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Prospectus Hit List for June 28
Hit List for June 27
Hit List for July 1
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 |  | 42 | 35 | 45.8 | 51.3 | 51.0 | .594 | .613 | 85.6% | 5.4% | 91.0% | -0.3% | -3.2% |
| Between Doug Fister, Al Alburquerque, and Phil Coke it sometimes seems the Tigers are trying to get the batters to laugh themselves out. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 48 | 33 | 48.7 | 47.5 | 47.5 | .564 | .583 | 63.4% | 23.5% | 86.9% | 2.4% | 9.1% |
| After seven putrid starts in a row, Jon Lester finally spun a gem. Right up until the moment he hurt his hip in the eighth inning and was taken out. Can't win for losing. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 46 | 33 | 42.8 | 43.9 | 44.0 | .557 | .576 | 62.2% | 23.8% | 86.0% | 3.0% | 15.2% |
| After shutting out the Yankees 2-0, Derek Holland asked a reporter how the other half of New York's split-squad did. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 46 | 34 | 45.8 | 46.1 | 44.5 | .546 | .566 | 35.7% | 38.0% | 73.8% | 0.9% | 2.4% |
| When asked about Puig, Yoenis Cespedes said, "Has he barbequed a pig in center field while doing handstand pushups? Come talk to me then." | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 48 | 30 | 51.0 | 49.4 | 48.2 | .583 | .564 | 50.3% | 44.7% | 95.0% | 0.2% | -2.2% |
| Apparently Albert Pujols still isn't happy about how the Cardinals dealt with his contract situation two years ago. Wonder if he'll demand a trade. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 41 | 38 | 41.4 | 44.2 | 45.1 | .536 | .556 | 10.0% | 24.4% | 34.4% | -1.6% | -1.1% |
| The Rays are six games behind Boston in the American League East and 3-9 against Boston on the season. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 36 | 43 | 39.2 | 41.2 | 40.1 | .530 | .550 | 2.0% | 8.6% | 10.6% | 1.8% | -2.9% |
| Yesterday J.B. Shuck led off for the Angels. I don't get why Mike Trout isn't leading off. For that matter, I don't get why Mike Trout isn't hitting in every spot in the lineup. Doesn't anyone make use of ghost runners anymore? | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 45 | 34 | 44.7 | 45.7 | 45.7 | .562 | .542 | 20.1% | 63.8% | 83.8% | -0.3% | -5.5% |
| Reds pitchers have thrown the most pitches in the National League, a fact that would make Chris Sabo�s goggles shatter assuming he still wears them which why wouldn�t he. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 42 | 36 | 38.4 | 35.3 | 35.8 | .520 | .540 | 14.2% | 28.4% | 42.6% | -5.8% | -9.0% |
| Yesterday the Rangers shut out the Yankees. It�s almost like a lineup with Jayson Nix, Vernon Wells, Lyle Overbay, David Adams, Zoilo Almonte, and Alberto Gonzalez isn't good. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 40 | 38 | 40.3 | 39.5 | 40.0 | .503 | .523 | 12.5% | 14.3% | 26.9% | -3.2% | 3.1% |
| Your OPS leader among second basemen? That'd be Jason Kipnis and his .876, and that's even after a 1-for-4 with two strikeouts. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 45 | 34 | 46.0 | 46.1 | 44.6 | .542 | .522 | 81.9% | 4.2% | 86.1% | -0.4% | -2.4% |
| The Braves have struck out the most of any National League team, a fact which totally devalues their first place-itude. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 44 | 36 | 41.7 | 41.5 | 42.2 | .500 | .520 | 10.1% | 23.8% | 33.9% | 5.1% | -11.7% |
| Manny Machado was ejected for arguing balls and strikes in the least argumentative way possible. Checked though and PITCHf/x would have thrown him out too. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 48 | 30 | 43.3 | 42.1 | 43.3 | .538 | .518 | 29.6% | 60.0% | 89.6% | 0.1% | 20.1% |
| As we enter Day 2 of The Pirates having the best record in baseball it occurs to me that if they were to make a movie about this it might be called The Weirdening. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 39 | 39 | 38.9 | 36.0 | 37.3 | .492 | .512 | 2.3% | 6.9% | 9.2% | -1.3% | 0.9% |
| Blue Jays pitchers have picked off 12 runners this season, more than any team in baseball. As long as you're focusing on that stat, Blue Jays pitchers are pretty good! | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 42 | 36 | 41.2 | 39.8 | 39.9 | .520 | .500 | 50.0% | 4.9% | 55.0% | 6.1% | 5.2% |
| Heath Bell has 14 saves and a 4.85 ERA. Saves: they�re dumb. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 36 | 42 | 34.7 | 36.4 | 36.7 | .518 | .498 | 15.7% | 3.1% | 18.8% | -0.4% | 9.2% |
| Yasiel Puig puig�d a two-out, two-run, bases-loaded puig in the bottom half of the eighth inning, thereby puiging the Phillies and winning the game for the Los Angeles Puigs. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 36 | 40 | 38.7 | 32.5 | 33.4 | .467 | .487 | 1.1% | 1.7% | 2.7% | -1.5% | -2.6% |
| No, Mike Moustakas didn't homer, but he did think about it for a few seconds. Baby steps. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 38 | 40 | 36.8 | 39.5 | 40.3 | .503 | .483 | 16.3% | 2.8% | 19.1% | -1.5% | -15.3% |
| The Giants have the longest current losing streak in baseball at four games. This of course means they're going to win the World Series. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 39 | 41 | 42.6 | 44.9 | 43.2 | .497 | .477 | 9.8% | 2.4% | 12.2% | -2.9% | -3.7% |
| Since the start of May the Rockies are 23-30 proving once and for all that Germans love David Hasselhoff. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 34 | 45 | 32.3 | 34.5 | 34.9 | .454 | .474 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | -0.0% | -0.4% |
| The Mariners have hit the fewest triples in baseball with four, 26 fewer than the first-place Brewers. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 39 | 39 | 35.6 | 34.9 | 35.2 | .493 | .473 | 14.7% | 8.9% | 23.6% | -1.7% | -1.8% |
| Bet Stephen Strasburg would be a dynamite closer. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 32 | 43 | 33.3 | 33.0 | 31.0 | .446 | .466 | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| Adam Dunn has 20 homers already but just a .460 slugging percentage because there's sadly more to slugging percentage than homers, walks, and strikeouts. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 33 | 44 | 37.2 | 39.4 | 39.6 | .480 | .461 | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.3% | 0.3% |
| For Sale: spitty, scruffy, right-handed pitcher. Recently healthy. Intense. Not bad. Paid a lot. Hot prospects/obo. Call Theo. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 35 | 40 | 34.8 | 34.9 | 35.4 | .441 | .460 | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 0.5% | -0.1% |
| The Twins have grounded into just 43 double plays, fewest in baseball. This is normally where a joke about the Twins on-base percentage would go but they�re 14th in baseball there. So, uh, bravo? | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 39 | 40 | 37.0 | 36.5 | 36.4 | .471 | .451 | 8.2% | 1.6% | 9.8% | 0.9% | -3.0% |
| Pedro Ciriaco has played in 12 games for the Padres and has the highest OPS on the team. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 32 | 45 | 33.5 | 35.6 | 36.7 | .465 | .445 | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | -0.3% | -0.0% |
| What's blue and gold and loses a lot? | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 32 | 43 | 33.1 | 32.5 | 32.1 | .462 | .442 | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.7% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| Marlon Byrd hit cleanup for the Mets. So of course he homered. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 38 | 42 | 33.9 | 35.2 | 34.8 | .460 | .440 | 2.4% | 1.6% | 4.0% | -0.7% | -1.6% |
| Imagine what an old fat man would do if asked to field a bunt from first base. That�s exactly what Ryan Howard did in last night�s game. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 30 | 49 | 29.0 | 24.9 | 26.6 | .368 | .386 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| After giving up over 150 runs in each of the first two months of the season the Astros have given up only 96 runs in June. Improvement (provided they don�t give up 13 runs in each of the remaining three games)! | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 27 | 50 | 28.4 | 24.9 | 24.9 | .375 | .356 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The Marlins announced they won�t be signing their second pick in the draft, the 35th player overall because, I mean, where would they put him? | |||||||||||||
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