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Prospectus Hit List for June 13



by Matt Sussman

Hit List for June 10 Hit List for June 17
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.

The good stuff.

RkTmWLW1W2W3HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

43

18

47.0

48.4

47.6

.669

.664

97.2%

2.5%

99.7%

-0.1%

0.2%

There is absolutely nothing stopping in the Cubs way except perhaps an impending curse. Of course, curses don't exist, which is why they are now going to build a giant ladder over Wrigley Field.
2

39

24

39.9

41.9

41.0

.595

.591

73.0%

20.9%

93.9%

1.1%

6.8%

It should be noted that Jayson Werth never played for the Expos, but he played for a Canadian team when the Expos were around, so that oughta count.
3

36

26

38.8

40.3

39.8

.577

.582

54.2%

23.4%

77.6%

-5.1%

2.5%

Xander Bogaerts had two errors yesterday -- four if you include that the name should really be Zander Bogarts.
4

33

31

36.2

39.7

39.2

.578

.573

47.6%

21.6%

69.2%

-4.5%

-10.5%

Julio Urias is probably watching the OJ Simpson documentary the way the rest of us watched Making a Murderer: fascinating information seen for the first time.
5

35

27

36.0

35.1

34.5

.563

.568

74.1%

9.4%

83.5%

1.2%

0.2%

The Lake Erie Monsters minor league hockey team finally brought home Cleveland a championship. Pretty ingenious of them too: they made the net out of Charles Nagy's glove and pucks kept barely grazing it.
6

35

28

38.6

40.3

40.4

.560

.555

2.5%

55.0%

57.5%

8.5%

21.3%

Not that RBIs are a perfect stat, but if you're wondering why Kolten Wong was sent down, Adam Wainwright has twice as many as him.
7

34

29

37.1

36.8

35.1

.546

.550

32.8%

22.0%

54.8%

-4.6%

-4.7%

Sure enough, the Mariners drafted Ken Griffey, Jr.'s son Trey Griffey, and in 25 years have already earmarked a draft pick for Trey's son Christofour Griffey.
8

34

28

33.6

34.9

33.5

.553

.549

25.4%

46.1%

71.5%

-2.2%

-5.1%

Keep it on the down low, but the rest of the NL East is going to have an intervention for the Mets and their crippling addiction to trading for Kelly Johnson.
9

35

30

34.2

34.4

35.7

.531

.536

21.4%

32.9%

54.3%

5.9%

1.4%

Aaron Sanchez is the first pitcher of the season, and first Blue Jay ever, to allow four home runs and win. Jack Morris and Mike Mussina did this twice each, and look how good they turned out to be.
10

38

26

34.9

34.9

35.0

.537

.532

48.8%

21.1%

69.9%

2.1%

1.7%

In Saturday's game the Giants had three different pitchers each face one batter. The game also went into extra innings, and they still won. And they said a 37-man bullpen was a waste of resources.
11

29

32

30.7

32.6

32.6

.525

.530

7.9%

16.8%

24.6%

5.2%

5.8%

Steve Pearce had 13 home runs in this twenties and 38 home runs since, so if you're looking for a new Raul Ibaņez, here's your guy.
12

39

24

35.5

32.0

31.9

.517

.522

57.2%

16.5%

73.7%

5.0%

11.0%

It takes an extremely specific skill set for Prince Fielder to lead his team in walks (22) and yet be last place in on-base percentage (.275).
13

30

35

30.7

31.7

31.9

.512

.517

9.1%

12.5%

21.6%

-3.2%

-11.2%

If the Astros aren't going to be good this year and aren't going to be bad enough to secure a first round draft pick, than what in tarnation are they doing here? Playing a game for money?!
14

32

30

31.7

33.2

32.1

.508

.513

11.3%

14.1%

25.4%

4.0%

5.7%

Miguel Cabrera is the fifth youngest person to reach 2,400 hits. Well, technically he's the youngest, chronologically.
15

36

26

33.8

32.1

32.0

.506

.511

11.3%

22.1%

33.3%

-3.7%

4.1%

If the Orioles have a rotation that keeps getting deliciously burned by other teams, they might as sign a gyro maker to a major league contract.
16

31

32

31.2

30.1

29.7

.504

.509

9.6%

11.8%

21.4%

-5.9%

-12.4%

First Mat Latos. Then Jimmy Rollins. Turns out, one veteran will be designed for assignment a day until they get on a winning streak. Basically, this does not look good for Matt Albers.
17

31

32

29.3

29.8

30.4

.497

.502

5.3%

9.9%

15.2%

-1.4%

4.4%

Rob Refsnyder is an average first baseman according to Baseball-Reference.com, but the very best first baseman according to Baseball-Refsnyder.com.
18

32

31

32.2

32.1

32.1

.505

.500

0.2%

14.6%

14.8%

-3.5%

-10.3%

Here is the Erik Kratz organization timeline: Blue Jays -> Pirates -> Phillies -> Blue Jays again -> Royals -> Mariners -> Phillies again -> Padres -> Astros -> Angels -> Pirates again. He is now 36 and doesn't even have 600 career plate appearances.
19

30

33

30.8

33.0

33.4

.487

.482

2.3%

3.6%

5.8%

0.4%

2.6%

Tyler Anderson became the first pitcher since Juan Nicasio to make his debut at Coors Field and go at least six innings while allowing one run or fewer. And those two are the complete list.
20

32

31

29.4

30.9

30.9

.483

.478

1.6%

11.3%

12.9%

-2.6%

-5.6%

J.T. Realmuto is the only catcher in Marlins history to bat leadoff, and he's done it seven times this year, putting him on the top 20 leaderboard for most leadoff starts by a catcher in baseball history. This is a leaderboard you didn't know existed until today!
21

32

30

28.6

28.4

28.3

.467

.472

5.0%

7.3%

12.3%

2.9%

-3.7%

Reminder that stuffing the ballot box with Royals means you favor monarchy over democracy.
22

28

37

29.4

30.0

31.9

.471

.466

1.3%

1.0%

2.3%

0.9%

0.1%

The Diamondbacks drafted a catcher named Handsome Monica. No additional amount of words in this sentence can improve that terrific fact.
23

26

36

24.8

24.7

24.8

.441

.446

0.6%

0.7%

1.3%

0.2%

-0.9%

In order to keep the rest of the season fun, the A's are now going to pronounce Kendall Graveman the same way 30 Rock pronounced Dr. Leo Spaceman.
24

27

36

28.0

25.0

25.9

.440

.445

0.3%

0.5%

0.9%

-0.4%

-2.3%

Since the Angels drafted Torii Hunter Jr., also a center fielder, then this means Mike Trout has the chance to push two Toriis Hunter to the corner outfield.
25

30

33

27.5

26.2

24.8

.449

.444

0.0%

1.6%

1.7%

0.2%

0.3%

Free Willy: a story about a boy and his whale. Free Wily: a story about the Brewers and their sunken cost.
26

26

38

26.9

23.5

24.1

.427

.422

0.0%

0.1%

0.2%

-0.4%

-0.1%

Alexei Ramirez and Derek Norris are both All-Stars. For the Padres, they're just a couple of dudes OPSing below .650.
27

19

43

20.6

22.1

22.5

.413

.418

0.0%

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

0.0%

Max Kepler's extra-inning walk off home run was the most impressive accomplishment by a Kepler in 400 years.
28

29

34

23.4

22.3

23.1

.407

.402

0.1%

0.5%

0.6%

-0.0%

-1.3%

The Phillies are now a shocking 0-1 when Maikel Franco hits a go-ahead home run in the ninth inning.
29

24

39

22.2

17.9

19.2

.388

.384

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.1%

-0.0%

If World Series teams were built with sub-.300 on base percentage and plus-5.00 ERAs, then the Reds are a wrecking crew.
30

18

44

18.9

20.2

21.6

.367

.363

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

The Braves drafted from a position of need, so with their 40 rounds they naturally took 40 season ticket holders for next season. Folks, this will pay off in dividends.