Prospectus Hit List for April 22



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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

13

8

12.7

16.4

17.0

.657

.661

93.1%

4.0%

97.1%

0.2%

0.6%

“Astros threaten club exit velocity record in rout” reads the Astros.com headline that proves maybe we’re taking Statcast a bit too far.
2

14

8

15.6

17.1

16.7

.628

.632

35.7%

32.9%

68.6%

-3.4%

-6.9%

Getting back picked off of a first base with two on and two out in the bottom of the ninth of a one-run game? Definitely deserving of a “Who Did This, Pham?”
3

15

9

14.7

16.8

16.6

.617

.612

80.4%

7.4%

87.8%

1.0%

11.6%

Robbing a homer *and* hitting a grand slam? Cody Bellinger just had the second-best Easter ever.
4

11

10

13.3

13.5

12.4

.589

.594

45.4%

30.5%

75.9%

-1.0%

11.4%

“Oof, you gotta feel terrible for the Yankees” -- Star Trek redshirts.
5

12

7

11.4

11.9

11.3

.565

.569

22.9%

33.1%

56.0%

5.8%

7.1%

I believe hitting 11 homers in a double-header against that Orioles pitching staff can be legally classified as bullying.
6

12

9

12.5

11.1

11.4

.544

.539

32.6%

16.7%

49.3%

3.7%

2.1%

Motion to re-nickname Dexter Fowler as “Heimdall” because he’s really all about giving Thor a hand.
7

16

9

15.3

15.0

14.4

.533

.538

3.7%

22.5%

26.2%

-2.0%

-1.4%

The Mariners are truly the kings of the Garbage Time homers. They’re like if Blake Bortles was a whole baseball team.
8

12

9

10.4

8.6

8.9

.532

.537

75.1%

13.8%

88.9%

-5.1%

4.1%

Now that Francisco Lindor is back in the fold, the Indians can return to their time-honored strategy of playing ~.525 ball as the rest of the AL Central implodes.
9

12

9

11.6

10.6

10.7

.538

.533

30.5%

23.6%

54.1%

-4.2%

-4.6%

How excited do you think Mike Schmidt was when he learned you can suspend a player for language used?
10

10

10

10.9

11.1

10.6

.537

.533

23.4%

24.6%

48.0%

5.8%

-0.9%

Max Scherzer avoided the ball and got hurt. Anthony Rendon got hit by the ball and got hurt. THe Nationals truly can’t win.
11

11

10

11.5

11.9

11.3

.537

.532

17.5%

22.0%

39.5%

3.3%

-5.1%

This whole “Minter Is Coming” Braves/Game of Thrones Twitter campaign makes a ton of sense as Minter generally leads to unhappy endings.
12

12

7

10.7

10.8

10.8

.535

.530

15.5%

10.8%

26.3%

-9.8%

3.3%

Pretty crazy that Cole Tucker exceeded his entire MiLB power output in his first at-bat in the bigs.
13

13

10

11.3

11.7

12.3

.530

.525

37.6%

16.0%

53.6%

-1.6%

-1.1%

How bored was God when he decided to put Barry Bonds in Pete Davidson’s body for a little while?
14

10

10

11.6

11.4

11.2

.523

.518

7.4%

7.5%

14.9%

-0.9%

3.9%

Have any JFK Truthers seen the video of Darvish hitting three people at once with a fastball?
15

11

11

11.1

11.4

11.5

.502

.497

5.9%

11.7%

17.6%

-5.1%

0.5%

Unsurprising that the DBacks lost yesterday given that they sat Christian Walker on Easter.
16

11

10

8.9

9.3

9.4

.502

.497

28.6%

24.8%

53.4%

1.6%

-5.8%

Now that he’s suffered a substantial injury in a difficult loss, Robinson Cano is a True Met. Never thought I’d see the day.
17

11

12

12.3

11.5

11.7

.481

.486

1.4%

6.4%

7.8%

1.0%

5.7%

It’s a little depressing that I needed more hands to type this than Freddy Galvis needs to make difficult catches.
18

11

13

11.4

11.4

10.8

.476

.481

1.2%

10.8%

12.0%

-3.6%

-7.0%

If you’re on the East Coast and look Northwest of the Sun at about 2:00 pm EST today you’ll be able to see Ramon Laureano’s overthrow from center field start to descend.
19

8

13

11.0

9.6

9.6

.484

.479

6.9%

6.5%

13.4%

-1.6%

0.1%

I’ve never been big into those apocalyptic predictions, but Joey Votto popped up to a first baseman, so ...
20

12

11

9.5

10.1

9.8

.477

.472

7.5%

13.2%

20.7%

4.2%

-10.1%

It turns out that Eric Hosmer could indeed hit water if he fell out of a boat ... or at least a sauna.
21

9

13

7.5

7.8

7.9

.464

.469

17.5%

29.1%

46.6%

6.1%

-5.9%

Motion to call Nate Eovaldi’s elbow “The Big Dig” because it’s too expensive and always under construction.
22

12

8

10.8

8.2

8.6

.461

.466

0.8%

5.9%

6.7%

1.8%

3.6%

Congrats to Shelby Miller on his first and probably last win since 2017.
23

9

13

9.0

8.5

8.5

.462

.457

5.8%

14.0%

19.8%

3.1%

6.6%

Between Jon Gray and that Ghost cameo Sunday was quite the day for forgotten wolves.
24

9

13

9.9

8.8

8.8

.451

.456

1.2%

6.0%

7.2%

0.1%

-9.7%

Congrats to Albert Pujols on passing Babe Ruth in RBI and games played while immobile.
25

10

10

8.3

9.9

9.9

.445

.450

0.4%

2.1%

2.5%

0.5%

-0.9%

We’re inching closer and closer to Shane Greene: All-Star Representative, aren’t we.
26

8

12

8.1

8.1

8.4

.424

.429

1.3%

1.6%

2.9%

-0.4%

0.5%

[MLB HAS SUSPENDED US FROM TIM ANDERSON COMMENTARY FOR ONE COLUMN]
27

7

15

9.1

9.2

9.4

.420

.425

0.3%

1.3%

1.6%

0.0%

-1.2%

Yikes. Just imagine how ugly it would’ve been if the Royals weren’t facing New York’s Triple-A team.
28

9

14

9.8

9.2

9.9

.425

.420

0.4%

1.2%

1.6%

0.5%

-0.5%

Well, it’d be pretty appropriate of Vladito came up and slayed some Giants for his first act.
29

8

15

7.5

6.1

6.5

.328

.332

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

So now Chris Davis is giving up runs on the mound, too? He’s truly going for the lowest WARP ever.
30

6

16

5.8

5.5

5.7

.334

.329

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Who needs a Dinger Machine when you have Trevor Richards?