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Prospectus Hit List for May 17
Hit List for May 16
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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 |  | 22 | 17 | 24.9 | 27.6 | 26.6 | .612 | .631 | 70.6% | 15.5% | 86.0% | -1.9% | -3.0% |
| Justin Verlander walked two batters with the bases loaded yesterday, bringing his season total to three and career total to five. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 27 | 14 | 25.6 | 26.4 | 25.4 | .594 | .613 | 86.2% | 5.1% | 91.3% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| No amount of composite GIFs can help us understand how Yu Darvish allowed a home run to Don Kelly. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 25 | 16 | 22.2 | 20.9 | 20.8 | .553 | .573 | 57.2% | 23.6% | 80.8% | -0.4% | 7.4% |
| At what point do we admit that Mariano Rivera is responsible for much of the earth's deforestation? | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 24 | 17 | 23.2 | 23.8 | 23.2 | .552 | .572 | 24.0% | 34.1% | 58.1% | 3.8% | -6.1% |
| 13 of the 24 batters Felix Doubront faced ended in a strikeout or walk. The outfielders had plenty of time to play Candy Crush. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 22 | 17 | 22.1 | 23.2 | 22.7 | .539 | .559 | 20.3% | 25.0% | 45.3% | 0.1% | 2.8% |
| Just to stay fresh on the off day, they played a local third grade team and won 11-2. Everyone had ice cream afterward. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 25 | 16 | 25.0 | 24.4 | 23.5 | .576 | .556 | 47.1% | 33.2% | 80.3% | 1.6% | 12.1% |
| They own the longest active winning streak at six games. Aroldis Chapman should blow more saves and let his team score in the 10th more often! | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 20 | 20 | 20.5 | 21.5 | 22.6 | .530 | .550 | 11.6% | 22.4% | 34.0% | -4.0% | 7.3% |
| Fernando Rodney walked four batters in a game for the first time in his career, which officially makes him the sequel to Eric Gagne. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 26 | 14 | 25.5 | 23.8 | 23.7 | .569 | .549 | 38.4% | 34.8% | 73.2% | -4.1% | 9.0% |
| David Freese is in a bit of a slump, but you can't blame him, given it's getting warmer outside. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 23 | 17 | 22.7 | 22.0 | 21.7 | .514 | .534 | 6.3% | 16.2% | 22.5% | 0.3% | -3.4% |
| They're looking for a top-of-the-rotation starter? This just screams "reality show." | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 22 | 18 | 23.0 | 22.9 | 22.6 | .540 | .521 | 46.3% | 17.2% | 63.6% | -1.0% | -13.7% |
| In his last four games, Reed Johnson is 5-for-5 with a walk. He's just in a pinch-hitter zone, which is not an actual physical place, but not from a lack of searching. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 20 | 22 | 21.0 | 20.7 | 20.3 | .499 | .519 | 6.9% | 12.8% | 19.7% | 0.2% | -8.0% |
| Scratch odds that Eric Sogard will be the first person to play a baseball game wearing Google Glass. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 20 | 17 | 20.3 | 17.6 | 18.0 | .496 | .516 | 6.1% | 15.5% | 21.6% | -0.1% | -6.7% |
| At some point, George Kottaras will have to stop correcting people and just go along with being called Jason Kendall. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 23 | 18 | 22.6 | 21.3 | 21.8 | .530 | .510 | 28.7% | 20.1% | 48.7% | -1.8% | -10.5% |
| Is it possible Heath Bell's is back as a shutdown closer? Fat guys everywhere need this to be true. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 20 | 21 | 19.3 | 21.1 | 21.1 | .488 | .508 | 3.6% | 8.3% | 11.8% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
| Michael Morse hit the decisive home run in Yankee Stadium yesterday, but they should really call it a road run! I'll draft the petition papers. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 24 | 17 | 22.7 | 22.0 | 22.3 | .527 | .507 | 12.4% | 28.2% | 40.7% | 3.5% | 12.8% |
| Looks like they finally figured out the Brewers, or gave reparations to that gremlin. Or both. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 24 | 17 | 21.4 | 21.3 | 21.7 | .527 | .507 | 36.2% | 15.8% | 52.0% | 5.6% | 9.1% |
| Brandon Crawford enjoyed his eighth 3-RBI game, the third against Colorado. At least I'm assuming he enjoyed it. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 15 | 26 | 16.3 | 18.3 | 17.9 | .481 | .501 | 3.3% | 10.1% | 13.4% | -2.9% | -5.5% |
| For the shame of being the first pitcher to walk Jeff Keppinger this year, Michael Kohn will have to wear a red "A" on his ... nevermind, we'll think of something else. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 22 | 19 | 19.5 | 19.8 | 20.2 | .516 | .496 | 45.7% | 13.4% | 59.2% | 2.8% | -2.4% |
| It may be shorter to list the things Bryce Harper isn't. We know he isn't a frog. That's all we got so far. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 17 | 22 | 16.0 | 18.7 | 18.4 | .512 | .492 | 25.3% | 13.2% | 38.5% | -0.9% | 5.2% |
| The Twins and Padres. Those are the only other teams whose team leader only has five or fewer home runs � and for the Dodgers it's Carl Crawford with five. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 21 | 20 | 22.4 | 24.1 | 23.5 | .509 | .489 | 7.8% | 6.7% | 14.6% | -2.5% | -9.9% |
| Given a 6-0 lead, they left Jhoulys Chacin in there a little too long and he started to curdle. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 18 | 21 | 18.2 | 18.0 | 18.0 | .468 | .487 | 2.6% | 6.1% | 8.7% | 1.5% | 2.8% |
| Jeff Keppinger finally walked! On four straight pitches! And it drove in a run! Another exclamation point! | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 17 | 24 | 17.0 | 15.3 | 16.6 | .452 | .472 | 0.8% | 3.9% | 4.7% | 0.1% | 1.7% |
| They've scored 33 runs in their last three games. Doing the math, that's ... not bad. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 17 | 23 | 19.2 | 21.0 | 21.1 | .490 | .470 | 1.2% | 6.1% | 7.2% | -0.0% | 1.6% |
| Jeff Samardzija has two career home runs which, depending on your point of view, now matches the number of silent consonants in his surname. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 18 | 19 | 18.6 | 17.0 | 18.0 | .444 | .464 | 0.5% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 0.7% | 0.2% |
| No starting pitcher has a K/9 higher than 4.8. I didn't even know they MADE those kinds of pitchers anymore. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 16 | 23 | 16.5 | 17.8 | 18.8 | .461 | .441 | 0.9% | 2.8% | 3.7% | -2.1% | -5.1% |
| Not unlike a "The Fast And The Furious" reboot, Francisco Rodriguez is back and you didn't even ask for it. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 19 | 22 | 17.4 | 17.5 | 17.4 | .456 | .436 | 5.0% | 3.8% | 8.9% | -0.6% | 2.6% |
| They may be playing inconsistently, but let's look at how their minor league teams are having any� nope, just snakes. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 18 | 22 | 17.7 | 17.0 | 17.3 | .454 | .434 | 2.0% | 2.3% | 4.2% | -1.1% | -2.2% |
| They're ahead of the Dodgers in the standings, and even though it's May, they deserve some type of trophy. A big, shiny, camouflage trophy. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 15 | 23 | 16.6 | 15.7 | 15.5 | .450 | .430 | 2.9% | 2.3% | 5.3% | 0.6% | -8.5% |
| Daniel Murphy's 4-for-4 days included a double that went through the outfield wall, which means it's possible he was playing a Nintendo 64 baseball game. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 11 | 30 | 12.4 | 10.8 | 12.5 | .335 | .353 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| A combined 5.00 ERA for their bullpen, while pretty atrocious, is at least an even number. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 11 | 30 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 11.3 | .344 | .326 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | -0.1% |
| That the Home Run Sculpture didn't short circuit after Juan Pierre's home run is proof it is not sentient. We are safe. For now. | |||||||||||||
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