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Prospectus Hit List for June 15



by Matthew Kory

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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.

One Hit List to rule them all.

RkTmWLW1W2W3HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

37

26

38.3

41.1

40.1

.605

.585

84.6%

8.4%

93.0%

1.2%

5.5%

Yasiel Puig is hitting .357 with a .925 OPS, but like the little pig's house made of bricks, baseball has not fallen over.
2

41

21

39.5

36.8

37.5

.573

.553

73.1%

22.3%

95.4%

0.5%

1.1%

Randal Grichuk has a 2.9 percent walk rate, not that different from yours or mine, globally speaking.
3

34

30

38.8

35.2

34.7

.529

.549

22.9%

24.1%

47.0%

4.5%

22.9%

That's 11 straight wins for the Blue Jays, who are begging, just begging, for a Spinal Tap reference, but they will get none here. Oh no, they will not!
4

32

31

31.3

30.8

31.8

.528

.548

39.4%

15.2%

54.7%

-4.6%

8.1%

Jered Weaver is starting tonight at 7 pm PST, so now's as good a time as any to start waiting on his fastball.
5

34

28

33.4

34.3

35.0

.525

.545

35.4%

23.5%

59.0%

4.9%

-4.1%

Didi Gregorius is hitting .229/.286/.303, so maybe Derek Jeter should've stayed another year.
6

36

28

35.0

37.0

37.8

.524

.544

35.0%

19.2%

54.2%

6.6%

-5.6%

This season the Astros are the leaders in both home runs (85) and strikeouts (many, many more than that).
7

33

30

31.9

35.3

35.2

.524

.543

37.8%

14.8%

52.6%

4.5%

7.9%

Justin Verlander threw five verlandings in his return to the rotation Verlanday. He wasn't able to verland in typical Verlander fashion, but the Tigers hope he'll verland verlander in the future.
8

35

29

33.7

32.8

32.2

.519

.539

31.2%

24.5%

55.7%

3.6%

5.7%

Any time you beat Chris Sale at baseball, it's a good day, though next time maybe play him at something else, like tiddlywinks or Jenga.
9

34

25

34.7

34.3

34.5

.516

.536

34.8%

14.6%

49.4%

-0.5%

5.6%

The Royals are middle of the pack in stolen bases and sacrifice bunts, which makes me question the process.
10

29

33

29.9

33.3

33.5

.509

.529

14.7%

11.1%

25.8%

-4.0%

-8.7%

The Indians finally called up Francisco Lindor, proving once and for all that two and a half months is the limit for pretending bad defense at shortstop is just fine.
11

26

39

34.2

36.4

36.8

.508

.528

1.8%

2.1%

4.0%

0.7%

-0.6%

The only bright spot on the A's is Sonny Gray, which is ironic or fitting depending on which name you pick.
12

35

27

36.4

35.6

34.1

.543

.523

11.0%

43.9%

54.9%

3.2%

6.3%

Something about the air in Pittsburgh that makes AJ Burnett the best pitcher—wait a minute. Test him for performance-enhancing air!
13

34

27

31.2

33.1

33.4

.540

.520

15.8%

52.9%

68.7%

3.4%

6.4%

Things haven't gone great for Jon Lester since signing with the Cubs, but he signed with the Cubs, which is baseball's version of asking for it.
14

33

30

31.7

33.5

32.1

.539

.519

61.8%

8.6%

70.4%

3.3%

-1.2%

Bryce Harper has two years left on his contract. The good news is Nats fans will only have to listen to other fans drool over their player for two more years!
15

33

30

32.6

30.6

30.7

.497

.517

16.1%

12.4%

28.5%

-6.9%

-1.8%

If only the Rangers still had Alex Rodriguez! Just imagine!
16

31

31

32.7

31.0

31.6

.491

.511

6.1%

11.3%

17.4%

-3.0%

8.4%

The Orioles reportedly offered Chris Davis a contract extension after his huge 2013 season. So basically, no matter what the offer was, he should've signed it.
17

27

37

25.6

29.1

29.1

.490

.510

4.4%

7.2%

11.5%

-2.6%

-20.8%

The Red Sox have allowed 700 runs and scored minus-12 during their five-game losing streak according to my new stat, How It Feels (HIF).
18

28

35

26.2

28.0

29.4

.490

.510

7.6%

8.0%

15.6%

-4.3%

-3.1%

The Mariners' series with the Astros: lose 10–0, win 8–1, lose 13–0. Mariners Baseball: You're safer just checking the boxscore!
19

34

30

32.7

34.6

34.2

.529

.509

10.8%

28.2%

39.0%

-6.6%

-11.3%

The Giants are interested in Reds starter Mike Leake, who is not very good, so [rubs hands together] he'll do perfectly.
20

34

30

32.0

31.4

30.5

.507

.487

32.9%

10.6%

43.6%

1.2%

-2.9%

The Mets are calling up a reliever from Single-A, Ankeel Morris, which is exactly what first place teams should do. Yup.
21

34

28

31.2

26.0

25.9

.454

.474

9.0%

8.6%

17.5%

2.9%

-13.3%

Sure, Byron Buxton looked great during his debut, but wait until the Twins teach him how to hit badly.
22

28

33

24.6

23.1

23.7

.451

.471

3.7%

3.5%

7.2%

-1.8%

-0.7%

The White Sox have the worst slugging percentage of any team except the Phillies. Fire up the Adam Dunn signal!
23

32

33

31.9

27.0

27.9

.489

.469

3.1%

13.1%

16.2%

-3.3%

-5.7%

Fun Fact: 9,640 is the number of pitches Padres pitchers have thrown this season, the most in baseball. Also the number of balls that have fallen between Padres outfielders this season.
24

30

32

31.5

30.8

30.9

.483

.463

1.2%

5.4%

6.6%

1.8%

2.1%

Paul Goldschmidt's on-base percentage is up to .478, which, if he could do it over an entire career, would be the second-best mark ever, behind Ted Williams' .482.
25

27

37

29.5

31.5

31.3

.481

.461

3.1%

1.8%

4.9%

-2.5%

-1.0%

The Marlins have made just 24 errors this season, fewest in baseball. If you count attending a Marlins game as an error though, the number gets significantly higher.
26

28

34

29.1

30.6

29.8

.471

.451

0.1%

2.4%

2.4%

-1.1%

0.7%

The Reds are about to become a convenience store and Johnny Cueto is going to be the jerky by the counter everyone grabs.
27

28

34

27.4

27.6

27.4

.451

.432

0.4%

1.1%

1.5%

0.1%

-0.5%

The Rockies would consider trading for a pitcher at the deadline, except they're in last place and also any pitcher would retire before joining the team. Denver sure is a beautiful city though!
28

30

33

30.0

28.7

27.9

.443

.423

2.1%

1.1%

3.2%

-1.2%

0.5%

The Braves lead baseball with 10 pickoffs; that doesn't count what they did when Cobb County wasn't paying attention.
29

24

40

25.0

22.5

23.3

.430

.410

0.0%

0.3%

0.3%

-0.2%

0.0%

Aramis Ramirez is hitting .223/.263/.406, but is reportedly not letting trade speculation bother him. So it's something else, then?
30

22

42

21.5

21.9

21.7

.378

.359

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.1%

According to reports, the Phillies are looking to sell. This and other painfully obvious items in my new book "THIS IS A BOOK YOU ARE READING THIS TITLE."