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Prospectus Hit List for April 17



by Matt Sussman

Hit List for April 16 Hit List for April 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.

Ice-cold Hit List action!

RkTmWL W1W2W3HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

12

1

11.0

11.0

10.6

.684

.667

47.8%

23.5%

71.3%

2.2%

14.4%

Perhaps it's time for Turner Field to have a home run sculpture of Justin Upton that also hits a home run.
2

11

4

10.4

9.8

9.4

.593

.612

27.4%

25.4%

52.8%

3.0%

12.5%

Add Jed Lowrie to the burgeoning list of unlikely cleanup hitters.
3

9

4

9.5

8.6

8.4

.605

.624

29.0%

28.6%

57.6%

2.6%

7.2%

That was nice of Terry Francona to deliver them a gift basket of chicken and beer before the game. At least it looked like Terry Francona.
4

8

5

9.4

6.8

6.9

.551

.531

26.5%

12.6%

39.1%

1.3%

8.1%

They're hitting .395 with runners on base and .207 with the bases empty. That's no way to go through life.
5

8

5

8.9

9.6

10.0

.636

.654

79.2%

7.8%

87.0%

1.5%

8.3%

Assisted suicide remains illegal in the United States, which makes it even more puzzling pitchers choose to give Miguel Cabrera something to hit.
6

10

4

8.7

9.3

8.2

.542

.522

3.9%

6.8%

10.7%

3.5%

4.2%

In hindsight, it was a wasted opportunity by Coors Field not to build snowmen into all the empty seats.
7

9

5

8.5

9.4

8.4

.591

.611

52.1%

19.3%

71.4%

3.2%

1.5%

Slowly but surely, the Rangers are ready to consider turning Michael Young's empty locker into a sewing room.
8

7

6

8.2

7.8

7.6

.540

.520

9.7%

13.4%

23.1%

-3.1%

-4.4%

All things considered, a snowy doubleheader in Denver with extra innings only ranks as a 7.4 on the Metropolitan Emotional Scar Scale.
9

8

5

8.0

7.8

7.6

.565

.546

20.2%

28.9%

49.0%

-2.3%

2.1%

Another loss in Yankee Stadium, but Byung-Hyun Kim was nowhere to be found.
10

6

8

7.8

8.2

7.7

.543

.523

51.2%

11.8%

63.0%

-1.5%

-16.9%

Their game against the Phillies resumes in the bottom of the ninth. Zack Cozart gets all night to dream about how he'll bat against Phillippe Aumont, right after a dream about showing up to third grade math naked.
11

9

5

7.5

8.0

8.3

.553

.533

21.1%

24.3%

45.4%

-3.3%

3.7%

Those nine runs allowed by Barry Zito brings his total number of runs allowed on the season to ... carry the one ... about nine.
12

7

5

7.5

7.0

7.6

.586

.605

50.3%

20.7%

71.0%

2.2%

8.1%

Vernon Wells will start in left field for the American League in the All-Star game and there is nothing you can do about it, except perhaps e-stuff the ballot for someone less mind-blowing.
13

7

6

7.4

6.6

6.6

.502

.522

6.0%

10.4%

16.4%

-1.6%

-1.4%

Chris Getz had the most plate apperances without a home run (925) in Royals history until yesterday. That honor now falls to Jason Kendall (490).
14

7

6

7.1

7.6

7.7

.514

.534

3.0%

6.7%

9.7%

1.5%

3.7%

Matt Wieters hit a home run then later bunted. If this sounds like a bathroom limerick, it's not, but here's a magic marker.
15

6

8

6.1

6.2

5.7

.450

.470

4.2%

9.0%

13.3%

2.1%

-4.2%

Adam Dunn currently has more strikeouts (17) than total bases (13), plus he's only walked twice.
16

7

7

5.8

9.2

8.9

.565

.545

53.6%

21.3%

74.9%

-2.2%

-2.6%

All those injury issues around the league and Carl Crawford is healthy as a mule, playing well too. Baseball.
17

8

6

5.8

5.8

5.7

.495

.475

31.6%

24.8%

56.4%

-1.7%

-6.8%

I know it's just one game, but how did Dan Haren allow seven runs to a team that hadn't even scored seven runs total in a three-game stretch since April 5-7?
18

6

9

5.8

5.5

5.5

.431

.451

3.5%

6.0%

9.5%

-2.2%

-3.6%

Judging by his facial hair, Eric Wedge has gone full Deadliest Catch.
19

6

8

5.6

6.2

6.6

.468

.448

10.8%

14.3%

25.1%

4.2%

2.9%

It's not often that a team accumulates two singles, strikes out 12 times and still gets a chance to win the game the next day.
20

6

7

5.5

6.3

6.8

.436

.455

0.5%

0.8%

1.2%

0.3%

-0.4%

Aaron Hicks may have only reached base six times in 51 plate apperances, but he's scored four times. You gotta admire that rate.
21

6

7

5.3

4.4

4.6

.441

.421

11.2%

8.0%

19.2%

0.4%

2.7%

Their promising 4-2 lead in the second inning was literally destroyed by a rainstorm. Okay, figuratively. No, literally!
22

4

10

5.1

4.7

5.4

.365

.383

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

-0.1%

-0.1%

They've gone from plain bad to struggling, and that's absolutely in the right direction.
23

4

10

5.1

4.2

5.1

.400

.381

1.2%

2.5%

3.7%

0.9%

-3.6%

If the Padres wanted to face Chris Capuano so badly instead of Zack Greinke, they could have at least asked the Dodgers nicely.
24

6

8

5.0

4.8

5.1

.446

.466

8.2%

13.0%

21.2%

-2.2%

1.3%

They've had four consecutive one-run games, going 2-2 in them. It's exactly why they call Toronto "The Bell Curve City," possibly.
25

4

9

4.9

5.2

5.6

.428

.408

4.7%

3.7%

8.4%

0.2%

-3.3%

Why don't they just make the entire plane out of Nate Schierholtz pinch hits?
26

5

7

4.6

5.2

4.9

.454

.474

10.1%

13.4%

23.6%

-3.1%

-0.4%

If Ubaldo Jimenez has turned a corner, then he keeps turning corners around the factory where they make E.R.A.
27

4

10

4.4

5.7

5.8

.453

.473

17.0%

23.2%

40.2%

-5.2%

-22.9%

With the highest collective starter ERA (5.80), have they considered seeing if Jered Weaver can throw left-handed?
28

4

9

4.2

3.5

3.9

.417

.437

9.4%

15.6%

25.0%

-2.2%

-9.5%

They've gone eight straight games without scoring five runs in a game — and they've only done it twice.
29

4

8

3.7

3.9

4.1

.405

.385

6.4%

3.9%

10.4%

1.5%

0.5%

Where were you when Yuniesky Betancourt crushed that grand slam, and why weren't you hugging your children?
30

3

11

3.6

2.7

3.1

.325

.307

0.1%

0.3%

0.4%

-0.3%

-0.9%

They did it! A home run at home, thanks to Adeiny Hechavarria! Now they can start the center field machine ... oh, the batteries died.