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Prospectus Hit List for August 18
Hit List for August 15
Hit List for August 20
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 |
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1 | ![]() | 73 | 51 | 79.4 | 77.6 | 76.9 | .619 | .638 | 47.5% | 51.6% | 99.2% | 0.1% | -0.7% |
Nate Freiman sure is a tall drink a water, but do you really know everything that's in your water? Film at 11. | |||||||||||||
2 | ![]() | 72 | 50 | 70.3 | 75.5 | 74.7 | .599 | .618 | 50.7% | 48.5% | 99.2% | -0.3% | 0.8% |
Huston Street can blow a save too? I was wrong about the trade; he'll fit in perfectly with the Angels bullpen. | |||||||||||||
3 | ![]() | 67 | 56 | 73.6 | 71.7 | 71.4 | .577 | .596 | 1.8% | 52.3% | 54.1% | 8.0% | 23.9% |
The worst pitching performance of the weekend for Seattle (and their only loss) was naturally the Felix Hernandez start. | |||||||||||||
4 | ![]() | 70 | 52 | 67.0 | 65.5 | 66.2 | .551 | .571 | 90.2% | 2.8% | 93.0% | 2.4% | 4.6% |
Caleb Joseph and Jonathan Schoop have more home runs this month than four teams combined, including the Blue Jays. | |||||||||||||
5 | ![]() | 69 | 53 | 71.7 | 71.1 | 70.3 | .578 | .558 | 94.6% | 3.1% | 97.7% | -0.3% | 6.8% |
They did it. They found the tamest way to win an extra-inning game: a Scott Hairston walkoff sacrifice fly. | |||||||||||||
6 | ![]() | 66 | 56 | 64.6 | 66.0 | 65.0 | .536 | .556 | 44.3% | 15.4% | 59.6% | -9.0% | -17.1% |
It was Austin Jackson's first game in Comerica Park since being traded away, and he had more hits than David Price, so consider the trade lost. | |||||||||||||
7 | ![]() | 61 | 63 | 64.7 | 68.9 | 68.8 | .531 | .551 | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3.3% | -2.0% | -1.7% |
Jose Molina has a .197 slugging percentage but frames it well so it appears to be over .200. | |||||||||||||
8 | ![]() | 70 | 56 | 68.8 | 72.5 | 71.0 | .560 | .540 | 84.4% | 13.1% | 97.5% | -0.9% | -0.9% |
Three words: Yasiel Puig, shortstop. Boom, I just solved every issue on this roster. | |||||||||||||
9 | ![]() | 64 | 61 | 63.5 | 64.7 | 64.2 | .513 | .533 | 3.2% | 3.8% | 7.0% | -3.5% | -21.8% |
What are the odds Alex Anthopoulos signs Dan Uggla if we all text "SIGN DAN UGGLA" to him simultaneously? If it's higher than zero, let's organize this. | |||||||||||||
10 | ![]() | 68 | 55 | 64.8 | 58.8 | 60.4 | .512 | .532 | 52.2% | 15.5% | 67.8% | 6.4% | 20.0% |
The division is theirs to lose, provided they continue to sacrifice one pine-tarred baseball bat a night to Mediocritus, the AL Central Baseball Deity. | |||||||||||||
11 | ![]() | 62 | 61 | 62.9 | 62.4 | 61.8 | .506 | .526 | 3.4% | 3.5% | 6.9% | -4.2% | -1.7% |
"Big deal, Corey Kluber won three Cy Youngs in my baseball video game franchise mode," says a suddenly less weird kid from Cleveland. | |||||||||||||
12 | ![]() | 70 | 55 | 67.4 | 65.5 | 65.3 | .536 | .516 | 64.1% | 27.9% | 92.0% | 3.7% | 15.5% |
The world waits on bated breath for Carlos Gomez to start a dispute with another team by claiming a hot dog is not a sandwich. | |||||||||||||
13 | ![]() | 65 | 58 | 65.6 | 65.7 | 64.9 | .528 | .508 | 15.5% | 47.2% | 62.7% | 3.0% | 1.6% |
Business proposal: Hunter Pence should buy the company that makes poster board then sue all his customers for defamation. | |||||||||||||
14 | ![]() | 63 | 59 | 56.9 | 56.9 | 57.7 | .481 | .501 | 4.9% | 4.8% | 9.7% | 2.2% | -6.3% |
That awkward moment when Brett Gardner leads the team in slugging and a quiet voice is heard: "how about batting him cleanup?" | |||||||||||||
15 | ![]() | 64 | 60 | 62.7 | 64.9 | 65.9 | .519 | .499 | 7.2% | 29.7% | 36.9% | -6.7% | -14.6% |
Raise the Jolly Roger! Seriously, raise it, somehow Pedro Alvarez threw a baseball under it. | |||||||||||||
16 | ![]() | 66 | 57 | 60.6 | 63.3 | 63.2 | .514 | .494 | 28.2% | 36.8% | 65.0% | 3.9% | 2.3% |
Kevin Siegrist's ERA last year was 0.45, and this year it's 6.11. If you look at his baseball card you immediately suffer from the bends. | |||||||||||||
17 | ![]() | 55 | 67 | 56.6 | 56.9 | 56.7 | .462 | .482 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% |
For the second time in a week the Twins hit three home runs and lost. Never again shall they exert such force. | |||||||||||||
18 | ![]() | 61 | 63 | 64.3 | 61.2 | 61.7 | .500 | .480 | 0.5% | 6.7% | 7.3% | -7.9% | -17.6% |
It's the same story we've heard a million times. Team has outfielder. Team trades outfielder. Outfielder gets traded to yet another team and hits a walkoff home run against original team. Drew Stubbs, you are a cliche. | |||||||||||||
19 | ![]() | 64 | 60 | 62.4 | 60.6 | 60.7 | .499 | .479 | 4.8% | 28.8% | 33.6% | 4.7% | 5.0% |
Why not bat B.J. Upton ninth behind the pitcher? Because if the pitcher reaches base, you want to create a chance for him to score. | |||||||||||||
20 | ![]() | 59 | 65 | 56.3 | 56.4 | 56.0 | .459 | .479 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | -0.0% |
When does Jose Abreu start hitting home runs again? Or is that it--no more dingers? | |||||||||||||
21 | ![]() | 56 | 67 | 55.3 | 55.0 | 55.3 | .450 | .470 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% |
David Ortiz is now the third Red Sock with 400 career home runs with the team, but remains tied for 42nd with Matt LeCroy on the Twins all-time list. | |||||||||||||
22 | ![]() | 62 | 62 | 59.1 | 59.2 | 58.6 | .482 | .462 | 0.6% | 5.2% | 5.9% | 1.1% | 2.7% |
Giancarlo Stanton has hit 149 home runs and he's still 24. At his age Raul Iba�ez hadn't hit a single home run yet. | |||||||||||||
23 | ![]() | 59 | 66 | 62.0 | 57.6 | 57.2 | .472 | .452 | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | -0.4% | -0.9% |
There's not much left to do in Queens but see how voluminous Jenrry Mejia can grow his hair. | |||||||||||||
24 | ![]() | 58 | 65 | 60.2 | 56.5 | 56.5 | .470 | .450 | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.8% | -0.2% | 0.3% |
Now that Jedd Gyorko has the franchise record for home runs by a second baseman, the sky's the limit for him. 40 career home runs? Possibly 50? | |||||||||||||
25 | ![]() | 53 | 70 | 55.6 | 60.7 | 60.5 | .467 | .447 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% |
Good news, Cubs! Another prospect has been called up. Bad news: you're up to 51 players on the active roster; that is against the rules. | |||||||||||||
26 | ![]() | 52 | 73 | 52.9 | 52.9 | 54.7 | .425 | .445 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Not only is Chris Carter's power starting to show itself, he finally recorded his first career 0-for-5 with no strikeouts. | |||||||||||||
27 | ![]() | 54 | 70 | 53.4 | 54.2 | 54.8 | .436 | .417 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
For a brief minute yesterday, children held hands and sang for world peace, and Ben Revere's slugging percentage was identical to Ryan Howard's. | |||||||||||||
28 | ![]() | 49 | 75 | 55.8 | 57.7 | 55.2 | .436 | .416 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Modeling your franchise after the A's is a tremendous concept, but perhaps don't begin with "stadium plumbing issue." | |||||||||||||
29 | ![]() | 53 | 71 | 52.3 | 52.6 | 52.0 | .423 | .404 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
The Diamondbacks had four errors on Saturday: Jake Lamb (throw), Wade Miley (throw), Ender Inciarte (throw), and Mark Trumbo (catch). It's funnier if you picture Trumbo having three baseballs thrown to him simultaneously. | |||||||||||||
30 | ![]() | 48 | 76 | 48.1 | 46.0 | 48.0 | .383 | .402 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Quick, trade Adam Rosales for something while he still has trade value! But not to the A's, they'll just give him back to you. |
Goofus is witless. Gallant is His List.