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Prospectus Hit List for April 15



by Matt Sussman

Hit List for April 12 Hit List for April 16
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.

Within: an important update on team sacrifice bunt totals.

RkTmWLW1W2W3HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

11

1

10.2

10.1

9.8

.683

.666

45.2%

23.5%

68.7%

2.6%

19.2%

He could finish the year with a 0.00 ERA and Paul Maholm will always be, to me, the guy that nearly walked Billy Crystal in spring training.
2

7

5

8.0

8.4

8.5

.618

.637

75.3%

10.0%

85.4%

3.8%

8.7%

One way to lead the league in batting average (which they are) is to strike out about 14 percent of the time (which they also are).
3

7

4

7.8

7.1

6.9

.591

.611

26.6%

25.6%

52.2%

8.1%

5.7%

Clay Buchholz has allowed just three extra base hits all year, or one per start if you prefer simple math done for you.
4

8

5

7.8

8.5

7.6

.583

.602

47.8%

20.8%

68.5%

-1.9%

4.3%

Not that they're struggling offensively, but they're being outscored by Houston.
5

7

5

6.1

9.3

9.1

.617

.598

58.1%

22.2%

80.2%

-3.3%

-0.8%

Their pitchers have a combined .781 OPS hitting, in case you wonder who's going to secede if the National League adopts the designated hitter.
6

9

4

8.5

8.1

7.9

.577

.596

24.1%

22.8%

46.9%

-4.2%

10.6%

Yoenis Cespedes was placed on the disabled list after he was tricked into saying his own name backwards.
7

6

5

6.8

6.2

6.7

.574

.593

48.0%

21.4%

69.4%

6.3%

13.0%

The good news is Hiroki Kuroda turned it around last night. The bad news is he's their top young pitching prospect.
8

8

4

7.7

7.7

7.5

.584

.565

19.1%

31.7%

50.9%

2.0%

-4.1%

The only D'backs pitcher to win in Yankee Stadium was Miguel Batista in 2002. Do you smell a three-day contract?
9

7

4

7.7

7.6

7.0

.577

.558

12.3%

15.0%

27.3%

0.4%

-1.2%

They're the only National League team not to record a sacrifice bunt. Playing the game the right way my foot.
10

9

4

7.2

7.5

8.0

.565

.545

20.3%

27.8%

48.1%

3.8%

12.2%

It's rather impressive to lead one's division with just a +7 run differential. Pythagoras would be impressed.
11

7

5

7.3

6.7

6.5

.523

.543

6.7%

11.0%

17.6%

1.3%

1.7%

We're two weeks in and the fans' souls have yet to be crushed with the weight of a thousand baseball blunders. Successful season so far.
12

6

6

6.5

7.2

7.2

.512

.532

2.4%

5.5%

7.9%

-0.0%

2.3%

Five people have tried to run on Matt Wieters this year. Only one of them was successful, but he's too traumatized to talk about it.
13

7

5

8.6

6.3

6.4

.548

.528

25.6%

11.2%

36.8%

-2.6%

4.5%

Just as we all suspected, their home run leader is Matt Adams with three, in just 18 at bats.
14

5

7

6.6

6.5

6.1

.531

.511

49.1%

11.5%

60.7%

-5.7%

-18.8%

Joey Votto has walked more times (20) than the entire White Sox (16).
15

8

4

7.3

7.7

6.4

.525

.505

1.9%

5.5%

7.4%

1.6%

-0.6%

For a team whose starter ERA was 5.82 last year, starting off at a 3.72 mark warrants them all the Most Improved ribbons on the globe.
16

4

8

4.1

5.4

5.4

.472

.492

24.2%

24.9%

49.1%

-2.7%

-17.3%

Finally, two wins in a row. But the best news: they've finally caught up to the Astros in the standings!
17

5

6

4.6

4.9

4.5

.465

.485

13.5%

13.2%

26.7%

-2.7%

-3.3%

The only player to be intentionally walked on their team is Jason Kipnis. Possibly a clerical error, or maybe someone lost a bet.
18

5

7

5.1

5.7

5.4

.457

.477

4.3%

7.5%

11.7%

0.4%

-8.0%

Jeff Keppinger is the only player among qualified batters with zero walks. He should try it; it's quality, underrated exercise.
19

6

6

5.0

5.9

6.2

.490

.470

10.2%

12.9%

23.2%

2.9%

-1.0%

To those worried about Roy Halladay: LOOK OUT, THERE'S A SPIDER ON THE BACK OF YOUR COMPUTER!
20

6

8

5.7

5.8

5.8

.449

.469

3.8%

7.6%

11.4%

1.2%

-3.6%

"Maybe Kelly Shoppach should be the starting catcher with Jesus Montero as the backup," he said with a straight face.
21

7

5

4.6

4.3

4.3

.480

.460

32.2%

22.7%

54.9%

-4.6%

-6.8%

The source of their problems has been identified: they should stop playing the Braves so many darn times.
22

5

7

4.0

3.4

3.7

.428

.448

8.5%

12.3%

20.8%

-4.7%

-2.4%

Mark DeRosa was teammates with Dennis Martinez. This has been your fascinating Mark DeRosa fact of the day.
23

4

7

3.5

2.7

3.0

.417

.437

14.5%

16.8%

31.4%

-4.6%

-10.9%

One way to increase their AL-worst 3.0 runs/game is to build a catwalk that, when struck, is worth five runs.
24

6

6

5.2

3.8

4.1

.444

.424

13.8%

6.6%

20.4%

2.7%

7.8%

Andrew McCutchen continues to play like the face of this team, although ... nope, upon closer inspection, the face of their team is still a cartoon pirate.
25

4

8

4.7

5.2

5.4

.439

.419

5.5%

4.1%

9.6%

-1.6%

-3.6%

"For once it wasn't me!" Carlos Marmol writes in his diary, then gives out a long sigh.
26

4

7

3.7

4.5

5.0

.393

.413

0.2%

0.4%

0.6%

-0.2%

-0.9%

The bright side of a snow postponement on April 14: you can get your taxes done!
27

4

8

5.1

4.4

5.0

.387

.406

0.2%

0.2%

0.3%

-0.1%

0.1%

Their strikeout woes seemed to dissipate a little with that weekend series against the Angels. They also seemed to play Rick Ankiel less. Probably just a coincidence.
28

3

8

2.9

3.4

3.6

.387

.368

6.1%

3.2%

9.3%

2.8%

-1.6%

It only took them 32 innings in between scoring runs. You try and do better.
29

2

10

3.1

2.6

3.2

.349

.331

0.7%

1.6%

2.3%

-0.5%

-3.8%

We're still waiting for a Padres starting pitcher to make it into the seventh inning.
30

2

10

2.5

2.2

2.6

.311

.294

0.1%

0.3%

0.4%

-0.4%

-1.6%

If Giancarlo Stanton is out for a substantial amount of time, the Marlins will definitely be able to replace him in the lineup. Not with someone great, but someone will no doubt play in his spot.