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Prospectus Hit List for May 8
Hit List for May 4
Hit List for May 11
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 |  | 21 | 11 | 19.5 | 19.6 | 19.2 | .596 | .601 | 82.4% | 10.4% | 92.8% | 0.5% | 4.2% |
| �Rick Flair endorsed fans� Josh Reddick �Woo�� is an Astros.com headline that is technically in English but means absolutely nothing. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 20 | 9 | 19.5 | 20.8 | 20.6 | .596 | .600 | 36.3% | 25.9% | 62.2% | 1.8% | 17.5% |
| It took the Yankees six hours and five minutes to beat the Cubs in 18 innings yesterday. That�s almost half as long as a typical Red Sox-Yankees game from the early 2000s. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 21 | 10 | 20.2 | 20.5 | 20.3 | .603 | .599 | 79.3% | 10.7% | 90.1% | -1.3% | 3.8% |
| Congrats to Matt Albers on shocking Effectively Wild listeners and confusing Tigers fans by earning his first career save. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 17 | 14 | 19.6 | 18.8 | 18.3 | .599 | .595 | 76.2% | 15.9% | 92.1% | 0.3% | 1.6% |
| Donald Trump thinks Cody Bellinger could exercise a little restraint when it comes to showing off his power. Hitting a grand slam against the Padres in a game Clayton Kershaw started is just mean. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 17 | 13 | 16.0 | 17.7 | 17.3 | .572 | .577 | 80.4% | 8.6% | 89.0% | 2.6% | -0.2% |
| �I didn�t even know that was allowed,� said Kelvin Herrera after Carlos Santana and Francisco Lindor took him deep back-to-back to win on Saturday. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 16 | 15 | 16.5 | 17.3 | 17.8 | .562 | .557 | 69.6% | 12.2% | 81.8% | -2.2% | -4.6% |
| Six people died and 11 more were injured when Kyle Schwarber lept into the stands to make a catch yesterday. If only Steve Bartman had been there to break up the play ... | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 17 | 14 | 17.4 | 17.2 | 17.3 | .550 | .555 | 37.2% | 25.6% | 62.9% | 4.6% | -1.8% |
| Chris Sale is off to such a dominating start as a Red Sox (1.92 ERA, 37.6 K%) that Boston fans are only complaining about Yoan Moncada�s Triple-A stats twice a week! | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 16 | 17 | 17.2 | 18.5 | 19.3 | .529 | .534 | 13.0% | 20.9% | 33.9% | -4.4% | 0.0% |
| Tim Beckham is hitting approximately .500/.600/.700 since he was last mocked in this column, so if anyone out there wants me to reverse jinx their team�s draft bust, I�m accepting bribes ... | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 20 | 12 | 16.7 | 18.2 | 17.7 | .529 | .524 | 13.5% | 34.3% | 47.9% | 3.9% | 9.5% |
| It�s May 8 and the Colorado Rockies have 20 wins. Sure, about half of them have come against the Giants and Padres, but still! | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 15 | 17 | 16.9 | 16.8 | 16.7 | .517 | .522 | 10.4% | 24.7% | 35.1% | 5.6% | 7.4% |
| They call James Paxton �Big Maple� because his stuff his sweet but he�s frequently tapped out. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 17 | 14 | 17.6 | 18.8 | 18.4 | .518 | .513 | 4.7% | 8.7% | 13.4% | 2.3% | 7.3% |
| Scott Feldman battled Johnny Cueto yesterday in a twist of fate that seems unnecessarily cruel to Reds fans. How times change. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 18 | 15 | 18.7 | 17.2 | 16.9 | .516 | .511 | 7.9% | 25.5% | 33.5% | -1.9% | -7.1% |
| Zack Greinke is now undefeated in eight starts in Colorado, just in case you thought he couldn�t get any weirder. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 20 | 10 | 16.2 | 14.5 | 15.4 | .506 | .511 | 12.3% | 18.6% | 30.9% | 3.6% | 5.7% |
| In immediately heading back to the DL with forearm soreness, Zach Britton proved that he�s ready to get left on the bench once again this October. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 16 | 14 | 15.5 | 16.0 | 16.8 | .515 | .510 | 12.0% | 17.0% | 29.0% | 3.8% | 6.6% |
| Oh good, another year of goddamn �Who did this, Pham� jokes. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 15 | 15 | 14.5 | 13.7 | 13.8 | .487 | .492 | 9.8% | 17.7% | 27.5% | -2.4% | 2.2% |
| The year is 2035. Earth is a barren hellscape. Likes are florps. Francisco Rodriguez is still blowing saves. His team still refuses to bump him from the closer role. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 15 | 14 | 13.7 | 13.4 | 13.0 | .480 | .485 | 6.3% | 12.4% | 18.7% | -4.9% | -5.2% |
| Condolences to the @ycpb twitter account, which was forced to shut down after the Twins starter Nick Tepesch against the Red Sox. It turns out you can very much predict ball. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 15 | 15 | 16.0 | 14.2 | 14.4 | .478 | .483 | 3.0% | 6.3% | 9.4% | -2.6% | -5.8% |
| Yoan Moncada is off to such a dominating start as a White Sox minor leaguer (.337/.412/.519) that Chicago fans are only pining over Chris Sale twice a week! | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 14 | 16 | 13.9 | 11.6 | 11.5 | .486 | .481 | 16.0% | 26.7% | 42.7% | -4.4% | 1.6% |
| Can you believe the prank someone played on Kevin Plawecki, putting Curt Schilling�s personality in his locker? Grow up, people. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 16 | 16 | 16.8 | 14.4 | 14.9 | .485 | .480 | 6.8% | 10.6% | 17.4% | 2.8% | 2.8% |
| A Brewers fan wore a wooden hat to the game yesterday in a touching, albeit random tribute to John Olerud. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 13 | 19 | 15.5 | 12.6 | 12.3 | .473 | .478 | 5.3% | 15.8% | 21.1% | -5.4% | -10.7% |
| Austin Bibbens-Dirkx is finally getting the call to The Show after 12 years of pitching in the minors and in indy leagues. He�ll be the first MLBer ever to use his XBOX Live gamer tag as his name. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 14 | 17 | 13.5 | 14.2 | 15.4 | .482 | .477 | 6.9% | 12.1% | 19.0% | -2.7% | -3.6% |
| If you lie really still at night and make sure to be extra quiet, sometimes you can actually hear the Pirates� contention window closing. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 13 | 17 | 14.5 | 14.9 | 14.4 | .477 | .472 | 3.0% | 7.8% | 10.8% | 3.1% | -4.5% |
| Giancarlo Stanton hit two homers that combined to go more than 900 feet yesterday. That�s almost as long as a single Aaron Judge homerun! | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 14 | 17 | 11.8 | 15.3 | 14.8 | .460 | .465 | 1.2% | 5.5% | 6.7% | 0.7% | -0.2% |
| Apparently all the A�s needed to get back on track was to face Francisco Rodriguez. Classic Moneyball move. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 13 | 17 | 15.2 | 14.2 | 14.9 | .461 | .456 | 0.9% | 3.3% | 4.2% | 0.6% | -1.5% |
| Vince Velasquez sure is good at missing bats and sure isn�t good at anything else. He�s like Daniel Cabrera reincarnate. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 11 | 20 | 13.0 | 11.5 | 12.1 | .441 | .446 | 1.2% | 4.7% | 6.0% | 0.6% | -0.4% |
| Joe Biagini did well in his first-ever MLB start, holding the Rays scoreless for four innings. Now let�s see how he does against a major league lineup. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 16 | 17 | 14.3 | 14.2 | 13.9 | .434 | .439 | 0.6% | 2.0% | 2.6% | 0.1% | -12.6% |
| If Mike Trout has to miss significant time, how many years into the future do we have to look before �Trout�s Hamstring� replaces �Achilles� Heel� as the predominant euphemism for a singular weakness? | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 11 | 18 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 12.0 | .440 | .435 | 0.7% | 2.8% | 3.5% | -1.6% | -5.5% |
| Dansby Swanson entered Sunday hitting .150/.225/.220 in 111 PA. At a certain point, just keeping him in the lineup should count as rookie hazing. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 11 | 21 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 10.8 | .431 | .426 | 2.3% | 12.2% | 14.5% | -2.3% | -5.0% |
| The Giants have a worse record than the Padres and just got swept by the Reds. No punchline needed. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 10 | 20 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 10.6 | .399 | .404 | 0.3% | 0.8% | 1.1% | -0.5% | -0.1% |
| Leading causes of death for groundhogs; birds of prey, coyotes, foxes and Eric Hosmer at-bats. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 12 | 20 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 11.6 | .372 | .367 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | -1.6% |
| If Austin Hedges and Mike Zunino tried to high-five each other they could probably power a wind farm. | |||||||||||||
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