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Prospectus Hit List for June 12



by Matt Sussman

Hit List for June 10 Hit List for June 15
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.

The Hit List, the Hit List, what, what, the Hit List.

RkTmWLW1W2W3HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

35

25

36.5

39.4

38.7

.607

.587

76.4%

15.4%

91.8%

-0.4%

1.1%

Is anyone else surprised no high schoolers changed their name to Randy Puig to get drafted in the 38th round?
2

33

26

33.1

33.5

34.1

.533

.553

43.9%

20.1%

64.1%

-1.8%

9.6%

When [your chosen deity] closes a door, he opens a window. So Andrew Miller's on the DL? Time to find out of Dellin Betances is ambidextrous.
3

30

30

30.3

29.8

30.7

.531

.550

39.4%

14.5%

53.9%

4.7%

-5.3%

Mike Trout now has as many career home runs as Craig Monroe and Marcus Thames, and is younger than either one when they reached the majors.
4

39

21

37.8

35.0

35.6

.567

.548

68.4%

23.6%

92.0%

-0.2%

0.6%

The Cardinals have five catchers on their 40-man roster, which seems excessive, but once the Cardinals win the World Series you'll see all the trendy teams have five catchers.
5

31

30

36.3

33.3

32.9

.524

.544

16.7%

18.8%

35.5%

1.9%

19.0%

Their 34-game streak without recording a save is the longest in MLB in 12 years. Maybe trading for Papelbon is a bad thing.
6

34

23

34.2

34.0

34.2

.524

.544

40.4%

16.7%

57.1%

-1.1%

11.4%

Reading this sentence is a binding All-Star vote for Alex Rios.
7

31

29

29.3

33.0

33.1

.519

.539

28.8%

16.7%

45.5%

-1.7%

4.5%

With a league best (worst?) 64 GIDPs, think about it: that's 64 at bats that potentially could have been more GIDPs.
8

28

31

29.5

32.6

32.6

.516

.536

15.2%

13.1%

28.4%

4.9%

-9.7%

The two annual events that always sneak up on us: National Donut Day, and Shaun Marcum's shutout. One leaves you bloated and miserable; the other one has free donuts.
9

34

27

31.8

33.9

34.8

.515

.535

30.6%

16.4%

47.0%

1.7%

-20.5%

It's not easy to hit .233 and lead a division in June, but it must be nice for Colby Rasmus to hit .239 and help the team average.
10

32

29

31.7

30.8

30.6

.514

.534

24.4%

22.0%

46.4%

-3.4%

-2.3%

And now, a summary of yesterday's Rays transactions: never heard of him, never heard of him, never heard of him, never heard of him, Preston Guilmet.
11

25

37

32.1

34.4

34.8

.505

.525

2.3%

2.4%

4.7%

1.3%

-3.3%

In the absense of Coco Crisp, Billy Burns made two more incredible catches. So there's no reason to worry Oakland Burns to a Crisp.
12

34

27

32.0

34.3

33.9

.539

.519

19.1%

38.2%

57.3%

-2.9%

9.4%

Hunter Strickland faced three batters without getting anyone out. What does he think this is, the playoffs?
13

32

26

29.6

31.7

31.8

.539

.519

19.9%

45.1%

65.0%

3.6%

8.3%

Anthony Rizzo is on pace to be the first player to have an OPS over 1.000 and have more HBPs than home runs since Shoeless Joe Jackson did this in back-to-back years.
14

27

33

26.5

28.1

29.1

.499

.519

12.1%

9.4%

21.4%

-3.0%

1.3%

J.A. Happ is usually dependable, but he couldn't get out of the third inning yesterday. You want an explanation? Sometimes, sh*t J.A. Happens
15

32

27

34.4

33.5

32.4

.539

.519

11.2%

35.4%

46.6%

0.9%

-2.7%

Erik Bedard retired. Oh, you didn't know he pitched a season with the Pirates? But everyone pitches one season with the Pirates.
16

27

34

25.2

27.9

27.9

.495

.515

9.2%

11.6%

20.8%

-3.5%

-3.5%

David Ortiz hit his seventh home run of the year last night, and by the time you're reading this, he's finally rounded third.
17

31

29

30.4

28.7

29.2

.494

.514

15.7%

12.4%

28.1%

-4.3%

2.4%

You know Prince Fielder is having a joyous resurgent career because every time he slides into base, the divot looks like a smiley face.
18

31

29

29.7

31.1

30.0

.534

.514

60.0%

7.5%

67.5%

-5.3%

-8.5%

Michael Taylor had four plate appearances and saw a total of six pitches. And they say he's not a contact hitter.
19

29

30

29.9

28.8

29.3

.485

.505

5.7%

8.8%

14.5%

2.1%

7.3%

When you can't get rid of your Nolan Reimold infestation, just bat him anyway and good things might happen by accident. It's an Orioles lineup, after all.
20

32

29

30.3

29.9

28.9

.506

.486

34.1%

9.1%

43.2%

4.8%

-5.5%

Turns out that Matt Harvey is human after all, if you didn't believe it when he missed a season due to a body organ injury.
21

33

26

30.5

24.8

24.9

.458

.478

9.4%

10.4%

19.8%

1.0%

-14.2%

Torii Hunter threw his jersey onto the field after being ejected. Per Minnesota state law, he must play the rest of the month shirtless.
22

28

30

23.5

22.1

22.7

.455

.475

6.1%

6.6%

12.8%

1.1%

3.3%

Scientists have invented a new base in the game of baseball and already three White Sox have been thrown out trying to reach it.
23

31

31

30.6

25.6

26.3

.489

.469

3.7%

15.7%

19.4%

0.2%

-1.6%

Melvin Upton, Jr. scored the go-ahead run in the 11th and Craig Kimbrel got the save against the Braves. This is textbook "winning the trade."
24

25

36

27.6

29.6

29.4

.476

.456

2.9%

1.3%

4.2%

0.7%

-0.1%

If you took away Giancarlo Stanton's five longest home runs of the season, why would you do that?
25

27

32

29.3

28.1

28.1

.472

.452

0.5%

3.0%

3.4%

0.3%

-0.8%

There would be more buzz around Paul Goldschmidt if he didn't play in Arizona or play first base, but even still he's losing a popularity contest on his own team to the Churro Dog.
26

27

32

27.8

29.0

28.2

.472

.452

0.3%

2.4%

2.8%

-0.5%

0.4%

Michael Lorenzen had the Reds' first two-run triple since Mario Soto in 1985. It may or may not have been the game Ferris Bueller attended.
27

27

32

26.4

26.6

26.4

.454

.435

0.3%

1.9%

2.1%

-0.9%

-0.9%

We're at the point of the season where the D.J. LeMahieu batting title race is officially a thing. Maybe not an exciting one, but it definitely exists.
28

29

31

28.7

27.2

26.3

.444

.424

2.9%

1.1%

4.0%

-0.4%

0.3%

Christian Bethancourt caused a run to score on catcher's interference. It was the worst case of Christian interference since the Second Crusade.
29

23

38

24.1

21.9

22.6

.432

.412

0.0%

0.3%

0.4%

0.1%

0.0%

Recently Francisco Rodriguez passed Troy Percival for ninth on the all-time saves list, and the only ones who noticed were Troy Percival's anti-defamation lawyers, but that's what they're paid to do.
30

22

39

20.6

21.0

20.6

.381

.362

0.1%

0.0%

0.1%

-0.0%

-0.0%

Jonathan Papelbon mostly wants a trade because he's tired of scrolling down to the Phillies comment.