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Prospectus Hit List for September 13
Hit List for September 12
Hit List for September 14
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 |  | 85 | 57 | 83.0 | 87.4 | 86.2 | .601 | .620 | 86.4% | 13.3% | 99.7% | -0.2% | -0.3% |
| Adrian Beltre left the game in the fifth with a strained left shoulder. Mike Olt replaced him but left the game in the seventh when he hurt his right heel. Josh Hamilton left the game in the eighth with a sore knee. I will now exit this comment with sore fingers. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 89 | 54 | 86.4 | 88.0 | 86.1 | .611 | .592 | 99.7% | 0.3% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| What was to be Stephen Strasburg's final start featured both a win by his replacement John Lannan and the creation of a new meme, Strasburging, wherein the protagonist seethes quietly on a bench for three hours. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 80 | 62 | 80.6 | 81.0 | 82.0 | .570 | .589 | 74.8% | 17.5% | 92.3% | 7.1% | -0.7% |
| The Yankees are developing a reputation for not hitting in the clutch (going 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position last night didn't help), yet the team is 11th in team OPS with runners in scoring position. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 77 | 65 | 79.9 | 80.9 | 82.3 | .564 | .583 | 9.1% | 29.4% | 38.5% | -6.2% | -20.6% |
| As the famous explorer and amateur baseball analyst Inigo Montoya used to say, "Live by the Farnsworth, die by the Farnsworth." | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 82 | 60 | 80.8 | 77.7 | 78.5 | .562 | .581 | 13.3% | 79.6% | 92.9% | 6.0% | 41.5% |
| Brandon Moss and his .262/.327/.568 line is the Baltimore Orioles of major leaguers. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 77 | 66 | 77.9 | 80.3 | 81.9 | .555 | .574 | 0.3% | 24.3% | 24.6% | -13.6% | -21.0% |
| "We're talking to Albert Pujols who homered in tonight's Angels game. Albert, can you tell us what it's like to play with Mike Trout?" | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 75 | 67 | 74.6 | 77.2 | 77.5 | .536 | .556 | 48.7% | 2.4% | 51.1% | 12.6% | 2.1% |
| Max Scherzer's ERA by month: 7.77, 4.04, 3.86, 3.62, 2.25, 1.23 | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 76 | 66 | 77.3 | 73.7 | 72.9 | .528 | .548 | 51.3% | 2.0% | 53.3% | -11.1% | -11.3% |
| Kevin Youkilis and his new mustache hit two homers. Don't tell me the mustache had nothing to do with it. That's just admitting you don't understand aerodynamics. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 87 | 57 | 81.4 | 79.3 | 76.7 | .563 | .543 | 100.0% | 0.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Ryan Ludwick is 34 years old, on his sixth team, and crushing the ball (.275/.345/.534). Things like this make me think we'll never get this whole analysis thing down. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 81 | 63 | 80.4 | 79.4 | 79.4 | .556 | .536 | 0.3% | 99.5% | 99.8% | 0.5% | 7.8% |
| Paul Maholm faced nine hitters in the fifth inning yesterday. He got one of them out. It was fellow pitcher Yovani Gallardo who sacrifice bunted. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 75 | 68 | 80.2 | 80.8 | 78.6 | .550 | .530 | 0.0% | 65.4% | 65.4% | -5.8% | -11.7% |
| Pitcher wins and all, but did you know Kyle Lohse is 14-3? Oh stop, you did not! | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 80 | 62 | 68.8 | 66.5 | 68.3 | .499 | .519 | 16.1% | 31.5% | 47.6% | 5.4% | 10.3% |
| Nate McClouth: playoff team leadoff hitter. At this point the Orioles are just mocking us. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 81 | 62 | 76.7 | 75.1 | 73.8 | .536 | .516 | 98.2% | 1.2% | 99.4% | 0.4% | 5.8% |
| The top five in the Giants order went 10-for-25 against Rockies pitching which makes them collectively slightly below average. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 64 | 79 | 69.6 | 71.8 | 71.9 | .485 | .505 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Alfredo Aceves is taking a multi-step approach to getting the heck out of Boston. Step 1: Pitch badly. Step 2: Be a jerkstore. Step 3: Repeat as necessary | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 69 | 74 | 69.3 | 66.7 | 68.1 | .477 | .497 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| In a shameful display the Mariners failed to recognize Kevin Millwood's 37 Percent Perfect Game. It was not close to being a thing of beauty and the team should have said so. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 72 | 71 | 75.5 | 75.2 | 72.4 | .516 | .496 | 0.0% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 1.6% | 3.5% |
| If the Brewers win a Wild Card spot I'll have to go back into the archives and delete so many of these comments. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 71 | 72 | 74.4 | 74.4 | 74.2 | .514 | .494 | 0.8% | 3.0% | 3.8% | 1.0% | 2.7% |
| The winning Diamondbacks offense consisted of five singles, four walks, a stolen base, and a sacrifice fly. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 74 | 69 | 73.4 | 72.3 | 72.1 | .510 | .490 | 1.0% | 18.5% | 19.5% | 0.4% | 3.4% |
| The Dodgers are supposed to be scary but they're not. They're like watching a monster movie at twice the speed so the characters walk too fast and talk with high-pitched voices. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 72 | 71 | 70.8 | 73.3 | 73.4 | .506 | .486 | 0.0% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 1.6% | 2.7% |
| Jonathan Papelbon has pitched in six out of the Phillies' seven straight wins. �Pretty crazy, right?� said Papelbon while putting his arm back into a guitar case he keeps in his locker. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 72 | 70 | 70.9 | 70.9 | 69.0 | .498 | .478 | 0.0% | 5.6% | 5.6% | 0.3% | -14.3% |
| Once in the lead for a playoff spot, the Pirates are left wondering if they can even achieve a winning record. Twenty games left to prove they aren't who we thought they were. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 65 | 77 | 66.8 | 63.4 | 63.1 | .455 | .475 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Salvador Perez in 248 plate appearances: .319/.343/.515. (He's a catcher.) (For the Royals.) | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 64 | 77 | 66.1 | 62.0 | 63.8 | .454 | .474 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| If the Blue Jays were a flavor of ice cream they'd be melted. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 65 | 78 | 66.3 | 69.7 | 71.7 | .477 | .457 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| I was going to say the Mets are a wounded chicken running around a courtyard, but no. Actually, they're the saut�ed breast sitting on your plate | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 69 | 75 | 67.9 | 68.1 | 67.3 | .473 | .453 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| In August Yasmani Grandal had five singles, one homer, six strikeouts and 11 walks, all of which led to this odd looking line: .188/.409/.281 | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 59 | 84 | 61.0 | 63.4 | 63.2 | .431 | .451 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| In the eighth inning of last night's game, the Twins used four pitchers, one for each run they gave up to Kansas City. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 59 | 84 | 53.8 | 58.1 | 59.2 | .402 | .422 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| In the fierce battle for a better draft pick (and thus higher draft budget), Cleveland is being competitive by not being competitive. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 63 | 81 | 61.5 | 63.4 | 64.2 | .438 | .418 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| At this point the Marlins are just playing out the string, trying to use the remaining games to prepare for 2013, which explains why they gave two at-bats to... Austin Kearns? | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 57 | 85 | 61.4 | 58.1 | 58.1 | .413 | .394 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Troy Tulowitzki is back with the team, though he's not playing. I imagine this is sort of embarrassing for the rest of the club, like when your older brother comes back from college and sees that you still wet the bed. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 56 | 87 | 58.7 | 55.6 | 55.6 | .395 | .376 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Hope for a quicker turnaround than many are expecting? The Cubs bullpen has combined for a 4.72 ERA, worst in the majors. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 45 | 98 | 49.6 | 49.8 | 49.9 | .340 | .322 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Jed Lowrie's triumphant return to the lineup came last night. Lowrie missed two months, during which the Astros went 11-40. | |||||||||||||
Some teams are good, some are bad, but as a group they're .500.