Prospectus Hit List

Prospectus Hit List: Back to Earth

The leaders start coming back to the pack, while the Washington/Baltimore corridor gets acquainted with special ignominy.

The supposed weak sister of the two leagues boasts six of the game's ten best teams in the early going

Things are just beginning to shake themselves out as the season's second week comes to an end.

The season-opening list of who figures to be a hit this year, who figures to remain mired at the bottom, who's moving on up, and who isn't.

From not-quite juggernauts to the Nationals nightmare, how it all shakes out at season's end.

The Phillies and Dodgers bust a few moves, the Cubs and Rays are in a groove, and the race to the basement tightens up.

Fortunes rising, fortunes falling, and the Nationals ascend as the Pirates slide into the abyss.

In the race to the finish, questions abound: who'll finish first? Will the Nats escape the basement? A nation wonders.

The NL West gets topsy-turvy with the bottom moving up and the top coming down, and a not-so-fond farewell in the Windy City.

Zigging and zagging towards the top in the latest reshuffle of the game's balance of power.

Mt. Piniella erupts, adding flames to the NL Central's pressure-cooker, while the AL East's three beasts all suffer setbacks.

This week's lifts, grifts, and drifts as the best part ways with the rest coming down the stretch.

The Cubs and Angels assert themselves, and the dog days' midpoint begins to separate the pretenders from the October-bound.

Bullpen performance pushed several teams in different directions this past week, but the Mets get a happy surprise.

Titanically reshuffled decks promise some reordering on the List, while some teams settle for reshuffling deck chairs on the Titanic.

Paging George III Is the world turned upside down, or who is that atop this week's Hit List?