Prospectus Hit List for June 20
Hit List for June 18
Hit List for June 23
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 | 39 | 33 | 38.0 | 34.4 | 34.6 | .507 | .527 | 23.6% | 14.0% | 37.5% | -4.8% | 21.9% | |
Wade Davis went from terrible starter to impeccable setup man, and the big difference this year was wearing Chris Getz's old jersey number. | |||||||||||||
2 | 40 | 34 | 41.3 | 41.1 | 40.0 | .548 | .529 | 41.3% | 47.2% | 88.5% | -0.1% | 10.6% | |
Clayton Kershaw has walked eight batters this year. Two of those is Cody Ross, who has nine walks on the year. | |||||||||||||
3 | 38 | 33 | 33.4 | 33.1 | 34.3 | .489 | .509 | 33.2% | 15.3% | 48.4% | 3.1% | 9.5% | |
Brian Roberts stole two bases in a game for the first time since 2011, and Derek Jeter was caught stealing. All in all, pretty entertaining old-timer's game. | |||||||||||||
4 | 39 | 34 | 39.5 | 42.1 | 42.1 | .557 | .537 | 42.6% | 27.1% | 69.7% | -6.1% | 7.2% | |
Here's a list of Cardinals with more than six home runs: Jhonny Peralta. Also Matt Holliday and Peter Bourjos, if you stack them on each other and drape a large trench coat on them. | |||||||||||||
5 | 35 | 36 | 35.3 | 34.9 | 35.2 | .494 | .474 | 5.9% | 14.6% | 20.5% | -2.2% | 5.6% | |
Not a misprint: Aroldis Chapman has struck out fjr46jsvn***4fjd of the batters he has faced this year. | |||||||||||||
6 | 37 | 36 | 34.7 | 34.7 | 34.9 | .484 | .504 | 15.8% | 11.0% | 26.8% | 3.8% | 4.1% | |
Nick Swisher couldn't have been more bro-like in his walkoff grand slam if he circled the bases in cargo shorts and sandals. | |||||||||||||
7 | 33 | 38 | 32.8 | 32.2 | 32.6 | .460 | .440 | 3.9% | 2.7% | 6.6% | 1.1% | 3.6% | |
They're right in the middle of this divisional race! All they need to do is trade for a first baseman. | |||||||||||||
8 | 45 | 28 | 50.5 | 49.4 | 49.2 | .665 | .682 | 77.1% | 20.0% | 97.1% | 1.2% | 2.0% | |
Next week the A's will become the final AL team to play without a DH. Credit goes to Alberto Callaspo's mother for putting together the MLB schedule. | |||||||||||||
9 | 44 | 30 | 40.1 | 39.5 | 38.7 | .548 | .528 | 47.1% | 28.4% | 75.4% | 4.9% | 1.4% | |
Mark Reynolds leads the team in home runs but isn't even close to being on pace for 200 strikeouts. What's the point of even having a Mark Reynolds, I ask. | |||||||||||||
10 | 30 | 40 | 34.0 | 35.4 | 35.2 | .481 | .461 | 0.2% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 0.4% | 0.8% | |
I bet the Cubs PA announcer stands in front of the mirror and just says "Brian Schlitter" about 50 times correctly while getting ready for the day. | |||||||||||||
11 | 33 | 40 | 35.2 | 33.2 | 33.2 | .461 | .441 | 2.1% | 1.5% | 3.5% | 1.0% | 0.8% | |
Where were you when Bartolo Colon hit his first career double, and wherever you were, why didn't you run down the ball and throw it in to hold him to a single? | |||||||||||||
12 | 29 | 45 | 31.6 | 36.2 | 36.2 | .449 | .469 | 0.9% | 0.7% | 1.6% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |
With them sponsoring a football bowl game in St. Petersburg, maybe it's time for the Rays to investigate expanding their payroll using bitcoin. | |||||||||||||
13 | 35 | 37 | 31.9 | 28.8 | 29.8 | .436 | .456 | 0.4% | 4.9% | 5.4% | 0.4% | -0.3% | |
Baseball-Reference now has current injury player status on their team pages. The Rangers page now takes twice as long to load. | |||||||||||||
14 | 34 | 39 | 34.7 | 35.2 | 35.0 | .476 | .496 | 8.4% | 7.9% | 16.4% | -0.8% | -0.3% | |
Pitch: a reality TV show were Brock Holt shows up at your job and does it better than you the first day. | |||||||||||||
15 | 31 | 42 | 28.7 | 26.1 | 25.9 | .382 | .363 | 0.0% | 0.2% | 0.3% | -0.1% | -0.8% | |
For the third time this month the Padres scored four runs. And yes they've won all three. | |||||||||||||
16 | 31 | 45 | 31.4 | 33.0 | 33.1 | .423 | .403 | 0.0% | 0.7% | 0.7% | -0.2% | -1.1% | |
Chase Anderson lost a game at Chase Field for the first time. It finally happened. He can never go back and show his face. | |||||||||||||
17 | 34 | 38 | 36.7 | 37.2 | 34.9 | .491 | .471 | 0.5% | 5.6% | 6.1% | 0.1% | -1.2% | |
Getting no-hit is embarrassing, but against Clayton Kershaw it's not so bad so they only sulked for a mere hour in the humidor. | |||||||||||||
18 | 37 | 34 | 35.3 | 35.0 | 34.9 | .500 | .520 | 14.4% | 11.8% | 26.2% | 1.9% | -1.3% | |
Chris Davis is on pace to only hit 27 home runs. QUESTION PECOTA AGAIN, I DARE YOU. | |||||||||||||
19 | 32 | 42 | 32.1 | 33.9 | 35.4 | .450 | .470 | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | -0.3% | -1.3% | |
It looks like their pitching staff has deftly cut down on their home runs allowed, but many suspect they're just sweeping them underneath the center field hill. | |||||||||||||
20 | 37 | 36 | 40.4 | 38.2 | 38.1 | .526 | .546 | 2.3% | 19.3% | 21.6% | -3.6% | -1.7% | |
In 30 1/3 innings Dominic Leone allowed just four earned runs, then in a 1/3-inning appearance, doubled it to make up for lost time. | |||||||||||||
21 | 35 | 37 | 34.0 | 36.6 | 37.5 | .497 | .477 | 4.2% | 11.1% | 15.3% | 1.5% | -2.3% | |
The last time Gregory Polanco didn't have a hit in a game, if you count his nine major league games, was in Triple-A. Time to go back there and work on hitting Triple-A pitching. | |||||||||||||
22 | 35 | 38 | 33.8 | 33.1 | 32.9 | .462 | .482 | 3.3% | 3.2% | 6.5% | -1.0% | -3.9% | |
If April showers bring Tyler Flowers then why does Tyler Flowers bring nearly a 40 percent strikeout rate? | |||||||||||||
23 | 38 | 33 | 39.1 | 44.0 | 44.3 | .582 | .602 | 20.1% | 59.6% | 79.8% | -1.2% | -4.1% | |
Cam Bedrosian's first career loss came when he was relieved and someone else gave up the game-winning hit. Just like his dad Steve. | |||||||||||||
24 | 33 | 38 | 33.5 | 33.8 | 33.8 | .472 | .492 | 3.8% | 3.3% | 7.1% | 0.7% | -4.9% | |
Yohan Pino made his major league debut but Josmil Pinto was in Triple-A so we were unjustly robbed of a Pino-Pinto battery. | |||||||||||||
25 | 43 | 29 | 41.8 | 41.8 | 41.6 | .578 | .558 | 58.1% | 34.4% | 92.6% | 1.0% | -5.3% | |
On Wednesday Tim Hudson didn't strike anyone out for just the eight start in his career. Against the AL leader in strikeouts! Against Adam Dunn! | |||||||||||||
26 | 36 | 36 | 37.1 | 34.3 | 33.6 | .490 | .470 | 2.9% | 2.7% | 5.6% | -1.4% | -5.8% | |
It's been several hours since Giancarlo Stanton last hit a home run that defied geometrical laws. He's gone soft on physics. | |||||||||||||
27 | 37 | 35 | 34.8 | 35.5 | 36.6 | .499 | .479 | 28.3% | 13.8% | 42.1% | 5.8% | -6.3% | |
Gavin Floyd's elbow didn't look good as he exited the seventh inning, but in his defense all elbows look kinda weird. | |||||||||||||
28 | 37 | 34 | 39.7 | 39.1 | 39.1 | .545 | .525 | 62.8% | 8.6% | 71.4% | -5.8% | -7.3% | |
A Rube Goldberg machine built to throw a baseball in from left field would be more effective than Ryan Zimmerman, more educational, and better viral content. | |||||||||||||
29 | 41 | 33 | 40.3 | 38.1 | 38.2 | .532 | .552 | 43.1% | 15.8% | 59.0% | -4.9% | -9.5% | |
Canadian customs agents are on double alert looking for anyone resembling John Farrell coming into the country to work for "the local baseball team." | |||||||||||||
30 | 37 | 32 | 34.3 | 36.0 | 35.2 | .516 | .536 | 53.6% | 12.6% | 66.1% | 5.4% | -10.3% | |
In the last week J.D. Martinez has more home runs and RBI than Victor Martinez and Miguel Cabrera — combined. J.D. Martinez was released by the Astros. Cabrera and V-Mart are paid 40 solid gold pizzas a day. |
It's Friday, Friday, gotta Bedrosian Friday