

-11.6%

Derek Dietrich -- 6 Years, $120 Million: Worth it for the bat flips.
30

4

5

2.7

1.8

2.2

.322

.327

0.1%

0.1%

0.2%

0.1%

0.0%

Dylan Bundy -- 5 Years, $25 Million: Is this one too mean? This one feels too mean.