Prospectus Hit List for July 7
Hit List for July 5
Hit List for July 11
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 52 | 32 | 57.4 | 60.1 | 58.7 | .624 | .619 | 96.1% | 2.9% | 99.0% | -0.3% | -0.9% |
| After Kris Bryant’s six homers yesterday he’s in the lead for the MVP of the NL. Except he didn’t hit six homers yesterday so why is he leading in the MVP race? Think about it! | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 51 | 35 | 53.9 | 57.2 | 56.4 | .592 | .588 | 80.4% | 14.6% | 95.0% | 0.7% | -2.1% |
| With Stephen Strasburg on the DL, the title for the healthiest injury-prone starter falls to Rich Hill. Oh, no! Rich, Watch out! [crash] As I was saying, congratulations Sonny Gray! | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 51 | 33 | 50.3 | 50.5 | 49.7 | .581 | .586 | 91.8% | 5.3% | 97.2% | -0.6% | 0.2% |
| The Blue Jays probably had Marco Estrada fake an injury to get Corey Kluber on the All-Star team, knowing the inning he’s likely to throw will be the one that ruins him forever. Crafty Canadians! | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 48 | 39 | 49.5 | 53.6 | 53.5 | .578 | .573 | 33.8% | 47.3% | 81.1% | -4.6% | 2.9% |
| As the ‘teams with Clayton Kershaw fantasy baseball suicide watch’ rolls into its second week, the number of victims is climbing. A nation in crisis, a President powerless to do anything about it… what… will… happen? Stay tuned! | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 48 | 39 | 50.1 | 51.1 | 51.6 | .553 | .558 | 39.2% | 26.6% | 65.8% | 2.4% | 13.5% |
| Marco Estrada has been hiding from the BABIP gods for almost a season and a half now. Finally they tracked him down, and when they showed up, sorry, he was on the DL! So clever, Estrada, so clever. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 46 | 38 | 47.4 | 50.6 | 50.9 | .550 | .555 | 31.6% | 25.9% | 57.5% | 2.2% | -0.2% |
| Red Sox President Dave Dombrowski finally pulled off his first trade. He traded nine dollars and 99 cents and received a poster of Jose Fernandez. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 46 | 39 | 45.8 | 45.2 | 44.4 | .541 | .546 | 18.7% | 33.3% | 52.0% | 1.5% | 2.2% |
| The Astros are 22-11 since June 1, which is good, but just imagine if Jose Altuve was three inches taller. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 54 | 33 | 50.2 | 49.9 | 49.2 | .550 | .545 | 66.1% | 26.1% | 92.2% | 2.5% | 3.3% |
| Brandon Belt could win the fan vote and attend the All-Star game, or he could lose and have to take three days off. This feels like one of those trick questions. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 43 | 41 | 49.5 | 52.0 | 52.1 | .548 | .543 | 2.8% | 30.7% | 33.4% | -3.8% | -15.3% |
| The Cardinals loss was a jewel-ish Carpenter. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 46 | 38 | 45.1 | 45.8 | 45.2 | .545 | .540 | 17.0% | 44.5% | 61.5% | 3.9% | 17.3% |
| Zack Wheeler: Tommy John surgery. Noah Syndergaard: bone spur in elbow. Steven Matz: same (copycat). Matt Harvey: Thoracic Outlet Syndrome. Bartolo Colon: fine. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 43 | 41 | 47.2 | 45.2 | 44.7 | .530 | .535 | 7.6% | 20.4% | 28.0% | -4.0% | 1.1% |
| How many home runs do you have to give up to Mark Trumbo, a player you just traded, before you can’t finish a sentence without DAMMIT. [looks up box score] Two. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 53 | 33 | 46.6 | 42.4 | 42.9 | .514 | .519 | 73.7% | 15.1% | 88.8% | -2.0% | -4.5% |
| Wednesday night they were down 11-1. Thursday night they were down 9-0. So, I guess that’s better? | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 44 | 40 | 42.9 | 44.0 | 43.7 | .509 | .514 | 3.6% | 21.3% | 25.0% | 2.1% | 9.5% |
| Justin Upton had hits with bats and followed that up by moving around the bases expeditiously. This was universally seen as a positive. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 49 | 35 | 46.1 | 43.3 | 43.3 | .507 | .512 | 26.8% | 23.5% | 50.3% | 3.1% | -14.3% |
| I was thinking about it, and you know who the Orioles could use? Clayton Kershaw. Think about it. See? Told ya. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 44 | 41 | 41.6 | 40.4 | 41.0 | .503 | .508 | 3.6% | 17.4% | 21.0% | 0.1% | 6.6% |
| The White Sox keep winning if you don’t count their losses. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 41 | 43 | 38.6 | 40.3 | 40.0 | .495 | .500 | 2.3% | 3.1% | 5.4% | -1.7% | -1.5% |
| The more the Yankees win, the less likely they are to trade their relievers, and the less likely they are to make anything useful of their season. So, everybody, 1… 2… 3… Go Yankees! | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 44 | 41 | 42.7 | 41.0 | 41.6 | .500 | .495 | 1.2% | 16.6% | 17.7% | 3.5% | 8.8% |
| Wait, the Pirates passed the Cardinals? Are they allowed to do that? Isn’t it like an ambulance on the highway kind of thing? | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 44 | 41 | 41.7 | 43.9 | 44.1 | .498 | .493 | 2.6% | 16.1% | 18.7% | -1.8% | -8.7% |
| Remember the opt-out in Giancarlo Stanton contract? The Marlins would probably just give him another one for free right now. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 34 | 50 | 35.4 | 38.8 | 40.0 | .487 | .492 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | -0.0% | -2.5% |
| Evan Longoria’s power is back! And his power is hitting for power. Not with his back though. That would be amazing. Also weird. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 43 | 41 | 39.2 | 39.3 | 40.2 | .471 | .475 | 1.0% | 7.7% | 8.7% | -2.8% | -9.5% |
| You may not remember yesterday for much, but one day you will look back at it and marvel, for it was and always shall be, the day Brooks Pounders got his first win. [pause] Yes, he’s a real person, look him up, jeez. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 38 | 46 | 40.2 | 42.0 | 42.1 | .471 | .466 | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.7% | -0.2% | -3.4% |
| Two homers for Trevor Story, who is almost impossible to discuss without making awful puns. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 38 | 49 | 39.1 | 40.8 | 42.2 | .469 | .464 | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | -1.2% |
| Trade Zack Greinke? But the Diamondbacks plan on over-paying for a stater this offseason, too, to complete the set! | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 35 | 50 | 40.0 | 37.1 | 37.0 | .447 | .452 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% |
| The Angels should use Mike Trout as a weather forecaster. Sure they’d lose more, but at least someone would pay attention to them. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 36 | 49 | 35.3 | 32.9 | 32.2 | .435 | .440 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | -0.4% |
| How many teams are willing to die on this Rich Hill? Oakland will find out in three weeks! | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 29 | 55 | 33.0 | 34.0 | 33.4 | .433 | .438 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| After a tough series in Boston, Texas goes home and… [checks last night’s scores] gets ambushed by the Twins at the airport. Are they allowed to do that? | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 37 | 48 | 37.8 | 34.3 | 34.2 | .440 | .435 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Good news! The Padres gave some guy you’ve never heard of $11 million. Maybe they are the lottery. Maybe they pick people at random to shower money upon. Next time it could be you! | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 37 | 47 | 35.0 | 33.5 | 33.3 | .440 | .435 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | -0.1% | -0.9% |
| Two prospects for Aaron Hill? That’s the type of deal the Brewers should be making twice. Sadly, Dave Dombrowski already had Aaron Hill, but still the premise of the statement holds! | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 40 | 46 | 33.9 | 32.5 | 32.7 | .416 | .411 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Given their lack of rotational depth, can the Phillies really afford to trade Jeremy Hellickson? Ha ha ha of course they can who even cares? | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 28 | 57 | 30.1 | 31.3 | 32.4 | .383 | .379 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The Braves are up 2-1 in the ninth and about to nail down a win. Suddenly a man bearing a strong resemblance to GM John Coppolella runs naked on the field and starts hitting the players with his hat and yelling, “NO NO NO!” | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 32 | 54 | 29.5 | 24.4 | 25.4 | .382 | .377 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The Reds won a three-game series over the Cubs in Chicago. Now think about the playoffs. Now sigh, shrug, and go about your day. | |||||||||||||