Prospectus Hit List for June 17
Hit List for June 13
Hit List for June 20
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 |  | 44 | 20 | 48.5 | 49.6 | 49.0 | .658 | .654 | 97.8% | 2.0% | 99.7% | -0.0% | 0.0% |
| The Cubs have called up catching prospect Willson Contreras because, thrown chair or not, Theo Epstein always wins in the end. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 42 | 25 | 42.6 | 44.8 | 44.3 | .600 | .596 | 78.9% | 18.0% | 96.9% | 1.3% | 7.0% |
| More impressive: beating the Cubs two-out-of-three, or Jayson Werth swearing every two-out-of-three words during his live post-game interview? | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 37 | 28 | 40.1 | 41.8 | 41.7 | .572 | .577 | 46.0% | 25.8% | 71.8% | -5.1% | -3.6% |
| The Red Sox have stolen 45 bases and been thrown out six times. Also they can’t pitch. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 35 | 33 | 38.3 | 42.3 | 42.1 | .577 | .572 | 36.5% | 29.4% | 65.9% | -4.4% | -7.1% |
| Clayton Kershaw’s wife: Clayton, we need butter. Can you walk to the store? [long pause] Both: Ha ha ha! Clayton: [grabs car keys] Butter coming up! | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 35 | 30 | 36.8 | 35.9 | 35.3 | .554 | .559 | 61.4% | 10.3% | 71.8% | -1.5% | -10.4% |
| After 13 last season, Francisco Lindor has only sac bunted once this season. Is he deliberately missing the signs? My column: | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 36 | 29 | 35.9 | 37.5 | 36.2 | .557 | .552 | 19.6% | 51.0% | 70.6% | 1.5% | -5.7% |
| With another double yesterday, the NL Needs The DH crowd has officially agreed to wait until Bartolo Colon retires. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 35 | 30 | 39.1 | 41.1 | 41.0 | .555 | .550 | 1.9% | 46.0% | 48.0% | -0.5% | 6.3% |
| Do you think it means anything that, with their 38th round pick, the Cardinals picked Devon Majik? (Okay, they didn’t, but wouldn’t it be awesome if they had?) | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 38 | 31 | 38.0 | 38.8 | 39.8 | .544 | .549 | 29.1% | 31.8% | 60.9% | 5.5% | 20.4% |
| Tough win for the Blue Jays last night as they blew leads of 9-0 and 13-1 to eek it, 13-2. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 35 | 31 | 38.6 | 38.0 | 36.4 | .543 | .548 | 21.3% | 25.8% | 47.1% | 3.4% | -14.2% |
| James Paxton won for the first time since May 23. Of 2015. Without that period that’s an unexciting statement, but with it, it’s dramatic! | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 41 | 26 | 38.1 | 38.1 | 38.3 | .550 | .545 | 60.9% | 20.3% | 81.2% | 0.3% | 14.8% |
| You really can’t predict baseball [looks at standings] except on even years when it’s extraordinarily easy to predict baseball. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 42 | 25 | 37.5 | 35.0 | 34.9 | .527 | .532 | 68.3% | 15.6% | 83.9% | 2.6% | 16.8% |
| Colby Lewis was pitching a game until he gave up a walk in the 7th inning then it was not a perfect game but it was still a game until he gave up a hit in the ninth then it was not a no-hitter. Why is it we can’t label perfection until it ceases to exist? | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 31 | 33 | 32.2 | 34.4 | 34.6 | .526 | .531 | 7.8% | 15.8% | 23.6% | -6.4% | 2.3% |
| Former first overall pick Tim Beckham is hitting .200 with a .268 on-base percentage, but he made up for some of that by committing two errors yesterday. Perhaps he should take up soccer. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 32 | 35 | 32.3 | 33.0 | 33.3 | .517 | .522 | 9.9% | 15.4% | 25.3% | -3.0% | -0.1% |
| This time last year the Astros were in first place, 10 games over .500. So, maybe this season isn’t so bad after all. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 34 | 32 | 34.3 | 35.9 | 34.7 | .513 | .518 | 16.4% | 11.6% | 28.0% | 3.3% | 5.6% |
| J.D. Martinez suffered a fractured elbow and, coincidentally, on the same play, the Tigers suffered a fractured season. Bad! | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 38 | 27 | 35.6 | 33.8 | 34.0 | .508 | .513 | 14.0% | 23.5% | 37.5% | 4.1% | -7.0% |
| One of these days the Orioles are going to strike out 38 times in a single game. Oh, sure, they’ll win it 8-4, but still! 38 times! | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 33 | 33 | 32.7 | 31.4 | 31.2 | .500 | .505 | 12.3% | 8.9% | 21.2% | -1.6% | -7.4% |
| Reports say Mat Latos has been released by the White Sox who, in a move that can only be described as petty, will be known for the remainder of the season as the Whitte Sox. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 32 | 34 | 30.5 | 30.2 | 31.1 | .490 | .495 | 3.1% | 6.3% | 9.3% | 0.0% | -9.3% |
| C.C. Sabathia has a 2.20 ERA which is about 1.20 higher than the number of functional knees he has. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 33 | 33 | 33.0 | 32.6 | 32.6 | .499 | .494 | 0.3% | 12.3% | 12.6% | -0.6% | -15.2% |
| After and exhaustive look at their roster, I’ve determined the Pirate’s biggest problem: the Cubs. Good luck fixing that, Ray Searage. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 32 | 33 | 32.4 | 35.0 | 35.3 | .489 | .484 | 2.1% | 4.4% | 6.5% | 0.0% | 0.8% |
| You wouldn’t look at the Rockies and call them good, but after cutting Jose Reyes, at least you can look at them. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 34 | 32 | 31.9 | 32.8 | 32.5 | .488 | .483 | 1.5% | 14.6% | 16.2% | 2.0% | 1.1% |
| Congratulations to Ichiro Suzuki for becoming the world’s All Time Hit Leader and to Pete Rose for remaining a turd floating in a sea of irrelevance. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 35 | 31 | 30.7 | 30.5 | 30.5 | .472 | .477 | 9.9% | 8.5% | 18.4% | -1.5% | 9.1% |
| Royals hitters are last in walks so congratulations they’re going to win the World Series again! | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 29 | 39 | 30.5 | 30.7 | 32.9 | .466 | .461 | 0.5% | 0.9% | 1.4% | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| Trades can't be fairly judged when they’re made. Real judgement can't come until years later. Except for the Shelby Miller trade. That was awful. Officially. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 29 | 37 | 29.9 | 26.9 | 27.4 | .442 | .447 | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.3% | -0.4% |
| So [sips drink] who do you think the Angels representative will be in the All-Star game? | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 27 | 39 | 26.9 | 25.7 | 25.8 | .434 | .439 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | -0.3% | -1.8% |
| The A’s have a pitcher they picked in the 32nd round named Ryan Dull. Sometimes I swear they’re just making this stuff up. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 31 | 36 | 28.1 | 26.9 | 25.4 | .439 | .434 | 0.0% | 0.8% | 0.8% | 0.2% | -0.6% |
| The Brewers could actually finish ahead of the Pirates and, maybe, maybe, the Cardinals too, and then maybe, maybe, MAYBE they could beat the Cubs to get to the World Series, but they’re never beating the Rangers so sell everything not nailed down. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 27 | 41 | 27.7 | 25.1 | 25.8 | .426 | .421 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | -0.1% | -0.2% |
| The Padres reportedly signed Edwin Jackson. GM AJ Preller said it happened when he tripped and fell on his cell phone and was an accident. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 20 | 46 | 22.0 | 23.8 | 23.9 | .412 | .417 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| The bad news: Twins closer Glen Perkins has a torn labrum. The good news: he will miss the rest of the season. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 30 | 37 | 23.7 | 22.0 | 22.9 | .392 | .387 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | -1.0% |
| Phillies starting pitchers have a better collective K/9 than the Cubs, Mets, and Indians, and that concludes all available Phillies-related good news. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 26 | 41 | 24.0 | 19.1 | 19.7 | .389 | .384 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% |
| Stats show when a team wins the World Series the number of babies born nine months later increases. This is why the Reds bullpen is a serious threat to the survival of the human race. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 20 | 46 | 21.4 | 23.3 | 24.1 | .378 | .373 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| The Braves are on pace to win 39 games, which would be the fewest by any team in modern baseball history. In a related story, Atlanta is rumored to be interested in adding Marv Throneberry at the deadline. | |||||||||||||
Jose-Reyes-shade status: Thrown.