Prospectus Hit List for May 13
Hit List for May 11
Hit List for May 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.
| Rk | Tm | W | L | W1 | W2 | W3 | HLF | AHLF | Win Div% | Win WC% | Playoff% | 1-Day | 7-Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 22 | 10 | 22.5 | 23.6 | 23.0 | .650 | .632 | 89.8% | 7.2% | 97.0% | 1.2% | 3.7% |
| In both starts this year, Mike Bolsinger went 5 2/3 innings, allowed five hits, one run, and two walks. Standard deviation is for the weak. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 23 | 9 | 21.8 | 20.2 | 19.4 | .596 | .577 | 70.7% | 17.5% | 88.2% | 2.2% | 0.5% |
| Matt Adams, Matt Holliday and Matt Carpenter are all playing well, and Mark Reynolds just keeps getting called "Matt." | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 21 | 13 | 20.6 | 21.4 | 21.7 | .557 | .577 | 35.0% | 21.5% | 56.5% | -3.9% | 3.6% |
| Eovaldi gin joints in all the towns in the world, she strikes out swinging into mine. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 21 | 12 | 20.9 | 22.3 | 22.0 | .554 | .574 | 26.4% | 15.7% | 42.1% | 0.5% | 4.7% |
| Batters are slashing .091/.146/.143 against 6'10" Chris Young this year, who is basically just holding the ball above players' heads and laughing. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 20 | 13 | 17.2 | 19.7 | 20.2 | .548 | .567 | 55.2% | 13.9% | 69.2% | 2.4% | -0.2% |
| Two years ago Detroit led the majors in strikeouts. This year, they're 29th. The most popular theory is all those strikeouts had to move out of state to find jobs. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 20 | 13 | 18.0 | 19.6 | 19.6 | .531 | .551 | 24.5% | 16.9% | 41.4% | -4.6% | -4.6% |
| "Can't believe you guys struck out 10 times today. I didn't strike out once!" Evan Gattis proclaims in the clubhouse, because it's like the one time all year he'll be able to say that. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 18 | 16 | 17.7 | 18.8 | 19.0 | .529 | .549 | 24.4% | 22.4% | 46.8% | 3.3% | -7.7% |
| More bad news for the Rays pitching staff: Drew Smyly looks to require sysyn-yndyng shyldyr syrgyry. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 16 | 17 | 16.5 | 14.2 | 14.6 | .510 | .530 | 39.1% | 15.9% | 55.0% | 2.9% | 6.1% |
| Taylor Featherston weighs 185 pounds, which exactly as heavy as Taylor Brickston. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 17 | 17 | 19.3 | 16.7 | 16.6 | .508 | .528 | 14.3% | 17.1% | 31.4% | 4.6% | 8.2% |
| Their offense is so good you can just run Ezequiel Carrera and Chris Colabello out there every day and nobody's going to shrug their shoulders. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 18 | 16 | 17.9 | 18.1 | 17.2 | .547 | .527 | 58.2% | 17.1% | 75.4% | -2.1% | 10.1% |
| I can tell by the look on your face you're wondering where this offense would be without Yunel Escobar. The answer is "he's on the Nationals now?" | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 13 | 22 | 17.8 | 19.0 | 19.1 | .505 | .525 | 7.0% | 6.9% | 13.8% | 1.8% | -11.6% |
| In retrospect, Billy Beane shouldn't have traded away all those one-run games for pitching prospects, but it might work out next year. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 15 | 17 | 14.6 | 15.1 | 15.7 | .502 | .522 | 24.3% | 16.8% | 41.1% | 5.9% | 10.4% |
| Strange but true: there are several at bats, occasionally entire games, when Nelson Cruz does not hit a home run, and a team of scientists is currently trying to find out the cause. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 17 | 15 | 15.7 | 17.9 | 17.5 | .534 | .514 | 19.1% | 34.2% | 53.3% | 3.2% | 3.4% |
| All those jokes about Kris Bryant never getting a home run, and suddenly he has more on the season than Troy Tulowitzki. I maintain the jokes were still funny at the time. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 14 | 17 | 15.5 | 16.2 | 16.5 | .492 | .512 | 5.7% | 8.1% | 13.8% | -3.9% | -6.2% |
| Great, now they can only play well at home if the stadium's empty. Perhaps they can just ask the crowd to duck behind the seatbacks for a couple innings until they get a lead. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 20 | 13 | 18.9 | 16.1 | 15.9 | .524 | .504 | 33.8% | 21.7% | 55.5% | -3.8% | -1.2% |
| Noah Syndergaard may get roughed up in his first year, but ultimately there should be no worry about Noah's career arc. He'll throw two of every pitch! I've got a whole flood of jokes here. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 15 | 18 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 14.0 | .483 | .503 | 20.6% | 20.4% | 41.0% | -4.7% | -7.2% |
| How many days a year do you think David Ortiz physically touches a baseball? Plus or minus 50. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 17 | 16 | 18.6 | 17.2 | 17.0 | .519 | .499 | 8.4% | 22.3% | 30.6% | 4.3% | 6.4% |
| A.J. Burnett is suddenly fifth among active players in pitching wins with 156. He is also tied with someone named Ice Box Chamberlain, and also has 156 more than Refrigerator Perry. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 18 | 15 | 18.1 | 15.0 | 15.5 | .472 | .492 | 4.9% | 7.0% | 11.9% | -1.9% | 3.6% |
| Torii Hunter swung at an eephus pitch and pop fouled out. No word on why he didn't just follow the ball and swing at it again. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 17 | 16 | 14.5 | 17.0 | 16.8 | .507 | .487 | 5.2% | 27.6% | 32.8% | 2.1% | -3.8% |
| if Barry Bonds testifies at his lawsuit against MLB for collusion, you have to expect the defense attorneys to just hold up four fingers on cross-examination. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 11 | 20 | 13.1 | 14.0 | 14.6 | .465 | .484 | 6.2% | 6.0% | 12.2% | -1.5% | -1.7% |
| Scott Atchison has only given up more than one home run to Matt Holliday. Those home runs were yesterday and two years ago today. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 14 | 19 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 14.8 | .462 | .482 | 5.1% | 5.2% | 10.4% | -2.1% | 2.4% |
| There are people on the Internet who think Stevie Wonder isn't blind. They probably also believe Adrian Beltre actually likes his head touched. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 15 | 19 | 17.1 | 17.8 | 17.4 | .496 | .476 | 7.0% | 9.4% | 16.4% | -2.8% | -8.1% |
| Big deal, Giancarlo Stanton. Lots of players hit home runs that don't land inside Dodger Stadium. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 17 | 17 | 16.6 | 14.6 | 14.9 | .493 | .473 | 4.4% | 26.2% | 30.6% | -4.3% | -4.0% |
| Although he's allowed seven home runs in his last two starts, you have to wonder if James Shields is yet worthy if the nickname "Big Fly James." | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 13 | 17 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.5 | .440 | .460 | 7.3% | 6.1% | 13.5% | 1.1% | 0.2% |
| Is this the week they finally win three straight games? With Hector Noesi out of the rotation, it's very possible. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 15 | 17 | 17.6 | 15.8 | 15.7 | .477 | .457 | 0.4% | 4.3% | 4.6% | 1.4% | 1.8% |
| Last night they lit up Washington in various and inexplicable ways that John McCain could only dream of doing. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 16 | 17 | 15.9 | 15.7 | 15.3 | .468 | .448 | 1.3% | 5.8% | 7.1% | 0.3% | -2.8% |
| One-fifth of Devin Mesoraco's hits this season have been walkoffs. Pay no attention to his actual hit total, however. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 15 | 18 | 15.6 | 14.6 | 14.0 | .442 | .422 | 0.9% | 1.3% | 2.2% | -1.2% | -2.3% |
| They lead the National League in GIDPs (31) and Freddie Freeman — who hit into 18 of them last year — doesn't have a single one. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 12 | 22 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 12.0 | .425 | .405 | 0.6% | 3.2% | 3.8% | -0.4% | 0.3% |
| Elian Herrera is the first Brewer to homer in three straight games since Matt Clark last year, and you haven't heard of *him* either. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 11 | 18 | 9.7 | 11.0 | 10.9 | .412 | .393 | 0.2% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 0.0% | -3.4% |
| If a Rockies pitcher keeps elevating his fastball, how on earth do you get him to stop? | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 11 | 23 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 10.4 | .363 | .344 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | -0.1% | -0.5% |
| [has been below 29 other teams so long they are now crude oil] | |||||||||||||
It's a winner today.