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Prospectus Hit List for August 4
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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 |  | 67 | 43 | 72.5 | 69.9 | 69.2 | .633 | .652 | 52.3% | 47.6% | 99.9% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| I never thought I'd have to break out this word because he looked so comfortable in green and gold ... but Oakland is finally Cespedesless. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 66 | 44 | 64.1 | 68.6 | 68.0 | .606 | .625 | 47.6% | 52.1% | 99.7% | -0.0% | 0.0% |
| Huston Street has only given up runs this year on homers by the Cubs and Giants. So in a hypothetical Angels-Cubs World Series I don't like the Angels chances. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 61 | 47 | 59.2 | 60.4 | 59.4 | .555 | .575 | 87.2% | 4.6% | 91.9% | 1.4% | 1.0% |
| David Price is wearing Austin Jackson's old number 14. Heck, just wear the Jackson jersey and see who gets confused. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 57 | 54 | 62.2 | 61.3 | 60.9 | .544 | .563 | 0.1% | 19.3% | 19.4% | -5.2% | -3.7% |
| Seattle will continue to trade for new outfielders until they find one secretly named Ken Griffey III. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 62 | 48 | 58.3 | 56.9 | 57.5 | .533 | .553 | 61.4% | 17.3% | 78.7% | 6.0% | 8.1% |
| Now *this* is a rotation that can win the AL East! Related: what is FIP? | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 60 | 49 | 63.8 | 62.9 | 62.1 | .571 | .551 | 85.8% | 4.9% | 90.7% | 2.7% | 0.6% |
| Stephen Strasburg now has as many 10+ strikeout games as Walter Johnson, according to Play Index, which only goes back to 1914 and Johnson's career predates that so where was I going with this again? | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 60 | 53 | 59.8 | 59.7 | 59.3 | .528 | .548 | 23.9% | 17.5% | 41.5% | -7.5% | 0.2% |
| Like your mother always said, get Munenori Kawasaki into the lineup any way you can. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 54 | 57 | 55.4 | 61.1 | 61.2 | .522 | .542 | 3.9% | 5.2% | 9.2% | -3.0% | -1.7% |
| Cost-wise, they'll save money not only on Drew Smyly's salary over David Price, but now they won't have to pick up all those dog-grooming charges.. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 63 | 49 | 62.1 | 63.6 | 61.8 | .559 | .539 | 75.5% | 20.7% | 96.2% | -1.3% | 2.6% |
| You'd think the bubbles machine is to celebrate walkoffs, but it's actually so Andre Ethier doesn't try escape the clubhouse a la "The Prisoner." | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 56 | 55 | 57.3 | 57.0 | 56.7 | .511 | .531 | 5.2% | 10.7% | 15.9% | 2.3% | -1.6% |
| Most teams in the wild card hunt don't peddle a front-line starter and a starting shortstop, but then again most teams don't let fans bring in giant drums. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 60 | 51 | 59.8 | 60.2 | 59.5 | .536 | .516 | 24.4% | 51.0% | 75.5% | 7.1% | 5.5% |
| It sounds like Dan Uggla cleared waivers so he is available to trade to a contender. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 57 | 53 | 55.0 | 50.6 | 52.4 | .489 | .509 | 7.1% | 13.6% | 20.7% | 4.8% | 4.6% |
| Billy Butler went 3-for-4 yesterday after a slight but noticeable adjustment in his swing: he's no longer holding the bat upside down. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 61 | 51 | 59.2 | 58.3 | 57.8 | .528 | .508 | 30.7% | 33.0% | 63.6% | -4.1% | -1.8% |
| Francisco Rodriguez has a very real chance to reach 500 career saves, provided they don't bring back Prohibition. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 59 | 52 | 56.5 | 58.2 | 58.9 | .524 | .504 | 22.8% | 28.4% | 51.2% | -6.8% | 11.5% |
| It's still legal one game a year for the Pirates to be bamboozled by the umpires in the outcome of a game. Look it up. MLB rule 7.v.56. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 57 | 53 | 51.9 | 51.6 | 52.2 | .484 | .504 | 10.7% | 10.7% | 21.3% | 2.6% | -3.8% |
| The question on everyone's minds: do you think Derek Jeter retires at the end of the year? I say yes. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 59 | 51 | 55.2 | 58.0 | 57.9 | .523 | .503 | 40.3% | 23.0% | 63.3% | 5.6% | -1.0% |
| New Cardinal Justin Masterson has as many total bases (1) as departed Cardinal Allen Craig did. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 54 | 58 | 53.4 | 52.8 | 52.8 | .476 | .496 | 0.3% | 1.1% | 1.4% | -1.4% | -1.6% |
| If we're comparing natural disasters to bad bullpen performances, the nine-run inning in the eighth for the White Sox would be MTV. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 50 | 60 | 51.6 | 52.0 | 51.9 | .467 | .487 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | -0.1% |
| The Twins had a nine-run inning on Sunday. In their previous three-game series they scored seven total runs. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 56 | 55 | 57.5 | 55.0 | 55.4 | .504 | .484 | 6.3% | 16.3% | 22.6% | 4.8% | 6.3% |
| The Reds have the fewest wild pitches in baseball, usually because pitches in the dirt just stick into the pile of chili mac behind home plate. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 58 | 54 | 57.1 | 55.3 | 54.5 | .502 | .482 | 12.5% | 18.1% | 30.6% | -6.0% | -24.4% |
| Craig Kimbrel lost an extra-inning game on the road, setting two movements back 50 years: using the closer in a tie game on the road, and using a rosy-cheeked young man as a closer. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 49 | 62 | 49.2 | 50.9 | 51.4 | .451 | .471 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | -0.1% | -1.4% |
| Here are some possible names for pitchers they could try to get next year: Jon Lester of the A's, the Cubs Felix Doubront, and John Lackey would also look good in Boston red. What about Jake Peavy out in San Francisco? | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 53 | 58 | 55.9 | 52.6 | 51.9 | .480 | .461 | 0.9% | 1.8% | 2.7% | -1.6% | 0.1% |
| Over one-fifth of pitches Mets batters saw yesterday were thrown to Curtis Granderson. Learn to share, old man. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 54 | 57 | 52.6 | 52.1 | 51.7 | .474 | .454 | 0.7% | 2.4% | 3.2% | -0.5% | 0.3% |
| A team can only do so much to stay in a playoff hunt until Giancarlo Stanton realizes he is hitting between Jordany Valdespin and Casey McGehee. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 47 | 63 | 50.6 | 54.5 | 54.3 | .469 | .449 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| Edwin Jackson is last among qualified pitchers in ERA, but went 2-for-2 with a double by visualizing himself hitting against Edwin Jackson. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 47 | 65 | 46.7 | 46.4 | 49.0 | .422 | .442 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Where were you when Jon Singleton hit his inside-the-park home run, and, if you were on the field in a Blue Jays uniform, why didn't you throw him out at the plate? | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 51 | 60 | 52.8 | 49.1 | 49.2 | .455 | .435 | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| The Padres have won seven straight games against the Braves at home, because there is no fake-Iroquois remedy for fake camouflage. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 49 | 63 | 47.7 | 48.4 | 49.0 | .433 | .414 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| Ruben Amaro is calling in some favors from college and asking some old roommates to help push Ryan Howard through waivers. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 44 | 67 | 49.5 | 50.6 | 49.0 | .432 | .413 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% |
| It didn't feel right to watch Colorado play a series in Detroit, so they're just gonna go and pretend they weren't swept. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 49 | 63 | 47.7 | 48.1 | 48.0 | .430 | .411 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | -0.1% |
| With Paul Goldschmidt likely out for the year, the next greatest reason to watch Diamondbacks games remains seeing whether Kirk Gibson will arm wrestle an umpire during a game. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 43 | 68 | 42.3 | 40.6 | 42.5 | .379 | .398 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Please update your trade deadline winners/losers column to reflect the Rangers picking up Mike Carp for the August run. | |||||||||||||
Do you want to know a secret? Do you promise not to tell? Whooooa, closer. Let me whisper in your ear, say the words you long to hear: DBacks suck real bad.