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Prospectus Hit List for August 15
Hit List for August 13
Hit List for August 18
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 |  | 73 | 48 | 78.6 | 76.5 | 75.9 | .628 | .647 | 62.3% | 37.4% | 99.7% | -0.0% | -0.2% |
| The A�s have mixed feelings about Jed Lowrie�s difficult season and recent injury. Sure, he�s not helping them win a lot, but now they�ll be able to afford him. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 70 | 49 | 68.6 | 73.3 | 72.9 | .598 | .617 | 37.0% | 61.9% | 98.9% | -0.1% | -0.3% |
| Who has more WARP: Mike Trout or the five most valuable Angels pitchers? (Answer printed on the Angels team page) | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 65 | 55 | 70.9 | 69.7 | 69.4 | .573 | .592 | 0.7% | 45.5% | 46.2% | -4.4% | 14.9% |
| Robinson Cano�s OPS+ from 2012 through the present: 148, 148, 146. A clearer downward trend I can�t imagine. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 69 | 50 | 65.9 | 63.9 | 64.6 | .553 | .573 | 90.5% | 3.6% | 94.0% | -0.5% | 8.6% |
| Don�t worry about the Reds comment, Orioles fans. Those people put pasta on their chili. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 65 | 54 | 64.1 | 64.9 | 63.7 | .542 | .561 | 52.7% | 15.8% | 68.4% | 2.6% | -15.9% |
| Yes, Joe Nathan did tell Tigers fans what they could do with their booing, but the cameras didn�t capture Nathan quickly putting on a ghost outfit and handing out candy. Once again Joe Nathan�s love of Halloween has been misconstrued! | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 66 | 53 | 69.9 | 69.0 | 68.1 | .574 | .554 | 94.8% | 1.8% | 96.6% | 1.5% | 4.6% |
| When Bryce Harper and Stephen Strasburg are both on their games, there can�t be a brighter nor briefer future in the majors. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 60 | 61 | 62.9 | 67.5 | 67.4 | .533 | .553 | 2.6% | 3.5% | 6.1% | 1.4% | 0.3% |
| Chris Archer will pass David Price for the Rays season leader in WARP sometime in three or so starts, though he�ll never catch Price in WBDP (Wins By David Price). | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 70 | 53 | 68.3 | 71.5 | 70.0 | .569 | .549 | 92.0% | 7.4% | 99.4% | 0.6% | 1.3% |
| If Yasiel Puig can play center field but manager Don Mattingly hasn�t let him, what else can Puig do that Mattingly stopped? How do you sleep at night, Don Mattingly? The world needs Puig to save the whales and eliminate peanut allergies! | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 63 | 59 | 62.5 | 63.4 | 63.0 | .516 | .536 | 3.9% | 6.5% | 10.4% | -1.2% | -16.5% |
| It looks like the Blue Jays might have missed their window, though the door is usually a safer bet anyway. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 66 | 54 | 62.9 | 56.9 | 58.7 | .509 | .529 | 44.5% | 18.4% | 62.8% | 4.0% | 29.6% |
| On July 21, the Royals were eight games back in their division and two games under .500. Ha ha, no I haven�t checked the standings since. Why would I bother, it�s just the Royals? | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 60 | 60 | 61.0 | 61.0 | 60.4 | .505 | .525 | 2.8% | 3.4% | 6.2% | -1.1% | -2.1% |
| Corey Kluber has walked more than two batters in four of his 25 starts. This is a man dedicated to the craft of watching late night TV. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 67 | 55 | 64.9 | 63.4 | 63.0 | .529 | .509 | 42.9% | 36.9% | 79.8% | 6.5% | 12.5% |
| Congratulations to Bud Selig for getting the successor he wanted in Rob Manfred and for finally getting the heck out of New York. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 63 | 57 | 63.8 | 64.0 | 63.4 | .526 | .506 | 8.0% | 54.6% | 62.6% | 0.3% | -11.3% |
| Have the Giants lost their edge? Nope. Just another game in the standings. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 64 | 57 | 61.5 | 63.9 | 64.7 | .525 | .505 | 19.0% | 36.6% | 55.6% | -7.0% | 3.0% |
| Hey Francisco Liriano, remember all those wins you got last season? My advice would be keep remembering that. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 61 | 58 | 55.6 | 55.3 | 56.1 | .479 | .499 | 3.0% | 4.0% | 7.0% | -0.7% | -17.9% |
| Michael Pineda has shown the ability to pitch well following long stretches of missed time. This is good for a number of reasons. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 64 | 56 | 59.2 | 62.0 | 62.0 | .515 | .495 | 35.5% | 30.4% | 65.9% | 5.9% | 1.6% |
| Mike Matheny wants people to take the Cardinals seriously. Got that, internet? You are being ordered to take something seriously ha ha ha [ducks] | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 60 | 61 | 63.4 | 60.8 | 61.2 | .507 | .487 | 2.6% | 10.7% | 13.3% | -2.6% | -14.5% |
| During his four years in Baltimore, Alfredo Simon has a 5.18 ERA. In his three in Cincinnati he has 2.93 ERA. Further proof that Cincinnati is better than Baltimore. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 54 | 65 | 55.6 | 55.7 | 55.6 | .464 | .484 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| After a career of below-average offense, Kurt Suzuki�s new contract with the ever-thrifty Twins might as well come with a must-trade clause. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 57 | 64 | 54.2 | 54.8 | 54.4 | .455 | .475 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | -0.5% |
| I�ll give you a billion-to-one odds that the day Hawk Harrelson dies the headline on MLB.com will read �He Gone.� | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 55 | 65 | 54.4 | 54.2 | 54.7 | .455 | .475 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| After a rough first four months, Dustin Pedroia is hitting .360/.396/.480 in August, so don�t buy any videos titled, �Warming Up with Dustin Pedroia.� | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 61 | 60 | 60.0 | 58.5 | 58.3 | .491 | .471 | 3.9% | 15.0% | 19.0% | -5.2% | -1.7% |
| According to rumors, the Braves were willing to trade B.J. Upton at the deadline. This can�t be true unless the Braves also breathe oxygen and require sustenance for survival. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 60 | 61 | 56.9 | 57.3 | 56.8 | .477 | .457 | 1.0% | 5.0% | 6.0% | 1.5% | 4.1% |
| The Marlins shouldn�t be allowed to have a guy named Dunn unless he can hit homers, strike out prodigiously, and look slovenly even when dressed like a normal ballplayer. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 57 | 65 | 60.1 | 56.4 | 55.9 | .470 | .450 | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.8% | -0.5% | -0.1% |
| From Chapter 4 of Losing Your Job for Baseball Managers: When the team�s star pitcher tries to help your lousy team suck less by coming back from injury, tell him off to the press. Well done, Terry Collins! | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 57 | 63 | 58.6 | 54.7 | 54.7 | .469 | .449 | 0.0% | 0.9% | 1.0% | -0.8% | 0.7% |
| As the Padres are finding out, five-game win streaks are like ordering Chinese food online. It sounds like a good idea at first but ultimately it would�ve been better if you�d just stayed in bed. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 52 | 68 | 54.6 | 59.0 | 58.9 | .468 | .448 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | -0.1% |
| With 2.1 good innings in his Cubs debut, Jacob Turner may have [does finger quotes] TURN'd his season arou [gun shots] | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 50 | 72 | 50.7 | 50.6 | 52.7 | .418 | .437 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| �We are really disappointed the Texas Rangers are so bad this season,� say Rangers fans and the Houston Astros. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 53 | 68 | 52.2 | 52.8 | 53.3 | .437 | .417 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| Ben Revere has the lowest OPS of any qualified batter currently hitting over .300. And you say the Phillies don�t have talent! | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 47 | 74 | 53.8 | 55.2 | 53.0 | .429 | .409 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Injuries have felled Carlos Gonzalez and Troy Tulowitzki yet D.J. LeMahieu remains unharmed? The world is a cruel, cruel� uh... world. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 52 | 69 | 51.5 | 51.5 | 51.1 | .426 | .407 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| At this point the Diamondbacks may as well strut around the field with a mic calling out opponents and then hitting them with folding chairs. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 47 | 74 | 46.8 | 45.1 | 46.9 | .384 | .403 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Yu Darvish is going to the DL with elbow pain. Oh no! Now the Rangers won�t win the World Series! | |||||||||||||
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