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Prospectus Hit List for June 24
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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 | 24 | 52.5 | 53.7 | 53.3 | .649 | .645 | 97.3% | 2.4% | 99.8% | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can the Cubs please sign Taylor Featherstone so I can make a bad bird joke about Dexter Fowler going on the DL thanks. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 43 | 30 | 44.5 | 47.8 | 47.4 | .588 | .584 | 77.5% | 14.8% | 92.3% | 0.4% | -4.6% |
| Good job if you guessed the problem with the 2014 and 2015 Washington Nationals was not enough Dusty Baker and Jonathan Papelbon. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 41 | 30 | 42.7 | 42.4 | 41.4 | .576 | .581 | 80.7% | 9.9% | 90.6% | 1.3% | 18.9% |
| According to rumors, Michael Brantley�s health is a deciding factor with respect to how the club approaches the trade deadline. Because the Indians problem is they only have one spot left to add a good player. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 41 | 33 | 42.6 | 45.5 | 45.7 | .583 | .578 | 36.6% | 45.2% | 81.9% | 0.4% | 16.0% |
| A little known by-product of the Brexit vote in England is a provision preventing the Dodgers from signing Cuban players. Look, don�t ask me, I just report the news. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 40 | 32 | 43.4 | 45.8 | 46.1 | .569 | .574 | 48.4% | 22.9% | 71.2% | 4.0% | -0.6% |
| The Red Sox lost their third starting left fielder to injury, so, like the Secretary of Labor after an assassination, Hanley Ramirez edges closer to playing the outfield again. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 47 | 27 | 44.1 | 43.5 | 43.7 | .559 | .554 | 62.5% | 29.5% | 92.0% | 2.0% | 10.8% |
| You just know poor Mac Williamson had some dolt in high school follow him around to yell �and cheese� any time he introduced himself. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 38 | 33 | 42.6 | 45.0 | 45.3 | .555 | .550 | 2.6% | 46.1% | 48.7% | 1.8% | 0.8% |
| The Cubs have lost four straight and the Cardinals have won three straight. Do that three more times and we�ll have ourselves an ol� AL Central showdown! | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 40 | 34 | 40.9 | 41.8 | 42.4 | .542 | .547 | 27.5% | 27.6% | 55.1% | -1.8% | -5.9% |
| Jose Bautista�s injury will force Edwin Encarnacion to shoulder a bigger load which could be difficult what with one of his shoulders already taken up by an imaginary parrot. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 38 | 33 | 37.7 | 39.3 | 37.6 | .545 | .541 | 17.8% | 34.5% | 52.3% | -5.6% | -18.3% |
| The Mets were prepared to sign Cuban superstar Yulieski Gurriel to a six year contract after a private workout until someone noticed that it he looked an awful lot like Mr. Met with a false mustache. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 36 | 36 | 40.8 | 39.0 | 38.2 | .531 | .536 | 8.6% | 21.6% | 30.2% | -0.3% | -16.9% |
| The Mariners are Lucy holding the football and their fans are Charlie Brown. �Come on, kick it,� they say. �I�ll totally hold it for you!� | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 37 | 36 | 36.4 | 37.8 | 37.4 | .529 | .534 | 12.1% | 26.9% | 39.0% | -0.8% | 13.7% |
| So does this mean they won�t be winning the World Series next year? | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 47 | 26 | 40.6 | 37.2 | 37.0 | .525 | .530 | 79.2% | 12.3% | 91.5% | -0.6% | 7.5% |
| Today in weird news: the Rangers have the largest lead of any division leader in baseball. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 37 | 35 | 36.1 | 38.5 | 37.3 | .507 | .512 | 7.4% | 16.4% | 23.9% | -0.4% | -4.1% |
| The Tigers won on a walk-off wild pitch, which doesn�t have the symmetry of a walk-off walk but hey, their owner is very old, so you take the win. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 41 | 30 | 38.3 | 37.1 | 37.2 | .507 | .512 | 17.3% | 21.8% | 39.1% | -0.0% | 1.6% |
| Rumor has it the Orioles are interested in Francisco Liriano, which surprised me because I thought he was already on the Orioles. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 31 | 39 | 32.6 | 34.7 | 35.6 | .506 | .511 | 2.5% | 5.6% | 8.1% | -0.6% | -15.5% |
| Is anyone else getting the feeling the Rays franchise is entering the last few chapters of Flowers for Algernon? | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 36 | 37 | 35.3 | 33.7 | 34.3 | .493 | .498 | 4.9% | 11.1% | 16.1% | -3.0% | -5.1% |
| James Shields� command is like one of those paintings at the mall. At first you think it�s all over the place, but if you relax your eyes you�ll see a ship! | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 35 | 36 | 33.1 | 32.8 | 33.2 | .493 | .498 | 4.3% | 6.9% | 11.2% | 0.2% | 1.9% |
| If the Yankees decide to blow it up they�ll be arrested because blowing things up is illegal. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 39 | 34 | 36.7 | 38.0 | 37.8 | .499 | .494 | 4.7% | 18.3% | 23.0% | 2.6% | 6.9% |
| The Marlins, led by their $325 million best player, walked off the Cubs, who are the best team in baseball. There is so much improbable in that sentence in order to understand it fully, I want you to read it 400 times or until your eyes explode, which ever happens first. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 38 | 33 | 35.2 | 34.1 | 34.4 | .483 | .488 | 6.9% | 16.4% | 23.3% | 1.7% | 4.9% |
| The Royals aren�t trading Yordano Ventura. Shoot him to the moon? Maybe, but trade him, no. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 35 | 40 | 35.7 | 36.3 | 38.2 | .482 | .477 | 0.5% | 2.4% | 2.9% | 0.5% | 1.5% |
| A magic trick: Open the Diamondbacks roster and scroll down while reading the names. I�ll close my eyes. I predict I will know the exact moment when you read the name Socrates Brito. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 34 | 39 | 34.0 | 33.7 | 34.4 | .482 | .477 | 0.0% | 3.5% | 3.5% | -2.0% | -9.1% |
| The Pirates are in trouble. Quick plan: fire the manager and move Phil Kessel to the third line! | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 34 | 38 | 35.3 | 37.5 | 37.7 | .481 | .476 | 0.3% | 2.8% | 3.1% | -0.5% | -3.4% |
| On Wednesday starter Jon Gray was taken to the trainers room with �arm fatigue,� at which point thousands of fans at the game and watching on TV had to be treated for what was later called �Rockies fatigue.� | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 31 | 42 | 33.5 | 30.2 | 30.4 | .442 | .447 | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 0.1% | -0.4% |
| If you had �one� in the �how many games until Tim Lincecum�s name comes up in trade rumors you win a cookie! (sorry, it�s burned) | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 30 | 42 | 29.1 | 27.9 | 27.4 | .434 | .439 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.2% | -0.0% |
| Step 1: Hit Tim Lincecum. Step 2: Step 3: Win World Series! | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 32 | 40 | 29.9 | 28.8 | 27.4 | .440 | .435 | 0.0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.1% | -0.4% |
| Did you know? The Brewers are 19-17 at home, the second best home record in the division! What�s their away record, you say? crackle crackle what crackle you�re breaking up crackle crackle zip | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 31 | 43 | 31.4 | 28.4 | 29.2 | .434 | .429 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| Since trading James Shields the Padres are 8-8. Considering their record, perhaps they should re-trade for him so they can deal him away again. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 23 | 49 | 24.9 | 26.3 | 26.1 | .415 | .420 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% |
| In the battle between the easily stoppable force (the Phillies) and the entirely movable object (Twins) the object blinked, and that was pretty weird because objects don�t have eyes. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 25 | 47 | 25.2 | 27.3 | 28.3 | .393 | .388 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Braves fans are all like Ctrl+ATL+Del | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 28 | 45 | 26.5 | 21.5 | 21.8 | .387 | .383 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Joey Votto�s WARP by year since 2013: 6.7, 1.7, 7.6, 1.2. Dude�s trying to give us stat geeks vertigo. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 31 | 43 | 25.4 | 23.5 | 24.0 | .384 | .379 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | -0.2% |
| Congratulations to the Phillies for picking first overall in the draft and then immediately playing like a team that picked first overall in the draft. | |||||||||||||
Gotta get down on Friday.