Prospectus Hit List for August 26
Hit List for August 23
Hit List for August 27
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 | 43 | 86 | 46.5 | 41.6 | 44.1 | .339 | .358 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
They've got a huge series this week against the Japanese Little League World Series champions. | |||||||||||||
2 | 49 | 80 | 51.4 | 47.3 | 48.0 | .379 | .361 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Twice in their last 38 games they have scored more than six runs, and both times it was 10 runs. And one of those 10-run games they lost. | |||||||||||||
3 | 54 | 75 | 56.8 | 56.6 | 56.5 | .434 | .454 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Bench coach Mark Parent was ejected on Sunday during the lineup card exchange. They then won their eighth game in nine tries. Everything is connected. | |||||||||||||
4 | 55 | 75 | 59.5 | 62.2 | 62.6 | .460 | .440 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
In the 13th inning, the Cubs blew a two-run lead. It's good to see they've moved on from the Carlos Marmol era. | |||||||||||||
5 | 57 | 73 | 58.8 | 61.6 | 62.8 | .462 | .442 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Caleb Gindl's first two at bats in Cincinnati were home runs. Still a few days before the waiver trade deadline. | |||||||||||||
6 | 58 | 73 | 59.8 | 58.2 | 60.4 | .451 | .471 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Not swept by the Astros! Hope for the future! | |||||||||||||
7 | 57 | 72 | 56.1 | 58.2 | 58.6 | .445 | .465 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Samuel Deduno's six strikeouts on Friday was the second time a Twins starter had that many this month and 11th time this season. (The team's season high is seven.) | |||||||||||||
8 | 58 | 72 | 55.8 | 60.0 | 60.9 | .451 | .432 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Ryan Vogelsong is on yet another comeback tour, which should make him the Rolling Stones' bassist by 2015. | |||||||||||||
9 | 61 | 71 | 64.1 | 64.2 | 61.0 | .474 | .454 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | |
Rocktober is just around the corner. First they have to get through Rocktember and Rockgust, then figure out who vandalized all the calendars. | |||||||||||||
10 | 59 | 71 | 53.8 | 53.2 | 55.1 | .425 | .406 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
A healthy and effective Roy Halladay probably bumps Casper Wells out of the rotation. | |||||||||||||
11 | 59 | 71 | 55.9 | 57.9 | 58.1 | .444 | .424 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Man, Edinson Volquez has definitely fallen fast. What I'm trying to say is he is trapped in a hole in the ground. Stop reading this and help him out. | |||||||||||||
12 | 58 | 71 | 61.2 | 64.6 | 63.3 | .479 | .499 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | |
In the time it takes the average Hit List reader to finish this sentence, Peter Bourjos is already on third base. | |||||||||||||
13 | 58 | 70 | 59.3 | 58.6 | 58.3 | .457 | .438 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | |
Matt Harvey continues to defy odds and do things pitchers shouldn't be able to do, such as allow two runs on 13 hits. | |||||||||||||
14 | 59 | 70 | 54.4 | 57.8 | 57.6 | .444 | .463 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | |
A little advice to the team that scored two runs this weekend: the wooden bats are for swinging at the little white round thing. And for the team that only drew four walks: don't swing at the bad ones. | |||||||||||||
15 | 65 | 65 | 62.7 | 63.2 | 63.1 | .488 | .468 | 0.0% | 1.7% | 1.7% | -0.2% | 0.5% | |
It's not so much me taking bets on them finishing 81-81, so much as it is me stealing your money because this is absolutely happening. | |||||||||||||
16 | 65 | 64 | 66.2 | 59.6 | 60.8 | .488 | .508 | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | -0.1% | -3.8% | |
Since July 1st, Greg Holland has allowed one run, two extra base hits and struck out 31 batters in 21 innings. | |||||||||||||
17 | 66 | 63 | 65.9 | 63.5 | 63.9 | .502 | .482 | 0.6% | 2.8% | 3.5% | 0.4% | -7.7% | |
If you can live in a desert, you can win all the 18th-inning games you want. | |||||||||||||
18 | 69 | 61 | 64.5 | 57.6 | 59.0 | .481 | .501 | 0.3% | 7.5% | 7.8% | 1.2% | 2.4% | |
Alex Rodriguez had just a 2-for-9 series in Tampa Bay. You'd think he'd play better in a stadium named after ... JUICE. | |||||||||||||
19 | 70 | 59 | 69.6 | 67.3 | 68.1 | .533 | .553 | 2.0% | 17.3% | 19.4% | 2.5% | -4.1% | |
Nick Markakis homered for the first time in over two months, which was also two Travis Ishikawa roster moves ago. | |||||||||||||
20 | 71 | 59 | 69.3 | 67.9 | 68.9 | .533 | .553 | 1.7% | 35.0% | 36.7% | 8.8% | 16.6% | |
This season is shaping up like that one movie about Cleveland baseball where the underdogs clinch the pennant, "Damn Yankees." | |||||||||||||
21 | 72 | 57 | 70.8 | 70.7 | 68.4 | .546 | .566 | 21.5% | 37.5% | 59.0% | -9.4% | -19.8% | |
Jarrod Parker's last three starts: 25 innings, three runs allowed, two on home runs. | |||||||||||||
22 | 74 | 57 | 75.6 | 75.5 | 75.6 | .574 | .554 | 18.8% | 78.0% | 96.8% | -0.2% | 2.7% | |
Jay Bruce had just his second off-day of the season on Saturday. He had errands to run, but forgot that the bank closed. | |||||||||||||
23 | 75 | 55 | 73.0 | 72.8 | 71.6 | .562 | .582 | 78.5% | 12.2% | 90.7% | -2.8% | 1.8% | |
Adam Rosales appeared in all three games for the Rangers this weekend. Just like his fortune teller told him. But she's been wrong before. | |||||||||||||
24 | 77 | 55 | 78.5 | 77.6 | 76.9 | .587 | .606 | 60.6% | 34.6% | 95.2% | 2.8% | 4.8% | |
Shane Victorino is in a miserable career slump, going GIFless in his last 18 games. | |||||||||||||
25 | 76 | 54 | 80.9 | 77.3 | 76.2 | .597 | .577 | 46.1% | 53.2% | 99.4% | 0.1% | 2.6% | |
This month Pete Kozma is hitting .071/.220/.095. He's been on base 10 times, three of them on intentional walks. | |||||||||||||
26 | 74 | 54 | 70.7 | 76.4 | 76.4 | .581 | .600 | 37.0% | 54.2% | 91.2% | -3.2% | 2.1% | |
Evan Longoria has hit three home runs in three different series this year, two against the Yankees. | |||||||||||||
27 | 76 | 54 | 71.0 | 72.0 | 73.0 | .562 | .542 | 35.1% | 64.1% | 99.2% | -0.1% | 1.7% | |
If it's not a charmed team, how else do you explain a win coming off a Clint Barmes three-run homer? | |||||||||||||
28 | 76 | 54 | 71.1 | 73.6 | 71.7 | .562 | .542 | 99.4% | 0.1% | 99.5% | -0.0% | 0.4% | |
Remember when this team's starting rotation featured Aaron Harang? | |||||||||||||
29 | 77 | 53 | 82.9 | 89.2 | 88.1 | .649 | .667 | 98.3% | 1.4% | 99.7% | 0.3% | -0.0% | |
Max Scherzer has as many RBI doubles as he has losses, blue eyes, brown eyes and souls. | |||||||||||||
30 | 78 | 52 | 79.3 | 79.3 | 76.6 | .602 | .583 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Losing three of four games this late in the season would be unsettling news if the Braves actually played in a division. |
"You'll love this Hit List!" -- Adam Rosales' fortune teller