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Prospectus Hit List for May 9
Hit List for May 7
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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.
| Rk | Tm | W | L | W1 | W2 | W3 | HLF | AHLF | Win Div% | Win WC% | Playoff% | 1-Day | 7-Day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 20 | 10 | 18.5 | 19.2 | 18.4 | .593 | .612 | 84.1% | 7.2% | 91.3% | 0.4% | 12.2% |
| A quick note to Brad Ausmus, if you�re going to bat your two Martinezes consecutively, could you please do a better job alphabetizing them? | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 20 | 15 | 22.3 | 22.8 | 21.7 | .569 | .588 | 37.8% | 21.0% | 58.8% | 1.7% | -9.0% |
| The A�s have the fewest sacrifice bunts in baseball (3, tied with Boston) and Nick Punto has exactly zero of them. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 16 | 17 | 18.8 | 19.3 | 18.9 | .545 | .565 | 28.8% | 23.4% | 52.2% | 2.6% | -8.4% |
| Mike Trout has as many triples as three major-league teams. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 17 | 17 | 16.6 | 18.0 | 17.9 | .527 | .547 | 29.4% | 21.5% | 50.9% | 0.1% | 11.3% |
| The Red Sox are at .500 for the first time since April 4th. Activate duck boats! | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 18 | 17 | 19.5 | 19.2 | 18.1 | .521 | .541 | 15.4% | 14.4% | 29.8% | 3.8% | 6.9% |
| Second behind Colorado in homers, imagine how many the Jays would hit if their field were a mile high and the ghost of Dante Bichette helped blow each fly ball they hit over the wall? | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 19 | 17 | 18.8 | 18.5 | 18.2 | .560 | .540 | 52.0% | 32.7% | 84.8% | -1.3% | -2.7% |
| Do you think Josh Beckett worked hard for a year to come back from injury just so he could eat a bucket of chicken in the winner�s locker room when the media came calling? | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 22 | 13 | 20.4 | 19.4 | 19.1 | .559 | .539 | 37.5% | 38.2% | 75.7% | 2.0% | 8.2% |
| Three odd and related facts about last night's Giants game: 1. Michael Morse hit clean-up. 2. The clean-up hitter was replaced in the lineup. 3. The replacement knocked in the game-winning run. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 19 | 15 | 18.6 | 19.2 | 19.4 | .557 | .538 | 60.9% | 14.0% | 74.9% | -1.6% | 2.5% |
| After Jadeveon Clowney was picked first in the NFL draft, Bryce Harper tweeted �That�s a clowney pick, bro� which makes him now officially the greatest ever. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 15 | 20 | 16.2 | 17.9 | 17.9 | .510 | .530 | 14.3% | 14.6% | 28.9% | -7.6% | -14.0% |
| David Price has given up nine homers but only six walks. I think his priorities are backward. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 18 | 15 | 15.3 | 16.0 | 15.8 | .510 | .530 | 31.3% | 19.5% | 50.8% | -1.9% | -3.1% |
| Derek Jeter was given a surf board by the Angels, but this wasn�t a going-away present so much as a way to help Jeter move to his left. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 22 | 15 | 23.2 | 23.3 | 21.9 | .549 | .529 | 9.5% | 29.7% | 39.2% | 3.8% | 16.7% |
| Nolan Arenado�s hit streak grows to 28 games but the Rockies' streak of scoring at least eight runs ends at three games. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 18 | 17 | 19.7 | 19.3 | 19.1 | .538 | .519 | 40.9% | 11.3% | 52.2% | -3.2% | -1.1% |
| My leadoff hitter is a Carpenter. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 18 | 16 | 17.7 | 15.5 | 15.7 | .497 | .517 | 19.6% | 17.1% | 36.7% | 1.6% | 11.9% |
| Both pitchers Seattle used in last night�s game, Hisashi Iwakuma and Fernando Rodney, finished the evening with identical 2.45 ERAs. Get your lottery on, Seattle! | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 18 | 15 | 16.9 | 19.5 | 19.5 | .533 | .513 | 24.0% | 22.3% | 46.3% | 5.0% | -8.7% |
| While Dan Uggla has been worth -0.2 WARP this season, a more Uggla-relevant stat called WAP (Wins Above Potato) has him at 3.6. Hopefully his agent is paying attention! | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 20 | 15 | 20.9 | 21.8 | 21.9 | .526 | .506 | 7.8% | 10.7% | 18.5% | 5.7% | 12.7% |
| One day one of Giancarlo Stanton�s homers will exit the Earth�s atmosphere and ram into another one of Giancarlo Stanton�s homers as it�s reentering. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 16 | 19 | 16.3 | 17.1 | 17.2 | .482 | .502 | 5.0% | 10.1% | 15.1% | 3.4% | 3.2% |
| Indians first baseman�s slash line (.202/.291/.318) + Cleveland-related snark = Johnny Manziel joke! | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 22 | 13 | 19.0 | 18.7 | 18.0 | .521 | .501 | 38.3% | 13.3% | 51.5% | -3.7% | -11.9% |
| Jean Segura has been caught stealing five times in 11 tries. Maybe all Ryan Braun was doing was trying to gently slow him down. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 15 | 18 | 18.3 | 18.7 | 18.5 | .519 | .499 | 14.6% | 8.9% | 23.5% | 1.5% | 1.0% |
| On Tuesday the Reds lost to the Red Sox in Boston in the 12th inning. Somewhere Johnny Bench laughed and said, �totally worth it.� | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 18 | 18 | 18.0 | 17.4 | 17.8 | .477 | .497 | 4.1% | 9.5% | 13.6% | -1.6% | -0.1% |
| Adam Dunn is tied for 39th in strikeouts. Next he�ll show up naked in high school on test day without having studied. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 16 | 18 | 16.4 | 15.4 | 15.1 | .475 | .495 | 5.2% | 11.1% | 16.3% | -0.7% | -7.6% |
| They barbeque everything in Kansas City, even Mike Moustakas�s slugging percentage. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 18 | 14 | 15.9 | 13.4 | 13.6 | .474 | .494 | 9.6% | 13.0% | 22.7% | -0.7% | 6.2% |
| Nothing Adam Jones likes more than the first pitch. On the field, he hits 20 percent of �em, and at home he�s got a kitchen full of EggWaves. (He buys them each time he sees the infomercial! Stay with me here!) | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 18 | 17 | 14.6 | 14.4 | 15.0 | .471 | .491 | 13.8% | 13.6% | 27.5% | -0.5% | -6.6% |
| There�s a new board game out called Prince Fielder�s Career. It�s exactly like Chutes �n Ladders except without the ladders. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 15 | 18 | 16.0 | 15.2 | 15.3 | .458 | .478 | 1.7% | 3.8% | 5.5% | -0.4% | -2.7% |
| A punch line to �The Twins are seventh in runs� might be �something you might have accomplished after that rough bout of stomach flu swept through your high school.� | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 14 | 20 | 15.5 | 14.8 | 15.5 | .466 | .446 | 5.1% | 3.7% | 8.9% | -0.2% | 1.3% |
| Gerrit Cole�s rank among pitchers may be debatable, but he�s undoubtedly the best kind of coal there is. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 16 | 17 | 15.7 | 13.0 | 13.9 | .450 | .430 | 2.6% | 4.2% | 6.8% | -1.3% | -7.4% |
| The Mets are three games out of first place and starting a shortstop who is hitting .183/.302/.207. So the first question comes from a �S. Boras� who would like to inquire �what the�� well I can�t read that. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 15 | 18 | 13.2 | 12.6 | 13.4 | .446 | .426 | 4.7% | 5.3% | 10.0% | -4.9% | -5.8% |
| Now, what can I make fun of the Phillies for /brain short circuits | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 12 | 21 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.8 | .443 | .424 | 1.1% | 0.9% | 2.0% | 0.7% | -0.0% |
| That�s the Cubs for ya. One day they score 15 runs, then another day many years later, they score 15 runs again. How about a little consistency, eh? | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 13 | 24 | 12.3 | 15.1 | 15.4 | .427 | .408 | 0.2% | 2.2% | 2.5% | 0.4% | 1.5% |
| Wade Miley leads baseball in wild pitches. In college he was famous for his piled witches but they don�t have those in the majors so | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 15 | 21 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | .422 | .402 | 0.7% | 2.5% | 3.2% | -2.9% | -6.5% |
| You may find it hard to believe the Padres scored just one run in 11 innings, but that�s only because you don�t pay any attention to the Padres because they frequently do stuff like score just one run in 11 innings. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 11 | 24 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 12.4 | .375 | .393 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | -0.1% | -0.1% |
| The Astros are 1-0 when facing a team on an eight-game win streak. /does Dikembe Mutombo finger wag | |||||||||||||
Hittin' in the front seat Listin' in the back seat Gotta make my mind up Which List can I Hit?