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Hit List for July 9
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 | 48 | 40 | 44.0 | 40.8 | 41.4 | .525 | .545 | 10.1% | 28.1% | 38.2% | -5.1% | 12.8% | |
Mariano Rivera remembers a simpler time when Orioles were easier to strike out. | |||||||||||||
2 | 53 | 34 | 48.5 | 47.5 | 48.7 | .537 | .517 | 31.3% | 58.2% | 89.5% | -3.1% | -4.8% | |
From now on, A.J. Burnett will bring his own rosin bag from home. | |||||||||||||
3 | 50 | 38 | 50.7 | 52.3 | 52.4 | .567 | .547 | 20.3% | 66.0% | 86.3% | -2.9% | 3.2% | |
I don't care that he isn't worthy of the National League Final Vote. What am I going to do with all these "Choo Choo Choose Choo" buttons? Why did I order them? | |||||||||||||
4 | 40 | 47 | 39.0 | 41.5 | 42.4 | .487 | .467 | 7.3% | 0.7% | 8.0% | -2.2% | -9.9% | |
The latest statue on display at AT&T Park: Gaudin's "The Sinker." | |||||||||||||
5 | 54 | 36 | 54.1 | 53.0 | 52.8 | .565 | .585 | 64.9% | 24.5% | 89.3% | -2.0% | 2.4% | |
Climbing up on Ellsbury Hill / I could steal the second base / Count was favorable, two and one / should've seen the pitcher's face | |||||||||||||
6 | 50 | 38 | 52.7 | 53.0 | 51.2 | .552 | .532 | 82.1% | 5.7% | 87.8% | -1.4% | -5.8% | |
#VoteFreddie isn't a bad hashtag for Freeman's Final Vote campaign, but why not just use his initials? Let me see if anybody else uses #FF... | |||||||||||||
7 | 48 | 39 | 52.7 | 58.4 | 58.1 | .595 | .615 | 87.7% | 4.9% | 92.6% | -1.3% | 8.9% | |
Al Alburquerque allowed his first home run in 77 2/3 career regular season innings. In the postseason he's allowed two homers in 5 1/3 innings. | |||||||||||||
8 | 40 | 49 | 39.3 | 39.0 | 38.6 | .456 | .436 | 1.6% | 0.1% | 1.6% | -1.1% | -6.9% | |
Losing nine straight would knock most teams out of contention. But this is the NL West, land of opportunity! | |||||||||||||
9 | 41 | 44 | 43.0 | 37.0 | 37.8 | .469 | .489 | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.9% | -1.1% | -1.3% | |
TWO All-Stars? This snaps a nine-year streak of their All-Star representative being Crippling Self-Loathing. Heck of a run, though. | |||||||||||||
10 | 42 | 47 | 44.5 | 46.1 | 44.1 | .484 | .464 | 7.2% | 0.7% | 7.9% | -0.6% | -12.8% | |
Carlos Gonzalez leads his team in hits, doubles, triples, homers, runs, RBIs, stolen bases, zips, zops, blips, bleeps, hocuses, pocuses, and Z's in last name. | |||||||||||||
11 | 49 | 40 | 49.4 | 52.4 | 52.9 | .552 | .572 | 16.6% | 35.8% | 52.4% | -0.3% | 15.5% | |
They had their fake '70s throwback day this weekend. A real '70s throwback day for them is more commonly known as "an off-day." | |||||||||||||
12 | 37 | 48 | 37.6 | 38.7 | 39.1 | .433 | .453 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | -0.1% | -0.7% | |
Their pitching is like a weird European film: lots of things you don't understand and then it ends with "Fien." | |||||||||||||
13 | 39 | 49 | 37.0 | 41.1 | 41.4 | .465 | .485 | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | -0.1% | 0.1% | |
Brad Miller is the first person to hit two triples in a game in Great American Ball Park history. #SeattleForNLCentral | |||||||||||||
14 | 35 | 52 | 36.7 | 39.2 | 40.2 | .455 | .435 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | -0.1% | |
Rickie Weeks sounds like the coolest festival in Wisconsin, at least in the non-food-themed category. | |||||||||||||
15 | 34 | 51 | 35.8 | 36.6 | 34.7 | .439 | .459 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | -0.1% | |
In their last eight games they've scored 17 runs. Before that, they scored 18 runs in a doubleheader in which they were swept. | |||||||||||||
16 | 32 | 55 | 33.2 | 30.3 | 30.6 | .384 | .365 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
With Ricky Nolasco finally traded, the largest earners on the team are Adeiny Hechavarria and Placido Polanco ($2.75 million each). THAT'S STILL A LOT OF MONEY. | |||||||||||||
17 | 32 | 57 | 31.0 | 26.3 | 28.4 | .356 | .375 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Jose Altuve didn't make the All-Star Game, narrowly beaten out for the final Home Run Derby outfield shagging spot by Jaysen, a 13-year-old from North Carolina. | |||||||||||||
18 | 43 | 45 | 43.4 | 40.8 | 42.7 | .491 | .511 | 0.5% | 2.6% | 3.1% | 0.1% | -3.9% | |
Steve Delabar might win the All-Star Final Vote, but in Ontario first he has to win his riding. | |||||||||||||
19 | 43 | 46 | 39.4 | 40.7 | 40.9 | .466 | .446 | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3.7% | 0.1% | 0.9% | |
It shows leadership by Michael Young to deflect all the trade rumors onto himself so his teammates can just worry about playing baseball. | |||||||||||||
20 | 37 | 48 | 38.6 | 38.4 | 38.1 | .470 | .450 | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.0% | |
Ike Davis is back from his stint in Triple-A Las Vegas and won't explain the new tattoo. | |||||||||||||
21 | 38 | 48 | 41.9 | 42.9 | 43.1 | .480 | .460 | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.3% | -0.1% | |
You can't trade Alfonso Soriano before the Fourth of July, because he hooks everybody up with the coolest fireworks. | |||||||||||||
22 | 43 | 45 | 44.2 | 46.1 | 44.9 | .532 | .552 | 2.4% | 9.7% | 12.1% | 0.8% | -1.3% | |
Of all the Angels to need a shampoo commercial, it's Jered Weaver. | |||||||||||||
23 | 53 | 34 | 56.5 | 55.4 | 53.9 | .576 | .556 | 48.4% | 46.9% | 95.4% | 1.1% | 2.4% | |
Yesterday they scored five runs and went 1-for-1 with runners in scoring position, which is weird. But, statistics! | |||||||||||||
24 | 49 | 40 | 47.0 | 45.5 | 46.2 | .499 | .519 | 8.0% | 21.7% | 29.7% | 1.6% | -13.9% | |
Chris Davis leads the league in homers, Manny Machado in doubles, and Nick Markakis is in the top four in the American League in singles. | |||||||||||||
25 | 42 | 45 | 40.0 | 41.9 | 41.1 | .530 | .510 | 29.5% | 2.5% | 32.1% | 1.9% | 8.9% | |
Juan Uribe's seven RBIs on Friday is the most for a Dodger since 2006 when James Loney had nine RBIs. Related: James Loney once had nine RBIs in a game. | |||||||||||||
26 | 52 | 37 | 51.2 | 51.0 | 49.3 | .547 | .567 | 46.2% | 31.7% | 77.9% | 1.9% | 3.6% | |
Bartolo Colon has now been named to three All-Star Games, each in separate decades. | |||||||||||||
27 | 46 | 42 | 45.6 | 44.0 | 44.7 | .503 | .523 | 11.4% | 13.1% | 24.5% | 2.6% | -15.0% | |
If I told you Michael Brantley was the centerpiece of the CC Sabathia trade to Milwaukee and Matt LaPorta was the throw-in, I'd merely be a decoy while my assistant stole your life savings. | |||||||||||||
28 | 51 | 37 | 47.0 | 47.5 | 47.5 | .551 | .571 | 51.4% | 26.7% | 78.1% | 3.0% | -7.1% | |
Joakim Soria's back! I told you we should have had practice drills for this. | |||||||||||||
29 | 47 | 41 | 46.3 | 44.2 | 44.0 | .514 | .494 | 54.4% | 2.8% | 57.2% | 3.1% | 17.9% | |
Their five-game winning streak is the longest in baseball, but it's a dry winning streak. | |||||||||||||
30 | 46 | 42 | 42.8 | 41.1 | 41.0 | .509 | .489 | 15.7% | 13.4% | 29.1% | 4.6% | 7.1% | |
Ryan Zimmerman seems to own the Padres. Not literally. Although with 13 homers in 36 games, that has to be worth stock options. |
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