Prospectus Hit List for May 20
Hit List for May 16
Hit List for May 23
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 |  | 28 | 11 | 30.1 | 31.6 | 31.1 | .677 | .673 | 92.5% | 5.9% | 98.4% | -0.6% | 0.2% |
| The Cubs lost a series to the Brewers. This, friends, is what separates baseball from other sports. Not that a good team can lose to a bad one, but that any team could lose to the Brewers. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 25 | 16 | 26.1 | 27.3 | 27.4 | .595 | .591 | 53.5% | 29.3% | 82.8% | 3.5% | 3.2% |
| Over-rated Stephen Strasburg over-ratedly threw six over-rated innings and struck out 10 hitters which hardly matters. He won. What a loser. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 25 | 16 | 25.8 | 26.3 | 25.7 | .586 | .591 | 55.3% | 22.6% | 77.8% | -1.6% | -1.7% |
| Jackie Bradley has a 24 game hit streak while for 24 straight games Pablo Sandoval has hit a steak. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 21 | 17 | 22.7 | 22.2 | 21.5 | .566 | .571 | 48.0% | 26.0% | 74.0% | 1.8% | 3.8% |
| According to the best inside knowledge available, the Indians are planning on using their draft picks to draft baseball players. Given their franchise history this seems pointless, but different strokes, I suppose. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 25 | 16 | 24.6 | 24.8 | 24.0 | .562 | .567 | 44.3% | 26.6% | 71.0% | 2.7% | -6.4% |
| The White Sox have turned two triple plays this season so perhaps my idea of triple plays being worth 100 runs will finally get some traction. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 23 | 17 | 24.2 | 24.1 | 22.9 | .559 | .564 | 64.6% | 9.0% | 73.6% | 3.7% | -3.7% |
| The Mariners hit Norichika Aoki, owner of a .605 OPS, first because this is 1965 and I'm worried about that Vietnam stuff you guys. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 21 | 21 | 22.5 | 25.6 | 25.0 | .568 | .563 | 52.1% | 15.8% | 67.9% | -4.9% | -9.1% |
| More like Loss Stripling amirite? | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 19 | 19 | 20.9 | 23.2 | 23.5 | .558 | .563 | 22.7% | 28.8% | 51.5% | -0.1% | 9.2% |
| Brandon Guyer has been hit by pitches 12 times, five more than anyone. And that doesn't count the times the pitcher threw at him while he was standing on first. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 22 | 18 | 22.7 | 23.6 | 22.3 | .567 | .562 | 40.7% | 34.9% | 75.5% | -3.5% | -11.2% |
| Wright Value List: 1) Steven, 2) David, 3) Mike. Wright Cost List: 1) DAVID 302) Mike, 303) Steven | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 22 | 19 | 25.8 | 26.7 | 26.4 | .562 | .558 | 3.8% | 34.1% | 37.9% | 4.8% | 0.0% |
| Adam Wainwright dropped his arm slot and his ERA. Next stop, underhanded Wainwright! | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 24 | 15 | 22.2 | 22.1 | 21.8 | .525 | .530 | 10.3% | 19.6% | 29.9% | -5.3% | -1.3% |
| If the Orioles win the AL East but a tree falls on them in the forest while nobody is around do they still win the AL East? | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 25 | 18 | 22.6 | 23.2 | 22.8 | .535 | .530 | 38.5% | 18.7% | 57.2% | 1.5% | 20.0% |
| Tim Lincecum may have signed with the Angels, but he'll always be a Giant. To be clear, not a giant, a Giant. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 20 | 23 | 21.0 | 21.2 | 22.4 | .510 | .515 | 8.3% | 19.2% | 27.5% | 4.5% | -7.8% |
| The Blue Jays are the hyper loop 700 mph train of baseball teams. Really, really good in a theoretical sense, but realistically unworkable. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 22 | 18 | 20.8 | 20.4 | 19.9 | .514 | .509 | 3.5% | 30.4% | 33.9% | 3.5% | 1.3% |
| Gregory Polanco has 25 walks and 29 strikeouts. Last year he had 50 walks and 121 strikeouts. Cost of strikeouts must be going up in Pittsburgh. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 17 | 25 | 18.5 | 19.4 | 19.6 | .495 | .500 | 14.7% | 10.4% | 25.0% | -3.1% | 2.9% |
| Yes the Astros are having a tough year, but it's time to focus on what really matters: the atrocity that is Colby Rasmus' facial hair. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 21 | 19 | 19.7 | 21.0 | 21.3 | .496 | .491 | 3.8% | 12.7% | 16.5% | -0.0% | -1.9% |
| "Wait wait wait, can we take Stanton's $300 million and give it Yelich? No? What do you mean, no take-backs? Oh, come on!" | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 19 | 21 | 19.1 | 19.5 | 19.0 | .486 | .491 | 4.9% | 9.9% | 14.8% | -0.1% | 3.8% |
| The Tigers might fire Brad Ausmus. They might fire GM Al Avila. They also might fire Paws, the mascot. They might fire the vendors, the parking attendants, the radio and TV announcers, the janitors, the scouting staff, and the fans. Or maybe they'll win a few games. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 20 | 20 | 19.4 | 20.7 | 21.5 | .487 | .482 | 5.3% | 5.5% | 10.8% | -2.4% | 2.4% |
| To counteract the thin air in Colorado, the Rockies should be allowed to scuff baseballs. Also they should be able to use corked bats, trampoline bases, and pogo sticks for outfielders. Lean into the skid! | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 22 | 19 | 20.4 | 17.9 | 17.9 | .477 | .482 | 14.2% | 8.6% | 22.8% | -0.9% | -7.8% |
| Among the gifts Rougned Odor has received for punching Jose Bautista, perhaps the most outlandish is the new ballpark the city of Arlington, Texas gave him. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 19 | 24 | 20.6 | 21.5 | 22.6 | .485 | .480 | 3.4% | 3.4% | 6.8% | 0.0% | -3.1% |
| This team needs a name the fans can chant without resorting to shortening it. I suggest the Emojis. It'll be the first team name that can be both effectively chanted and texted. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 18 | 22 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 17.6 | .472 | .477 | 3.4% | 8.3% | 11.7% | 1.8% | 0.3% |
| Hal Steinbrenner issued a vote of confidence in manager Joe Girardi. Then he flew his ship out of Girardi's nostril, used his enlarging laser to come back to normal size, and shouted "It worked! Or next time we could just rephrase the first sentence!" | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 20 | 20 | 18.1 | 17.3 | 16.9 | .460 | .465 | 2.7% | 6.0% | 8.7% | -0.8% | 2.8% |
| The Royals gave David Ortiz a crate of barbecue sauce as a retirement gift. So next time Ortiz hits a walk-off homer, let's all hope Joe Kelly is in the minors. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 19 | 22 | 18.8 | 16.4 | 16.8 | .446 | .451 | 3.0% | 2.5% | 5.5% | 0.2% | 3.9% |
| The Angels are not discussing trading Mike Trout, though they are discussing not discussing trading Mike Trout. Also, we are discussing their not discussing discussing trading Mike Trout. Just so this is clear. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 24 | 17 | 17.1 | 17.8 | 17.3 | .447 | .442 | 2.0% | 6.5% | 8.6% | -1.3% | 2.0% |
| By WARP, the fifth, sixth, and seventh most valuable hitters on the Phillies are pitchers. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 19 | 23 | 16.6 | 15.7 | 16.4 | .436 | .441 | 3.5% | 2.4% | 5.9% | -2.7% | 2.1% |
| Rich Hill is the best pitcher named after a well-off geographical feature since the Providence Dog Eaters promoted Prosperous Bay back in 1893. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 18 | 23 | 17.0 | 15.2 | 14.8 | .433 | .428 | 0.1% | 2.0% | 2.2% | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| After losing to the Cubs in the 13th inning, the Brewers have decided that in the future, like skyscrapers, they will go from the 12th inning straight to the 14th. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 17 | 25 | 17.6 | 13.9 | 14.4 | .422 | .417 | 0.6% | 0.8% | 1.4% | -0.5% | -3.2% |
| The Padres are reportedly shopping Matt Kemp, not, as was previously reported, shopping with Matt Kemp. Hit List regrets the error. Though he is fantastic at using coupons. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 10 | 30 | 13.0 | 13.2 | 13.4 | .397 | .402 | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.3% | -0.1% | -0.2% |
| The Twins made it to the 11th inning before losing so that's kinda like a win, right? Right?? Come on I'm dying over here! | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 15 | 26 | 13.3 | 10.4 | 11.6 | .376 | .371 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | -0.2% | -1.0% |
| The Reds are upset about blowing leads. I hear that, but I kinda feel like maybe they should just be happy to have had the leads at all. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 10 | 30 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 14.0 | .362 | .358 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| The Braves explained the firing of Fredi Gonzalez by revealing they just noticed he spelled his name with an I and frankly found that unacceptable. | |||||||||||||
Friday, Friday, gotta hit list on Friday.