Prospectus Hit List for May 29
Hit List for May 27
Hit List for June 1
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 |
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1 | 22 | 26 | 20.1 | 22.0 | 22.2 | .498 | .518 | 29.4% | 11.8% | 41.2% | 6.1% | 1.2% | |
The Red Sox became the first team this year to ground into five double plays in a nine-inning game and still win, known as the Fat Dude Victory. | |||||||||||||
2 | 24 | 24 | 24.2 | 22.2 | 22.3 | .520 | .540 | 30.9% | 22.0% | 52.9% | 5.7% | -5.2% | |
All that money being spent on dumping Josh Hamilton via trade is gonna make it extremely difficult to lock up Johnny Giavotella long term. | |||||||||||||
3 | 29 | 20 | 26.8 | 27.4 | 27.2 | .546 | .526 | 21.5% | 45.2% | 66.7% | 4.7% | 14.6% | |
Hunter Strickland is back in the bullpen, and call it a hunch, but he'll have a great summer because he won't give up any postseason home runs during that time. | |||||||||||||
4 | 25 | 22 | 28.3 | 26.9 | 26.3 | .542 | .522 | 13.8% | 23.5% | 37.3% | 4.5% | 19.7% | |
With his third home run, Jung Ho Kang is now third on the all-time list of MLB homers by South Koreans. He's tied with Chan Ho Park. | |||||||||||||
5 | 22 | 25 | 23.6 | 26.0 | 25.9 | .516 | .536 | 14.1% | 14.2% | 28.3% | 3.6% | 9.5% | |
If any Cleveland baseball players feel like getting arrested, LeBron James just led the Cavaliers to the NBA Finals, so this is the week to do it. | |||||||||||||
6 | 28 | 19 | 26.5 | 26.6 | 25.4 | .568 | .549 | 77.4% | 12.5% | 89.9% | 2.0% | 3.2% | |
Bryce Harper has five homers on a 1-2 count, but none on a 3-0 or 3-2 count. So, pitchers, just throw him three balls and hope for the best. | |||||||||||||
7 | 28 | 18 | 25.2 | 20.8 | 21.3 | .479 | .499 | 12.5% | 17.7% | 30.2% | 1.2% | 12.3% | |
The secret to this team's hot start? Tom Brunansky's swearing power, Frank Viola's luscious changeup, and it's also 1987. | |||||||||||||
8 | 30 | 18 | 27.1 | 27.9 | 28.5 | .534 | .554 | 39.8% | 23.9% | 63.7% | 1.2% | 5.3% | |
Pat Neshek hasn't walked a batter in 17 2/3 innings, which makes us wonder what he's afraid of. | |||||||||||||
9 | 18 | 32 | 24.6 | 26.8 | 27.2 | .495 | .515 | 1.6% | 2.2% | 3.8% | 1.1% | 0.6% | |
Remember, you lose 100 percent of the one-run games you don't play. | |||||||||||||
10 | 24 | 24 | 24.8 | 26.5 | 26.2 | .521 | .541 | 24.4% | 12.0% | 36.4% | 0.6% | -15.2% | |
Grant Balfour may retire as a Durham Bull, despite numerous objections by Susan Sarandon. | |||||||||||||
11 | 25 | 21 | 23.1 | 25.1 | 24.9 | .536 | .516 | 23.0% | 31.9% | 54.9% | 0.5% | -12.5% | |
Share a Phil Coke with RELEASE WAIVERS. | |||||||||||||
12 | 28 | 18 | 28.0 | 28.2 | 28.4 | .531 | .551 | 25.9% | 19.9% | 45.8% | 0.4% | -8.1% | |
As soon as five Royals lead All-Star voting, the team hits their first four-game losing streak of the season. Quick, Royals fans, time to submit your antivotes. | |||||||||||||
13 | 21 | 25 | 17.8 | 17.6 | 18.0 | .448 | .468 | 4.3% | 5.9% | 10.2% | 0.3% | -5.3% | |
When you can play J.B. Shuck in both ends of a doubleheader, you do it, because it's an afternoon game in Baltimore and who else is going to notice? | |||||||||||||
14 | 19 | 30 | 17.1 | 18.2 | 18.0 | .391 | .372 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | -0.3% | |
Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood. Passersby were amazed at the unusually large amounts of blood. | |||||||||||||
15 | 16 | 32 | 17.7 | 16.3 | 16.7 | .422 | .402 | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.1% | -1.7% | |
Neal Cotts has given up more home runs (6) than walks (5), because he knows which ones actually kill rallies. | |||||||||||||
16 | 19 | 26 | 18.8 | 19.3 | 19.0 | .439 | .419 | 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 0.1% | -0.5% | |
Who knew the Nick Hundley signing would pay off so well? Difficulty: answer cannot be a Hundley. | |||||||||||||
17 | 21 | 25 | 23.8 | 22.7 | 22.9 | .474 | .454 | 0.4% | 2.4% | 2.8% | 0.0% | -2.1% | |
Here is the list of qualified NL pitchers who have fewer strikeouts than extra-base hits allowed: Josh Collmenter. | |||||||||||||
18 | 19 | 27 | 18.9 | 20.4 | 20.0 | .444 | .424 | 0.4% | 1.0% | 1.3% | -0.1% | -2.9% | |
The good news: Jonny Cueto's MRI revealed no structural damage in his elbow. But it did reveal the elbow is suffering from general ennui. | |||||||||||||
19 | 28 | 18 | 29.0 | 32.0 | 30.8 | .621 | .602 | 75.2% | 17.6% | 92.7% | -0.3% | 0.9% | |
The Dodgers acquired Eric Stults, then designated Eric Stults for assignment. His assignment: a 500 word essay on the pros and cons of trading for Eric Stults. | |||||||||||||
20 | 18 | 30 | 21.2 | 23.0 | 22.9 | .470 | .450 | 0.8% | 1.7% | 2.5% | -0.5% | -3.6% | |
Giancarlo Stanton has the second-worst slugging percentage of his career and also has 10 more home runs than any of his teammates. | |||||||||||||
21 | 23 | 24 | 21.2 | 19.0 | 18.4 | .429 | .409 | 0.5% | 1.5% | 2.1% | -0.7% | -2.8% | |
39 players got into at least one game for the Braves last year. This season, they're already up to 37 -- or one ridiculous trade away from that mark. | |||||||||||||
22 | 22 | 27 | 26.9 | 24.0 | 23.7 | .497 | .517 | 9.0% | 6.1% | 15.1% | -0.7% | 0.2% | |
Turns out, "Bringer Of Rain" was a great nickname for Josh Donaldson, beating out his previous nickname of "Ol' Cloudy Josh." | |||||||||||||
23 | 27 | 21 | 25.2 | 23.7 | 23.2 | .514 | .494 | 21.3% | 25.7% | 47.0% | -1.4% | -4.2% | |
Q: Why did Fred Wilpon's house get ruined by a volcanic eruption? A: He had Noah Syndergaard. | |||||||||||||
24 | 22 | 24 | 23.5 | 23.0 | 23.1 | .485 | .505 | 8.0% | 5.5% | 13.5% | -2.6% | -2.6% | |
The Orioles finally made up those White Sox games cancelled due to the civil rights protests, including the empty stadium game. To compensate, they played two games, and fans had to sit in each others' laps. | |||||||||||||
25 | 23 | 25 | 22.7 | 21.4 | 21.9 | .479 | .499 | 7.3% | 9.7% | 17.0% | -2.7% | 6.6% | |
Welcome back, Josh Hamilton! You're officially back with the Rangers as if nothing changed. Remember, every loss is now your fault. | |||||||||||||
26 | 31 | 16 | 30.5 | 27.8 | 27.7 | .572 | .552 | 62.7% | 21.4% | 84.2% | -4.0% | -2.2% | |
How about Pete Kozma at first base for St. Louis? There, any other idea you have to replace Matt Adams will be better than that. | |||||||||||||
27 | 28 | 21 | 25.1 | 28.2 | 28.6 | .533 | .553 | 43.3% | 18.8% | 62.2% | -4.3% | -2.8% | |
Once again big government continues to ignore the taxpayers' will by continuing to subsidize Buck Farmers. | |||||||||||||
28 | 23 | 24 | 21.8 | 21.9 | 22.4 | .503 | .523 | 20.4% | 18.6% | 39.0% | -4.8% | 5.3% | |
Felix Hernandez is on pace for a career low ERA (1.91) and a 7-year-high FIP (3.21), which means he is just on pace to keep playing baseball. | |||||||||||||
29 | 25 | 23 | 25.6 | 26.8 | 27.5 | .523 | .543 | 29.2% | 11.7% | 40.8% | -4.9% | -1.8% | |
If RBI don't matter, don't tell that to Alex Rodriguez, who finally caught Lou Gehrig on the career leaderboard, and who once drove in Vince Coleman. | |||||||||||||
30 | 23 | 26 | 22.9 | 19.8 | 20.7 | .483 | .463 | 2.9% | 13.7% | 16.6% | -5.1% | -5.5% | |
A.J. Preller just traded for both National Spelling Bee champions, and plans to platoon them against Greek and Latin-based words. |
Nothing says the weekend is upon us like another Hit List.