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Prospectus Hit List for May 27



by Matthew Kory

Hit List for May 23 Hit List for May 31
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.

This one's got a little salt in its language.

RkTmWLW1W2 W3HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

31

14

34.3

35.5

35.1

.666

.662

92.3%

6.0%

98.2%

-0.0%

-0.2%

If you sort Cubs hitters by PAs, 12 of the first 13 have walk rates of at least 10 percent. Damn you, Javier Baez!
2

29

19

30.2

31.4

32.0

.591

.587

48.3%

34.5%

82.8%

-0.0%

0.0%

There was more than one mention of Bryce Harper’s slump ending after his 450 foot homer last night. He went into the game with a .962 OPS. He’s redefining the word slump.
3

29

18

30.2

31.1

30.5

.592

.597

66.2%

18.4%

84.6%

-0.4%

6.8%

Jackie Bradley’s 29-game hitting streak came to an end last night. Before that, the last time he failed to get a hit was April 23rd, when he was hitting .222/.271/.315. Now he’s hitting .350/.417/.625.
4

24

24

27.9

29.6

29.7

.542

.537

1.7%

20.0%

21.7%

-4.8%

-16.1%

It’s important to understand that Matt Carpenter’s paternity leave isn’t, as was widely assumed, to help his wife and bond with his new child. It’s to annoy idiots online. Most of that is a joke.
5

25

23

26.7

30.4

29.0

.577

.572

46.6%

21.0%

67.6%

-1.6%

-0.3%

19-year-old Julio Urias debuted for the Dodgers today by throwing a perfect game with 27 strikeouts, I’m assuming based on what I’ve heard about him.
6

28

18

28.8

28.9

27.0

.571

.576

72.2%

9.8%

82.0%

0.1%

8.4%

Did you hear about the guy who had his penis bitten by a snake while sitting on a toilet? Good news! It wasn’t Robinson Cano.
7

27

21

26.9

27.6

26.7

.543

.548

29.8%

27.6%

57.4%

0.4%

-13.6%

The White Sox are 3-7 against left-handers, or as Hawk Harrelson now calls them, Devilsiders.
8

27

19

26.8

27.5

26.3

.575

.570

47.3%

34.5%

81.7%

0.6%

6.2%

If Matt Harvey can’t get the New York media to stop riding him, perhaps he should throw at them. They seem to appreciate that kind of grit.
9

30

19

26.0

26.6

26.2

.540

.535

48.0%

20.5%

68.5%

-1.1%

11.3%

Looking up Jake Peavy’s stats I mistook one column for another and thought for a moment that he’d given up 39 homers this season. Perhaps the strangest part about that was that in the moment it didn’t seem all that implausible.
10

24

25

24.7

25.4

26.0

.519

.524

9.1%

22.3%

31.4%

5.3%

4.0%

Russell Martin followed his two-homer game up with an 0-for-4 with two strikeouts. Said the .470 OPS-having catcher, “I’m easing into it.”
11

21

24

22.9

25.1

25.7

.535

.540

11.4%

23.4%

34.9%

-2.5%

-16.6%

Brandon Guyer’s .971 OPS is exactly 200 points above last year’s mark, proving he’s not just a Guyer.
12

25

22

23.3

24.9

25.5

.497

.492

3.6%

13.8%

17.4%

1.2%

0.9%

The Marlins sat Giancarlo Stanton so of course they scored nine runs. Warning Marlins: correlation is not causation.
13

25

20

26.1

24.9

24.8

.560

.565

59.4%

19.6%

79.0%

0.0%

5.0%

Yan Gomes is hitting .177/.216/.377, the kind of numbers that make players who aren’t catchers into catchers. Fortunately Gomes is already a catcher so he’s got a leg up there.
14

21

28

22.4

23.3

24.7

.475

.470

2.4%

2.0%

4.4%

-1.2%

-2.4%

It’s like Shelby Miller thought to himself, my trade wasn’t silly enough. How can I make it even more ridiculous? Oh! I know! 7.09 ERA! Bingo!
15

22

24

21.8

23.1

24.2

.479

.474

2.8%

3.9%

6.7%

1.0%

-4.1%

If at the beginning of the year you had a 29-game hitting streak by Jackie Bradley being ended by excellent Rockies pitching you should stop injecting hallucinogenics into your nipples.
16

26

19

24.7

24.8

24.1

.513

.518

7.8%

16.3%

24.1%

-5.0%

-5.7%

There was a time getting swept by the Astros wasn’t all that surprising. The Orioles are a time machine, all the way to the year 2015!
17

27

19

25.5

24.5

23.7

.528

.523

5.9%

37.6%

43.5%

6.0%

9.6%

After giving up a double and a homer to the Pirates pitcher, about the only good news for the Diamondbacks is they can read this whole comment without reading the words “Shelby Miller” oops.
18

23

23

22.5

23.1

22.6

.494

.499

6.3%

11.4%

17.7%

-0.4%

2.9%

Ever been in the middle of a see-saw when one person jumped off? That’s about the only way the Tigers are going to win the division.
19

20

28

20.9

21.7

22.2

.494

.499

8.5%

11.4%

19.9%

2.4%

-5.1%

To better his 2015 season’s ERA, Ken Giles will have to throw 50 innings while giving up no more than one run. Cue Rob Schneider: You can do it!
20

27

20

25.1

22.2

22.0

.493

.498

17.3%

16.6%

33.9%

0.6%

11.1%

Nomar Mazara hit one 491 feet which would have cleared the center field wall at the old Polo Grounds in New York by 36 feet or 6.66 Altuves.
21

22

24

20.9

21.2

21.9

.489

.494

5.5%

10.8%

16.2%

-1.2%

4.5%

Despite striking out the side, Aroldis Chapman gave up a run on three hits. If there’s anything more amazing than a 104 mph Chapman fastball, it’s someone hitting a 104 mph Chapman fastball.
22

24

22

22.3

21.0

20.4

.471

.476

4.5%

8.9%

13.3%

1.6%

4.7%

Now without Mike Moustakas for the year, perhaps the Royals can teach Alcides Escobar to hit for power. Don’t you dare doubt it!
23

21

26

21.1

19.1

19.7

.446

.451

1.0%

1.8%

2.8%

-0.8%

-2.7%

The Angels lead baseball by grounding into 49 double plays, which might sound bad, but they didn’t injure any pitchers so.
24

26

21

19.7

20.3

19.4

.440

.435

0.8%

4.4%

5.3%

0.2%

-3.3%

The Phillies are 14-4 in one-run games and 12-17 in other run games. In games with no runs at all they are 0-0.
25

20

28

18.0

16.9

18.0

.426

.431

0.9%

1.6%

2.5%

-0.0%

-3.4%

The A’s best healthy hitter right now might just be Danny Valencia, who was cut by the Blue Jays last August. Their worst hitter is probably everyone else.
26

21

26

20.1

17.6

16.8

.434

.430

0.1%

1.5%

1.5%

0.0%

-0.6%

So. Ryan Braun’s having a pretty good season.
27

12

34

14.4

15.4

16.6

.373

.368

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

The Braves are 2-20 at home, but in those two wins they’ve outscored their opponents 13-2. Scoreboard!
28

19

29

19.5

15.6

16.4

.415

.411

0.2%

0.3%

0.5%

-0.1%

-0.9%

The Padres managed to accidentally insult gay people by not letting the San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus sing the National Anthem before Saturday’s game. Then after that, even more insulting, they had to watch the Padres play.
29

12

34

14.8

14.7

14.8

.396

.401

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

-0.0%

-0.3%

The Twins suspended their pitching coach following his arrest for driving while intoxicated. The crime is a heinous one but as far as the Twins go, have you seen their pitching? I think they’ll be fine.
30

15

32

14.3

11.0

12.4

.361

.357

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.1%

The Reds bullpen has organized a charity walk called Everyone Walks To Stop Walking Everyone.