Prospectus Hit List for May 7
Hit List for May 6
Hit List for May 8
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 |
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1 | 20 | 11 | 20.0 | 16.4 | 16.0 | .547 | .528 | 36.5% | 26.4% | 62.9% | 4.6% | 24.3% | |
Adam Wainwright has walked three batters all year, while Lance Lynn has walked three batters in four different games, and is 5-0. | |||||||||||||
2 | 15 | 14 | 16.9 | 17.9 | 17.2 | .539 | .559 | 8.5% | 19.5% | 28.1% | 3.5% | 7.2% | |
Show us on the baseball where Mark Reynolds hurt you. | |||||||||||||
3 | 19 | 12 | 19.3 | 19.9 | 19.8 | .571 | .551 | 49.1% | 20.4% | 69.5% | 3.4% | 3.2% | |
Cory Gearrin has made 17 appearances with no runs allowed and one appearance that look he just doesn't want to talk about, okay? | |||||||||||||
4 | 11 | 20 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 13.1 | .472 | .492 | 7.8% | 14.3% | 22.1% | 2.7% | -11.9% | |
They are already 7½ games behind the second Wild Card, more than at any point last season. Better now than July. | |||||||||||||
5 | 17 | 14 | 15.4 | 14.6 | 15.0 | .499 | .479 | 11.6% | 18.1% | 29.7% | 2.5% | -3.5% | |
A.J. Burnett is second in the majors in total strikeouts yet is still 15 behind Yu Darvish. | |||||||||||||
6 | 17 | 15 | 18.4 | 17.1 | 17.5 | .535 | .515 | 27.1% | 19.2% | 46.3% | 2.5% | -9.2% | |
How many chores did you get done during Travor Cahill's triple? | |||||||||||||
7 | 21 | 11 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 19.8 | .583 | .602 | 40.2% | 32.2% | 72.4% | 1.6% | 1.3% | |
Dustin Pedroia hitting a home run over the giant Fenway Park wall is an affront to most modern physics theories. | |||||||||||||
8 | 14 | 18 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 13.8 | .447 | .427 | 2.8% | 2.7% | 5.5% | 1.5% | 2.4% | |
The best place to watch a game at Petco Park is inside Andrew Cashner's beard. | |||||||||||||
9 | 12 | 16 | 13.9 | 13.0 | 12.8 | .477 | .457 | 7.2% | 6.6% | 13.8% | 1.2% | 0.7% | |
A day off in New York City. Wonder if there's anything to do there. | |||||||||||||
10 | 12 | 20 | 14.2 | 16.6 | 16.5 | .474 | .454 | 2.0% | 4.2% | 6.1% | 1.0% | -3.9% | |
As long as recently-promoted Ryan Sweeney doesn't punch any doors, he should be fine. Or the Cubs could install cardboard doors. | |||||||||||||
11 | 15 | 18 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 13.2 | .453 | .433 | 6.4% | 6.2% | 12.7% | 0.6% | -8.7% | |
If the season ended today, that wouldn't be the worst thing for them. | |||||||||||||
12 | 19 | 11 | 20.2 | 21.7 | 20.9 | .629 | .647 | 82.3% | 9.6% | 91.9% | 0.6% | 3.5% | |
At long last, Al Alburquerque studied a map of New Mexico and finally understood the humor. | |||||||||||||
13 | 12 | 21 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 12.3 | .434 | .453 | 1.0% | 3.0% | 4.1% | 0.3% | -2.7% | |
So with yesterday's win, are they championship contenders again? I can't keep this season straight. | |||||||||||||
14 | 15 | 18 | 13.6 | 15.6 | 15.6 | .465 | .485 | 3.3% | 4.5% | 7.8% | 0.0% | -0.7% | |
They have eight stolen bases as a team, which is fewer than Nate McLouth has as an individual. | |||||||||||||
15 | 8 | 24 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 9.9 | .333 | .351 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | |
So much for the Rick Ankiel, designated for assignment. Now they're going back to the plan of "replacement-level players the fans HAVEN'T heard of." | |||||||||||||
16 | 19 | 13 | 18.7 | 17.9 | 17.6 | .520 | .540 | 6.8% | 16.1% | 22.9% | -0.0% | 8.1% | |
Their 107-game winning streak with a lead after seven innings deserves an investigation into how many times they ended the game after seven innings and nobody noticed. | |||||||||||||
17 | 18 | 13 | 18.2 | 20.3 | 19.9 | .539 | .519 | 12.6% | 12.1% | 24.7% | -0.0% | 8.3% | |
Jon Garland leads the team in innings pitched and has fewer total strikeouts than two teammates who are relievers. This team is beautiful. | |||||||||||||
18 | 10 | 23 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 10.5 | .369 | .351 | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | -0.0% | -0.2% | |
One bright spot of note on this team is their logo, by definition. | |||||||||||||
19 | 13 | 17 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 13.1 | .452 | .472 | 1.3% | 5.1% | 6.4% | -0.2% | -1.5% | |
Jordan Danks went from being picked-off as a pinch-runner (and game-winning run) to hitting the go-ahead home run in extra innings. Overcompensating, much? | |||||||||||||
20 | 13 | 15 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 13.8 | .437 | .456 | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.9% | -0.3% | -0.5% | |
Extra-inning losses on the road are worse than ninth-inning losses, because you're sad AND all the good restaurants are closed. | |||||||||||||
21 | 18 | 12 | 16.1 | 15.4 | 15.1 | .550 | .570 | 44.2% | 27.6% | 71.8% | -0.4% | -2.0% | |
Alex Rodriguez's injury rehab will consist of gradually larger minor league crowds booing him whatever he does. | |||||||||||||
22 | 17 | 15 | 14.6 | 14.9 | 15.2 | .509 | .489 | 37.2% | 18.4% | 55.6% | -0.8% | 4.7% | |
To differentiate himself from Ryan, Jordan Zimmermann may want to change his name to Jordan Agoodpitcher. | |||||||||||||
23 | 18 | 15 | 18.1 | 17.6 | 16.9 | .522 | .542 | 15.8% | 19.8% | 35.6% | -1.3% | -1.3% | |
If he keeps this up, Yoenis Cespedes could give his native Cuba a reputation for producing baseball players. | |||||||||||||
24 | 14 | 16 | 13.7 | 14.3 | 14.6 | .472 | .452 | 2.8% | 6.5% | 9.3% | -1.8% | -7.9% | |
Carlos Gomez leads the league in WAR, but it's a small sample size so he actually leads the league in BATTLE. | |||||||||||||
25 | 14 | 17 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 16.5 | .513 | .533 | 7.8% | 16.8% | 24.6% | -1.9% | -13.1% | |
It took only 55 fewer appearances but Fernando Rodney already matched 2012's earned run total. | |||||||||||||
26 | 20 | 12 | 19.7 | 20.5 | 19.6 | .589 | .608 | 73.2% | 9.0% | 82.2% | -2.3% | 4.4% | |
Making up a game with the Cubs seemed like such a good idea at the time. | |||||||||||||
27 | 18 | 15 | 19.2 | 18.8 | 17.9 | .558 | .539 | 47.1% | 25.3% | 72.4% | -2.3% | -1.0% | |
A Voltron made of Shin-Soo Choo's HBPs and Joey Votto's walks. An unstoppable on-base machine whose only vulnerability is strikes. | |||||||||||||
28 | 17 | 11 | 15.9 | 14.3 | 14.7 | .516 | .536 | 7.7% | 21.7% | 29.4% | -2.4% | 9.2% | |
George Kottaras' season numbers: .222/.462/.667, 13 plate appearances. He's been with the team since Opening Day. | |||||||||||||
29 | 19 | 13 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 16.2 | .523 | .503 | 34.4% | 16.0% | 50.4% | -5.5% | 10.4% | |
You still can't disprove the theory that Pablo Sandoval is two Cirque du Soleil acrobats stuffed into one jersey. | |||||||||||||
30 | 13 | 18 | 11.7 | 14.4 | 14.4 | .497 | .477 | 23.1% | 17.9% | 41.0% | -6.8% | -19.6% | |
TV pitch: a hospital drama where all the Dodgers players are patients, but it focuses on the doctors' love lives. |
Jon Garland's first appearance on a Hit List in quite some time!