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Prospectus Hit List for June 6



by Matt Sussman

Hit List for June 3 Hit List for June 10
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.

Just throw it against the wall and see what sticks / Gotta write a hit / I think this is it / It's a hit.

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

39

16

42.1

43.6

43.5

.669

.665

97.6%

1.9%

99.6%

-0.2%

0.6%

Since last July, Jake Arrieta now has as many losses as he has thrown no-hitters. Big deal, I have that same ratio.
2

31

27

33.8

37.4

37.0

.589

.584

58.9%

20.8%

79.7%

1.5%

6.4%

Farhan Zaidi will become the last general manager (hopefully) who just threw out his back out trying to move Carl Crawford's contract.
3

33

24

34.8

36.4

36.0

.573

.578

53.4%

21.7%

75.1%

-4.3%

-5.1%

The Red Sox had to put Blake Swihart and Ryan Hanigan, both catchers, on the disabled list on the same day. Admittedly, throwing a spiked curveball has a few design kinks to work out.
4

34

23

34.7

36.4

36.1

.582

.578

56.5%

30.7%

87.1%

2.6%

5.8%

All those who had Joe Ross leading the rotation in ERA at this point in the season, raise your hands, Joe Ross' parents.
5

31

24

32.3

32.0

31.8

.571

.576

70.6%

12.7%

83.3%

3.4%

5.8%

Marlon Byrd became the first Byrd to be caught taking drugs since Big Bird in the early seasons of Sesame Street when he was clearly hallucinating Mr. Snuffleupagus.
6

31

24

30.6

32.1

31.0

.562

.557

39.4%

37.2%

76.6%

-2.7%

-0.8%

Seems like the only people these days that get whole summers off are teachers and David Wright.
7

31

25

32.9

32.3

30.4

.546

.551

38.8%

20.6%

59.4%

-5.8%

-12.6%

The Mariners have now been swept twice in back-to-back weekends. So don't get irate at your Seattle coworkers when they say T.G.I.M.
8

30

27

33.8

35.6

35.9

.550

.545

1.6%

34.6%

36.2%

1.2%

6.4%

Four scientists just rushed out of the laboratory and reported their findings that Kailee Wong spoonerizes to two prominent Nintendo antagonists.
9

31

27

30.9

31.2

32.2

.533

.538

24.2%

28.7%

52.9%

3.3%

11.9%

My advice for Marco Estrada, who lost a no-hitter in Fenway park in the eighth inning: retrace your steps.
10

35

24

32.4

32.6

32.2

.541

.536

39.4%

28.7%

68.1%

-3.6%

-1.8%

Hamstring surgery my foot. Hunter Pence is having surgery to repair his cloaca and we know it.
11

25

30

27.2

29.2

29.3

.519

.524

6.8%

12.0%

18.9%

-1.1%

-11.2%

Evan Longoria now has 56 more home runs than any other Ray in franchise history, which is more home runs than Rocco Baldelli hit for the Rays.
12

28

30

27.9

28.9

28.8

.518

.523

15.8%

17.0%

32.8%

1.8%

9.7%

It's rumored that the Astros may sign teenage international free agent Freudis Nova, but nobody's sure who let it slip.
13

34

22

31.6

27.9

28.0

.516

.521

43.0%

19.7%

62.7%

9.7%

23.3%

Prince Fielder was benched despite having 28 RBI on the season, but you have to understand last month he hit a clutch 27-RBI double.
14

29

28

29.6

29.2

28.6

.516

.521

15.4%

18.3%

33.8%

-4.5%

-12.4%

Well, I guess Rick Hahn followed through on his craziest campaign promise: "We're going to get James Shields and make San Diego pay for it."
15

30

26

30.5

29.8

29.1

.518

.513

0.8%

24.3%

25.1%

-4.7%

-12.7%

Here are some famous Jamaican Pirates: basicaly Captain Morgan, Justin Masterson ... did I say Captain Morgan already?
16

32

23

29.4

28.1

28.0

.502

.507

11.6%

17.6%

29.2%

1.0%

0.6%

Only one Oriole has more than one stolen base (Joey Rickard). Which means that folks like Pedro Alvarez, Mark Trumbo and Matt Wieters can all brag they are second on a major league division-leading team in stolen bases.
17

28

28

27.6

29.1

28.2

.500

.505

7.8%

11.9%

19.7%

3.6%

2.9%

Mike Pelfrey won his first game since August, and of course he waited until pitching against Chris Sale to do it.
18

26

30

24.5

24.9

25.6

.482

.487

4.0%

6.7%

10.7%

-1.9%

-9.0%

Without looking, name another reliever on the Yankees other than Miller, Betances or Chapman. If you guessed 'Kirby Yates, Richard Bleier, Luis Cessa or Nick Goody,' congratulations on reading backwards and stop bragging about it.
19

30

27

26.7

28.6

28.9

.488

.483

4.0%

14.5%

18.4%

4.0%

2.3%

Jose Fernandez is striking out batters like he is making up for lost time, but that's exactly why time travel was invented 63 years from now.
20

30

26

27.0

25.6

25.4

.470

.475

6.1%

9.9%

16.1%

-3.9%

-2.3%

Irving Falu was in the Royals organization from 2003 to 2013, and the team did nothing. He was released and then they won two straight pennants. Now he's back in the organization, and if wild correlation means anything, that should put a bow on the Kansas City dynasty.
21

25

31

26.2

27.7

28.0

.470

.465

0.8%

2.4%

3.2%

1.0%

-2.3%

The Rockies have won four of their last 14 games, and in three of those four wins, Jon Gray was the pitcher of record.
22

26

30

26.8

23.8

24.6

.456

.461

1.5%

1.7%

3.2%

0.1%

0.3%

Huston Street intentionally loaded the bases in a one-run game to set up the double play. It was the first thing to work for the Angels this season other than the team's high deductible health plan.
23

25

34

25.8

26.3

28.0

.463

.458

0.8%

1.4%

2.2%

0.6%

-1.1%

Did you know: this team is hitting so poorly that sometimes you have to dig deep for good stats, wuch as: 50 percent of all triples hit by pitchers in 2016 were hit by Diamondbacks pitchers?
24

25

32

22.7

21.8

22.3

.439

.444

0.9%

1.3%

2.2%

-1.5%

-1.5%

Want to triple attendance? Three words: Golden State Athletics. Want to sextuple it? Just also call yourself the Golden State Warriors.
25

26

31

23.9

23.0

21.9

.442

.437

0.0%

1.4%

1.4%

-0.4%

-1.1%

The Brewers gave Colin Walsh back to the A's after he had just four hits in 63 plate appearances. But with his 17 walks, his slash line was .085/.317/.106, which has to be some kind of record.
26

23

35

23.7

20.8

21.7

.425

.420

0.1%

0.2%

0.3%

-0.1%

-0.2%

How do you come back from losing a 10-run lead? If you're any team but the Padres, the answer is "even more runs, I guess?"
27

28

29

22.6

22.3

22.0

.421

.417

0.2%

1.7%

1.9%

0.7%

-1.6%

It's absolutely disappointing that a Phillies fan threw a bottle at Ryan Howard. Even worse, Howard was late on the swing.
28

16

40

19.2

20.1

20.3

.412

.417

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.4%

Byron Buxton seems to have found his groove after being called back up. He got some very sound advice from a veteran manager: "don't worry, they might trade you to a better team someday."
29

21

36

20.1

16.3

17.6

.387

.382

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

-0.0%

0.0%

Man, things have gotten so bad in the Reds pitching staff that even the mascot is starting games for them! Oh, never mind, that says "Moscot."
30

16

40

17.7

17.8

19.1

.369

.365

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

Who Is John Gant?