Prospectus Hit List for June 24
Hit List for June 21
Hit List for June 25
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 |  | 42 | 32 | 45.5 | 50.6 | 50.2 | .603 | .622 | 91.9% | 4.1% | 96.0% | 2.5% | 0.7% |
| Their first walkoff win of the season was on Friday, bringing their total runs scored in the ninth inning to ... 12! | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 45 | 33 | 46.0 | 44.9 | 44.9 | .555 | .575 | 49.9% | 29.5% | 79.4% | 0.1% | 2.1% |
| Daniel Nava clearly made that catch in right field, but the irony is that the umpires were the ones who, in fact, dropped the ball. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 44 | 32 | 40.9 | 41.9 | 42.3 | .554 | .574 | 65.5% | 18.0% | 83.4% | 3.9% | 19.3% |
| They can't find a permanent spot for Jurickson Profar. Possible solution: just put him between second and short. Extra fielder. See if anybody complains. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 44 | 34 | 43.8 | 44.7 | 43.1 | .543 | .562 | 32.8% | 33.2% | 66.0% | -3.6% | -12.2% |
| Opposing batting average for Sean Doolittle by month: April: .128; May: .156; June: .341. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 47 | 29 | 49.4 | 47.4 | 46.4 | .581 | .561 | 51.6% | 43.9% | 95.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% |
| Given that Adam Wainwright hardly walks anybody, you can understand why his dog hates him. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 39 | 37 | 39.4 | 42.0 | 43.0 | .533 | .553 | 10.0% | 22.5% | 32.5% | 5.9% | -2.6% |
| With his first career dinger being a grand slam at Yankee Stadium, Wil Myers is the first True Yankee to have never played for them. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 41 | 34 | 37.4 | 34.3 | 34.8 | .530 | .550 | 24.5% | 30.6% | 55.1% | -5.7% | -7.4% |
| Zoilo Almonte has a .583/.643/1.000 line through five games, which just shows you that if you want to make it in this sport, have a funny name. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 45 | 32 | 44.7 | 45.1 | 44.7 | .568 | .548 | 25.4% | 62.4% | 87.8% | 2.8% | -1.8% |
| In seven career starts against them, Mat Latos has struck out 11.1 Diamondbacks per nine innings. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 33 | 43 | 36.6 | 39.0 | 37.7 | .522 | .542 | 1.5% | 4.8% | 6.3% | -1.0% | -4.2% |
| Josh Hamilton was lifted for a pinch-hitter. Was it (a) Brendan Harris, or (b) hey stop laughing so hard I haven't finished the choices yet. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 44 | 33 | 45.0 | 45.2 | 43.8 | .543 | .523 | 86.3% | 3.3% | 89.5% | 6.5% | -1.9% |
| Jordan Schafer is looking like a promising leadoff guy for the Braves, and I don't see this housing market collapsing any time soon! | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 38 | 36 | 38.7 | 37.0 | 37.7 | .501 | .521 | 7.1% | 18.6% | 25.6% | -3.5% | 3.9% |
| It's that kind of year where Scott Kazmir doubles his career win total against the Twins to four. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 42 | 34 | 39.4 | 39.9 | 40.6 | .500 | .520 | 12.3% | 22.4% | 34.7% | -3.5% | -5.4% |
| It's gonna be awesome when they sign Manny Ramirez for the stretch run. "Baltimanny." | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 38 | 36 | 37.6 | 34.9 | 36.2 | .498 | .518 | 3.4% | 10.8% | 14.2% | 3.7% | 9.3% |
| After 11 straight wins, their only two possible outcomes are World Series championship or 50-game losing streak. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 46 | 30 | 41.5 | 40.1 | 41.3 | .532 | .512 | 23.0% | 61.3% | 84.3% | 6.5% | 20.8% |
| This has to be their season. Anybody who doesn't believe that is probably ... somebody who has watched baseball in the past. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 41 | 34 | 39.9 | 38.3 | 38.5 | .522 | .502 | 46.3% | 7.0% | 53.3% | -3.4% | 7.7% |
| They couldn't win on Star Wars Night, possibly because they didn't fully embrace lightsabermetrics. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 32 | 42 | 31.9 | 34.1 | 34.4 | .512 | .492 | 8.2% | 2.1% | 10.3% | 1.7% | 0.6% |
| "Chris Capuano is healthy and throwing well, so they might have a chance," he said with a totally serious face. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 38 | 37 | 35.9 | 38.6 | 39.5 | .509 | .489 | 22.1% | 4.1% | 26.2% | -5.3% | -9.9% |
| Somehow they are 1-6 against the Marlins and Brewers on the year. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 35 | 38 | 37.4 | 31.0 | 31.8 | .466 | .486 | 0.7% | 3.1% | 3.8% | 0.7% | -3.7% |
| Eight MLB players have seven or more home runs this month. Nobody on Kansas City has more than six all year. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 39 | 38 | 42.1 | 44.4 | 42.8 | .505 | .485 | 15.3% | 3.4% | 18.7% | 3.0% | -8.9% |
| Rex Brothers has thrown 30 consecutive scoreless innings, which I haven't noticed because I've been making jokes on both his name and Rex's brother's name. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 34 | 43 | 32.0 | 34.4 | 34.9 | .459 | .479 | 0.2% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 0.4% | -0.1% |
| Ye baseball gods don't care for your childhood when they let Raul Ibaņez age more gracefully than Ken Griffey, Jr. | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 37 | 38 | 33.9 | 33.4 | 33.7 | .489 | .470 | 11.0% | 7.8% | 18.9% | -6.8% | -5.9% |
| They just can't seem to stay at .500. They are too afraid to answer .500's texts and will try to ignore .500 until prom night. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 31 | 42 | 32.5 | 31.9 | 30.0 | .446 | .466 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | -0.3% | -0.3% |
| "You can put him on the blooooock, yes!" --How I imagine Hawk Harrelson discusses trade deadline | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 34 | 38 | 33.6 | 34.0 | 34.9 | .444 | .463 | 0.2% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 0.1% | 0.7% |
| They're using Clete Thomas as their leadoff batter, apparently. I'm sure his eyes opened wide with amazement when he heard that. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 31 | 43 | 35.7 | 38.1 | 38.3 | .480 | .460 | 0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | -0.0% | -0.4% |
| Summer tip: Get on down to your local farmer's market, and be sure to get there early if you want to acquire the freshest, juiciest Cubs players. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 38 | 38 | 36.0 | 35.4 | 35.6 | .474 | .454 | 8.2% | 1.6% | 9.8% | -2.3% | -0.8% |
| Andrew Cashner throws nearly 95 mph and hasn't struck out more than six batters in a start this season. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 31 | 43 | 32.0 | 33.9 | 34.9 | .464 | .444 | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | -0.4% | -0.2% |
| Controversial opinion here, but their pitchers probably shouldn't have a higher batting average (.214) than their first basemen (.180). | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 30 | 42 | 31.3 | 31.0 | 30.5 | .459 | .440 | 0.5% | 0.6% | 1.1% | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| David Wright was a single shy of the cycle yesterday, mostly because he had two doubles, which makes it statistically better than a cycle but you could also overinflate your wheel so stop trying so hard, David. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 36 | 40 | 31.5 | 32.4 | 31.9 | .454 | .435 | 2.2% | 1.4% | 3.6% | -2.9% | -0.5% |
| Kevin Frandsen's pinch-hit game-ending homer on Saturday was the Phillies first of its kind since 364 days prior, when Jim Thome did it. Those two baseball players, so much alike. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 29 | 48 | 28.6 | 24.8 | 26.4 | .369 | .387 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| You've read this far down, so let's do a positive one. Chris Carter went 7-for-13 with four doubles, a home run and just one strikeout against the Cubs. It's the second time this year he's had just one K in a series. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 25 | 50 | 27.0 | 23.3 | 23.2 | .367 | .349 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| They've won nine of their last 10 games at the Giants. I will assume their last visit there was 2003. | |||||||||||||
Just four more Hit Lists until the WEEEEEEEEEEEKEND