Prospectus Hit List for May 2
Hit List for April 30
Hit List for May 5
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 | 14 | 13 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.0 | .574 | .593 | 35.9% | 24.6% | 60.5% | -0.3% | 8.4% | |
How is there not a female Angels mascot named Sara Phim? | |||||||||||||
2 | 9 | 22 | 9.5 | 11.0 | 11.6 | .404 | .385 | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.9% | -0.3% | -2.0% | |
They're 3-0 in extra-inning games, which explains why Kevin Towers is petitioning the league to let them play the 10th inning first. | |||||||||||||
3 | 17 | 10 | 15.5 | 17.2 | 17.2 | .562 | .542 | 33.1% | 21.9% | 55.0% | -2.2% | -6.0% | |
Aaron Harang finally went bad. Looks like *somebody* forgot to put the twist tie back on him. | |||||||||||||
4 | 14 | 12 | 12.9 | 10.7 | 10.5 | .468 | .488 | 7.4% | 9.1% | 16.5% | 1.6% | -4.2% | |
It's only April, but Nick Markakis has yet to ... never mind it's actually May and he hit two homers yesterday. | |||||||||||||
5 | 13 | 16 | 13.0 | 14.0 | 13.6 | .503 | .523 | 21.9% | 17.7% | 39.6% | -7.3% | -0.5% | |
A Koji Uehera-pitched baseball reaches the outfield stands. It is cold, hungry and delirious. It recognizes nobody, and yet all the strangers are staring at him. Its worst nightmare. | |||||||||||||
6 | 14 | 15 | 14.9 | 14.4 | 14.5 | .481 | .501 | 7.0% | 6.8% | 13.7% | 0.1% | -1.3% | |
Jose Abreu: one whole day and still homerless this month. | |||||||||||||
7 | 9 | 17 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 11.5 | .441 | .422 | 1.0% | 1.0% | 2.0% | 0.4% | -0.3% | |
Jason Hammel's .138 BABIP against is totally sustainable as long as the umpires never find out he's throws baseballs of pure limestone. | |||||||||||||
8 | 13 | 15 | 15.7 | 15.9 | 15.8 | .521 | .501 | 13.0% | 9.5% | 22.4% | 2.7% | -8.9% | |
Billy Hamilton left yesterday's game with a hand injury. Like a broken escalator, they can turn Hamilton into a full-time pinch-runner, no? | |||||||||||||
9 | 11 | 17 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 12.0 | .449 | .469 | 5.9% | 6.0% | 11.9% | -0.0% | -10.3% | |
Michael Brantley and David Murphy have combined for 38 RBI, or the same amount as Jason Kipnis, Nick Swisher, Carlos Santana and Asdrubal Cabrera. | |||||||||||||
10 | 17 | 13 | 17.6 | 17.9 | 16.9 | .529 | .509 | 5.8% | 16.7% | 22.5% | 1.9% | 5.2% | |
Who saw this year coming from the ageless Dante Bichette? Never mind it's just Justin Morneau wearing a Dante Bichette mask. | |||||||||||||
11 | 14 | 9 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 12.6 | .553 | .573 | 70.2% | 8.9% | 79.0% | 1.0% | 7.8% | |
Al Alburquerque must not have gone to college, because most graduates learn at a young age you can't survive on sliders alone. | |||||||||||||
12 | 9 | 19 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 9.4 | .366 | .385 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | -0.0% | -0.3% | |
They're not the worst hitting team and not the worst pitching team, but boy howdy they're close on both fronts and have the personnel to pull this off. | |||||||||||||
13 | 14 | 13 | 14.1 | 13.0 | 12.3 | .490 | .510 | 13.2% | 10.8% | 24.0% | -3.0% | 5.1% | |
Here's one: the Royals are tied for last in fewest pinch hitters used (five) yet lead the league in pinch-hitters that got thrown out stealing (two). | |||||||||||||
14 | 17 | 12 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.0 | .578 | .559 | 64.2% | 23.3% | 87.5% | 3.0% | -1.7% | |
In Game 1, the Dodgers scored nine runs, whileYasiel Puig went 4-for-4 and scored zero runs. So clearly he's a distraction to his teammates when they're batting. | |||||||||||||
15 | 14 | 14 | 16.4 | 16.5 | 17.1 | .504 | .484 | 1.9% | 3.9% | 5.8% | 1.2% | 1.6% | |
Yes, that's Mike Dunn, second on the team in wins and sporting a 6.17 ERA. What of it? | |||||||||||||
16 | 20 | 9 | 16.1 | 17.2 | 16.6 | .549 | .530 | 47.1% | 16.3% | 63.4% | -3.7% | 0.5% | |
So many nice things are written about Scooter Gennett, but that will happen when his family owns a large chain of newspapers. | |||||||||||||
17 | 12 | 14 | 12.7 | 11.8 | 12.2 | .459 | .479 | 3.8% | 4.4% | 8.1% | -1.4% | -2.7% | |
Fairly odd that Sam Fuld gets his own jersey and not Nick Punto's old one. | |||||||||||||
18 | 15 | 12 | 12.1 | 12.5 | 12.0 | .504 | .524 | 35.6% | 18.2% | 53.9% | -2.0% | 0.7% | |
Surprised there is not yet a day spa in New York where you can have your neck wrapped in pine tar. I am assuming there isn't, but then again it's New York. | |||||||||||||
19 | 15 | 12 | 13.7 | 10.8 | 11.5 | .466 | .446 | 5.7% | 8.5% | 14.2% | -1.4% | 0.9% | |
A day in the future you will try connecting to the Internet but cannot. It will be because Bartolo Colon got a base hit and the Internet subsequently crumbled. | |||||||||||||
20 | 18 | 10 | 20.1 | 20.2 | 19.3 | .602 | .621 | 41.4% | 26.4% | 67.8% | 0.6% | 3.6% | |
Probably not a good thing when Daric Barton's strikeout total (14) matches his OPS+. | |||||||||||||
21 | 13 | 13 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 11.3 | .464 | .444 | 6.9% | 8.9% | 15.8% | -1.8% | -4.4% | |
29-year-old Kyle Kendrick is the youngest pitcher in the Phillies rotation. If he were on the Nationals he would be the oldest. | |||||||||||||
22 | 10 | 18 | 12.5 | 11.6 | 12.4 | .456 | .436 | 3.2% | 4.3% | 7.6% | -1.2% | -3.2% | |
Dropping Starling Marte down in the lineup to bat Ike Davis second is like spinning around a lazy Susan, hopelessly, until you find the good cans. | |||||||||||||
23 | 13 | 16 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 11.3 | .440 | .420 | 2.0% | 7.7% | 9.7% | 0.2% | -3.8% | |
Congratulations to Jedd Gyorko on the birth of his twin sons, Gyjustin and Gzvzczxzxqqqxzmatthew. | |||||||||||||
24 | 12 | 14 | 12.7 | 12.0 | 12.5 | .487 | .507 | 8.7% | 16.1% | 24.7% | 2.5% | 10.2% | |
That may be the first time they went to Yankee Stadium and won a two-game series with the pitching tandem of Never Heard Of Him and He Still Plays? | |||||||||||||
25 | 17 | 11 | 16.0 | 14.7 | 14.4 | .549 | .529 | 27.9% | 39.6% | 67.5% | -0.5% | 12.7% | |
Matt Cain cutting himself making a sandwich won't affect his season, and in fact is just more propaganda for Big Burrito. | |||||||||||||
26 | 15 | 14 | 16.3 | 16.9 | 16.7 | .548 | .528 | 35.7% | 17.6% | 53.3% | 1.1% | 1.0% | |
Sending Kolten Wong to Triple-A Memphis seems like either a bad idea for player development or a good idea for a barbecue sauce run. | |||||||||||||
27 | 13 | 16 | 13.4 | 15.1 | 15.2 | .518 | .538 | 23.7% | 19.3% | 42.9% | 6.2% | -1.0% | |
Grant Balfour had two saves yesterday. The Cubs have two saves on the season. | |||||||||||||
28 | 15 | 13 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 12.5 | .481 | .501 | 14.0% | 20.1% | 34.1% | -1.2% | -15.2% | |
Robbie Ross joined elite company with Roy Oswalt, Scott Feldman and Derek Holland as the only Rangers pitchers this century to allow 10 runs in a game. | |||||||||||||
29 | 13 | 15 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 13.0 | .494 | .514 | 11.4% | 11.5% | 22.9% | 3.3% | -0.4% | |
Still can't believe this team released Roy Halladay in the offseason. They really could use him. | |||||||||||||
30 | 16 | 12 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 16.5 | .563 | .543 | 52.4% | 20.0% | 72.4% | 0.6% | 8.3% | |
There are eight players in the Nationals minor league system (Class A or higher) younger than Bryce Harper. |
Pun, pun, pun, pun, looking forward to the weekend.