Prospectus Hit List for May 20
Hit List for May 17
Hit List for May 21
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 |
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1 | 12 | 32 | 13.2 | 11.6 | 11.4 | .339 | .321 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% | |
Don't look now, but they're on a tear, winning one of their last one games. | |||||||||||||
2 | 12 | 32 | 13.7 | 11.7 | 13.6 | .337 | .355 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% | |
Against the Pirates this weekend, they lost on a dropped pop-fly, they lost 1-0, and they "won" a game, which is the weirdest type of loss. | |||||||||||||
3 | 17 | 24 | 17.6 | 17.1 | 16.7 | .451 | .432 | 2.7% | 2.9% | 5.5% | 1.1% | -2.3% | |
Marlon Byrd batted cleanup? On purpose? | |||||||||||||
4 | 21 | 23 | 18.1 | 17.9 | 18.1 | .452 | .432 | 4.5% | 5.0% | 9.5% | 1.7% | -1.1% | |
When Erik Kratz and Freddy Galvis hit back-to-back home runs off Aroldis Chapman, you can assume there's a glitch in the matrix. | |||||||||||||
5 | 17 | 25 | 17.9 | 19.2 | 20.5 | .461 | .442 | 0.6% | 2.8% | 3.4% | -0.8% | -3.0% | |
On Friday Aramis Ramirez had six RBIs, and his team lost 7-6. He should've made one more player reach base. | |||||||||||||
6 | 18 | 22 | 18.9 | 17.0 | 18.0 | .426 | .446 | 0.1% | 0.5% | 0.6% | -0.1% | -0.9% | |
How long until Twins fans are allowed to complain about outdoor baseball weather? Their time of game on Sunday was 3:15 with a three-hour delay. | |||||||||||||
7 | 20 | 23 | 20.2 | 19.8 | 19.9 | .467 | .448 | 3.0% | 2.4% | 5.5% | 0.8% | 1.7% | |
Twice they've scored at least 13 runs this year, which is twice more than last year. | |||||||||||||
8 | 17 | 26 | 17.0 | 15.6 | 17.0 | .445 | .465 | 0.3% | 2.5% | 2.8% | -0.1% | 0.0% | |
What was supposed to be a day of R.A. Dickey pitching against the Yankees, thanks to rain, turned into a day of claiming Thad Weber off waivers. | |||||||||||||
9 | 18 | 25 | 21.2 | 22.7 | 22.8 | .491 | .471 | 0.8% | 5.5% | 6.3% | -0.4% | -0.1% | |
They're the first team to have two pitchers hit home runs this year. Congratulations! | |||||||||||||
10 | 17 | 25 | 16.6 | 19.0 | 19.0 | .498 | .478 | 17.1% | 9.1% | 26.2% | -2.9% | -13.5% | |
To quote Twitter savant @BobbyBigWheel, "Don Mattingly will become the first person fired by both Magic Johnson and Mr. Burns." | |||||||||||||
11 | 23 | 21 | 20.0 | 19.9 | 20.1 | .503 | .483 | 31.6% | 18.5% | 50.1% | -8.3% | -8.0% | |
They came in confident and wearing bright red, yet got embarrassed by a ragtag team wearing camouflage. This was the Revolutionary War all over again. | |||||||||||||
12 | 19 | 23 | 19.3 | 19.6 | 19.2 | .465 | .485 | 2.4% | 4.5% | 6.9% | -1.2% | 1.4% | |
After zero walks heading into this series, Jeff Keppinger walked twice against the Angels this weekend, so this isn't funny anymore. | |||||||||||||
13 | 24 | 20 | 21.5 | 21.9 | 22.9 | .513 | .493 | 27.9% | 12.7% | 40.7% | -3.1% | -17.1% | |
They allowed 52 runs in their six-game road trip, but the real reason they went 1-5 in this games? They forgot to pack enough clean underwear. | |||||||||||||
14 | 20 | 24 | 19.7 | 22.1 | 22.4 | .477 | .497 | 1.4% | 4.5% | 5.9% | -3.6% | -2.9% | |
Man, Eric Wedge losing three straight games in Cleveland really takes him back. | |||||||||||||
15 | 24 | 20 | 25.2 | 26.5 | 26.1 | .521 | .501 | 13.7% | 9.8% | 23.6% | 3.6% | 5.0% | |
Dexter Fowler went 10-for-20 with seven runs against the Giants. Now That's What I Call A Series, Vol. 46! | |||||||||||||
16 | 17 | 27 | 18.2 | 19.8 | 19.3 | .486 | .506 | 2.7% | 9.6% | 12.3% | 0.3% | -8.3% | |
Joe Blanton is allowing 15.4 hits per nine innings. I don't think that's good. | |||||||||||||
17 | 20 | 20 | 21.6 | 18.8 | 19.0 | .487 | .507 | 4.1% | 9.2% | 13.3% | -2.6% | -3.6% | |
For someone with a 6.51 ERA in five starts, a 1-2 record for Luis Mendoza is … lucky. | |||||||||||||
18 | 26 | 18 | 24.2 | 24.0 | 23.9 | .528 | .508 | 13.8% | 28.4% | 42.2% | 4.1% | 5.4% | |
They haven't allowed more than six runs in a game all month. This fact would be funnier on May 1. | |||||||||||||
19 | 23 | 20 | 23.3 | 22.5 | 22.5 | .499 | .519 | 3.0% | 10.0% | 13.0% | -3.3% | -15.1% | |
You know it's another strange year for them when the big story is part of their foul pole not painted yellow. | |||||||||||||
20 | 25 | 19 | 24.9 | 24.1 | 24.2 | .540 | .520 | 38.2% | 17.4% | 55.6% | -2.4% | 7.9% | |
Did you see Josh Collmenter's catch yesterday? The catcher tried to catch it, but then he couldn't, then Collmenter tried to catch it, then almost didn't, then finally caught it. I guess this is why we still need video. | |||||||||||||
21 | 23 | 22 | 22.8 | 22.5 | 22.0 | .506 | .526 | 7.3% | 15.8% | 23.1% | 0.9% | 1.0% | |
They swept Kansas City, making it the cleanest it's been in years. | |||||||||||||
22 | 25 | 18 | 25.4 | 25.7 | 25.0 | .553 | .533 | 61.3% | 15.5% | 76.8% | 7.4% | 10.9% | |
Somehow, some way, their no. 8 hitters have a higher slugging (.490) than their cleanup hitters (.441). | |||||||||||||
23 | 28 | 15 | 27.1 | 25.3 | 25.2 | .567 | .547 | 43.9% | 33.0% | 76.9% | 2.2% | 9.1% | |
Their wins leader in May, with three? Seth Maness. The hands of fate. | |||||||||||||
24 | 26 | 18 | 27.3 | 26.9 | 25.7 | .579 | .559 | 40.9% | 36.9% | 77.8% | -3.2% | 5.2% | |
Don't worry, Aroldis Chapman. Who among us hasn't given up back-to-back home runs against the bottom of the Phillies lineup? | |||||||||||||
25 | 23 | 20 | 22.8 | 23.9 | 25.1 | .541 | .561 | 13.1% | 29.2% | 42.2% | 4.4% | 6.4% | |
Only two of the 14 runs Matt Moore has allowed this season have not been via the home run. | |||||||||||||
26 | 25 | 17 | 24.6 | 25.1 | 24.7 | .547 | .567 | 26.7% | 28.1% | 54.7% | 2.9% | 12.4% | |
Don't mind them, they just tagged Felix Hernandez for six runs and improved to 7-1 against Cy Young winners. | |||||||||||||
27 | 27 | 16 | 24.3 | 22.6 | 22.3 | .563 | .582 | 55.0% | 27.1% | 82.0% | -0.1% | -1.9% | |
Nobody enjoys reminiscing about the 90s more than CC Sabathia's fastball. | |||||||||||||
28 | 27 | 17 | 25.9 | 26.8 | 26.0 | .565 | .585 | 28.7% | 38.4% | 67.0% | 3.8% | 12.7% | |
It looks like John Lackey is back-ey! I'm sorry, that was a bit hacky. | |||||||||||||
29 | 29 | 15 | 27.8 | 28.4 | 27.8 | .598 | .617 | 88.6% | 4.1% | 92.7% | 0.9% | 4.4% | |
Jurickson Profar is back in the major leagues. With all the positions taken, they just need to invent a place for him to play. They're leaning toward zflurth base. | |||||||||||||
30 | 23 | 19 | 25.7 | 28.4 | 27.5 | .599 | .618 | 66.8% | 16.6% | 83.3% | -2.2% | -5.7% | |
Justin Verlander and Anibal Sanchez went a combined 5 1/3 innings, allowing 14 runs at Texas. As we expected. |
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