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Prospectus Hit List for April 25



by Matt Sussman

Hit List for April 22 Hit List for April 29
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.

If you're gonna Suss with somebody, you're not gonna Suss with me, you little Suss!

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1

10

7

11.1

11.4

10.4

.600

.595

47.4%

33.8%

81.2%

2.3%

10.9%

The Asdrubal Cabrera signing has worked out so far for the Mets, mostly because they finally realized to stop shelling out 6-year deal for former All-Stars.
2

13

6

11.5

13.0

12.2

.591

.596

32.5%

32.1%

64.5%

3.0%

10.6%

Mat Latos has now pitching as many innings for the White Sox in 2016 than he did for the Dodgers last year (24 1/3) and gave up 16 fewer earned runs.
3

9

9

10.0

10.4

9.7

.534

.539

40.8%

9.4%

50.3%

5.8%

9.0%

It's early, but Chris Iannetta is well on his way to finally giving the Mariners a catcher that can hit .180.
4

12

6

10.9

10.4

10.3

.537

.542

7.7%

14.2%

21.9%

2.5%

6.8%

Paulo Orlando, not Jarrod Dyson, will be on the All-Star ballot. You know what to do.
5

10

9

9.0

8.6

8.7

.476

.481

13.7%

5.8%

19.5%

-1.8%

6.6%

Josh Reddick is so popular in Oakland that many fans have taken to starting their own discussions about him in various subreddicks.
6

10

10

9.9

9.9

10.9

.495

.490

5.3%

10.1%

15.5%

-1.6%

5.5%

Pro tip for sports teams: don't order your road uniforms in the same factory where they produce squid ink pasta. They may not clean the rollers between batches.
7

14

4

13.1

13.9

12.9

.645

.641

51.6%

33.7%

85.3%

1.1%

5.4%

Between Bryce Harper and Oliver Perez, maybe the entire Nationals team should just enter the game as pinch hitters.
8

9

7

9.0

8.7

9.3

.565

.570

54.1%

24.4%

78.5%

1.2%

5.3%

I'm not saying it's been a long time since Cleveland won a sweep in Detroit, but for once the other fans didn't drive home sad in their Chevrolet Berettas.
9

14

5

15.8

16.5

16.4

.703

.698

82.7%

10.7%

93.4%

0.6%

5.2%

Could Jake Arrieta break up a Jake Arrieta no-hitter? Only borderline illegal science can prove us wrong.
10

8

10

8.8

9.8

10.0

.530

.535

29.2%

20.5%

49.8%

6.2%

3.3%

If you could have on superpower, but what it b—
[Rays front office interrupts]
"Control young starting pitching!"
Okay, I was thinking more traditional and cool ones, but whatever.
11

12

7

11.9

13.3

12.7

.618

.613

80.2%

9.1%

89.3%

1.8%

2.5%

Sometime today, please keep in your thoughts the outfield wall that Yasiel Puig crashed into making a catch yesterday, currently on life support. The wall is so young, and has three tiny walls of its own.
12

10

10

11.0

11.2

11.2

.536

.541

21.2%

19.6%

40.8%

2.7%

1.7%

Nobody expected Chris Colabello to repeat last season's numbers, and in some ways we were all right.
13

9

9

9.0

8.6

9.0

.518

.523

29.7%

19.3%

49.1%

3.6%

1.2%

What proof do we have that Henry Owens isn't simply Bronson Arroyo molting out of its outer layer?
14

10

9

9.6

8.0

8.2

.473

.478

13.4%

5.8%

19.3%

-3.4%

0.3%

I know it's not in the Rangers' color scheme, but they should have let Prince Fielder wear all purple this weekend. It's what the nation would have wanted.
15

9

10

6.6

7.1

6.9

.405

.400

0.3%

2.0%

2.2%

-0.2%

0.2%

Charlie Morton went on the disabled list this weekend. Talk about salt in the wounds.
16

9

10

5.8

4.7

5.8

.397

.392

0.8%

5.7%

6.4%

-0.1%

-0.5%

The Reds only have one recorded save on the season, and it was when Joey Votto convinced a teammate not to binge watch the later seasons of "The West Wing."
17

4

14

5.7

5.0

6.1

.353

.349

0.1%

0.2%

0.3%

-0.1%

-0.5%

The Braves have only hit three home runs as a team so far, and it's safe to assume that at least two of them were struck by Ryan Klesko.
18

7

12

6.6

6.3

6.2

.408

.403

1.1%

3.2%

4.3%

-0.7%

-0.6%

Johnny Manziel being indicted by a grand jury for misdemeanor assault is yet another embarrassing story for a high-profile Padres draft pick.
19

8

11

7.3

5.9

6.4

.416

.421

5.8%

2.5%

8.4%

-2.1%

-1.2%

A team .265 on-base percentage isn't great, but the Angels can be glad they don't have that! And that's how to feel happy about a .287 team OBP.
20

10

8

12.7

13.1

12.6

.589

.585

8.2%

27.8%

36.0%

1.0%

-1.4%

Yadier Molina is hitting .338 this season, but only because batting is now calculated by [base hits + anecdotes fans tell about how they made their team better outside the box score] ÷ at bats.
21

11

6

10.0

10.5

10.4

.544

.549

8.8%

10.2%

18.9%

-4.5%

-1.6%

The newest Pac-Man has four difficulty levels: easy, medium, difficult, and Mark Trumbo Instead Of Pac-Man.
22

6

11

6.9

7.4

7.9

.443

.438

0.7%

5.8%

6.4%

0.8%

-2.0%

You might think the Marlins only have three stolen bases, but in actuality they were simply paid for by taxpayer dollars.
23

8

11

6.0

4.8

4.6

.390

.385

1.0%

5.0%

6.0%

1.2%

-2.3%

Team unity is so important in baseball, and the Brewers pitchers have banded together so well by all agreeing to allow so many earned runs in solidarity of each other.
24

10

9

9.6

10.6

10.0

.520

.515

7.4%

25.1%

32.4%

1.5%

-2.5%

Jon Niese had both a pitching victory and an extra-inning RBI single this weekend and you are going to stand there and tell me that baseball is a drug-free sport?
25

5

14

7.1

8.0

8.0

.430

.435

1.4%

3.7%

5.1%

-1.1%

-3.4%

Lesson learned, Twins. Why bother losing something in 16 innings that you are perfectly capable of doing in nine?
26

9

9

8.1

8.4

8.7

.470

.465

2.4%

6.4%

8.8%

-2.0%

-3.8%

Trevor Story is 6 for his last 36, so this must be the part of the Story where the author spends several pages on long paragraphs describing sunsets.
27

7

10

7.2

7.6

7.5

.476

.481

11.0%

11.0%

22.0%

-6.4%

-9.8%

Dellin Betances and Andrew Miller still haven't allowed a run yet, but you think that's impressive? Aroldis Chapman hasn't even allowed a baserunner.
28

8

9

8.2

7.5

7.6

.475

.480

4.4%

12.2%

16.6%

-4.4%

-13.7%

Well, of course Jarrod Saltamacchia and Ian Kinsler have more than half of the team’s home runs. What did you think would happen when Miguel Cabrera retired to become an Alaskan fisherman and Justin Upton is lost somewhere in downtown Ann Arbor?
29

6

13

7.4

7.7

7.3

.460

.465

26.2%

9.2%

35.4%

-1.3%

-15.0%

A long, unbearable slog of a Sunday Night Baseball game against the Red Sox in your dorky dimension home park. Congratulations, Houston! You're the new Yankees!
30

9

11

11.0

9.8

10.1

.513

.508

11.0%

21.4%

32.4%

-5.8%

-16.1%

Some might wonder what's wrong with the Giants, and to them I say relax, it's not August and they haven't picked up Cody Ross yet.