Prospectus Hit List for May 8
Hit List for May 6
Hit List for May 11
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 |  | 18 | 10 | 18.8 | 20.3 | 19.5 | .636 | .618 | 83.9% | 9.8% | 93.6% | 1.5% | 0.2% |
| Yasiel Puig's injury rehab is going well. The Dodgers have him flipping 30 pretzel rods a day until he gets his strength back. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 18 | 10 | 18.5 | 20.0 | 19.5 | .566 | .586 | 23.9% | 14.9% | 38.8% | 6.6% | 4.4% |
| Sorry folks, the shift's been beaten. Moustakas out front should've told you. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 21 | 7 | 19.5 | 18.0 | 17.1 | .605 | .586 | 73.4% | 15.0% | 88.4% | 3.6% | 11.1% |
| Another argument against the designated hitter is we can rib Matt Adams for saying "everyone else in the lineup got a hit yesterday, including the pitcher." | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 18 | 11 | 17.6 | 17.9 | 18.3 | .557 | .577 | 29.6% | 24.8% | 54.3% | 4.1% | 17.6% |
| Now Alex Rodriguez needs 53 more home runs to tie Babe Ruth. He'll win over all his detractors if he just adds 50 pounds and wears baggy Babe Ruth pants from here on out. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 18 | 11 | 15.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | .554 | .573 | 57.1% | 12.6% | 69.7% | 4.2% | 1.9% |
| The glasses-wearing fifth starter Kyle Lobstein pitched into the eighth inning, but was really just sucking up by working on extra-credit. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 19 | 10 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 18.2 | .552 | .571 | 32.4% | 16.1% | 48.5% | 4.6% | 6.6% |
| Are the Astros for real? Or are they just a baseball team thought up by a fifth grader? "And they play baseball inside a building with a big hill and a train and the head of scouting used to have a really good podcast." | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 15 | 14 | 14.5 | 16.7 | 17.1 | .541 | .561 | 31.6% | 25.2% | 56.8% | -4.5% | -0.1% |
| With a nice rotation, and nobody on the pitching staff over 30 years old, the entire bullpen can just spend the first six innings watching Homestar Runner videos. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 12 | 18 | 15.4 | 16.0 | 16.1 | .505 | .525 | 10.8% | 9.0% | 19.9% | -1.6% | -2.6% |
| Years from now we may not remember Cody Ross played nine games for Oakland, but that's more games than he played for Cincinnati and Detroit combined. He is the baseball equivalent of Larry "Bud" Melman. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 12 | 14 | 13.6 | 14.4 | 14.6 | .503 | .523 | 5.6% | 9.2% | 14.8% | -3.6% | -2.2% |
| For those keeping score: Jimmy Paredes is this year’s Steve Pearce, Steve Pearce is this year’s Jonathan Schoop and J.J. Hardy is, I guess, still J.J. Hardy, just a year older. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 18 | 10 | 16.9 | 14.7 | 14.9 | .542 | .522 | 39.4% | 21.7% | 61.1% | -0.3% | 2.7% |
| Are the Mets a surprise team? Well, they do have a very good winning record, and when it comes to the Mets, the two concepts are interchangeable. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 13 | 15 | 12.4 | 13.0 | 13.3 | .501 | .521 | 23.6% | 22.4% | 46.0% | -0.6% | -18.9% |
| Rick Porcello is the only Boston starter to go at least five innings in each start. In response, Wade Miley asked "there's a *fifth* inning?" | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 14 | 13 | 13.4 | 15.4 | 15.3 | .536 | .516 | 17.8% | 32.0% | 49.8% | -3.7% | -11.6% |
| Last night's Final Jeopardy was a question about the team that introduced Clark the Bear, and nobody got it right. Nobody. Not even the Cubs got it right, if you know what I mean. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 13 | 16 | 13.8 | 11.6 | 11.7 | .493 | .513 | 33.8% | 14.4% | 48.2% | -5.8% | -10.7% |
| He still has a ways to go, but Kole Calhoun in a few years could be ready to overtake the title of Roundest Face In Baseball. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 14 | 15 | 15.3 | 12.9 | 13.1 | .490 | .510 | 9.6% | 16.7% | 26.3% | 0.7% | 4.0% |
| Everyone in the Blue Jays rotation has a FIP over 5.00, with the lone exception of Marco Estrada, whose nickname should be -- but isn't -- Pizza Chips. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 14 | 15 | 14.2 | 14.2 | 14.0 | .528 | .508 | 47.7% | 20.4% | 68.1% | 0.1% | 1.3% |
| If Bryce Aaron Max Harper really was a throwback player, he'd have been named BAM Harper since his rookie year, Young George McFly haircut notwithstanding. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 14 | 15 | 16.3 | 17.4 | 16.9 | .527 | .507 | 10.7% | 14.2% | 24.9% | 3.5% | 5.3% |
| We may as well start announcing each player Giancarlo Stanton passes on the all-time home run list. He passed Tony Phillips! | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 16 | 13 | 15.9 | 13.4 | 13.8 | .474 | .494 | 5.4% | 5.6% | 11.0% | 0.4% | 5.9% |
| They're only going to consider batting Joe Mauer at leadoff if Paul Molitor suddenly wants to arrange the lineup according to height. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 11 | 17 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 11.9 | .469 | .489 | 16.7% | 10.7% | 27.3% | -0.0% | -9.5% |
| The Mariners pitcher who has issued the most walks is Taijuan Walker. Now guess what Gary Hittemwithapitch leads the team in. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 13 | 15 | 15.4 | 14.3 | 14.0 | .508 | .488 | 6.2% | 17.2% | 23.4% | 2.0% | -13.5% |
| They snapped a five-game losing streak in which they scored five total runs by scoring seven runs in one game. But in their last three wins they scored a total of 23 runs, none by home run. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 10 | 17 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.6 | .464 | .484 | 7.5% | 7.3% | 14.9% | -3.3% | 2.2% |
| Wow, they must think their season is toast because they just went out and got some Marmol aid. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 15 | 15 | 15.1 | 12.8 | 13.3 | .497 | .477 | 8.3% | 25.9% | 34.3% | -4.2% | -0.6% |
| Cory Spangenberg apparently pronounces his last name with a soft G, but you never remember which one that is anyway so pronounce it however you'd like. Call him Cory Smith, if you'd like. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 12 | 16 | 12.7 | 11.7 | 11.6 | .457 | .477 | 6.3% | 5.1% | 11.4% | 1.7% | 6.6% |
| Nick Martinez's ERA has finally climbed over 1.00, so it's time to quell the Yu Darvish Is Actually Nick Martinez rumors. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 13 | 14 | 15.6 | 14.1 | 13.9 | .487 | .467 | 1.0% | 4.6% | 5.6% | 1.9% | 0.4% |
| I think I speak for all music aficionados when I say The Saltalamacchia-Gosewisch Platoon is the best new Scottsdale-based punk band. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 14 | 15 | 11.3 | 13.2 | 13.0 | .482 | .462 | 6.4% | 22.1% | 28.4% | -3.2% | 7.8% |
| That scene in "The Simpsons" where Sideshow Bob keeps stepping on rakes, only it's Casey McGehee hitting into double plays. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 14 | 14 | 13.6 | 14.1 | 13.8 | .478 | .458 | 2.0% | 7.4% | 9.4% | -2.2% | 0.4% |
| "Batting average is overrated these days," Jay Bruce probably wrote in a blog somewhere masquerading as a sabermetrician. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 10 | 15 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 8.7 | .421 | .440 | 6.0% | 6.0% | 12.0% | -2.9% | -4.9% |
| Jose Quintana looks in his locker at all his possessions, motionless in time, smiles, and says to himself, "these are all my Quintanamate objects." | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 14 | 14 | 14.1 | 13.0 | 12.5 | .457 | .438 | 2.0% | 3.0% | 5.0% | 1.0% | 0.4% |
| Say what you will about A.J. Pierzynski, but he's played his entire career at catcher and never played anywhere else in the field. As I was saying, say what you will about him since he can't hear you with all that catcher gear on. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 11 | 15 | 9.0 | 10.3 | 9.8 | .422 | .402 | 0.4% | 3.3% | 3.8% | 0.8% | -3.8% |
| This team leads the NL in doubles, but they are 11th in runs scored. So just convert second base into home plate. Ta-da, Matt. You've done it again. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 9 | 20 | 9.0 | 7.9 | 8.8 | .398 | .379 | 0.6% | 3.0% | 3.6% | -0.8% | 0.5% |
| [dog sits at table while Mike Fiers pitches all around him] "This is fine." | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 10 | 19 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 8.9 | .363 | .345 | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.5% | -0.1% | -0.5% |
| Chase Utley, he of an OPS+ of 9, has been walked intentionally three times. Now, two of those were to get to Jeff Francoeur, so I get it. | |||||||||||||
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