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Prospectus Hit List for June 25
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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 |  | 47 | 30 | 51.8 | 50.4 | 49.9 | .647 | .665 | 65.0% | 31.7% | 96.7% | -1.0% | 2.2% |
| Scott Kazmir gave up three homers in three innings to the Mets in case you thought you had this whole baseball thing figured out. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 42 | 33 | 42.1 | 46.1 | 46.1 | .588 | .607 | 30.0% | 58.5% | 88.5% | 4.0% | 6.7% |
| After an Angels hitter homers the field is covered with thick smoke from the resultant fireworks. This means defensive players can�t see. This is called a home field advantage. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 42 | 36 | 45.1 | 42.5 | 42.0 | .550 | .570 | 5.0% | 40.3% | 45.4% | 6.0% | 16.5% |
| Endy Chavez went 3-for-5 with a triple and you didn�t even know he was still on a major-league roster. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 41 | 32 | 37.9 | 39.5 | 38.5 | .537 | .557 | 74.8% | 7.1% | 81.9% | 2.3% | 14.1% |
| Ian Kinsler homered in his first at-bat back in Texas and then waved to the Rangers dugout as he went by. Can�t imagine why they traded him. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 44 | 35 | 42.7 | 41.1 | 40.9 | .534 | .554 | 54.3% | 10.2% | 64.6% | 5.2% | -2.1% |
| Jose Reyes is hitting the most entertaining .250 you�ve ever seen. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 45 | 32 | 43.4 | 44.0 | 43.4 | .565 | .545 | 56.0% | 33.7% | 89.7% | 0.0% | -3.0% |
| Through May Tim Hudson had walked six guys in 70.1 innings. Last night he walked two of the first 12 guys he faced. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 42 | 36 | 42.4 | 45.0 | 45.1 | .559 | .539 | 35.4% | 28.6% | 64.0% | -6.3% | -15.7% |
| It�s time to play America�s favorite game show, Injuring Pitchers, the game that actually injures pitchers right here in the studio! Today�s categories: The Cardinals and the Cardinals and the Cardinals. Pick a category! | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 41 | 35 | 43.3 | 42.7 | 42.7 | .558 | .538 | 71.7% | 7.6% | 79.3% | -0.2% | 6.7% |
| The best thing about lots of extra innings is, inevitably and despite tons of extra chances, someone goes 0-for-the game. Last night both Jayson Werth and Danny Espinosa were both 0-for-7. Delicious. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 40 | 36 | 39.0 | 38.7 | 38.3 | .513 | .533 | 16.4% | 11.0% | 27.4% | -4.2% | 5.6% |
| The Orioles grounded into four double plays, an efficient level of self-defeat typically seen only at fast food restaurants. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 47 | 32 | 43.0 | 41.9 | 41.2 | .548 | .528 | 51.1% | 27.6% | 78.7% | -1.0% | 4.6% |
| By BWARP, the Brewers have two of the 10 best hitters in baseball this season, the only team with two. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 43 | 36 | 44.0 | 43.7 | 42.2 | .547 | .527 | 43.6% | 42.4% | 86.0% | 3.0% | 3.9% |
| Clayton Kershaw has a 2.24 ERA in 72.1 innings this year which means some team somewhere scored on him. I blame Hanley Ramirez. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 40 | 37 | 40.1 | 36.3 | 36.9 | .498 | .518 | 12.5% | 11.8% | 24.3% | -0.9% | -10.4% |
| Mike Moustakas might be the best power hitter on the Royals is a thing that would be true, if not for the word hitter. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 36 | 39 | 35.6 | 35.9 | 35.8 | .478 | .498 | 4.7% | 4.8% | 9.4% | -1.4% | 1.7% |
| In just 13 games Kendrys Morales has made quite an impression on the Twins ha ha that�s silly no he hasn�t. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 39 | 37 | 34.1 | 34.3 | 35.6 | .470 | .490 | 24.0% | 10.9% | 34.8% | -3.3% | -6.5% |
| Derek Jeter hit his second homer, his first since May 7th, to push his slugging percentage above his on-base percentage. Asked about it after the game, Jeter said, �You gotta play �em one game at a time.� | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 37 | 40 | 35.7 | 35.7 | 35.9 | .469 | .489 | 6.7% | 6.9% | 13.6% | -2.7% | -10.9% |
| You know what is great? Two out, bases empty weak pop-ups to center in the bottom of the 13th inning when you have a Hit List to write. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 39 | 38 | 37.4 | 39.5 | 40.5 | .508 | .488 | 6.5% | 15.9% | 22.5% | 2.1% | 6.9% |
| Pedro Alvarez played DH last night. It must�ve been like walking into that new house where you just sigh and know you�re home. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 35 | 43 | 35.4 | 36.7 | 36.6 | .461 | .481 | 4.8% | 3.8% | 8.7% | -1.9% | -6.9% |
| David Ortiz went 0-for-3, but he's lobbying the league to change the official scoring of those three outs to hits. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 38 | 38 | 38.6 | 37.5 | 38.1 | .501 | .481 | 6.7% | 16.0% | 22.7% | -5.0% | 4.9% |
| Did you know Alfredo Simon is second in baseball in wins? No you didn�t because you don�t care about pitcher wins and you don�t care about Alfredo Simon. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 31 | 48 | 34.2 | 39.5 | 39.4 | .456 | .476 | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.9% | -0.5% | -1.0% |
| /Phone rings �Hello?� �What�s the price...for Price?� �Dammit, Towers, THAT�S ENOUGH!� �[giggles]� /hangs up | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 36 | 42 | 36.0 | 35.3 | 35.0 | .456 | .476 | 1.4% | 1.4% | 2.8% | 0.3% | -2.7% |
| Can someone invent an annoying overhyped style of music so the White Sox can set it on fire in the middle of their infield? | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 39 | 37 | 36.4 | 36.6 | 37.8 | .493 | .473 | 20.5% | 16.3% | 36.8% | 2.5% | -5.1% |
| B.J. Upton hit leadoff last night despite a .270 on-base percentage in his past 752 plate appearances. But hey, maybe it�ll wor /is bludgeoned by chairs | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 36 | 41 | 39.3 | 37.3 | 37.4 | .487 | .467 | 3.5% | 3.1% | 6.6% | 2.5% | 4.5% |
| Bartolo Colon: Still good. Reality is its own satire. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 38 | 39 | 38.7 | 36.4 | 35.9 | .484 | .464 | 2.0% | 2.3% | 4.3% | -0.5% | -4.3% |
| The Marlins have been caught stealing the fewest times of any team in baseball. See? Bad on-base percentages do have good outcomes. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 35 | 42 | 38.0 | 39.4 | 37.1 | .481 | .461 | 0.3% | 2.6% | 2.9% | 1.0% | -4.1% |
| MLB is close to implementing a new rule that would not only force Colorado to keep baseballs in a humidor, but would require all players to sit in a hot tub for 30 minutes before game time on the theory that it�s harder to hit with prune hands. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 33 | 45 | 32.9 | 34.9 | 36.6 | .440 | .460 | 0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | -0.3% | -0.7% |
| If you forfeit every game after it becomes official can you pay your players half their salaries? Asking for a friend. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 32 | 43 | 36.3 | 37.7 | 37.4 | .478 | .458 | 0.2% | 1.0% | 1.2% | 0.6% | 0.3% |
| Jake Arrieta retired the first 18 Reds he faced, leading baseball fans everywhere to turn the game on, realize he�s not Clayton Kershaw, go �eh� and find something else to do. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 35 | 41 | 32.5 | 29.9 | 31.2 | .423 | .443 | 0.0% | 0.9% | 0.9% | -1.6% | -5.5% |
| The Rangers have the lowest defensive efficiency in baseball, so bad in fact, one might say their defensive efficiency is offensively inefficient. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 35 | 41 | 35.0 | 33.8 | 34.5 | .455 | .435 | 2.3% | 1.9% | 4.2% | 0.8% | 0.1% |
| Oddly Cole Hamels is at the top of the Pitcher Abuse Points leaderboard but Hole Camels is nowhere to be found. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 33 | 47 | 33.3 | 34.6 | 34.8 | .424 | .404 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% | -0.3% |
| The Diamondbacks are fifth best in adding runs through catcher framing which means catcher framing is now officially gritty. Beware the catcher framing backlash! | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 34 | 44 | 32.3 | 29.6 | 29.7 | .402 | .383 | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| After beating the Giants, it�s clear all the Padres need to do to win consistently is fire their GM every single day of the year forever. | |||||||||||||
Jeter's farewell tour continues, with an appearance in today's Hit List!