Prospectus Hit List for August 29
Hit List for August 26
Hit List for September 2
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 | 56 | 74 | 61.4 | 54.6 | 55.9 | .438 | .443 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Can an MVP play for a last place team? It depends on if this is a rhetorical question regarding Mike Trout, or a request. | |||||||||||||
2 | 55 | 76 | 52.7 | 54.0 | 55.0 | .413 | .409 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Give Paul Goldschmidt the day off, and of course the Diamondbacks score 11 runs. Coincidence? What if I told you "Goldschmidt" has [record stops] 11 letters? | |||||||||||||
3 | 48 | 83 | 48.2 | 52.7 | 52.6 | .384 | .380 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Atlanta copyeditors have replaced "lorem ipsum" as their dummy filler text with "Freddie Freeman Homers In Loss," just in case it accidentally gets through. | |||||||||||||
4 | 71 | 59 | 66.1 | 64.1 | 65.1 | .512 | .517 | 6.5% | 31.9% | 38.5% | 9.2% | 10.1% | |
On Saturday Julio Borbon was added to the roster, went 2-for-4, then was designated for assignment. I guess the Orioles didn't care for that particular shot of Borbon. | |||||||||||||
5 | 72 | 58 | 76.1 | 79.9 | 80.3 | .593 | .598 | 35.8% | 48.0% | 83.7% | -2.9% | -5.7% | |
Dustin Pedroia recorded hits in 11 straight at bats, but not 12, which means the witch's curse on him to have the body of a groundhog will remain indefinite. | |||||||||||||
6 | 63 | 66 | 61.1 | 59.6 | 60.3 | .473 | .478 | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |
The White Sox stadium will be known as Guaranteed Rate Field through 2030, at which point the White Sox will draft high school shortstop Guaranteed Ratefield number one overall. | |||||||||||||
7 | 82 | 47 | 87.4 | 92.0 | 91.0 | .683 | .679 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
John Lackey: 19 home runs allowed, 43 walks, .217 opponents’ average, 3.41 ERA Jon Lester: 19 home runs allowed, 45 walks, .217 opponents’ average, 2.70 ERA | |||||||||||||
8 | 55 | 74 | 53.7 | 47.0 | 47.8 | .395 | .390 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
According to Play Index, Saturday was the first time the Reds threw a complete game shutout and hit five home runs in the same game. Just as we all thought, 2016 is the best season in Reds history. | |||||||||||||
9 | 73 | 56 | 73.6 | 74.2 | 73.0 | .569 | .574 | 88.4% | 6.1% | 94.5% | -0.6% | -3.7% | |
Brandon Guyer has 63 career HBPs and 58 career walks. Boy, imagine how much better he'll feel when he learns what those white rectangles are for. | |||||||||||||
10 | 62 | 68 | 66.1 | 66.6 | 66.7 | .503 | .498 | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.4% | -1.0% | |
The Rockies were looking for a situation to get Matt Carasiti and his 12.27 ERA into a game. They scored five runs in the 11th inning, so that did the trick. | |||||||||||||
11 | 69 | 61 | 66.9 | 69.3 | 68.8 | .527 | .532 | 8.9% | 24.9% | 33.9% | -5.5% | 7.0% | |
Victor Martinez and J.D. Martinez were both ejected for arguing balls and strikes, which means the home plate umpire was the first umpire to clean up a game using One Hour Martinezing. | |||||||||||||
12 | 68 | 62 | 69.4 | 67.6 | 66.4 | .522 | .527 | 1.7% | 17.0% | 18.7% | -5.2% | 2.9% | |
So, remember Evan Gattis' 11 triples last year? This year he's stuck at zero, mostly because teams are employing the "Gattis shift" by adding 15 more outfielders into the gaps. | |||||||||||||
13 | 68 | 62 | 63.0 | 59.9 | 60.5 | .483 | .488 | 2.5% | 9.3% | 11.8% | 5.5% | 6.1% | |
The Royals will never consider Yordano Ventura to be the ace of the pitching staff. They just won't be able to withstand the pun headlines. | |||||||||||||
14 | 73 | 57 | 72.5 | 78.3 | 78.2 | .581 | .576 | 79.5% | 18.1% | 97.6% | 1.5% | 5.4% | |
Hear me out: convert Yasiel Puig into a reliever. It might not work, but it might not not work. | |||||||||||||
15 | 67 | 63 | 66.2 | 67.3 | 66.4 | .513 | .508 | 0.5% | 17.9% | 18.3% | -5.0% | -12.7% | |
Kyle Barraclough has just been putting up donuts on the scoreboard, which ... close enough. | |||||||||||||
16 | 56 | 74 | 56.2 | 54.7 | 53.7 | .424 | .419 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Here’s a list of everyone currently on the Brewers with at least ten home runs: one-year, $2.5 million deal; Ryan Braun; waiver claim; waiver claim; acquisition for non prospect; someone named “Scooter.” | |||||||||||||
17 | 49 | 81 | 53.3 | 55.4 | 55.5 | .410 | .415 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
It took seven years but former first round draft pick Alex Wimmers finally reached the major leagues. In the Twins bullpen on a bad season. Not all good stories have happy endings. | |||||||||||||
18 | 67 | 62 | 63.5 | 65.2 | 66.4 | .508 | .513 | 1.0% | 6.4% | 7.5% | -1.8% | 3.1% | |
In less than a month of major league playing time, Gary Sanchez has as many career home runs (11) as Otis Nixon and one more than Ruben Tejada. | |||||||||||||
19 | 66 | 64 | 65.2 | 66.7 | 67.1 | .510 | .505 | 0.6% | 21.4% | 22.1% | -6.3% | 8.7% | |
New York won the Little League World Series, so by regional proxy the pressure is off the Mets to repeat winning their pennant. | |||||||||||||
20 | 57 | 73 | 55.6 | 54.8 | 55.3 | .428 | .433 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
It's fine if Ryon Healy wants to spell his name like that, but most certainly it can't be for a team called the A's. | |||||||||||||
21 | 60 | 70 | 50.3 | 48.6 | 48.5 | .399 | .394 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | |
Phillies ERA by month: April: 3.79 May: 3.92 June: 5.34 July: 4.12 August: 5.91 September: the numerical equivalent for “frowny face.” | |||||||||||||
22 | 67 | 61 | 65.4 | 60.6 | 60.9 | .496 | .491 | 0.0% | 23.6% | 23.6% | 7.2% | 12.0% | |
Remember when the Pirates were rump-awful in Miller Park since 2005 (17-61)? So of course they four-game swept the Brewers on the road. Just 13 more sweeps like that and they'll get to .500 in that timeframe. | |||||||||||||
23 | 55 | 75 | 58.3 | 52.1 | 52.1 | .418 | .413 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
Yangervis Solarte had a rough week. He logged online and saw all the Stranger Things spoilers. Also he reached base twice in 21 plate appearances. | |||||||||||||
24 | 68 | 62 | 68.8 | 66.7 | 66.3 | .519 | .524 | 2.6% | 17.0% | 19.7% | -4.1% | -26.5% | |
Mariners fans will have some explaining to do if they haven't already nicknamed Bill Altavilla "The Search Engine." | |||||||||||||
25 | 71 | 59 | 71.7 | 73.7 | 73.5 | .558 | .553 | 20.5% | 60.0% | 80.4% | 8.9% | 3.4% | |
The Giants had 18 hits yesterday, including two doubles, four triples, four home runs. In the anti-DH’s biggest loss of the season, Madison Bumgarner went hitless. | |||||||||||||
26 | 68 | 61 | 72.5 | 76.7 | 75.8 | .568 | .563 | 0.0% | 57.3% | 57.3% | -6.7% | -15.6% | |
It was perfectly reasonable for the Cardinals to ask Zach Duke to legally change his name to Randy Choate. They have unsold shirseys to move. | |||||||||||||
27 | 55 | 74 | 62.8 | 64.9 | 66.3 | .482 | .487 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |
The Rays are running Brad Miller out at first base every day, just to see if I would notice. It worked. | |||||||||||||
28 | 77 | 54 | 66.0 | 63.1 | 63.2 | .514 | .519 | 95.6% | 2.6% | 98.2% | 1.5% | 3.2% | |
What if I told you the Rangers were getting partial seasons of Darvish, Choo, Fielder, Profar and your team was still the bee’s knees? The correct answer: it must be the 1940s, and I’ve got some bad news for you about the Washington Senators. Well, two pieces of bad news, actually. | |||||||||||||
29 | 74 | 56 | 75.5 | 77.3 | 77.4 | .585 | .590 | 56.7% | 36.3% | 92.9% | 3.9% | 3.3% | |
Working theory: Josh "Bringer of Rain" Donaldson hits so many home runs and does induce rain, but he plays in a domed stadium so he's not aware that he has caused it to begin raining. | |||||||||||||
30 | 75 | 55 | 79.3 | 82.5 | 81.7 | .612 | .608 | 98.9% | 0.9% | 99.8% | -0.1% | -0.1% | |
Ludicrously wicked cherry-picking parameters alert, but there have been four seasons since 1951 where a batter slugged over .600, struck out less than 10 percent of the time and had single-digit GIDPs: Daniel Murphy, and Barry Bonds three times. |
Guaranteed gold.