Baseball Evolution's Daily Top 10 by Richard Van Zandt, BaseballEvolution.com August 10, 2007 Every weekday, Richard Van Zandt provides three Top 10 lists: One for pitchers, one for hitters, and one miscellaneous list. Enjoy! Pitchers – Top Ten – Batting Average Against – Close and Late (min 20 IP) 10. Rafael Soriano – Atl - .172 9. Trevor Hoffman – SD - .168 8. Renyel Pinto – Fla - .164 7. Hideki Okajima – Bos - .155 6. Jesus Colome – Wsh - .154 5. Jason Isringhausen – StL - .149 4. Jonathan Papelbon – Bos - .138 3. J.J. Putz – Sea - .132 2. Billy Wagner – NYM - .127 1. Pat Neshek – Min - .104 Hitters – Top Ten – Batting Average – Close and Late (min 50 PA) 10. Placido Polanco – Det - .364 9. Brian Roberts – Bal - .365 8. Jason Veritek – Bos - .367 7. Nick Markakis – Bal - .371 6. Jose Lopez – Sea - .380 5. Hanley Ramirez – Fla - .385 4. Albert Pujols – StL - .396 3. Orlando Hudson – Ari - .400 2. Prince Fielder – Mil - .407 1. Aaron Rowand – Phi - .419 Miscellaneous – Top Five – Team Batting Average Against – Close and Late 5. Atlanta Braves - .227 4. Seattle Mariners - .226 3. St. Louis Cardinals - .224 2. New York Mets - .205 1. Boston Red Sox - .177 Miscellaneous – Top Five – Team Batting Average – Close and Late 4t. Atlanta Braves - .268 4t. Philadelphia Phillies - .268 3. Chicago Cubs - .270 2. Seattle Mariners - .296 1. St. Louis Cardinals - .340 Disagree with something? Got something to add? Wanna bring up something totally new? Richard resides in San Francisco, California and can be reached at richard@baseballevolution.com.