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Prospectus Hit List for July 8



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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.

RkTmWLW1W2W3HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

54

36

52.2

56.0

56.0

.606

.626

55.6%

41.0%

96.6%

5.8%

6.6%

Superstitions are fine but as Dallas Keuchel hasn't cut his beard since turning his career around in 2014, it's become clear that all of MLB must be assembled to stop him lest we be subjected to the greatest beard-tastrophy the game has yet seen.
2

55

34

52.8

56.2

56.1

.618

.598

76.1%

19.1%

95.2%

0.7%

6.6%

Clay Buchholz's trade to Chicago and subsequent 2016 Cy Young Award proves that Boston hates to have nice things, just as his retirement to the priesthood shows that the Cubs may as well drop a herd of goats, hay, and lit torches into the middle of Wrigley Field as they try to win the World Series.
3

57

32

54.6

52.0

49.9

.609

.589

77.7%

21.9%

99.6%

-0.2%

7.3%

Perhaps the most shocking thing about the Dodgers success is that it's come with Don Mattingly at the helm. That or maybe Carl Crawford's rebirth as a $20 million-per-year pinch runner.
4

47

42

48.9

55.9

57.8

.589

.569

30.2%

21.3%

51.5%

4.1%

4.3%

Once again, the statue commemorating Bartolo Colon's standup triple in late 2015 has experienced further construction delays, this time due to improper zoning permits.
5

52

39

49.4

47.5

45.8

.535

.555

59.9%

34.8%

94.7%

-4.7%

-6.1%

With Terry Francona's retirement, the Indians might have been better off turning down Jason Giambi's request to become baseball's first manager/pinch-hitter, but I say that with the benefit of foresight so...
6

50

37

50.6

50.6

50.1

.575

.555

20.3%

46.5%

66.8%

4.9%

-3.2%

It's a damn shame how Madison Bumgarner mimiced Tim Lincecum's aging curve exactly. When are these Giants pitchers going to learn: never cut your hair.
7

47

43

47.4

47.7

47.9

.528

.548

18.7%

11.8%

30.5%

1.0%

0.2%

Kenny Vargas is hitting .357/.395/.498 since he corrected everyone on the spelling of his name. "What kind of name is Kennys," he told reporters.
8

51

40

48.6

46.8

45.3

.527

.547

38.0%

48.3%

86.3%

-4.0%

-7.2%

So much has changed since Neftali Feliz's first win with the Rangers since April 2015. Josh Hamilton is with the team again! Prince Fielder went gluten free! And Elvis Andrus is ... wait, that's still a bad contract.
9

43

47

46.3

47.2

47.8

.523

.543

5.6%

8.4%

14.0%

4.1%

3.8%

Mike Trout has led the league in stolen bases (2012), walks (2013), strikeouts (2014), total bases (2015), and home runs (2016) which is the only context I can really provide for this season's insistence on sacrifice bunting.
10

49

40

49.7

50.7

50.7

.562

.542

18.9%

37.1%

56.0%

-5.2%

4.3%

Jhonny Peralta's UZR is still better than Kolten Wong's, but that's why the Internet voted to deregulate UZR last year.
11

47

44

45.4

43.7

43.3

.493

.513

23.6%

6.1%

29.7%

-3.9%

-2.9%

Josh Reddick has to be the biggest All-Star snub. He's broken up an MLB-best four no-hitters in the ninth inning.
12

47

44

45.3

43.6

43.2

.492

.512

19.6%

12.3%

31.9%

-0.2%

-2.4%

Lorenzo Cain's four triples in the same game was great and all but stopping at second on the last one to preserve �triple triples' was clearly the right thing to do.
13

42

48

43.5

44.7

45.3

.488

.508

14.6%

3.4%

18.0%

-0.1%

-4.8%

The Delmon Young signing worked out only in that his tremendous Reggie Jackson-style mustache has inspired a generation: the downside is every time the manager throws him in right field, they have to reboot all the Statcast servers.
14

46

43

46.2

46.2

46.4

.519

.499

5.0%

18.0%

23.0%

-2.5%

1.1%

Andrew McCutchen is still The Man, but Austin Meadows is the best outfielder on the Pirates who is also probably a golf course somewhere.
15

48

43

46.1

39.6

37.4

.470

.490

30.1%

21.0%

51.1%

5.8%

5.1%

Last night's 4-for-4 with two homers and a double pretty much constitues the entirety of Chapter 954 in the ongoing novel "What Were You Thinking, Billy Beane" which, contrary to some popular opinion, was not actually written by Billy Beane.
16

48

42

46.4

44.2

43.1

.508

.488

33.1%

20.0%

53.1%

4.9%

6.1%

Funny how Lucas Giolito took everything that made Steven Strasburg unique and made it his own. Well, except for his autograph -- but Giolito is almost done perfecting that too.
17

45

45

42.7

40.5

39.8

.467

.487

28.1%

9.9%

38.0%

-8.2%

-9.9%

The greatest battle of them all is between Hanley Ramirez's offense, which has been worth 11 wins over the last three seasons, and his defense which, numbers show, is trying to destroy the game from the inside.
18

43

47

44.8

46.0

46.8

.502

.482

1.0%

4.0%

5.0%

-4.2%

-7.8%

Now that they've solved the whole altitude problem (who would have guessed a few marijuana brownies before the game would normalize the numbers so perfectly?), the Rockies might want to consider getting some pitchers who aren't terrible.
19

46

43

45.1

42.7

42.4

.487

.467

0.9%

2.9%

3.8%

-0.4%

-0.6%

We're two-plus years into the Tony LaRussa/Dave Stewart era and it seems safe to say their foundational idea of trading good players for bad ones doesn't work.
20

42

49

40.8

39.1

38.9

.442

.462

1.6%

1.9%

3.5%

0.9%

0.0%

You know it's not going well when Kyle Lobstein leads the team in wins, but at least Anibal Sanchez has finally settled nicely into the closing role.
21

34

55

40.5

41.4

42.1

.474

.454

0.0%

0.5%

0.5%

-0.1%

0.3%

Billy Hamilton's 300th stolen base is almost as amazing as someone with a career .280 on-base percentage lasting long enough to steal 300 bases.
22

46

44

43.1

40.0

39.3

.468

.448

16.1%

4.0%

20.1%

1.5%

0.1%

Yes, the Braves new ballpark is suppressing offense like an anti-Coors Field but when looking at those numbers, remember that Atlanta's third base coach's job now includes reminding Braves hitters which way to hold the bat.
23

44

45

43.9

39.5

38.5

.466

.446

12.9%

3.1%

16.0%

-0.2%

-1.9%

Yesterday's revelation that a Giancarlo Stanton homer from July 2015 fell to Earth after orbiting the planet for exactly two years gives new meaning to the old phrase, �life is tough, wear a helmet.'
24

38

53

40.3

37.1

36.5

.417

.437

3.6%

0.9%

4.5%

0.0%

0.9%

Maybe, just maybe, Jim Palmer's successful comeback at age 71 says more about the Orioles starting rotation than it does about Palmer.
25

35

55

38.8

37.0

36.9

.410

.430

0.2%

0.0%

0.2%

-0.2%

-0.7%

The best thing about an obviously aging Hawk Harrelson still broadcasting White Sox games is when he misses something or explains something incorrectly it's like he's young all over again.
26

40

49

36.5

34.5

34.3

.398

.418

0.8%

0.2%

1.0%

0.5%

0.8%

I guess bringing back Sam Fuld for a third tour of duty is the new market inefficiency.
27

45

45

38.5

35.4

34.9

.427

.407

7.7%

1.6%

9.3%

0.0%

0.0%

Just another couple seasons and the Phillies will have gathered enough information to make a decision on Ruben Amaro's future. Hang in there, Phils fans!
28

40

50

38.9

37.2

37.1

.426

.406

0.1%

0.0%

0.1%

-0.1%

0.0%

So far Matt Kemp has been less reliable than Apple's latest update to their Apple Suspenders.
29

32

57

35.7

33.8

33.6

.379

.399

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

After the initial PR backlash, Starbucks donating two cents for every cup to pay for Robinson Cano's contact really worked out for everybody.
30

33

55

38.1

37.6

37.9

.416

.396

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

With the recent death of former owner and commissioner Bud Selig, the Brewers will honor him by declaring the rest of their season games all ties.