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Prospectus Hit List for June 26



by Ben Carsley

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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.

Those plucky, upstart Los Angeles Dodgers are riding high.

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

48

28

49.1

47.0

45.4

.623

.619

8.4%

86.2%

94.5%

0.9%

4.5%

If you have to go to extra innings to defeat the Phillies is it really a victory? Feels like the D-Backs should only be awarded a half-win for yesterday’s rally.
2

47

31

43.2

41.0

41.6

.554

.549

3.1%

82.8%

85.9%

-1.5%

-7.0%

Daniel Bard thinks Adam Ottavino’s four-wild-pitch inning on Sunday was tough to watch. Regression, thy name is Rockies.
3

38

37

40.4

34.8

35.4

.495

.500

0.4%

30.1%

30.5%

4.8%

5.9%

“Fractured right thumb tip lands Perez on DL” and “Rangers might finally start getting staff in place” are two headlines that appear back-to-back on Rangers.com.
4

39

39

38.9

38.1

39.2

.498

.503

0.4%

28.1%

28.5%

-1.8%

9.0%

“Gamel, Valencia nursing minor injuries” reads the Mariners.com headline that tells us that Ben Gamel and Danny Valencia are currently the healthiest Mariners.
5

41

34

40.6

39.6

38.8

.534

.538

37.6%

27.6%

65.2%

-5.0%

-10.1%

Touching tribute to David Ortiz by the Red Sox, scoring just five runs in two games after his number was retired to prove how much their offense misses him.
6

40

33

45.6

49.2

48.4

.627

.632

45.3%

26.5%

71.8%

-2.3%

-6.8%

If the Yankees really wanted to celebrate Old-Timers’ Day they should just bring back the 2013 roster.
7

40

38

41.1

43.6

44.1

.541

.546

13.3%

25.4%

38.7%

-3.3%

-1.6%

If Ned Stark saw the way Evan Longoria owned Chris Tillman he’d have him banished to The Wall.
8

39

34

32.8

32.6

33.0

.470

.475

12.3%

17.8%

30.1%

5.3%

12.1%

“The North Remembers,” the Twins whisper as they sweep the Indians after getting swept last weekend.
9

40

39

39.8

38.0

38.7

.495

.500

0.0%

12.3%

12.3%

1.9%

6.0%

The Angels beat Doug Fister and the Red Sox yesterday in a game they let Parker Bridwell, the man they chose over Fister, start. They won the breakup!
10

51

26

52.7

52.8

52.4

.678

.674

88.5%

11.4%

99.9%

-0.0%

0.3%

The Dodgers are back in first place in the NL West after a 10-game winning streak. What a feel-good story.
11

36

39

35.2

35.7

35.8

.476

.481

2.8%

7.9%

10.8%

2.5%

-2.0%

The Blue Jays are 0-8 when trying to reach .500 this season. Sisyphus thinks that’s a little rough.
12

39

35

41.8

45.0

44.7

.576

.581

81.6%

6.8%

88.4%

-2.8%

-1.6%

“Being clutch isn’t real,” the Indians fan says to himself as he finishes his fourth glass of scotch after watching the Tribe go 1-for-23 with RISP. “It’s just luck.”
13

37

37

32.8

31.1

33.0

.452

.457

3.7%

5.8%

9.5%

-1.9%

1.3%

The Royals are back at .500. All I can hear is Michael Caine’s rendition of “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” from Interstellar whenever they play.
14

41

37

40.3

37.6

37.2

.500

.495

23.1%

4.6%

27.7%

5.2%

-4.3%

Stephen Vogt might seem like a worthwhile addition to the Brewers, but we all know how disappointing Wisconsin votes can be.
15

38

37

40.0

41.9

41.2

.537

.532

63.0%

4.0%

67.0%

-4.6%

4.8%

“Cubs rally in Miami on Lester’s milestone day” reads the Cubs.com headline that really, really stretches the meaning of the word “milestone” to include beating the Marlins.
16

34

42

30.9

35.6

37.5

.454

.459

0.0%

3.8%

3.8%

1.0%

-1.5%

An injured Jed Lowrie came off the bench to deliver a key RBI against the White Sox yesterday in what’s definitely the most dramatic instance of a hurt player providing a big hit off the bench in an Athletics game in history.
17

37

38

31.3

28.3

30.7

.424

.429

0.9%

3.8%

4.7%

0.7%

-2.7%

Congrats to the O’s for finally putting their-20 game streak of allowing five or more runs to bed, thus ending How To Lose A Season In 20 Games.
18

34

40

35.2

35.7

36.4

.477

.472

1.4%

2.9%

4.3%

0.1%

0.8%

Ichiro became the oldest player to ever start a game in center field yesterday, a record that Tommy Joseph’s face will look to break just next season.
19

34

41

34.0

32.9

33.2

.447

.442

1.4%

2.8%

4.2%

1.2%

-0.8%

Michael Conforto bruising his hand is the most 2017 Mets thing ever, because it means that another Met is hurt and that Michael Conforto won’t get playing time.
20

33

42

35.3

35.1

34.9

.461

.466

1.8%

2.5%

4.2%

1.0%

-5.7%

Pretty rough eight-game losing streak for the Tigers, or as the Phillies would call it, just your average week-plus.
21

34

40

35.6

37.6

38.0

.491

.486

8.3%

2.0%

10.3%

1.5%

-0.6%

Hitting the longest homerun ever at your home stadium is a pretty good way to announce your return with authority, Randal Grichuk.
22

36

39

34.2

35.5

33.6

.464

.459

0.8%

1.7%

2.5%

-0.5%

1.4%

Julio Teheran now has a 7.58 ERA at SunTrust Park. And here we thought he new ballpark would be toughest on Atlanta taxpayers ...
23

35

41

34.6

33.3

34.2

.451

.446

5.2%

1.0%

6.1%

-1.7%

1.2%

My favorite part of the new Game of Thrones trailer was when the revived Andrew McCutchen lit up his sword like a lightsaber, reminding us that he is in fact not dead yet.
24

32

42

36.6

35.2

34.8

.468

.473

0.6%

0.9%

1.5%

-0.1%

-2.8%

Carlos Rodon will return to the majors sometime this week. That’s great, because if there’s one thing the White Sox lack it’s disappointing southpaw starters.
25

52

25

50.2

52.2

51.5

.669

.673

99.1%

0.9%

100.0%

0.0%

0.4%

Risky play by the Astros, keeping Dallas Keuchel on the DL until after the All-Star Break. He probably won’t have health insurance by then.
26

45

30

45.8

47.4

45.3

.612

.607

96.4%

0.7%

97.0%

-0.7%

0.2%

“Numbers don’t tell full story of Roark’s start” reads the Nationals.com headline that’s a compelling remake of Lies, Damn Lies And Statistics.
27

31

43

33.1

33.4

33.0

.441

.436

0.4%

0.1%

0.5%

0.1%

-0.3%

You know that feeling you get when you walk into work after a vacation and you have 300 unread emails and several panicked coworkers? That’s still better than how Homer Bailey feels, probably.
28

31

45

26.1

29.4

30.7

.386

.381

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

-0.0%

0.1%

Does the Padres playing like more of a .500 team than a truly garbage team over the last month make them more or less anonymous?
29

27

51

27.9

27.0

27.5

.351

.346

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

-0.1%

Buster Posey has 10 homers and only 30 RBI, which says quite a bit about his supporting cast.
30

24

50

27.0

26.4

27.2

.354

.349

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

“Is Hellickson pitching himself onto contender” asks the Phillies.com headline that reminds us that, holy crap, the Phillies gave Jeremy Hellickson a QO.