Prospectus Hit List for May 19
Hit List for May 16
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | 24 | 19 | 25.6 | 28.0 | 27.7 | .577 | .596 | 37.8% | 37.4% | 75.2% | 3.5% | 12.2% |
| Albert Pujols: extra base hits > strikeouts > GIDP > Intentional walks > stolen bases > sacrifices > triples | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 18 | 28 | 17.0 | 20.6 | 21.0 | .449 | .429 | 0.3% | 2.7% | 3.0% | 0.6% | 0.9% |
| On the 10th anniversary of Randy Johnson’s perfect game, the Diamondbacks continued their imperfect season. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 23 | 19 | 21.1 | 22.2 | 22.0 | .516 | .496 | 31.6% | 16.8% | 48.4% | 4.3% | -6.6% |
| Every time Justin Upton hits a homer, just for a second I think “Oh, B.J.! Not done yet!” and then I think “I need to improve my reading comprehension.” | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 22 | 20 | 20.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 | .472 | .492 | 11.6% | 7.4% | 19.0% | -2.9% | -4.1% |
| At 92, the Orioles are simultaneously last in baseball in walks and 100 walks behind league-leading Oakland. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 20 | 23 | 20.2 | 20.2 | 20.1 | .503 | .523 | 21.5% | 11.7% | 33.2% | -4.3% | -18.6% |
| The last time the Red Sox were swept by Detroit in Boston was 1983. Just imagine the silly clothes we’ll be wearing in 2045 when it happens again! | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 21 | 24 | 21.4 | 20.1 | 20.3 | .458 | .478 | 1.1% | 5.3% | 6.5% | -1.4% | -3.0% |
| With Jose Abreu on the DL, the White Sox will have to turn to a flaming clown to achieve the same entertainment value, but they won’t do that because they have no imagination. And no flaming clowns. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 15 | 27 | 20.7 | 21.1 | 20.8 | .460 | .440 | 0.8% | 0.8% | 1.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
| Don’t look now, but Starlin Castro and Anthony Rizzo are hitting. Actually, look while you can, Cubs fans, before frozen urine from a plane impales one of them. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 19 | 23 | 20.5 | 21.3 | 21.0 | .490 | .470 | 8.4% | 5.6% | 14.0% | -1.9% | -9.6% |
| Looking to out-hit your opponent and still lose by five runs? Try going 1-for-16 with runners in scoring position. The more you know! /shooting star thing | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 19 | 25 | 18.9 | 20.8 | 21.5 | .472 | .492 | 1.6% | 7.4% | 9.1% | -2.4% | -8.2% |
| The Indians lost 13-3 to Oakland, but if you only include the innings Cleveland scored in, they still lost 6-3. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 25 | 20 | 27.4 | 27.5 | 25.9 | .537 | .518 | 8.5% | 23.7% | 32.1% | 2.8% | -5.1% |
| LaTroy Hawkins has more saves than strikeouts. Four more saves, in fact. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 27 | 12 | 25.5 | 25.6 | 24.8 | .606 | .624 | 91.9% | 4.1% | 96.0% | 1.8% | 7.8% |
| If winning six in a row gets them in all Zubaz, how many more wins do the Tigers need before they rewind fashion to powdered wigs, petticoats, and never bathing because soap gives you bilious fever? | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 16 | 28 | 16.3 | 17.8 | 18.9 | .406 | .425 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% |
| Yesterday Matt Dominguez hit two homers traveled a total of 835 feet or, for you Astro fans, 151.82 Altuves. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 22 | 21 | 21.9 | 20.7 | 20.4 | .489 | .509 | 3.4% | 15.5% | 18.9% | 1.6% | 2.6% |
| Alex Gordon’s two homers yesterday are equivalent to 10 percent of the homers the Royals had before the game. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 23 | 22 | 22.2 | 22.7 | 22.7 | .554 | .534 | 43.2% | 36.6% | 79.8% | -2.9% | -1.7% |
| A Dodgers card game: two people put down cards, then the Dodgers pay them each $20 million. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 23 | 22 | 24.6 | 25.5 | 25.5 | .482 | .462 | 3.5% | 4.2% | 7.8% | -1.2% | -4.1% |
| Giancarlo Stanton got the night off as a starter and the Marlins only scored one run and you are more surprised this isn’t funny. Not that you’re surprised all that much. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 27 | 17 | 23.2 | 22.9 | 22.1 | .516 | .496 | 42.5% | 17.0% | 59.5% | -4.2% | 2.5% |
| The Brewers have been caught stealing 18 times. It’s reaching the point to where MLB may have to impose a stiffer sentence. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 21 | 21 | 19.7 | 19.6 | 19.9 | .467 | .487 | 1.9% | 8.7% | 10.6% | -2.0% | 2.0% |
| Sure, the Twins are just 21-21, but they have a better record than the Rays, the Red Sox, the Rangers, and the Indians. The grass is always greener somewhere else, unless you live in Minnesota where it’s so cold that it’s true. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 23 | 20 | 20.7 | 20.9 | 20.5 | .509 | .529 | 35.5% | 13.7% | 49.2% | -0.1% | 2.0% |
| After six innings yesterday, Hiroki Kuroda’s ERA dropped from 4.62 to 4.61 meaning his ERA will drop below 3.00 in five years. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 20 | 23 | 20.5 | 17.6 | 17.9 | .453 | .433 | 3.0% | 4.4% | 7.4% | -2.0% | 1.5% |
| Zack Wheeler: living proof that velocity isn’t everything. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 28 | 16 | 31.8 | 31.7 | 31.1 | .606 | .625 | 53.0% | 32.1% | 85.1% | 2.9% | 12.1% |
| Now with Jeff Francis in the fold, the A’s can set their master plan in motion. Operation Acquiring Only Players With First Names For Last Names is a go! This can’t not not work! | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 19 | 22 | 18.2 | 17.2 | 17.6 | .460 | .440 | 5.1% | 6.5% | 11.6% | 1.3% | -0.7% |
| If the Phillies fall out of the race they might seek to trade Cliff Lee assuming Lee isn’t hurt in the fall. (How long can the Hit List go without making a Ruben Amaro joke? So far, one day!) | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 18 | 25 | 19.5 | 19.4 | 19.9 | .471 | .451 | 4.3% | 4.9% | 9.1% | 0.5% | -0.3% |
| In baseball, the best don’t often hit above .300, so splitting a double-header is great! | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 21 | 24 | 19.5 | 17.7 | 19.1 | .461 | .441 | 1.5% | 7.8% | 9.3% | -2.1% | 2.9% |
| The Padres call up reliever Kevin Quackenbush anytime they’re under the union mandated consonant limit. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 21 | 22 | 22.3 | 20.8 | 21.8 | .500 | .520 | 5.2% | 19.2% | 24.4% | 4.1% | -5.7% |
| Robinson Cano went 4-for-4 raising his OPS A) 10 points, B) 20 points, C) 30 points, or D) 30 points is the right answer. Use a number two pencil or your test will be invalid! | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 28 | 17 | 25.6 | 24.6 | 24.7 | .554 | .534 | 46.5% | 36.3% | 82.7% | 2.6% | 2.6% |
| In 60.1 innings Tim Hudson has walked four batters. One was intentional. I mean, really Bruce Bochy, you couldn’t have had him hit him? | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 23 | 21 | 23.3 | 23.2 | 22.7 | .531 | .511 | 44.1% | 16.1% | 60.1% | -2.7% | 9.5% |
| Matt Carpenter walked three times last night because an on-base percentage less than 100 points above his batting average is straight up embarrassing. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 19 | 26 | 20.1 | 21.2 | 21.0 | .495 | .515 | 12.4% | 9.5% | 21.9% | -1.7% | -3.0% |
| Four of the top five Rays hitters by BWARP are slugging under .400 and the fifth is slugging .412. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 21 | 23 | 18.5 | 17.7 | 18.5 | .470 | .490 | 4.0% | 16.0% | 20.0% | 2.1% | -5.8% |
| Shin-Soo Choo has walked 25 times this season but his grandmother is upset he refuses to take the dog along. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 23 | 22 | 23.2 | 22.6 | 21.7 | .505 | .525 | 19.0% | 11.6% | 30.7% | -1.3% | 9.4% |
| In the battle that is not a battle, Jose Bautista leads R.A. Dickey in walks 38-30. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 23 | 20 | 21.8 | 22.3 | 22.4 | .537 | .517 | 56.8% | 16.8% | 73.6% | 4.2% | 7.4% |
| Gio Gonzalez hit the DL so you could say ‘Gio gone dio’ but you really shouldn’t. | |||||||||||||
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