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Prospectus Hit List for July 10
Hit List for July 6
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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 |  | 49 | 38 | 51.1 | 55.4 | 53.3 | .595 | .576 | 89.0% | 3.4% | 92.5% | 1.0% | -0.9% |
| Zack Greinke�s ERA is like a baby tiger. It�s very small, adorable, and you know it�s going to cause a huge problem in the very near future. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 46 | 39 | 45.6 | 44.2 | 44.6 | .538 | .557 | 43.8% | 24.7% | 68.5% | -5.2% | 21.8% |
| How many homers does Mike Trout have to hit for you to pay attention to him?? 30? 40? 50??? Just tell him, he�ll do it! | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 49 | 39 | 50.2 | 51.5 | 51.6 | .537 | .557 | 48.4% | 26.5% | 74.9% | -4.0% | -6.7% |
| The Astros are 2-5 since losing George Springer to a broken wrist. Though they�re only marginally better since John F. Kennedy was assassinated. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 56 | 30 | 54.9 | 50.1 | 50.2 | .574 | .554 | 82.7% | 16.6% | 99.3% | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| Trevor Rosenthal is on pace for 49 saves which isn�t normally a number you note with an �on pace for� unless you�re bad at counting so� hello. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 44 | 44 | 52.0 | 47.0 | 46.4 | .528 | .548 | 17.9% | 14.9% | 32.8% | -4.4% | -14.6% |
| The Blue Jays are a bug and .500 is a blinding, delicious light. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 39 | 49 | 49.0 | 50.2 | 50.4 | .525 | .545 | 1.3% | 3.9% | 5.2% | -1.4% | -3.7% |
| Another one-run loss. At this point the A�s couldn�t be blamed if they were getting a bit Stockholm Syndrome-y about it. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 46 | 39 | 44.8 | 47.2 | 47.2 | .525 | .545 | 54.1% | 14.2% | 68.4% | 6.5% | 14.7% |
| Congratulations to Brett Gardner on going from one of the best players never to make an All Star game to one of the worst to make one! | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 50 | 33 | 48.6 | 47.2 | 47.4 | .519 | .539 | 71.6% | 15.0% | 86.6% | 2.5% | 14.0% |
| If they get nothing else from this season, the Royals new online abilities should get them signed up for a lot of newsletters. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 46 | 38 | 45.7 | 47.1 | 45.2 | .554 | .535 | 76.6% | 4.7% | 81.3% | 0.3% | -1.9% |
| When Stephen Strasburg is healthy the Nationals' failures are his fault. When he�s on the DL, the Nationals' failures are his fault. There�s a pattern in here somewhere� | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 44 | 41 | 42.2 | 44.2 | 45.0 | .509 | .529 | 16.2% | 24.5% | 40.7% | 3.8% | 10.2% |
| In four starts this season, Justin Verlander has yet to strike out more hitters than the number of runs he has allowed. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 50 | 35 | 49.6 | 49.5 | 47.7 | .549 | .529 | 10.8% | 72.3% | 83.1% | -2.0% | 9.7% |
| Andrew McCutchen homered up three runs in the ninth inning. They should call him Andrew McUnclutchen. You're welcome. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 46 | 38 | 44.2 | 46.6 | 47.7 | .547 | .527 | 6.5% | 71.0% | 77.5% | 1.0% | 4.1% |
| Addison Russell has been caught stealing three times in four attempts so by my math stop running. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 41 | 44 | 40.3 | 45.6 | 46.8 | .504 | .524 | 6.4% | 15.5% | 21.9% | 5.2% | 2.3% |
| If the Indians were in the AL East, they�d be five games out. If they were in the West, they�d be 6.5 games out. Since they�re in the Central though their 2015 and 2016 seasons are over. Tough luck guys! | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 41 | 45 | 38.9 | 41.1 | 41.1 | .501 | .521 | 8.5% | 7.7% | 16.1% | -1.1% | 5.9% |
| Don�t look now but the Red Sox have won some games. I mean, go ahead and look, I just figured that months old copy of Modern Dentist was more interesting. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 43 | 42 | 47.1 | 43.8 | 43.1 | .500 | .520 | 11.3% | 9.7% | 21.0% | 1.3% | -16.2% |
| Remember when Buck Showalter was such a great manager he could even make Delmon Young useful? [wistful montage with "I Will Remember You" by Sarah McLachlan playing in the background] | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 43 | 45 | 42.2 | 43.3 | 43.5 | .499 | .519 | 8.2% | 10.5% | 18.7% | -3.1% | -17.8% |
| In their last 16 games, the Rays are 3-13 begging the question how many pictures of burning dumpsters can be uploaded to Twitter before it starts to perform like the Rays. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 40 | 46 | 38.0 | 40.0 | 41.7 | .492 | .512 | 2.7% | 6.8% | 9.6% | 2.8% | 0.5% |
| A 108 year old woman will throw the first pitch before Saturday�s game in Seattle. Jesus Montero was called up. Possibly these two events are the same thing. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 43 | 43 | 43.9 | 45.2 | 44.3 | .524 | .504 | 7.4% | 12.8% | 20.2% | 0.7% | -19.3% |
| It�s the Giants or the Dodgers for Cuban free agent Eddy Martinez, and since this is the Giants comment, ha ha those Dodgers sure are stupid, huh? | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 41 | 44 | 39.9 | 37.9 | 38.9 | .482 | .502 | 3.7% | 7.3% | 11.1% | 1.2% | -16.7% |
| The Rangers and the Red Sox have the same record after 85 games showing yet again that making preseason baseball predictions while on painkillers after major surgery is a fine idea. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 46 | 40 | 44.2 | 38.5 | 38.7 | .466 | .486 | 5.1% | 16.0% | 21.2% | -4.8% | 5.3% |
| For all of you who thought the Twins would be irrelevant at the All Star break, sorry to hear your dreams of playing for the Twins haven�t materialized. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 44 | 42 | 42.0 | 41.3 | 40.6 | .505 | .485 | 20.7% | 9.2% | 29.9% | -0.4% | 8.1% |
| Steven Matz tore his lat muscle which, come on, wouldn�t have happened if he was Steven Yankeez. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 42 | 42 | 42.6 | 42.8 | 42.5 | .490 | .470 | 3.2% | 6.0% | 9.2% | 0.0% | 4.7% |
| As it turns out A.J. Pollock is a pretty darn good player! So that�s, what? Three out of nine? | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 39 | 44 | 32.8 | 33.1 | 34.2 | .450 | .470 | 0.7% | 2.6% | 3.3% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
| Contrary to popular belief, they call Jeff Samardzija �shark� because it�s shorter and easier to spell and not because of his pronounced dorsal fin and predilection for eating people on beaches. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 36 | 50 | 38.2 | 41.7 | 42.1 | .476 | .457 | 0.9% | 0.3% | 1.2% | 0.5% | -1.3% |
| Nine strikeouts in seven shutout innings for Jose Fernandez who is pitching as if the team is in the throes of a pennant race. It�s not, but he�s not letting that stop him! | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 38 | 45 | 38.1 | 40.9 | 40.0 | .467 | .447 | 0.0% | 1.0% | 1.0% | -0.8% | -1.3% |
| Johnny Cueto is going to be the first person to every wear one of those split team hats during the All Star game, isn�t he? | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 39 | 48 | 38.1 | 35.4 | 36.9 | .465 | .446 | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1.4% | -0.0% | -2.1% |
| This time last year the Padres were 11 games behind the Dodgers. A billion bold off-season moves and a year later the Padres are 9.5 games behind the Dodgers. Only 6.33 billion more moves to go! | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 37 | 50 | 37.8 | 35.4 | 35.6 | .450 | .430 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| This time last season, the Brewers were 52-41 and up two games in the NL Central. This season� Orange Is The New Black sure is gripping! | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 42 | 44 | 40.0 | 38.3 | 37.4 | .442 | .423 | 1.7% | 1.4% | 3.2% | -0.5% | -0.4% |
| How funny would it be if, on the strength of his performance with the Braves, Cameron Maybin was dealt to another team and immediately resumed being terrible? | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 36 | 49 | 36.0 | 34.9 | 34.5 | .433 | .413 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | -0.2% |
| Just for a second I read the website wrong and thought the Rockies had acquired Carlos Rodon. This marks the first time anyone has been excited about the Rockies since 2007. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 29 | 59 | 28.9 | 28.6 | 28.8 | .373 | .354 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Ruben Amaro told the press that Chase Utley has lost his starting job before he told Utley. The Phillies should let Utley be the one who tells Amaro he�s fired. | |||||||||||||
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