Prospectus Hit List for July 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.

RkTmWLW1W2W3 HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

67

35

67.5

75.2

75.3

.698

.694

100.0%

0.0%

100.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Annoyingly good, often injured, and very expensive. A.J. Pollock is the perfect Dodger.
2

64

37

61.3

68.8

68.7

.650

.655

97.3%

2.5%

99.8%

0.3%

0.4%

“Peacock has setback” reads the Astros.com headline that’s also a teaser for the upcoming season of Planet Earth.
3

60

38

59.6

63.0

61.2

.622

.627

84.1%

11.8%

95.9%

0.9%

-1.5%

Amazing that Jose Berrios already has 500 career strikeouts, which is 20 more than the Twins had as a team from 2011-2016.
4

64

34

62.1

59.0

57.5

.619

.624

93.7%

5.6%

99.3%

-0.1%

1.2%

Pretty rude of Luke Voit to show up Giancarlo Stanton by shaking off a HBP to the face like that.
5

57

45

60.2

65.8

65.3

.609

.613

5.2%

64.8%

70.0%

4.1%

-13.5%

After Ryne Stanek threw a pitch that ruined his team’s chance at a perfect game, it’s fair to assume he felt some Hanser Regretal.
6

57

43

59.0

58.0

57.9

.580

.584

2.7%

48.0%

50.7%

-5.1%

6.1%

Only 6 games back in the AL West? Even for the A’s, this is turning out to be an extremely A’s-ass season.
7

54

45

56.1

56.0

56.6

.562

.557

50.1%

20.5%

70.7%

-5.5%

0.4%

I’m sorry but if you give up a homer to Jon Lester you should be sent back to Low-A.
8

60

41

55.4

55.0

53.7

.555

.550

82.7%

14.6%

97.3%

1.6%

-0.3%

Pretty sure Nick Markakis’ game-saving catch makes him the Braves best closer since Bob Wickman.
9

54

46

54.8

56.6

54.5

.550

.555

1.1%

20.3%

21.5%

-5.9%

-7.7%

Well, when you can’t stop splurging on Sales with your credit cards, it makes sense to only pay in Cash(ner).
10

50

50

56.1

56.5

56.6

.548

.543

0.0%

28.0%

28.0%

-3.4%

-2.9%

Tim Locastro has played in more than 50 MLB games now and I still can’t remember that he’s not a backup catcher.
11

57

41

53.8

52.7

50.2

.545

.550

15.9%

42.4%

58.3%

5.2%

17.1%

Hopefully this doesn’t come across as too harsh, but anyone who’s ever made a “Smooth” pun re: Carlos Santana should be barred from reproducing.
12

52

46

52.7

53.6

51.0

.534

.529

11.9%

46.9%

58.8%

-7.4%

-4.4%

Congrats to the Nationals on achieving their season goal of “just not losing as many games as the Phillies.”
13

53

48

50.1

52.4

52.9

.516

.511

22.4%

22.1%

44.5%

5.5%

13.6%

Just imagine if Keston Hiura had been up all year and the Brewers had won, I don’t know, 2.5 more games.
14

44

53

51.4

51.3

52.6

.514

.509

1.5%

3.5%

5.0%

-0.3%

-3.5%

Congrats to Phil Ervin on going 6-for-6 in one game instead of taking a walk once or twice like that coward at first base.
15

50

47

50.6

49.9

50.1

.513

.508

25.2%

20.5%

45.7%

6.1%

9.1%

Michael Wacha has reached the “feels destined to pitch at the back of the Mariners’ rotation” point in his career rather suddenly.
16

52

49

51.9

50.9

51.6

.511

.516

0.1%

3.9%

3.9%

0.7%

-0.0%

I for one am shocked -- shocked, I say -- that the shell of Matt Harvey didn’t work out for the Angels.
17

50

49

48.6

44.4

45.6

.476

.481

0.0%

0.6%

0.6%

-0.1%

-2.0%

“Sampson’s versatility gives Rangers options,” reads the Rangers.com headline that forgets the other team could just cut his hair to get an advantage.
18

45

53

46.7

47.4

47.4

.472

.467

0.3%

5.0%

5.3%

-1.6%

-1.2%

Thanks to Noah Syndergaard’s comments we can add Stockholm Syndrome to the list of illnesses Mets must battle.
19

47

52

44.9

46.5

46.6

.467

.462

0.0%

2.9%

2.9%

0.4%

-2.9%

Can we please, please, please stop trying to make Chris Paddack vs. Pete Alonso a thing? Don King thinks it's a manufactured controversy.
20

52

48

48.3

42.7

43.4

.466

.461

5.1%

27.7%

32.8%

3.5%

1.0%

If Prime Ryan Howard got to play with these juiced balls he might’ve hit 100 homers (and struck out 400 times) in a season.
21

47

51

46.1

42.8

43.3

.457

.452

0.0%

3.7%

3.8%

1.7%

-7.1%

Perhaps Coors Field can be sponsored by Pepto Bismol in the future, as everyone keeps blaming it for all the runs.
22

46

52

43.6

42.5

43.9

.449

.444

0.8%

1.5%

2.3%

-1.3%

-3.7%

The year is 2056. The sea levels have risen by nine feet. “We’re still not trading Felipe Vazquez,” says Neal Huntington. “We think he can help us turn this around.”
23

49

50

44.8

41.8

41.8

.448

.443

0.0%

3.0%

3.0%

0.6%

2.0%

The surest sign The End Is Nigh? Once they trade Will Smith and Madison Bumgarner, the Giants might have a top-5 farm system.
24

40

61

41.4

43.0

45.4

.420

.425

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

I believe we should start calling this trying time in Mariners history The Marco Gonzales Era.
25

44

52

38.3

37.1

36.8

.407

.412

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

-0.1%

Ivan Nova is having a sadder end to his career than a White House press secretary.
26

37

64

42.9

39.6

38.7

.391

.396

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Wow the Royals gave up yet another Homer.
27

38

63

42.6

37.5

37.6

.385

.390

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Now they’re leaving Bo Bichette in Triple-A purgatory, too? The Blue Jays have done more to aggravate HoF families than the BBWAA.
28

36

61

37.7

36.8

36.6

.379

.375

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

It’s nice to see the Marlins finally get their hands on a studly young catcher they can build around.
29

31

67

32.2

31.6

33.0

.326

.330

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

I don’t know what Dylan Bundy did in a past life, but it couldn’t have been very good.
30

30

66

29.2

31.0

30.6

.315

.319

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Debating making the full comment “Gordon Beckham is still playing and is on this team” for the rest of the season.