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Prospectus Hit List for April 16
Hit List for April 15
Hit List for April 17
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 |  | 11 | 1 | 10.2 | 10.1 | 9.8 | .683 | .666 | 42.9% | 25.8% | 68.7% | 0.1% | 15.9% |
| It was an off-day yesterday, so they only hit *three* home runs. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 7 | 5 | 8.0 | 8.4 | 8.7 | .619 | .638 | 75.9% | 9.6% | 85.5% | 0.1% | 9.5% |
| "Something I was going to do today," the general manager pondered. He looks down at the bullpen. It is flooded. "Ah, I'll think of it later." | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 8 | 4 | 8.5 | 7.8 | 7.7 | .597 | .616 | 27.4% | 27.4% | 54.9% | 2.6% | 6.4% |
| Clay Buchholz's WHIP is so small, he'd be a pretty terrible lion tamer. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 10 | 4 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 8.8 | .592 | .611 | 27.1% | 22.6% | 49.8% | 2.9% | 13.9% |
| Nate Freiman struck his first major-league homer, but finally Oakland has someone tall enough who can reach those tarps in the upper deck. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 8 | 5 | 7.8 | 8.5 | 7.6 | .582 | .602 | 49.4% | 19.1% | 68.5% | -0.2% | 2.1% |
| If A.J. Pierzynski and Lance Berkman keep up their torrid hitting, eventually they'll get 10-year contracts from the Angels. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 6 | 5 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 6.7 | .574 | .593 | 47.7% | 21.0% | 68.7% | -0.6% | 9.7% |
| If only for one year, let's start calling them Your Fantasy Team From 2010. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 7 | 6 | 6.2 | 9.5 | 9.3 | .597 | .577 | 54.6% | 22.4% | 77.1% | -3.1% | -3.1% |
| Well, Chad Billingsley giving up a home run to pitcher Eric Stults just complicates the Dodgers-Padres rivalry even more. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 8 | 4 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.5 | .584 | .565 | 21.3% | 29.9% | 51.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
| Paul Goldschmidt spends the off day coming up with a new nickname that doesn't involve "Gold." So far he's come up with "The Guy." This is harder than he thought. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 7 | 4 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 6.9 | .577 | .557 | 11.6% | 14.7% | 26.3% | -1.0% | -6.0% |
| Has a team ever had two consecutive road games in different cities postponed due to snow? | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 9 | 4 | 7.2 | 7.5 | 7.9 | .565 | .545 | 21.4% | 27.5% | 48.9% | 0.8% | 11.3% |
| It's hard to tell what's wrong with Tim Lincecum, but his Netflix queue indicates he recently watched "The Human Centipede." | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 7 | 5 | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.5 | .523 | .543 | 7.4% | 10.6% | 18.0% | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| Alex Gordon has the longest active hitting streak at 11 games, with the only hitless game coming on Opening Day. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 6 | 6 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 7.3 | .513 | .533 | 2.5% | 5.7% | 8.2% | 0.3% | 3.1% |
| Chris Davis has cooled off mightily, so perhaps it's time to pop him back into the microwave. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 8 | 5 | 9.4 | 6.8 | 6.9 | .551 | .532 | 26.0% | 12.1% | 38.1% | 1.2% | 11.0% |
| Their lineup card has already been submitted. It reads "1: Matt Adams. 2: Goto 1" | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 6 | 7 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.1 | .545 | .525 | 52.0% | 12.0% | 64.0% | 3.5% | -19.2% |
| Since 2004, only CC Sabathia and Mark Buehrle have completed more innings than Bronson Arroyo. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 8 | 4 | 7.3 | 7.7 | 6.5 | .526 | .506 | 1.8% | 5.3% | 7.0% | -0.3% | -1.1% |
| When enough snow falls on Coors Field to turn it blue, then you know it's as cold as the Rockies. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 8 | 5 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.5 | .509 | .489 | 35.9% | 22.4% | 58.3% | 3.4% | -2.6% |
| For those counting, the Nats have beaten up on the Marlins by a combined score of 21-4 in four games. In a related story, there's a 10-year waiting period for teams to get into the NL East. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 5 | 6 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.5 | .465 | .485 | 12.3% | 14.2% | 26.6% | -0.2% | -1.7% |
| Look to the left of you. Then to the right of you. One of you is at the Indians game. It is you. The other two are just chairs. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 4 | 9 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 5.6 | .461 | .481 | 18.9% | 26.2% | 45.1% | -4.0% | -21.1% |
| Clearly they had trouble figuring out Kevin Correia yesterday, or even how to pronounce it. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 6 | 8 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 | .449 | .469 | 4.5% | 7.3% | 11.8% | 0.4% | -4.6% |
| An idea for Safeco Field's fences: move them in then back out throughout the game. It'll be like mini-golf! | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 6 | 7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | .446 | .466 | 9.9% | 13.6% | 23.5% | 2.7% | 1.6% |
| If this was dodgeball, Casper Wells would be picked last, then designated for assignment before he could play. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 5 | 8 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 5.5 | .446 | .466 | 4.1% | 6.9% | 11.1% | -0.6% | -8.8% |
| Matt Lindstrom, Addison Reed, Hector Santiago, and Donnie Veal have combined for 21 1/3 innings of scoreless baseball with 21 strikeouts, six hits, and nine walks. It's probably why this quartet of relievers are nicknamed "Lindaddihectveal." | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 6 | 7 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 6.3 | .475 | .455 | 9.3% | 11.6% | 20.9% | -2.2% | -0.7% |
| Word on the street is Ben Revere will be suspended 50 games for violating MLB's zero-tolerance "no jet-pack" rule. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 5 | 7 | 4.8 | 5.4 | 5.9 | .418 | .437 | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 0.3% | -0.9% |
| I wonder if that Joe Mauer home run at Target Field and the strange electrical disturbance in the greater Minneapolis metropolitan area are related. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 4 | 8 | 3.8 | 2.9 | 3.3 | .412 | .432 | 12.4% | 14.8% | 27.2% | -4.1% | -10.3% |
| Normally it's easy to subscribe to Joe Maddon's unorthodox managing, but I'm not too keen on this "scoring fewer runs than the opponent" tactic he's employing. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 6 | 7 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | .442 | .422 | 12.0% | 7.0% | 19.1% | -1.6% | 5.6% |
| It's no surprise that Starling Marte is off to a terrific start, given that he's an anagram for "Smart Triangle." | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 4 | 8 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.4 | .439 | .419 | 5.0% | 3.1% | 8.0% | -1.5% | -2.9% |
| The third Monday of April has traditionally been the day Wrigley Field finally gets around to spraypainting the brown ivy green. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 4 | 9 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 5.0 | .368 | .387 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | -0.1% | 0.1% |
| He couldn't pitch his way out of the first innings, but we're all going to feel like chumps when it's revealed Erik Bedard simply has a fear of the number 42. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 3 | 8 | 2.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | .387 | .368 | 5.0% | 3.7% | 8.7% | -0.6% | -4.4% |
| They've yet to score a run in the fifth or sixth inning this year. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 3 | 10 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.0 | .370 | .352 | 0.9% | 2.0% | 2.9% | 0.6% | -2.9% |
| It's still very early, so it's a small sample size, but Alexi Amarista is short. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 2 | 11 | 2.4 | 2.0 | 2.4 | .299 | .282 | 0.2% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 0.3% | -1.0% |
| With no dingers at home, and still just two on the season, they have yet to see their center field Fishtine Chapel go off. | |||||||||||||
A light day for baseball action; a heavy day for baseball jokes.