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Prospectus Hit List for April 16



by Matt Sussman

Hit List for April 15 Hit List for April 17
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.

A light day for baseball action; a heavy day for baseball jokes.

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

11

1

10.2

10.1

9.8

.683

.666

42.9%

25.8%

68.7%

0.1%

15.9%

It was an off-day yesterday, so they only hit *three* home runs.
2

7

5

8.0

8.4

8.7

.619

.638

75.9%

9.6%

85.5%

0.1%

9.5%

"Something I was going to do today," the general manager pondered. He looks down at the bullpen. It is flooded. "Ah, I'll think of it later."
3

8

4

8.5

7.8

7.7

.597

.616

27.4%

27.4%

54.9%

2.6%

6.4%

Clay Buchholz's WHIP is so small, he'd be a pretty terrible lion tamer.
4

10

4

9.8

9.1

8.8

.592

.611

27.1%

22.6%

49.8%

2.9%

13.9%

Nate Freiman struck his first major-league homer, but finally Oakland has someone tall enough who can reach those tarps in the upper deck.
5

8

5

7.8

8.5

7.6

.582

.602

49.4%

19.1%

68.5%

-0.2%

2.1%

If A.J. Pierzynski and Lance Berkman keep up their torrid hitting, eventually they'll get 10-year contracts from the Angels.
6

6

5

6.8

6.2

6.7

.574

.593

47.7%

21.0%

68.7%

-0.6%

9.7%

If only for one year, let's start calling them Your Fantasy Team From 2010.
7

7

6

6.2

9.5

9.3

.597

.577

54.6%

22.4%

77.1%

-3.1%

-3.1%

Well, Chad Billingsley giving up a home run to pitcher Eric Stults just complicates the Dodgers-Padres rivalry even more.
8

8

4

7.7

7.7

7.5

.584

.565

21.3%

29.9%

51.2%

0.3%

0.1%

Paul Goldschmidt spends the off day coming up with a new nickname that doesn't involve "Gold." So far he's come up with "The Guy." This is harder than he thought.
9

7

4

7.7

7.6

6.9

.577

.557

11.6%

14.7%

26.3%

-1.0%

-6.0%

Has a team ever had two consecutive road games in different cities postponed due to snow?
10

9

4

7.2

7.5

7.9

.565

.545

21.4%

27.5%

48.9%

0.8%

11.3%

It's hard to tell what's wrong with Tim Lincecum, but his Netflix queue indicates he recently watched "The Human Centipede."
11

7

5

7.3

6.7

6.5

.523

.543

7.4%

10.6%

18.0%

0.4%

1.2%

Alex Gordon has the longest active hitting streak at 11 games, with the only hitless game coming on Opening Day.
12

6

6

6.5

7.2

7.3

.513

.533

2.5%

5.7%

8.2%

0.3%

3.1%

Chris Davis has cooled off mightily, so perhaps it's time to pop him back into the microwave.
13

8

5

9.4

6.8

6.9

.551

.532

26.0%

12.1%

38.1%

1.2%

11.0%

Their lineup card has already been submitted. It reads "1: Matt Adams. 2: Goto 1"
14

6

7

7.3

7.4

7.1

.545

.525

52.0%

12.0%

64.0%

3.5%

-19.2%

Since 2004, only CC Sabathia and Mark Buehrle have completed more innings than Bronson Arroyo.
15

8

4

7.3

7.7

6.5

.526

.506

1.8%

5.3%

7.0%

-0.3%

-1.1%

When enough snow falls on Coors Field to turn it blue, then you know it's as cold as the Rockies.
16

8

5

5.9

5.5

5.5

.509

.489

35.9%

22.4%

58.3%

3.4%

-2.6%

For those counting, the Nats have beaten up on the Marlins by a combined score of 21-4 in four games. In a related story, there's a 10-year waiting period for teams to get into the NL East.
17

5

6

4.6

4.9

4.5

.465

.485

12.3%

14.2%

26.6%

-0.2%

-1.7%

Look to the left of you. Then to the right of you. One of you is at the Indians game. It is you. The other two are just chairs.
18

4

9

4.0

5.6

5.6

.461

.481

18.9%

26.2%

45.1%

-4.0%

-21.1%

Clearly they had trouble figuring out Kevin Correia yesterday, or even how to pronounce it.
19

6

8

5.7

5.8

5.8

.449

.469

4.5%

7.3%

11.8%

0.4%

-4.6%

An idea for Safeco Field's fences: move them in then back out throughout the game. It'll be like mini-golf!
20

6

7

4.6

4.2

4.5

.446

.466

9.9%

13.6%

23.5%

2.7%

1.6%

If this was dodgeball, Casper Wells would be picked last, then designated for assignment before he could play.
21

5

8

5.4

5.8

5.5

.446

.466

4.1%

6.9%

11.1%

-0.6%

-8.8%

Matt Lindstrom, Addison Reed, Hector Santiago, and Donnie Veal have combined for 21 1/3 innings of scoreless baseball with 21 strikeouts, six hits, and nine walks. It's probably why this quartet of relievers are nicknamed "Lindaddihectveal."
22

6

7

5.2

5.9

6.3

.475

.455

9.3%

11.6%

20.9%

-2.2%

-0.7%

Word on the street is Ben Revere will be suspended 50 games for violating MLB's zero-tolerance "no jet-pack" rule.
23

5

7

4.8

5.4

5.9

.418

.437

0.3%

0.7%

0.9%

0.3%

-0.9%

I wonder if that Joe Mauer home run at Target Field and the strange electrical disturbance in the greater Minneapolis metropolitan area are related.
24

4

8

3.8

2.9

3.3

.412

.432

12.4%

14.8%

27.2%

-4.1%

-10.3%

Normally it's easy to subscribe to Joe Maddon's unorthodox managing, but I'm not too keen on this "scoring fewer runs than the opponent" tactic he's employing.
25

6

7

5.3

4.4

4.7

.442

.422

12.0%

7.0%

19.1%

-1.6%

5.6%

It's no surprise that Starling Marte is off to a terrific start, given that he's an anagram for "Smart Triangle."
26

4

8

4.7

5.2

5.4

.439

.419

5.0%

3.1%

8.0%

-1.5%

-2.9%

The third Monday of April has traditionally been the day Wrigley Field finally gets around to spraypainting the brown ivy green.
27

4

9

4.7

4.3

5.0

.368

.387

0.1%

0.2%

0.2%

-0.1%

0.1%

He couldn't pitch his way out of the first innings, but we're all going to feel like chumps when it's revealed Erik Bedard simply has a fear of the number 42.
28

3

8

2.9

3.4

3.6

.387

.368

5.0%

3.7%

8.7%

-0.6%

-4.4%

They've yet to score a run in the fifth or sixth inning this year.
29

3

10

3.9

3.2

4.0

.370

.352

0.9%

2.0%

2.9%

0.6%

-2.9%

It's still very early, so it's a small sample size, but Alexi Amarista is short.
30

2

11

2.4

2.0

2.4

.299

.282

0.2%

0.5%

0.7%

0.3%

-1.0%

With no dingers at home, and still just two on the season, they have yet to see their center field Fishtine Chapel go off.