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Prospectus Hit List for August 5
Hit List for August 1
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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.
| Rk | Tm | W | L | W1 | W2 | W3 | HLF | AHLF | Win Div% | Win WC% | Playoff% | 1-Day | 7-Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 66 | 41 | 71.5 | 75.2 | 73.7 | .669 | .665 | 99.0% | 0.9% | 100.0% | 0.1% | 0.8% |
| By WARP, Ryan Kalish has been more valuable to the Cubs this season than Jason Heyward. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 64 | 44 | 68.8 | 71.0 | 70.4 | .635 | .630 | 95.8% | 3.5% | 99.4% | 0.2% | 2.3% |
| Free-agent-to-be Wilson Ramos is second on the Nationals in BWARP, though he figures lead the team in BGONE after the year. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 62 | 47 | 63.5 | 65.3 | 65.4 | .588 | .593 | 50.1% | 37.1% | 87.2% | 4.0% | 13.3% |
| Mark Shapiro said definitively Aaron Sanchez won�t throw 220 innings this season. Asked if he might throw 221 Shapiro pointed to �a goat on fire� behind us and when we turned back around Shapiro was gone. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 59 | 48 | 61.4 | 64.8 | 65.0 | .585 | .589 | 31.5% | 42.3% | 73.8% | 8.6% | 6.6% |
| I�ve Been Intending to write a comment about the Red Sox' new rookie call-up but I can�t think of a joke. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 60 | 48 | 60.9 | 67.3 | 67.7 | .592 | .587 | 61.5% | 29.8% | 91.4% | 3.4% | 2.2% |
| The Dodgers just traded for Rich Hill, a currently injured 36-year-old who has thrown 258 innings over the last nine seasons but the state of pitching in baseball is just fine. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 61 | 45 | 61.7 | 61.0 | 59.7 | .574 | .579 | 84.0% | 9.7% | 93.6% | 2.0% | -1.8% |
| Since the deadline the Indians have, in order, won by eight, lost by seven, lost by four, lost by eight, and won by seven. Maybe they didn�t need a relief ace after all? | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 57 | 51 | 62.2 | 64.8 | 63.9 | .574 | .569 | 0.9% | 47.1% | 48.0% | -7.4% | -7.4% |
| Matt Carpenter will be back in the lineup today, which, through the Law of Cardinal DLs, means someone else must pay the price. I�m calling a Jedd Gyorko vowel sprain. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 62 | 46 | 59.3 | 60.1 | 59.4 | .557 | .552 | 37.8% | 43.5% | 81.3% | 4.2% | 9.4% |
| Denard�s homer spanned over the outfield wall and the Giants what it�s late sue me. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 61 | 46 | 56.6 | 54.7 | 54.7 | .530 | .535 | 17.9% | 39.3% | 57.2% | -4.7% | -0.8% |
| The Orioles have a terrible starting rotation. Then they got Wade Miley and his five-plus ERA. Guess how that worked out! | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 58 | 49 | 55.6 | 56.7 | 56.1 | .529 | .534 | 15.2% | 35.1% | 50.3% | -5.2% | 20.7% |
| The Tigers won eight in a row, then lost, showing once again how hard it is to win 75 in a row. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 56 | 52 | 57.6 | 56.8 | 55.5 | .523 | .528 | 11.0% | 13.5% | 24.5% | -5.9% | -34.9% |
| Recent call-up Alex Bregman is hitting .031/.088/.031. which is pretty good if you move around a few zeros. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 54 | 52 | 56.4 | 55.0 | 55.1 | .520 | .525 | 11.2% | 11.6% | 22.9% | -3.6% | -3.0% |
| Wednesday the Mariners had four hits, one single and three homers. If they played that ratio out to date they�d have 697 homers and 233 singles. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 56 | 52 | 55.6 | 57.9 | 58.6 | .528 | .523 | 2.4% | 36.8% | 39.2% | 5.3% | -1.2% |
| Is Yoenis Cespedes�s golfing becoming a problem? Put it this way: if he comes to the plate with a three wood, we can talk. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 57 | 51 | 55.7 | 56.8 | 57.4 | .525 | .520 | 1.8% | 28.8% | 30.6% | -1.6% | 0.3% |
| The Marlins want nothing more than for Ichiro to get his 3,000th hit. That way they can stop paying for all the extra sodas required by the increase in reporters. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 63 | 46 | 55.1 | 52.4 | 52.4 | .511 | .516 | 77.7% | 7.4% | 85.1% | 5.1% | 13.1% |
| The Rangers rate as the best baserunning team in baseball, which makes me think perhaps more people should take Ron Washington�s �Which base is it?� quiz. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 54 | 54 | 55.9 | 56.1 | 55.3 | .512 | .507 | 0.6% | 4.4% | 5.0% | -2.2% | 3.1% |
| Trevor Story may miss the entire remainder of the season, something which would make for a sad ending to the� uh� the� um� dammit. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 54 | 54 | 50.0 | 50.9 | 51.2 | .477 | .482 | 0.5% | 2.3% | 2.7% | -0.9% | -8.4% |
| The Yankees don�t have any plans to release Alex Rodriguez. No plans, which, since it perfectly fits the way the team does business, means he�s a goner. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 53 | 53 | 52.2 | 48.4 | 49.0 | .478 | .473 | 0.1% | 5.1% | 5.1% | -2.1% | -9.5% |
| The Pirates benched star outfielder Andrew McCutchen for the week, making it possible that there will be someone else on the cover of McCutchen Monthly Magazine (this month�s cover story: How to bake Souffl� and run a marathon at the same time!) | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 44 | 63 | 49.2 | 52.6 | 53.6 | .466 | .471 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| Brad Miller wants to remain at shortstop when Matt Duffy returns from the DL, but checking the baseball name value chart, �Matt Duffy� out-scores �Brad Miller� by 274 name points so it�s back to a utility role. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 52 | 56 | 50.0 | 49.3 | 49.9 | .466 | .471 | 0.8% | 1.4% | 2.2% | 0.9% | -3.0% |
| According to Hawk Harrelson, �the schedule-makers stuck it up our behind.� No more information was available nor requested at press time. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 49 | 59 | 54.2 | 48.9 | 48.9 | .465 | .470 | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | -0.0% | -0.0% |
| All players are human and need rest, but when the Angels play without Mike Trout can we all agree, as a decent society, as a human people, to do something else? | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 43 | 65 | 47.5 | 48.9 | 48.6 | .435 | .440 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Did the Twins give up four homers yesterday or did the Indians take them? Either way, if you�re a Twins fan, I�m guessing you�re only familiar with, say, the first two. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 51 | 57 | 46.5 | 44.7 | 45.5 | .435 | .440 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | -0.2% | -1.5% |
| Yesterday�s Royals starting lineup by OPS: < 599: 3; 600-699: 2; All OPS�s above 800: [this comment looks incomplete but really it isn�t] | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 47 | 61 | 49.7 | 44.7 | 45.1 | .432 | .427 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Matt Kemp thinks playing for the Braves is going to be lots of fun, which kinda puts playing in San Diego in perspective. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 48 | 58 | 45.6 | 44.5 | 44.2 | .430 | .425 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| In Lewis Brinson�s first game in Triple-A Colorado Springs he went 4-for-4 with three runs and a steal. So, discounting for the altitude, at least we know he can steal a base! | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 48 | 60 | 45.4 | 44.0 | 43.9 | .420 | .424 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | -0.1% |
| The A�s don�t seem to have a plan to play Danny Valencia, the team�s best hitter, regularly. Um, guys, if you don�t want your best hitter, can 29 other teams have him? | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 50 | 60 | 44.0 | 42.6 | 42.7 | .408 | .403 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| Aaron Nola is on the DL and may be shut down for the year with a right elbow sprain. Having watched pitchers for several decades, I think the best possible thing for the Phillies to do at this point is take him out back and shoot him. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 43 | 65 | 42.8 | 43.6 | 45.0 | .404 | .399 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| In three starts for Reno in Triple-A, Shelby Miller has a 5.60 ERA. Maybe it�s time he took up professional curling. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 39 | 69 | 39.4 | 43.5 | 43.8 | .383 | .379 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Oddly, the team with the best difference between their winning percentage and pythagorean winning percentage is the� well, you know. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 44 | 63 | 41.1 | 35.7 | 36.6 | .368 | .363 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Great start for Brandon Finnegan, giving up just two hits over six innings. Now the Reds just have to figure out a way to time his Tommy John surgery so that he�s healthy when they�re relevant. | |||||||||||||
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