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Prospectus Hit List for April 9
Hit List for April 8
Hit List for April 10
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 |  | 4 | 2 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.3 | .675 | .658 | 59.7% | 20.8% | 80.5% | -0.5% | 2.9% |
| Their bullpen has yet to allow a run (and just one hit in 13 innings), which is wrong and perhaps illegal. Where are the cops when you need them? | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 5 | 2 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 5.3 | .663 | .645 | 73.8% | 8.6% | 82.4% | 2.8% | 6.2% |
| Today in "things that won't be kept up," Joey Votto's batting line stands at .240/.472/.320, which is also coincidentally my luggage combination. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 5 | 2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.9 | .619 | .637 | 14.7% | 20.8% | 35.5% | -0.7% | 5.3% |
| I like to imagine that A's fans have slumber parties in the stadium on off days. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 5 | 2 | 5.4 | 4.8 | 4.7 | .617 | .635 | 26.6% | 19.9% | 46.5% | 2.2% | 5.6% |
| After Opening Day, nobody wants to fire the manager, so consider it a successful one. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 5 | 2 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.7 | .616 | .635 | 41.7% | 26.5% | 68.3% | 2.5% | 11.8% |
| If Joe Nathan found a secret strike zone hidden in the dirt, then Jon Daniels is signing nothing but groundhogs. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 6 | 1 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.5 | .626 | .607 | 29.5% | 21.0% | 50.5% | 3.4% | 7.9% |
| Even Paul Maholm has to admit deep down that, yeah, despite allowing one hit over seven innings ... it was the Marlins. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 5 | 2 | 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.6 | .605 | .585 | 16.6% | 15.7% | 32.3% | 3.5% | 1.9% |
| For yet another night, Matt Harvey gave the Mets' fans the most dangerous substance known to a fanbase: hope. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 5 | 2 | 5.3 | 5.5 | 5.0 | .592 | .573 | 2.6% | 5.8% | 8.4% | 0.3% | 4.5% |
| If we're going to make jokes about their pitching later in the season, we must recognize their superior ERA so far. It's only fair. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 4 | 2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.8 | .547 | .566 | 9.3% | 9.3% | 18.6% | -0.2% | 1.4% |
| Alex Rios happens to be the team leader in hits, home runs, walks, RBIs, stolen bases, and names which translate to "rivers." | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 5 | 2 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.3 | .585 | .565 | 20.8% | 27.8% | 48.6% | -3.7% | 6.7% |
| "Yeah, well we loosened him!" � team slogan on Justin Upton. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 2 | 4 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.6 | .526 | .546 | 37.9% | 25.9% | 63.8% | -0.1% | -6.0% |
| All that speed and they have one stolen base on the year, and it's courtesy of Howie Kendrick. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 4 | 3 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.9 | .526 | .546 | 7.9% | 9.0% | 16.9% | 0.9% | 4.8% |
| Yes, they're a city known for their bullpen and their barbecue; but is it worth it to make a special trip to Kansas City for either? | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 3 | 3 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.0 | .524 | .544 | 65.4% | 10.5% | 76.0% | -0.7% | -3.4% |
| Bullpen didn't give up a single run yesterday. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 3 | 4 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 4.7 | .519 | .539 | 2.0% | 2.6% | 4.6% | -0.5% | -1.0% |
| No hits or RBIs in two games. Has Chris Davis been wrought with the grippe? | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.4 | .501 | .521 | 5.6% | 11.9% | 17.5% | 1.2% | -1.4% |
| They're on pace to shatter the MLB record for highest Value over Replacement Saunders. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.7 | .501 | .521 | 16.3% | 12.0% | 28.4% | -1.8% | 0.1% |
| Nick Swisher has never looked happier hitting a sacrifice fly. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 3 | 4 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.9 | .489 | .509 | 40.1% | 18.7% | 58.9% | 2.5% | -1.7% |
| Travis Hafner sure picked a swell time for his 100th career home run at Progressive Field. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 4 | 3 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.0 | .478 | .498 | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.9% | 0.3% | 0.7% |
| Aaron Hicks is just 2-for-30 in that leadoff position with two walks and two singles. Rookies. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 4 | 2 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | .498 | .478 | 43.3% | 19.5% | 62.8% | 0.0% | 1.3% |
| DidBryceHarperHitTwoMoreHomeRunsToday.com | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 3 | 4 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.3 | .449 | .469 | 20.8% | 18.8% | 39.6% | -4.5% | -7.9% |
| Where were you when Jose Molina stole that base? And did you feel it? | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 4 | 3 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.3 | .483 | .463 | 15.3% | 24.1% | 39.3% | 1.9% | 0.2% |
| A Hunter Pence go-ahead home run counts as a plague according to the book of Exodus. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 2 | 4 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.9 | .417 | .437 | 10.5% | 12.9% | 23.4% | -1.0% | -7.7% |
| Jose Reyes is still performing as expected. Worst case, he makes an excellent trade candidate. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 3 | 4 | 3.9 | 2.1 | 2.3 | .454 | .434 | 12.0% | 16.6% | 28.6% | -5.2% | 0.0% |
| Allowing six earned runs in the ninth inning is a weird if not numerically accurate way for Mitchell Boggs to honor Stan Musial. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 2 | 5 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.5 | .401 | .382 | 5.3% | 7.8% | 13.1% | 2.2% | -4.8% |
| Norichika Aoki is the hottest leadoff hitter you've never heard of, although ... well, now you just learned about him, so strike that. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 2 | 5 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | .388 | .369 | 10.0% | 11.8% | 21.8% | -2.4% | -8.0% |
| That awkward moment when your starting pitching ERA is on the wrong side of 7.00. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 2 | 5 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.0 | .382 | .363 | 3.5% | 6.7% | 10.2% | -2.6% | -7.8% |
| It's a shame how a perfectly beautiful Cubs Opening Day can get ruined by a simple thing like Cubs baseball. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | .378 | .359 | 5.4% | 8.4% | 13.7% | 1.1% | -5.2% |
| Five hits in a baseball game, sadly, raises their collective batting average way up. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 1 | 6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.2 | .333 | .315 | 0.6% | 1.2% | 1.8% | -0.2% | -0.4% |
| Tied for the team lead in hits is Placido Polanco and Donovan Solano, which is simply an alternate spelling of Placido Polanco. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 1 | 5 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | .308 | .291 | 1.7% | 4.3% | 5.9% | -0.6% | -5.5% |
| Perhaps it's time to consider a camouflage win-loss record. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 1 | 6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.8 | .260 | .276 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | -0.1% | -0.5% |
| So much for the theory that Safeco Field is Philip Humber's Valhalla. | |||||||||||||
It was an off day for some, but not for the Hit List!