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Prospectus Hit List for June 26
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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 |  | 51 | 26 | 52.7 | 52.8 | 52.4 | .678 | .674 | 88.5% | 11.4% | 99.9% | -0.0% | 0.3% |
| The Dodgers are back in first place in the NL West after a 10-game winning streak. What a feel-good story. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 52 | 25 | 50.2 | 52.2 | 51.5 | .669 | .673 | 99.1% | 0.9% | 100.0% | 0.0% | 0.4% |
| Risky play by the Astros, keeping Dallas Keuchel on the DL until after the All-Star Break. He probably won�t have health insurance by then. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 40 | 33 | 45.6 | 49.2 | 48.4 | .627 | .632 | 45.3% | 26.5% | 71.8% | -2.3% | -6.8% |
| If the Yankees really wanted to celebrate Old-Timers� Day they should just bring back the 2013 roster. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 48 | 28 | 49.1 | 47.0 | 45.4 | .623 | .619 | 8.4% | 86.2% | 94.5% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| If you have to go to extra innings to defeat the Phillies is it really a victory? Feels like the D-Backs should only be awarded a half-win for yesterday�s rally. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 45 | 30 | 45.8 | 47.4 | 45.3 | .612 | .607 | 96.4% | 0.7% | 97.0% | -0.7% | 0.2% |
| �Numbers don�t tell full story of Roark�s start� reads the Nationals.com headline that�s a compelling remake of Lies, Damn Lies And Statistics. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 39 | 35 | 41.8 | 45.0 | 44.7 | .576 | .581 | 81.6% | 6.8% | 88.4% | -2.8% | -1.6% |
| �Being clutch isn�t real,� the Indians fan says to himself as he finishes his fourth glass of scotch after watching the Tribe go 1-for-23 with RISP. �It�s just luck.� | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 47 | 31 | 43.2 | 41.0 | 41.6 | .554 | .549 | 3.1% | 82.8% | 85.9% | -1.5% | -7.0% |
| Daniel Bard thinks Adam Ottavino�s four-wild-pitch inning on Sunday was tough to watch. Regression, thy name is Rockies. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 40 | 38 | 41.1 | 43.6 | 44.1 | .541 | .546 | 13.3% | 25.4% | 38.7% | -3.3% | -1.6% |
| If Ned Stark saw the way Evan Longoria owned Chris Tillman he�d have him banished to The Wall. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 41 | 34 | 40.6 | 39.6 | 38.8 | .534 | .538 | 37.6% | 27.6% | 65.2% | -5.0% | -10.1% |
| Touching tribute to David Ortiz by the Red Sox, scoring just five runs in two games after his number was retired to prove how much their offense misses him. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 38 | 37 | 40.0 | 41.9 | 41.2 | .537 | .532 | 63.0% | 4.0% | 67.0% | -4.6% | 4.8% |
| �Cubs rally in Miami on Lester�s milestone day� reads the Cubs.com headline that really, really stretches the meaning of the word �milestone� to include beating the Marlins. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 39 | 39 | 38.9 | 38.1 | 39.2 | .498 | .503 | 0.4% | 28.1% | 28.5% | -1.8% | 9.0% |
| �Gamel, Valencia nursing minor injuries� reads the Mariners.com headline that tells us that Ben Gamel and Danny Valencia are currently the healthiest Mariners. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 40 | 39 | 39.8 | 38.0 | 38.7 | .495 | .500 | 0.0% | 12.3% | 12.3% | 1.9% | 6.0% |
| The Angels beat Doug Fister and the Red Sox yesterday in a game they let Parker Bridwell, the man they chose over Fister, start. They won the breakup! | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 38 | 37 | 40.4 | 34.8 | 35.4 | .495 | .500 | 0.4% | 30.1% | 30.5% | 4.8% | 5.9% |
| �Fractured right thumb tip lands Perez on DL� and �Rangers might finally start getting staff in place� are two headlines that appear back-to-back on Rangers.com. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 41 | 37 | 40.3 | 37.6 | 37.2 | .500 | .495 | 23.1% | 4.6% | 27.7% | 5.2% | -4.3% |
| Stephen Vogt might seem like a worthwhile addition to the Brewers, but we all know how disappointing Wisconsin votes can be. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 34 | 40 | 35.6 | 37.6 | 38.0 | .491 | .486 | 8.3% | 2.0% | 10.3% | 1.5% | -0.6% |
| Hitting the longest homerun ever at your home stadium is a pretty good way to announce your return with authority, Randal Grichuk. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 36 | 39 | 35.2 | 35.7 | 35.8 | .476 | .481 | 2.8% | 7.9% | 10.8% | 2.5% | -2.0% |
| The Blue Jays are 0-8 when trying to reach .500 this season. Sisyphus thinks that�s a little rough. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 39 | 34 | 32.8 | 32.6 | 33.0 | .470 | .475 | 12.3% | 17.8% | 30.1% | 5.3% | 12.1% |
| �The North Remembers,� the Twins whisper as they sweep the Indians after getting swept last weekend. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 32 | 42 | 36.6 | 35.2 | 34.8 | .468 | .473 | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.5% | -0.1% | -2.8% |
| Carlos Rodon will return to the majors sometime this week. That�s great, because if there�s one thing the White Sox lack it�s disappointing southpaw starters. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 34 | 40 | 35.2 | 35.7 | 36.4 | .477 | .472 | 1.4% | 2.9% | 4.3% | 0.1% | 0.8% |
| Ichiro became the oldest player to ever start a game in center field yesterday, a record that Tommy Joseph�s face will look to break just next season. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 33 | 42 | 35.3 | 35.1 | 34.9 | .461 | .466 | 1.8% | 2.5% | 4.2% | 1.0% | -5.7% |
| Pretty rough eight-game losing streak for the Tigers, or as the Phillies would call it, just your average week-plus. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 36 | 39 | 34.2 | 35.5 | 33.6 | .464 | .459 | 0.8% | 1.7% | 2.5% | -0.5% | 1.4% |
| Julio Teheran now has a 7.58 ERA at SunTrust Park. And here we thought he new ballpark would be toughest on Atlanta taxpayers ... | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 34 | 42 | 30.9 | 35.6 | 37.5 | .454 | .459 | 0.0% | 3.8% | 3.8% | 1.0% | -1.5% |
| An injured Jed Lowrie came off the bench to deliver a key RBI against the White Sox yesterday in what�s definitely the most dramatic instance of a hurt player providing a big hit off the bench in an Athletics game in history. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 37 | 37 | 32.8 | 31.1 | 33.0 | .452 | .457 | 3.7% | 5.8% | 9.5% | -1.9% | 1.3% |
| The Royals are back at .500. All I can hear is Michael Caine�s rendition of �Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night� from Interstellar whenever they play. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 35 | 41 | 34.6 | 33.3 | 34.2 | .451 | .446 | 5.2% | 1.0% | 6.1% | -1.7% | 1.2% |
| My favorite part of the new Game of Thrones trailer was when the revived Andrew McCutchen lit up his sword like a lightsaber, reminding us that he is in fact not dead yet. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 34 | 41 | 34.0 | 32.9 | 33.2 | .447 | .442 | 1.4% | 2.8% | 4.2% | 1.2% | -0.8% |
| Michael Conforto bruising his hand is the most 2017 Mets thing ever, because it means that another Met is hurt and that Michael Conforto won�t get playing time. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 31 | 43 | 33.1 | 33.4 | 33.0 | .441 | .436 | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.1% | -0.3% |
| You know that feeling you get when you walk into work after a vacation and you have 300 unread emails and several panicked coworkers? That�s still better than how Homer Bailey feels, probably. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 37 | 38 | 31.3 | 28.3 | 30.7 | .424 | .429 | 0.9% | 3.8% | 4.7% | 0.7% | -2.7% |
| Congrats to the O�s for finally putting their-20 game streak of allowing five or more runs to bed, thus ending How To Lose A Season In 20 Games. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 31 | 45 | 26.1 | 29.4 | 30.7 | .386 | .381 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | -0.0% | 0.1% |
| Does the Padres playing like more of a .500 team than a truly garbage team over the last month make them more or less anonymous? | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 24 | 50 | 27.0 | 26.4 | 27.2 | .354 | .349 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| �Is Hellickson pitching himself onto contender� asks the Phillies.com headline that reminds us that, holy crap, the Phillies gave Jeremy Hellickson a QO. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 27 | 51 | 27.9 | 27.0 | 27.5 | .351 | .346 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | -0.1% |
| Buster Posey has 10 homers and only 30 RBI, which says quite a bit about his supporting cast. | |||||||||||||
Those plucky, upstart Los Angeles Dodgers are riding high.