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Prospectus Hit List for May 16
Hit List for May 15
Hit List for May 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.
| Rk | Tm | W | L | W1 | W2 | W3 | HLF | AHLF | Win Div% | Win WC% | Playoff% | 1-Day | 7-Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 23 | 14 | 25.8 | 26.6 | 26.2 | .686 | .703 | 83.2% | 13.6% | 96.8% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| The Rangers have had more plate appearances than any team. That means that, statistically, if you turn on your TV chances are you'll see a Rangers game regardless of where you live. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 21 | 15 | 24.4 | 25.4 | 24.5 | .661 | .643 | 64.0% | 23.5% | 87.5% | 0.0% | -2.5% |
| just as the Pirates cross the 100-run barrier, the Cardinals prepare to pass 200. "Dear Cardinals, We're kinda tired. Can you relax a bit? We'll be with you in a month. Kisses, Pirates. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 24 | 12 | 21.7 | 21.9 | 21.9 | .622 | .603 | 24.2% | 7.3% | 31.5% | -0.7% | 6.0% |
| If Matt Kemp misses 15 games, he will still be on pace to hit 40 home runs. Last year, he led the NL with 39. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 23 | 14 | 20.2 | 20.3 | 19.8 | .563 | .582 | 16.3% | 30.4% | 46.8% | 0.9% | -0.6% |
| Rays attendance would rise if their stadium were farther outside of St. Petersburg, like, say New York City. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 22 | 14 | 19.6 | 22.5 | 22.4 | .601 | .582 | 2.6% | 5.1% | 7.6% | 0.2% | -5.3% |
| Of all the things to learn from Roger Clemens, putting icy hot on your junk before a game has to be near the bottom of the list. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 23 | 14 | 20.1 | 19.2 | 18.5 | .546 | .565 | 0.8% | 2.9% | 3.8% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| If Adam Jones keeps playing like this (.302/.350/.591), some team is going to make a very expensive mistake. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 20 | 16 | 19.7 | 19.7 | 18.9 | .544 | .564 | 57.3% | 25.2% | 82.5% | -1.1% | 2.1% |
| As a fan of entropy, it's nice to hear a bunch of Yankees fans chanting, "Let's go, Yankees!" in Baltimore not be rewarded. For once. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 23 | 14 | 22.1 | 20.5 | 19.8 | .577 | .558 | 35.4% | 25.1% | 60.4% | -1.0% | 3.0% |
| Tim Hudson's gritty, gutty performance was made possible by hard work and by him being white. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 17 | 19 | 19.1 | 19.7 | 18.7 | .518 | .537 | 24.4% | 32.3% | 56.7% | -0.0% | 2.6% |
| What would the Boston media do if Josh Beckett came out and said the secret to his seven shutout innings of nine-strikeout ball was fried chicken and video games between innings? | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 19 | 18 | 20.1 | 18.5 | 17.8 | .510 | .530 | 1.2% | 4.7% | 5.9% | -0.4% | -0.6% |
| The scary part for Jose Bautista is that, if you remove the last two years, what he's done this season fits in perfectly with his career. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 20 | 16 | 17.0 | 18.5 | 16.9 | .502 | .522 | 23.6% | 17.1% | 40.7% | 0.5% | -6.3% |
| Derek Lowe has struck out one or zero hitters in five of his eight starts. You'd think Lowe wouldn't be lasting very long but he's averaging 6 2/3 innings per start. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 17 | 20 | 18.4 | 19.1 | 18.9 | .496 | .516 | 9.0% | 8.3% | 17.2% | -0.6% | 0.2% |
| Like Justin Timberlake at an undergrad bar, Adam Dunn is striking out 38 percent of the time he comes to bat. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 19 | 17 | 18.4 | 18.7 | 18.7 | .519 | .499 | 20.8% | 21.0% | 41.7% | -0.2% | 0.4% |
| The Marlins give up .45 homers per nine innings at home, but that jumps to .70 on the road. Thing is, home park or not, both numbers are pretty impressive. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 18 | 18 | 17.4 | 16.4 | 15.7 | .468 | .488 | 66.6% | 9.9% | 76.5% | 1.0% | 6.4% |
| Hey, remember that really awful offensive thing Delmon Young said? Ha ha! Me neither! | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 19 | 18 | 17.3 | 16.1 | 16.4 | .464 | .484 | 0.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% | -0.2% | 0.3% |
| Josh Reddick walked twice in a game for the second time in his career (179 games). | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 18 | 18 | 17.4 | 18.1 | 18.6 | .501 | .481 | 34.5% | 7.3% | 41.9% | -0.1% | -2.2% |
| The Giants lead all of baseball with 41 errors, though, in fairness, 12 of those were charged for simply employing Miguel Tejada last season. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 18 | 19 | 18.5 | 18.3 | 19.0 | .499 | .479 | 38.5% | 23.8% | 62.3% | 1.6% | 3.5% |
| Cliff Lee since returning from the disabled list: 14 innings, 10 hits, three runs, two walks, 16 strikeouts. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 16 | 21 | 17.2 | 18.1 | 20.6 | .486 | .466 | 23.2% | 6.7% | 29.9% | -0.5% | -2.2% |
| J.J. Putz has 12 strikeouts and no walks in 11 innings. Sounds idyllic until you mention the 10 runs he has given up. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 18 | 17 | 17.7 | 15.6 | 16.6 | .485 | .465 | 13.9% | 29.0% | 42.9% | -1.0% | -3.6% |
| Between Aroldis Chapman and Sean Marshall (51 strikeouts and eight walks in 31 1/3 innings), losing Ryan Madson wasn't that bad, at least in the eighth and ninth. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 16 | 21 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 15.1 | .439 | .459 | 16.6% | 52.8% | 69.5% | -0.5% | -5.1% |
| Albert Pujols hit three singles yesterday, which is nice, but is probably like commissioning a painting from Van Gogh and getting a doodle on a bar napkin instead. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 20 | 16 | 15.6 | 15.7 | 17.4 | .477 | .458 | 2.8% | 6.4% | 9.2% | -0.1% | -0.4% |
| Two more hits put David Wright at a .408 batting average. Cue the arguments to sit out the rest of the season to preserve it. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 16 | 22 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 16.2 | .431 | .451 | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Ichiro is hitting .296/.337/.395, which isn't much of a bounceback but is the best hitting line in the Mariners' lineup. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 15 | 21 | 18.1 | 16.6 | 17.7 | .468 | .448 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% |
| Brandon Lyon has thrown 14 1/3 innings with 14 strikeouts to only two walks and three runs allowed. Two years in, but maybe he'll finally start earning that contract. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 15 | 20 | 15.5 | 14.8 | 14.6 | .428 | .448 | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| The secret to Bruce Chen's success? "I call it the medium-fast-ball," says an excited Chen. "It's straight like a regular fastball, but just a bit slower and without all that bothersome movement." | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 15 | 21 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 19.3 | .466 | .446 | 0.4% | 2.0% | 2.4% | -0.1% | -0.2% |
| Alfonso Soriano just hit his first homer of the year. Only two more years at $18 million per! | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 16 | 20 | 15.6 | 15.8 | 16.0 | .441 | .421 | 21.5% | 34.2% | 55.7% | 1.2% | 4.4% |
| The Mets pitcher was named, "Gee." The Brewers pitcher was named, "Greinke" You tell me who won. (Correct.) | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 14 | 21 | 15.9 | 13.6 | 14.9 | .417 | .397 | 8.8% | 4.0% | 12.8% | 0.5% | -0.2% |
| Troy Tulowitzki is fine after taking a foul ball off his leg, and even collected two hits. But just in case, the perpetrator, Dexter Fowler, was taken out back and destroyed. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 17 | 19 | 14.7 | 13.3 | 14.7 | .414 | .395 | 0.2% | 1.2% | 1.4% | -0.2% | -0.0% |
| In a unique form of signage, Pirates manager Clint Hurdle calls out defensive positioning by altering the color of his face. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 13 | 24 | 15.2 | 14.6 | 16.3 | .400 | .380 | 9.2% | 3.6% | 12.8% | 0.4% | -0.5% |
| Will Venable has four stolen bases and has been caught five times. A modest proposal: tape his legs together. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 10 | 26 | 10.6 | 11.6 | 11.8 | .305 | .322 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 1.0% | -0.1% | 0.1% |
| Seven of the 33 Twins who faced Derek Lowe during his strikeout-less shutout hit the first or second pitch of the at-bat. Two of them got hits. | |||||||||||||
Have you ever heard of this team called the Rays?