Prospectus Hit List for May 29
Hit List for May 28
Hit List for May 30
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 |  | 29 | 21 | 31.6 | 34.4 | 33.5 | .609 | .628 | 84.5% | 7.3% | 91.8% | -0.4% | 5.5% |
| Rick Porcello struck out 11, breaking not only his career best by three but also the concept of baseball batting. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 32 | 20 | 31.6 | 31.0 | 30.7 | .577 | .597 | 73.5% | 12.9% | 86.4% | 0.7% | -1.2% |
| Visions of Yu Darvish's likeness have appeared in pieces of toast across Texas. The toast then strikes out on a Yu Darvish curveball. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 32 | 21 | 31.0 | 31.1 | 30.3 | .560 | .580 | 35.1% | 33.7% | 68.8% | -1.6% | 8.7% |
| Alfredo Aceves has gone back to the minors after great and horrible starts. He needs to work on being sorta medium. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 33 | 19 | 33.5 | 32.8 | 31.6 | .593 | .573 | 39.7% | 47.9% | 87.6% | 0.2% | 4.1% |
| What happened to the second "t" in Mat Latos's name? Odds are he moved it to his surname, because "Matt Laos" sounded too much like an action film star. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 30 | 21 | 28.0 | 25.8 | 25.8 | .552 | .572 | 46.8% | 28.5% | 75.3% | -2.6% | -5.1% |
| That blown save against the Mets finally means Rivera can one day tell his grandchildren about the time he had an out-of-body experience. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 34 | 17 | 33.4 | 31.0 | 30.6 | .585 | .565 | 47.3% | 41.0% | 88.3% | 1.5% | 11.5% |
| All four runs came on home runs yesterday, which is as American League as they've ever been. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 30 | 23 | 29.2 | 29.7 | 28.7 | .536 | .556 | 20.9% | 30.8% | 51.6% | 7.5% | 16.3% |
| Commenting on those gaudy yellow jerseys completely ignores the giant elephant on the hat. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 27 | 24 | 27.0 | 28.0 | 28.7 | .536 | .555 | 13.4% | 25.2% | 38.7% | 4.1% | -2.6% |
| Kelly Johnson has usurped James Loney's super power of hitting well but thankfully is using the power for good, not evil. So far. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 27 | 24 | 27.4 | 27.5 | 27.6 | .517 | .537 | 11.8% | 20.7% | 32.5% | -4.0% | -20.2% |
| No victory, but they did hit a Reds batter. By the Mitch Hedberg property of sports, that's way more satisfying. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 23 | 29 | 25.0 | 25.8 | 25.0 | .514 | .533 | 5.3% | 16.1% | 21.4% | -1.4% | 5.8% |
| Joe Blanton lowered his ERA to under 6.00, because it's important in life to have goals. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 31 | 20 | 30.5 | 29.6 | 28.7 | .548 | .528 | 68.3% | 10.2% | 78.5% | -2.3% | -3.1% |
| Brian McCann finally hit a home run from the designated hitter spot, and he hit two of them. (Also, Evan Gattis was hitting ahead of him because...?) | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 30 | 22 | 29.0 | 29.1 | 29.3 | .544 | .524 | 45.3% | 12.4% | 57.7% | -2.7% | 3.1% |
| Paul Goldschmidt's road splits are way better than his home splits, probably because when he's on the road he can stay up as late as he wants! | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 28 | 24 | 27.6 | 27.7 | 27.5 | .501 | .521 | 4.2% | 12.4% | 16.7% | -0.9% | 4.2% |
| Pitching needs: ace, 2-starter, 3-starter and 4-starter. Rumor is they are willing to trade at least six of their 5-starters. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 32 | 20 | 29.1 | 29.6 | 29.6 | .541 | .521 | 12.7% | 42.2% | 54.9% | 3.5% | 9.9% |
| What magical demon could strike out Torii Hunter, Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder to save a 1-0 game? Either Jason Grilli or a Cerberus. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 22 | 28 | 20.9 | 24.2 | 24.1 | .515 | .495 | 18.0% | 8.3% | 26.3% | 3.2% | 2.9% |
| How can a fan use Hyun-Jin Ryu's shutout to boo Matt Kemp? This may require some thinking coupled with the unheralded art of throwing one's voice. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 28 | 24 | 29.3 | 30.3 | 29.8 | .513 | .493 | 13.1% | 5.7% | 18.8% | -0.3% | -3.3% |
| Jorge De La Rosa's sparkling May could make him an outside candidate to be a Star De La All. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 28 | 24 | 25.8 | 26.2 | 27.3 | .512 | .492 | 21.2% | 8.8% | 30.0% | -6.5% | -18.9% |
| Pablo Sandoval seems like the perfect man for them to DH during interleague games, but ... okay, Marco Scutaro it is. You're the baseball expert fella. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 24 | 25 | 22.4 | 23.0 | 22.0 | .471 | .491 | 2.9% | 6.5% | 9.3% | 1.2% | -0.0% |
| Their game against the Cubs was rained out? Maybe they can see if ... no, it's raining at Wrigley Field too. What were the odds. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 27 | 25 | 23.8 | 23.9 | 24.0 | .505 | .485 | 26.6% | 15.5% | 42.1% | 2.3% | 4.0% |
| Their .232 average in May is worst in the NL other than the Mets and Marlins. That's Congress for ya, right buddy? | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 22 | 30 | 22.5 | 21.3 | 22.6 | .463 | .483 | 0.5% | 1.9% | 2.4% | -0.9% | 0.1% |
| They designated Ramon Ortiz for assignment. Now they're looking deep into the rulebook to see if they can claim him off waivers. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 22 | 30 | 21.3 | 24.7 | 25.3 | .460 | .479 | 0.3% | 1.7% | 2.0% | -1.0% | -1.9% |
| Does Eric Wedge know that being the Mariners manager doesn't require him to grow the facial hair of an actual mariner? | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 21 | 28 | 23.9 | 20.5 | 20.5 | .457 | .477 | 0.8% | 2.1% | 2.8% | -0.8% | -9.6% |
| Yes, they're not scoring runs. Yes, they're losing games. But many other teams have moved away from a ceremonial monarch. Keep up with the times, your highness. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 20 | 30 | 24.4 | 26.4 | 26.7 | .485 | .465 | 0.1% | 1.5% | 1.7% | -0.8% | -2.6% |
| If it never stops raining in Chicago, and I mean for all eternity, then Chicago will end history with a win. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 23 | 28 | 23.1 | 22.6 | 22.9 | .461 | .441 | 2.5% | 1.3% | 3.8% | 1.8% | -1.6% |
| One of the first Google search suggestions for Jedd Gyorko is "Jedd Gyorko fantasy," which sadly is a bit of a disappointing set of results. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 21 | 28 | 21.6 | 20.1 | 21.4 | .418 | .438 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% | -0.0% |
| Perhaps it was a little premature to write off Aaron Hicks after his first month in the big leagues. Then again my fantasy league only gives out points for April stats. This is a terrible fantasy league. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 25 | 27 | 21.3 | 21.8 | 21.6 | .453 | .433 | 3.9% | 3.4% | 7.3% | -0.0% | -2.4% |
| Cliff Lee has chosen not to age, which — in retrospect — is a brilliant career strategy. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 19 | 31 | 20.5 | 21.2 | 22.9 | .451 | .431 | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.9% | -0.0% | -2.2% |
| Could Jean Segura join Paul Molitor and Robin Yount as the only franchise players with 10 doubles, triples, homers and stolen bases in a season? Brewers fans gotta track something this year. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 20 | 29 | 20.3 | 20.6 | 20.5 | .449 | .430 | 1.2% | 1.0% | 2.2% | 0.1% | -1.3% |
| A miracle comeback is one to way to wipe clean the memory of Ruben Tejada going 0-for-4 with a pickoff and a throwing error. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 15 | 37 | 16.4 | 14.9 | 16.9 | .345 | .363 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Yesterday was their first 2-1 loss of the season. But was it the last? | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 13 | 39 | 15.9 | 13.4 | 13.4 | .334 | .316 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Eight MLB players have more saves than they have wins, including former Marlins middle reliever Edward Mujica. | |||||||||||||
A very special Interleague hit list, in which all the comments are basically exactly the same as always.