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Prospectus Hit List for September 9
Hit List for September 6
Hit List for September 10
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.
| Rk | Tm | W | L | W1 | W2 | W3 | HLF | AHLF | Win Div% | Win WC% | Playoff% | 1-Day | 7-Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 82 | 61 | 88.0 | 94.4 | 94.0 | .627 | .645 | 99.0% | 0.7% | 99.7% | -0.1% | -0.0% |
| They've scored 27 runs in their last seven games, 16 of them in one game. Which means that in the other six games � aw, you folks are good at math. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 87 | 58 | 88.8 | 88.6 | 87.9 | .607 | .626 | 99.3% | 0.7% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.7% |
| Xander Bogaerts finally hit his first home run, but the pressing question remains: why not two? | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 83 | 60 | 81.2 | 80.8 | 78.9 | .566 | .586 | 61.4% | 37.7% | 99.0% | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| Kevin Kouzmanoff led the team in home runs in 2010. It has no relevance today, but just needed to make sure you knew that. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 78 | 64 | 75.2 | 83.1 | 83.6 | .563 | .583 | 0.7% | 67.2% | 67.9% | 10.9% | -9.3% |
| Pinch-hitter, one pitch seen, groundout to catcher, right field defensive replacement. Delmon Young's box score appearances are proof you don't always need video highlights, but your imagination. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 81 | 61 | 79.3 | 78.8 | 77.7 | .558 | .577 | 38.6% | 55.1% | 93.7% | 4.0% | -2.7% |
| A renegade genie appears in Arlington. He grants the team one wish: a guaranteed playoff spot, or no more spiders forever. Choose wisely. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 85 | 57 | 86.0 | 84.8 | 81.6 | .594 | .575 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| On Sunday, their only two hits were Evan Gattis home runs. The last time that happened to the Braves, they were no-hit. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 82 | 62 | 83.6 | 85.2 | 85.5 | .584 | .565 | 27.9% | 71.9% | 99.8% | 0.2% | 4.2% |
| Jay Bruce joins an elite group of left-handers who have homered off Clayton Kershaw this year. Bruce is elite, right? Because that's the group. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 83 | 60 | 87.2 | 81.7 | 81.5 | .583 | .563 | 53.3% | 46.6% | 99.9% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| Pretty cold of St. Louis to win their 82nd game as part of a sweep of Pittsburgh. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 83 | 59 | 78.9 | 81.6 | 79.6 | .569 | .549 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Hopefully, one day, Yasiel Puig runs directly to third base out of the batters box so we can debate if he's playing the game "the right way." | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 76 | 66 | 75.7 | 73.7 | 74.7 | .528 | .548 | 0.1% | 10.5% | 10.6% | -6.6% | 0.9% |
| Pinch-runners are all the rage this month. Not in Baltimore: Chris Dickerson was doubled off on a foulout to end the game. Baltimore doesn't need pinch-runners. Cal Ripken never pinch-ran. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 76 | 66 | 75.2 | 73.5 | 75.2 | .528 | .548 | 1.0% | 19.6% | 20.5% | -11.9% | 6.0% |
| Jason Giambi recorded his 2,000th hit while all the other dads were out mowing the lawn. Doesn't seem fair. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 81 | 61 | 75.6 | 78.3 | 79.5 | .554 | .534 | 18.8% | 80.9% | 99.7% | -0.1% | 0.1% |
| It's probably for the best that they wait for Win #82 until Yuengling figures out how to make a champagne. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 75 | 68 | 75.3 | 68.4 | 69.2 | .503 | .523 | 0.1% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 0.3% | 1.0% |
| James Shields gave up 14 hits on Friday against the Tigers, tying a career worst � last year against the Tigers. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 67 | 75 | 69.6 | 71.1 | 70.4 | .489 | .509 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| There have been seven games this year in which Mike Trout hasn't reached base. If we're not counting ROEs, then nine. Either way, just once since July 1. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 76 | 67 | 71.3 | 64.1 | 65.7 | .484 | .504 | 0.0% | 6.9% | 6.9% | 1.7% | -0.1% |
| In the four-game series against Boston, they were 0-3 when scoring eight or more runs, and 1-0 when scoring four or fewer. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 67 | 76 | 67.8 | 65.0 | 66.9 | .466 | .486 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Consider if Rajai Davis spelled his first name Rog-J Davis. He sounds ... noticeably slower. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 73 | 69 | 69.6 | 71.3 | 70.0 | .500 | .480 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | -0.1% | -2.5% |
| Stephen Strasburg tripled his career balk count in one start, which would be funnier had his career total before yesterday been like 50. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 72 | 70 | 71.0 | 69.6 | 69.5 | .497 | .477 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | -0.1% | -2.0% |
| Eric Chavez couldn't be more unpopular in San Francisco if he invented a laser that only destroyed trolleys. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 65 | 78 | 60.7 | 64.5 | 64.0 | .444 | .464 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| And with Kendrys Morales' 20th home run, the Mariners finally have three guys who hit at least 20 homers, for the first time since 2007. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 61 | 80 | 60.1 | 63.3 | 63.1 | .439 | .459 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| This weekend was the first time they were swept at home in a really long time � nearly two weeks. This has been another edition of Interesting Baseball For Fruit Flies. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 66 | 78 | 69.8 | 69.2 | 66.1 | .471 | .451 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Since 2010, Matt Belisle has pitched in 295 games, more than any other pitcher in baseball, and is therefore the best pitcher. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 62 | 80 | 64.2 | 66.8 | 68.4 | .460 | .440 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Nobody tell Scooter Gennett what the Brewers' record is. It's only going to break his heart. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 57 | 85 | 61.2 | 60.6 | 60.1 | .421 | .440 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| If Adam Dunn isn't having fun crushing long home runs, he could just give that skill to any one of us and we'd put it to good use. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 64 | 79 | 63.0 | 67.6 | 68.3 | .460 | .440 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Yusmeiro Petit almost pitched a perfect game against the Diamondbacks, who he pitched for in 2009 when he lost a no-hitter in the eighth against the Pirates. So look for Petit to sign with Pittsburgh and finally throw a perfect game against the Giants. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 60 | 82 | 65.0 | 67.7 | 67.5 | .458 | .438 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Scott Baker made his first start of this injury-riddled year and threw five shutout innings. It was literally all anybody in Chicago was talking about. Certainly not football. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 64 | 77 | 65.6 | 64.3 | 63.7 | .457 | .437 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| A 5-inning, one-run outing by Daisuke Matsuzaka lowered his ERA all the way down to 8.00. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 65 | 77 | 60.8 | 61.7 | 62.1 | .439 | .420 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| A sweep of Colorado in September is known in San Diego as a "cry for help." | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 66 | 77 | 58.7 | 58.6 | 60.6 | .426 | .407 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The sweep of Atlanta was no doubt assisted by those inspiring notes Michael Young left behind in the clubhouse. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 53 | 88 | 56.9 | 52.1 | 52.8 | .381 | .362 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Justin Ruggiano batted cleanup, just to see if anyone was paying attention. It didn't work. (The paying attention thing. Ruggiano had three hits.) | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 47 | 96 | 51.1 | 45.6 | 47.7 | .335 | .353 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| "We regret to inform you that your application to relocate to the National League Central has been [ ] ACCEPTED [X] REJECTED" | |||||||||||||
Introducing into your life the concept of Rog-J Davis.