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Prospectus Hit List for June 19
Hit List for June 18
Hit List for June 20
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 |  | 41 | 27 | 42.8 | 45.7 | 44.8 | .641 | .659 | 90.9% | 7.5% | 98.4% | -0.8% | 0.8% |
| Are we pretty sure that Derek Holland is better than Matt Harrison? | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 41 | 25 | 39.4 | 38.6 | 38.7 | .598 | .617 | 81.1% | 14.2% | 95.3% | -1.2% | 9.1% |
| CC Sabathia could nudge past Tommy John into the top 50 of all time in strikeouts early next year. This would be more impressive were he not 322 whiffs behind Jamie Moyer. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 42 | 25 | 39.6 | 39.7 | 39.0 | .598 | .578 | 53.5% | 28.3% | 81.9% | -2.8% | 1.6% |
| I started to write a comment about Jerry Hairston and his .312 TAv. Then I read Sam Miller's article from yesterday. Screw this. I quit. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 38 | 26 | 35.9 | 38.5 | 37.8 | .587 | .567 | 45.3% | 15.4% | 60.6% | -3.1% | -2.4% |
| Stephen Strasburg (.360 TAv) needs to be more patient at the plate (zero walks in 21 PAs) if he wants to make a leap forward. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 35 | 32 | 36.3 | 36.9 | 37.1 | .542 | .562 | 40.6% | 5.1% | 45.7% | -10.6% | -8.7% |
| Does anyone ever buy Tyler (.174/.255/.348) flowers? | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 33 | 33 | 35.7 | 37.1 | 37.1 | .541 | .561 | 5.1% | 26.4% | 31.5% | 3.5% | 7.5% |
| Remember Ryan Sweeney hitting .353/.385/.500 on May 11? Well, his TAv (.255) is now below the level he set in his four years in Oakland. Isn't this a "Fiddler on the Roof" song? "Regressionnnnnnnnnnn. Regression! Regression!" | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 36 | 32 | 36.0 | 36.8 | 36.8 | .535 | .555 | 9.1% | 57.9% | 66.9% | -1.2% | 0.0% |
| If Mike Trout doesn't take it easy, his batting line will soon resemble Melky Cabrera's. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 37 | 29 | 35.2 | 33.8 | 34.9 | .534 | .553 | 7.1% | 52.0% | 59.1% | 0.4% | -15.4% |
| I have a cat named Joey who is confident that he could outhit Sean Rodriguez. He's a little cocky, this cat, but I'm not sure he's wrong. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 39 | 28 | 34.6 | 33.6 | 34.8 | .530 | .550 | 5.9% | 18.9% | 24.8% | -5.1% | 5.5% |
| Wilson Betemit, come on down! You're the next contestant on Everybody Hates You Because You Kept R.A. Dickey From Throwing a No-Hitter. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 34 | 33 | 39.0 | 39.9 | 38.4 | .565 | .545 | 29.9% | 24.0% | 53.9% | 0.8% | -3.9% |
| A man's got to have a code. Ymay odecay isay igpay atinlay, anday Adieryay Olinamay isay absurdlyay oodgay. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 34 | 33 | 36.7 | 33.8 | 34.8 | .520 | .540 | 0.8% | 7.9% | 8.7% | 1.6% | 2.8% |
| Brett Lawrie had a homer, a double, a steal, and an error against the team that traded him for Shaun Marcum. He also cracked his knuckles, rolled his shoulders, and hopped in place thirteen thousand times. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 38 | 28 | 37.3 | 35.4 | 34.8 | .551 | .531 | 57.9% | 18.9% | 76.8% | -1.2% | 24.4% |
| Zack Cozart and Chris Heisey, batting first and second, reached base once between them yesterday. The Reds scored nine runs but lost by one. I have a point here. Are you seeing it? | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 38 | 30 | 35.7 | 37.6 | 37.0 | .545 | .525 | 34.6% | 29.1% | 63.8% | 1.6% | 3.9% |
| Every time I see "M. Cabrera" in the box score, I wonder why the Tigers would trade Miguel to the Giants. There's no other M. Cabrera in baseball who has any business posting a .400 OBP. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 32 | 34 | 31.9 | 32.3 | 32.2 | .486 | .506 | 34.3% | 4.7% | 39.0% | 5.5% | 8.3% |
| The most valuable reliever in baseball by VORP? Aroldis Chapman, of course. Second? Joaquin Benoit. And no, I'm not putting "of course" after that one. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 35 | 32 | 35.2 | 34.5 | 34.7 | .520 | .500 | 34.6% | 20.9% | 55.5% | -3.5% | -12.6% |
| Andrelton Simmons had a .356 slugging percentage in Rookie ball two years ago. He's at .529 in the bigs right now. I believe in a thing called regression. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 33 | 34 | 34.5 | 35.7 | 35.9 | .519 | .499 | 11.8% | 22.4% | 34.3% | 5.1% | 1.2% |
| Wade Miley has a 2.30 ERA and a .385 batting average. Leave some talent for the rest of us, huh? | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 34 | 32 | 29.1 | 31.4 | 31.7 | .478 | .498 | 24.4% | 4.7% | 29.1% | 7.5% | -11.4% |
| Chris Perez has 22 saves in 66 team games. He's going to get paid, isn't he? | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 36 | 32 | 33.7 | 33.3 | 34.0 | .503 | .483 | 8.7% | 11.0% | 19.7% | 3.5% | 9.4% |
| R.A. Dickey what are you even I don't know what's why is this. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 31 | 36 | 32.7 | 29.8 | 29.9 | .460 | .480 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.0% | 0.4% |
| Brandon Moss, Brandon Inge, and "Honorary Brandon" Cespedes each have six homers for the A's. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 29 | 36 | 29.3 | 29.3 | 29.8 | .451 | .471 | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.0% | 0.8% |
| Maybe it's just the name "Louis," but shouldn't Louis Coleman have pitched in the 1930s? (After five runs in two innings yesterday, Royals fans are probably ready for him to time travel, too.) | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 31 | 37 | 33.2 | 34.8 | 34.3 | .490 | .470 | 4.7% | 10.2% | 15.0% | 3.1% | 1.6% |
| The Phillies are just a percentage point behind Detroit for the best stolen-base percentage in the game despite 24 more attempts. Davey Lopes has been in Los Angeles for two years, but the lessons stuck, apparently. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 29 | 40 | 32.1 | 30.0 | 30.6 | .441 | .461 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% |
| Oliver Perez is back! Did you know the Mariners are the team against which he made his debut? The very first thing Perez did in the major leagues was strike out Ichiro Suzuki swinging. He coulda been a contendah. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 31 | 36 | 31.7 | 32.3 | 31.0 | .470 | .450 | 9.8% | 10.6% | 20.5% | 0.8% | -11.8% |
| Ryan Braun's next stolen base will tie him for eighth on the Brewers' all-time list. Robin Yount quietly chuckles. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 33 | 33 | 27.7 | 30.4 | 30.2 | .460 | .440 | 6.7% | 5.5% | 12.2% | -3.5% | -8.3% |
| Baseball should do a cross-over with "Dexter." Michael C. Hall cuts Marlins player [redacted by legal counsel] into pieces while Ozzie Guillen tries to solve the case. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 34 | 31 | 29.8 | 27.0 | 27.3 | .454 | .435 | 2.4% | 3.5% | 5.9% | -0.8% | -2.8% |
| It might be time for Andrew McCutchen to start his solo career. This band is dragging him down. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 26 | 39 | 25.2 | 26.8 | 26.7 | .403 | .422 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Lester Oliveros has thrown 1 2/3 innings this year and racked up enough value to be seventh on the Twins pitching staff in WARP. Remember, there are typically 12 pitchers on a team. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 28 | 39 | 28.3 | 26.7 | 27.4 | .412 | .393 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Why did Brett Myers give up five runs when his team had a seven-run lead? Because he's a good teammate, that's why. Fellow bullpenner Xavier Cedeno had no career saves before last night. Thanks to Myers, he now has one. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 25 | 40 | 28.5 | 25.1 | 24.3 | .396 | .377 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.4% |
| Todd Helton's batting line would look pretty good if he were a second baseman in a pitcher's park making pre-arbitration money. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 23 | 44 | 28.0 | 27.3 | 27.6 | .395 | .376 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Let's play 20 Questions. You: Is it bigger than a breadbox? Me: Yes. You: It's Alfonso Soriano's slugging percentage. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 24 | 44 | 25.5 | 26.1 | 26.6 | .376 | .357 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Jason Marquis started his third game for the Padres and is now batting 1-for-2. This is your Daily Hit List Riddle. | |||||||||||||
A team of Brandons are helping the A's succeed.