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Prospectus Hit List for August 20
Hit List for August 18
Hit List for August 22
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 |  | 74 | 51 | 80.3 | 78.4 | 77.8 | .621 | .640 | 42.6% | 56.4% | 99.0% | 0.1% | -0.9% |
| Sure, Yoenis Cespedes hopes the A�s win it all, but he also hopes everyone wins it all because Yoenis Cespedes is full of love, nothing but love. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 74 | 50 | 71.6 | 76.3 | 75.6 | .600 | .619 | 56.5% | 42.8% | 99.4% | -0.3% | 0.4% |
| If Albert Pujols�s OBP stays where it is (.329) it�ll be the sixth straight season it has dropped and I don�t mean that in an �awesome album release� way. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 68 | 57 | 74.6 | 72.6 | 72.4 | .575 | .595 | 0.8% | 47.1% | 47.9% | 3.9% | 1.7% |
| Hisashi Iwakuma�s line last night (eight innings, four hits, 11 strikeouts, no walks, no runs) was so good it was like he was pitching against the Mariners. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 72 | 52 | 69.2 | 68.0 | 68.4 | .560 | .579 | 96.0% | 1.1% | 97.1% | 1.6% | 5.4% |
| The Orioles' lead in the AL East has grown to 8.5 games and with each game it makes baseball analysts dumber. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 71 | 53 | 73.6 | 72.8 | 72.0 | .583 | .564 | 95.0% | 3.6% | 98.7% | 0.2% | 5.3% |
| Not only have the Nationals won eight in a row but this month will mark the 15th straight month a National has been on the cover of the Nationals Scorecard! | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 67 | 56 | 65.3 | 66.8 | 65.8 | .538 | .558 | 39.6% | 23.1% | 62.7% | 1.4% | -3.9% |
| Things Max Scherzer has done over 200 times this season: 1) put a twizzler in Miguel Cabrera�s butt crack, 2) send 50 pizzas to the opposing bullpen, 3) strike a hitter out. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 61 | 64 | 64.9 | 69.1 | 69.1 | .528 | .548 | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.5% | -1.2% | -2.5% |
| By WARP Heath Bell and Wil Myers have helped the Rays equally at the plate. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 71 | 56 | 69.5 | 72.9 | 71.4 | .561 | .541 | 89.4% | 8.8% | 98.2% | 0.3% | -1.2% |
| Over his last 10 games Carl Crawford is hitting .394, which is still more than half his OPS this season. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 70 | 55 | 66.3 | 60.4 | 61.7 | .517 | .537 | 57.3% | 18.0% | 75.3% | 0.3% | 22.5% |
| The Royals won last night as Alex Gordon went 0-for-5 with three strikeouts and was the game�s MVP, say defensive metrics. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 63 | 61 | 63.6 | 63.2 | 62.4 | .509 | .529 | 3.1% | 4.7% | 7.8% | 0.6% | -2.3% |
| The Indians used eight pitchers last night. Trevor Bauer threw 4.1 innings and the other seven threw an inning or less. Every pitcher got a win, a hold, or a save. Except Bauer. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 64 | 62 | 63.4 | 64.4 | 63.8 | .507 | .527 | 1.3% | 2.6% | 3.9% | -2.7% | -13.8% |
| If we could pause this Blue Jays season at the happiest possible point, it would be a year and a half ago. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 71 | 55 | 68.4 | 66.9 | 66.7 | .542 | .522 | 63.4% | 30.4% | 93.7% | 2.7% | 14.6% |
| The Brewers keep winning which just shows their hatred for the truth. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 65 | 59 | 65.8 | 66.1 | 65.3 | .526 | .506 | 10.6% | 43.7% | 54.3% | -8.4% | -1.9% |
| The Giants have 76 errors, 77 if you count the Tim Lincecum extension. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 68 | 57 | 61.8 | 65.0 | 64.9 | .519 | .499 | 34.1% | 43.3% | 77.4% | 6.3% | 26.4% |
| The Cardinals have three players with an OPS of .800 or above. One is Audry Perez who walked in his only plate appearance this season, one is Seth Maness, a reliever, and the last is Matt Adams. Give thanks for Matt Adams! | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 63 | 60 | 57.0 | 56.8 | 57.5 | .476 | .496 | 2.1% | 3.3% | 5.4% | -3.5% | -5.9% |
| The Yankees could still make the playoffs, but does any Yankee fan really want to watch Chris Capuano start Derek Jeter�s last game? | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 64 | 62 | 62.3 | 64.9 | 66.0 | .510 | .490 | 2.4% | 18.6% | 21.0% | -7.3% | -45.7% |
| Andrew McCutchen came back from the DL and he�s an MVP candidate, but he�s also a Pirate. They lost and he went 0-for-4. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 66 | 60 | 64.8 | 62.6 | 62.8 | .508 | .488 | 4.8% | 42.1% | 46.8% | 8.3% | 26.0% |
| Half game out of the Wild Card race, the Braves have to not Loooooooo-oooo-ooooooose many more games. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 55 | 69 | 57.2 | 57.1 | 56.9 | .456 | .476 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| Joe Mauer has 90 hits this season and 112 of them are singles. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 61 | 65 | 65.0 | 61.5 | 62.1 | .495 | .475 | 0.1% | 2.4% | 2.5% | -3.1% | -20.1% |
| J.J. Hoover got the loss last night and he� no� no, I can�t. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 59 | 67 | 56.2 | 56.0 | 55.7 | .450 | .470 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | -0.5% |
| Adam Dunn, who went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts, is threatening retirement. I don�t know who put him up to this but I will hunt you! | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 56 | 69 | 55.9 | 56.1 | 56.7 | .449 | .469 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| By WARP, Yoenis Cespedes and Joe Kelly have been equally valuable hitters for the Red Sox. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 63 | 62 | 59.7 | 59.8 | 59.2 | .483 | .463 | 0.2% | 6.4% | 6.6% | 1.2% | -0.8% |
| Rumor has it the Marlins are going to try to extend Giancarlo Stanton, a medieval punishment presumably for refusing to sign a new contract with Miami. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 55 | 70 | 57.2 | 62.3 | 62.1 | .473 | .453 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% |
| No Cubs comment today because I�ve been mistakenly covered in plastic tarp by the Cubs grounds crew and mmmmph rrrrmmmph mmuuurrmph /dies | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 58 | 66 | 60.5 | 57.1 | 57.2 | .469 | .449 | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | -0.0% | -0.8% |
| Seth Smith has the tenth highest OPS in baseball for all of you people with serious gambling problems. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 53 | 73 | 53.7 | 53.9 | 55.6 | .429 | .449 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| There have been 24 games out of the 122 he�s played in where Jose Altuve hasn�t got a hit. The Astros are 5-19 in those games. Altuve for MVP! | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 59 | 68 | 62.2 | 57.7 | 57.5 | .466 | .446 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | -0.1% | -1.7% |
| The Mets are the worst hitting team in baseball by OPS. The Padres are worse but they�re not a �hitting team� in baseball. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 55 | 71 | 54.4 | 55.2 | 56.0 | .438 | .418 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| Fixing the Phillies in three steps: 1) Sign Rusney Castillo, 2) trade Castillo and Ryan Howard for Mike Trout, 3) fix the rest of the team! | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 49 | 76 | 56.0 | 58.2 | 55.7 | .435 | .415 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Now the Rockies don�t have any good players, so� did you see Breaking Bad? That was crazy!! | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 48 | 77 | 48.5 | 46.4 | 48.4 | .383 | .402 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Houston is the only team with a worse OPS from first base (.617) than the Rangers (.649) this season but don�t worry, Ranger fans, Mike Carp and his .470 OPS are on the case! | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 53 | 73 | 52.4 | 52.9 | 52.5 | .418 | .399 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| How bad are the Diamondbacks? They�re so bad that when they sit around the house they sit arouuuuuund the house! Because they�re so bad! | |||||||||||||
My anaconda don't want none unless you got puns hun.