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Prospectus Hit List for July 30
Hit List for July 28
Hit List for August 1
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 |  | 66 | 40 | 70.9 | 68.7 | 68.0 | .645 | .663 | 65.4% | 34.4% | 99.8% | 0.0% | 0.3% |
| Boy was Billy Beane cheesed when he called up Billy Burns only to find out he wasn't a singing fish. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 63 | 42 | 61.9 | 66.4 | 65.6 | .612 | .630 | 34.5% | 64.8% | 99.2% | -0.5% | 0.6% |
| 71 percent of all broken windows in your neighborhood are from Kole Calhoun diving into them, but that's just how the game is played. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 55 | 51 | 59.6 | 59.5 | 58.8 | .549 | .569 | 0.1% | 25.4% | 25.5% | 3.1% | -14.6% |
| Fernando Rodney took up baseball after being kicked out of the youth archery club for basically miming every shot. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 57 | 46 | 55.3 | 56.5 | 55.6 | .544 | .564 | 85.5% | 3.2% | 88.8% | -1.9% | -1.6% |
| The Tigers have a .500 record at home, which is information Miguel Cabrera and Max Scherzer could have used before successfully helping the American League win the All-Star Game. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 58 | 50 | 58.0 | 57.6 | 57.6 | .535 | .555 | 30.3% | 18.9% | 49.1% | 1.9% | 22.3% |
| Between Ryan Goins and Anthony Gose, the bottom of the Jays lineup will one day fully conjugate "to go" once they since Frank Went. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 59 | 46 | 55.8 | 54.3 | 54.6 | .533 | .553 | 51.6% | 19.6% | 71.2% | 2.9% | 7.3% |
| Fairly certain that Steve Pearce is having the best year of anyone who was released and then re-signed by the same team two days later. And the Orioles are actually good. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 57 | 47 | 60.3 | 59.8 | 59.4 | .568 | .549 | 70.7% | 15.1% | 85.8% | -2.6% | -4.2% |
| Stephen Strasburg was charged with the loss despite allowing one run, which basically means he's bracing for a trade to the Giants. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 60 | 47 | 60.1 | 61.8 | 60.0 | .565 | .545 | 82.3% | 13.7% | 96.1% | 1.4% | 8.6% |
| What leaves TV first: Vin Scully or The Simpsons? | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 53 | 54 | 53.6 | 59.0 | 58.8 | .524 | .544 | 7.4% | 8.0% | 15.4% | 1.2% | 5.9% |
| Kevin Kiermayer leads the team in OPS, and yet he batted ninth last night. Maddoning! | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 52 | 54 | 53.3 | 53.1 | 53.1 | .499 | .519 | 6.3% | 6.4% | 12.7% | -5.3% | -14.1% |
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| 11 |  | 56 | 49 | 53.6 | 56.3 | 56.4 | .529 | .509 | 39.0% | 21.9% | 60.8% | 0.4% | -3.0% |
| Once Yadier Molina returns from injury, the Cardinals will have a dilemma on what to do with A.J. Pierzynski: do they release him, or just change the locks? | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 59 | 49 | 56.6 | 55.8 | 55.3 | .525 | .505 | 30.7% | 28.6% | 59.3% | -4.0% | 1.1% |
| Last night Will Smith gave up four runs as a reliever for just the second time this willennium. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 57 | 49 | 53.6 | 55.5 | 56.4 | .525 | .505 | 25.0% | 28.5% | 53.5% | 4.0% | 16.3% |
| Raise the Jolly Roger! Seems weird to lift a boat, though, especially when it already floats on the water. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 52 | 55 | 52.4 | 51.6 | 51.2 | .484 | .504 | 1.8% | 1.9% | 3.7% | 0.8% | 1.4% |
| Jose Abreu could make a run at this single-season home run title if they extend the season to 268 games. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 58 | 49 | 56.1 | 55.1 | 54.6 | .523 | .503 | 27.3% | 31.4% | 58.7% | -2.3% | 7.2% |
| If Craig Kimbrel is a closer for 15 more seasons, he will be on pace to record over 17 saves. Advice: learn to throw a cutter. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 53 | 52 | 52.3 | 47.9 | 49.3 | .482 | .502 | 6.2% | 6.0% | 12.2% | -3.5% | 2.8% |
| Liam Hendriks was taken from the Blue Jays in a trade, making it the third best taken thing involving a Liam. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 55 | 51 | 49.8 | 49.3 | 50.3 | .482 | .502 | 10.7% | 10.7% | 21.4% | 1.6% | -4.5% |
| Dare you to bat Brett Gardner cleanup. Double dog dare you. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 57 | 50 | 56.3 | 56.1 | 55.3 | .521 | .501 | 17.6% | 42.9% | 60.5% | 0.3% | -23.6% |
| Matt Cain is going to visit Dr. James Andrews, but it's okay he's just part of his regular poker game. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 53 | 53 | 54.2 | 52.1 | 52.5 | .500 | .480 | 5.4% | 11.7% | 17.1% | 2.6% | -7.4% |
| Is Billy Hamilton's slugging supposed to be higher than Jay Bruce's, or am I standing on the ceiling again? | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 48 | 57 | 48.1 | 48.1 | 48.0 | .457 | .477 | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.1% | -0.5% |
| Byron Buxton was named MLB.com's top prospect, but nobody has yet to add this information to Sam Fuld's Wikipedia page. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 48 | 59 | 47.9 | 49.6 | 50.1 | .457 | .477 | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.5% | -0.5% | -5.3% |
| If you are reading this sentence you are rumored to in Jon Lester trade talks, and if you finish this sentence you're one of the front-runners. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 51 | 56 | 54.1 | 51.8 | 51.3 | .486 | .466 | 0.7% | 2.0% | 2.7% | -1.3% | 0.8% |
| Travis d'Arnaud is the only MLB player in history whose surname begins and ends with a lowercase "d" and I didn't even look this one up, I am assuming it's true. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 53 | 53 | 51.1 | 49.9 | 49.5 | .480 | .460 | 1.3% | 4.0% | 5.2% | 1.3% | 4.2% |
| Let us all briefly pause to note the Marlins are firmly in the Wild Card race, and Casey McGehee is hitting cleanup for this team. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 44 | 61 | 47.4 | 50.5 | 50.1 | .457 | .437 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| On the list of top Cubs prospects, where do we rank Manny Ramirez? Fourth? Probably fourth. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 43 | 64 | 42.3 | 42.8 | 45.5 | .406 | .425 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| Players need to suck it up and let Appel get his promotions. Do you want to win the World Series in 2017 like Zoltar foretold or not? | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 47 | 60 | 47.0 | 46.9 | 47.7 | .441 | .421 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| The Phanatic will not likely be traded at the deadline, even though several contending teams could use a better mascot, but nobody is willing to take on his lifetime salary. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 43 | 63 | 48.2 | 49.4 | 47.5 | .441 | .421 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% |
| Turns out, the Rockies are buyers at the deadline! Of baseballs. They needed to buy some more baseballs. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 47 | 59 | 47.9 | 43.8 | 43.8 | .430 | .411 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Jason Lane was designated for assignment? And what do they expect me to do with all these "Despaigne and Lane and pray for rain" posters? | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 46 | 61 | 45.7 | 46.2 | 45.9 | .429 | .410 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | -0.1% |
| Arizona is 13-0 in games 15 innings or longer in franchise history, but they're 13-for(large number) when trying to extend the game that long. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 42 | 65 | 41.5 | 39.5 | 41.5 | .384 | .403 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| With no trade rumors surrounding him, J.P. Arencibia hit two doubles and two home runs. There are still no trade rumors surrounding J.P. Arencibia. | |||||||||||||
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