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Prospectus Hit List for August 15



by Matt Sussman

Hit List for August 12 Hit List for August 19
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.

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RkTmWLW1W2W3HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

73

43

78.5

82.4

81.1

.679

.674

99.8%

0.2%

100.0%

-0.0%

-0.0%

In fairness to Tommy La Stella, who among us as refused to report to Iowa at some point in our careers?
2

69

47

73.5

75.7

75.0

.632

.627

98.8%

1.0%

99.8%

0.0%

0.3%

If Jonathan Papelbon just wanted a week off to watch the Olympics, then we completely understand. If he wanted to wreck his career in a blaze of glory, then I guess he's entitled to do that?
3

64

52

67.8

70.8

70.8

.589

.594

31.4%

38.5%

69.9%

2.0%

3.7%

Time for a confession: I don't know what position Mookie Betts plays, and at this point I want to see how much longer I can go not finding out.
4

67

48

68.1

68.0

66.7

.586

.591

89.9%

6.6%

96.5%

-0.3%

5.2%

Indians minor leaguer Francisco Mejia's hitting streak ended at 49 games, then a scoring change upgraded it to 50 and active. Then it ended at 50 ... for now.
5

67

51

68.2

69.8

69.9

.582

.587

49.3%

34.6%

83.9%

1.5%

2.1%

J.A. Happ is going to receive votes on something thing year, which has only happened once (2009 Rookie of the Year). It is probably going to be Cy Young, but US President is also a distinct possibility.
6

65

52

64.9

71.9

72.0

.585

.580

59.5%

34.1%

93.6%

-2.8%

-0.2%

Julio Urias is no longer a teenager. No doubt his thoughts on the age change involves the phrase, "I'm so old."
7

62

56

65.5

69.9

69.3

.565

.560

0.2%

55.3%

55.5%

4.1%

14.6%

With a two-inning, seven-run start, Adam Wainwright tied the shortest start of his career, the other time being when he starred in an NBC sitcom heavily advertised during the Olympics.
8

66

51

63.9

65.4

65.2

.557

.552

40.5%

47.4%

87.9%

-4.0%

7.0%

The Giants have a losing interleague record this year -- clearly lulling the American League into a false sense of superiority.
9

62

54

62.8

61.8

61.8

.535

.540

19.5%

23.4%

42.9%

5.4%

13.5%

Nine of Mike Zunino's 14 base hits went for extra bases. So what he learned in Triple-A this year was: try hitting the ball harder and not directly at the fielders.
10

66

51

62.4

60.6

60.4

.533

.538

18.7%

36.5%

55.2%

3.3%

-8.1%

Darren O'Day's injury placed him on the 15-O'Day disabled list, downgraded from O'Day-to-Day.
11

63

54

60.8

62.8

62.3

.532

.537

10.0%

34.5%

44.5%

4.2%

-14.6%

The Tigers are in great position since they got Machado to replace the injured Jose Iglesias at shortstop, provided you have no further questions.
12

61

57

63.8

62.4

60.9

.526

.531

4.4%

10.6%

15.0%

-7.0%

-2.2%

If Jose Altuve’s batting average were an OBP, he would be 40th in OBP, or just as good as Yoenis Cespedes and Corey Seager, and better than Francisco Lindor.
13

69

50

59.4

56.4

56.6

.507

.512

76.1%

11.7%

87.8%

-4.6%

-0.3%

With Jonathan Lucroy and Carlos Beltran filling out the lineup, I don't see how anyone can stop th— [is shut out in back to back games by rookie pitchers, because baseball]
14

61

56

59.8

60.3

60.7

.517

.512

0.8%

29.1%

29.9%

0.8%

-10.2%

The Marlins are reportedly thinking about signing Alex Rodriguez, and thinking about signing Carlos Gomez, and it sounds like they're just looking at the list of famous free agents and thinking, why not? Related: the Marlins are reportedly thinking about signing Rogers Hornsby.
15

59

58

59.0

60.9

61.3

.513

.508

0.4%

20.2%

20.5%

1.0%

-14.1%

The Mets are flirting with .500 so much that I'm not sure why they don't just ask them to the ice cream social already. (This joke is decidated to either of my late grandfathers.)
16

56

62

60.1

60.7

59.7

.501

.496

0.0%

0.7%

0.7%

-0.2%

-3.2%

It has been exactly 11 months since the Rockies won an extra-inning game, and it went 16 innings. Just in case you, A Rockies Fan, had plans on going to bed early tonight.
17

60

57

55.3

55.5

56.2

.485

.490

0.6%

2.8%

3.4%

-4.6%

0.8%

Now that he's no longer an active player, Alex Rodriguez can buy all the tabloids and print back page spreads about what a fun guy he is.
18

59

56

57.6

54.1

54.4

.489

.484

0.0%

11.9%

11.9%

1.2%

5.7%

Andrew McCutchen would probably like to forget this season, which is why he is a good candidate to play the lead role in a Memento reboot.
19

56

61

53.9

53.3

54.0

.464

.469

0.1%

0.5%

0.6%

-0.2%

-0.2%

Tim Anderson strikeout-to-walk ratio update: it was a huge week for Tim Anderson Walks as two of them occurred, bringing the season total to 5. It's now 70 strikeouts and five walks. That ratio is just getting destroyed.
20

47

69

53.4

56.2

57.3

.461

.466

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Since 2011, Evan Longoria has averaged 25 home runs and zero All-Star apperances per season. Evan Longoria may need to hire a marketing expert.
21

57

60

52.7

50.5

51.2

.452

.457

0.1%

0.3%

0.3%

0.1%

0.0%

Chris Young earned his first career save, but he is so tall it looks like it was three saves.
22

49

68

54.9

48.9

49.8

.433

.438

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

When does Mike Trout ever see the playoffs again? Better question: with which team?
23

47

71

50.4

52.6

52.4

.429

.434

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

The 2016 Twins are basically an extremely niche astronomy course, because the best thing about them is the Max Kepler.
24

52

64

51.2

49.7

48.3

.434

.429

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

0.0%

Manny Piña was called up to replace Jonathan Lucroy, and is slashing .429/.556/.714 since the callup, so you can consider the trade won.
25

50

67

53.7

48.2

48.2

.428

.423

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Clayton Richard is back in the Padres rotation. We went back in time, so we may have enough time to warn everyone about the Matt Kemp trade, and about Suicide Squad.
26

52

66

48.9

47.7

47.9

.416

.421

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Khris Davis leads the team with four home runs in August, which -- since it's after the non-waiver trade deadline and a month before they ever catch fire into the playoffs -- is sadly the least popular month to watch the A's.
27

56

63

48.9

46.0

46.1

.414

.409

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

0.0%

0.1%

Ryan Howard's 14th career grand slam over the weekend put him in an all-time tie with Mark McGwire, Mike Piazza and Jason Giambi -- a sobering reminder that Ryan Howard was once really good at this sport.
28

48

69

46.2

48.0

50.2

.411

.406

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

Zack Greinke allowed nine earned runs against Boston yesterday. Last year with the Dodgers Greinke never allowed more than nine earned runs in a month.
29

44

74

44.2

48.0

48.4

.391

.386

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Sorry folks, park's closed. Taxpayer subsidy out front should have told you.
30

48

68

46.2

39.4

40.3

.375

.370

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

The Reds are not a good team, but they have the third best second-half record. So if the playoffs expand to 26 teams, they are probably qualifying and you are not going to want to draw them.