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Prospectus Hit List for May 2



by Matt Sussman

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.

Pun, pun, pun, pun, looking forward to the weekend.

Rk TmWLW1W2W3HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
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.