Prospectus Hit List for June 19
Hit List for June 17
Hit List for June 22
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 |  | 38 | 29 | 39.9 | 43.7 | 42.2 | .599 | .580 | 81.3% | 9.3% | 90.6% | 1.0% | -1.2% |
| After putting up a 1.222 OPS in April, Adrian Gonzalez has a .749 OPS since. So, uh, how’s Josh Beckett’s season going? | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 36 | 32 | 42.0 | 38.5 | 38.1 | .535 | .555 | 22.0% | 22.7% | 44.7% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
| R.A. Dickey outdueled Bartolo Colon last night. In other news, Uncle Kracker’s new album came out and I’m so psyched! | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 40 | 28 | 38.5 | 40.8 | 41.3 | .535 | .554 | 46.8% | 19.7% | 66.5% | 2.3% | 19.5% |
| The Astros plan to rest Jose Altuve until he’s 100 percent but it shouldn’t be too long as that’s the equivalent of 70 percent for the rest of us. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 34 | 33 | 33.7 | 32.5 | 33.8 | .529 | .549 | 28.4% | 17.3% | 45.7% | 1.2% | -8.3% |
| Taylor Featherston homered while both Mike Trout and Albert Pujols didn’t, so for one trip through the lineup Taylor Featherston was the best hitter on the Angels. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 43 | 23 | 41.5 | 38.8 | 39.3 | .568 | .549 | 65.7% | 28.3% | 94.0% | -1.9% | 2.0% |
| A home run by Jason Heyward… wow. Brings back the memories, huh? | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 38 | 25 | 38.5 | 38.2 | 37.7 | .527 | .547 | 51.3% | 13.4% | 64.7% | 1.2% | 7.6% |
| The Royals signed Nolan Watson, the 33rd overall pick that they received for losing James Shields. Watch them trade Watson to San Diego for Wil Myers. Your mind = boom! | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 36 | 30 | 34.9 | 36.0 | 37.1 | .522 | .542 | 31.4% | 23.0% | 54.4% | 2.1% | -9.7% |
| Stephen Drew fell a double shy of the cycle last night, and also a single, and a home run, and also a triple. So shy! | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 34 | 32 | 33.3 | 36.6 | 36.4 | .521 | .541 | 27.5% | 15.1% | 42.6% | -1.4% | -2.9% |
| Yoenis Cespedes might not play in the Home Run Derby, and he’s considering not hitting any more home runs in games either. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 38 | 30 | 35.7 | 34.6 | 34.4 | .520 | .540 | 34.6% | 25.0% | 59.6% | 2.3% | 13.2% |
| Every Tampa pitcher got a win, a hold, or a save! You get a stat, and you get a stat, and you get a stat! | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 29 | 40 | 38.5 | 40.1 | 40.3 | .518 | .538 | 1.9% | 3.2% | 5.1% | -1.9% | 0.3% |
| Congratulations to the A’s who gave up a run in the eighth inning—proving that, hey, they can lose two-run games too. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 39 | 27 | 40.3 | 40.5 | 38.3 | .558 | .538 | 20.0% | 54.8% | 74.8% | 5.2% | 28.2% |
| The Pirates' best hitter so far has been Francisco Cervelli, which should mean the Pirates are terrible but somehow doesn’t! | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 34 | 32 | 36.9 | 35.3 | 35.6 | .505 | .525 | 8.6% | 11.9% | 20.5% | -2.7% | 6.0% |
| The Orioles are in fourth place but have the second-best run differential in the division which reminds me of something my grandpa used to say: "My son, never pee into the wind". I never said it was relevant, just that it reminded me. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 31 | 34 | 30.3 | 34.0 | 34.3 | .504 | .524 | 12.7% | 10.0% | 22.7% | 0.3% | -5.6% |
| A source in the team’s front office says the Indians aren’t sure if they’ll be sellers because they might change their mind and demand the return of the player they just traded. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 35 | 29 | 33.8 | 35.5 | 35.9 | .543 | .524 | 14.1% | 51.1% | 65.2% | -4.3% | 0.2% |
| Congratulations to Kyle Schwarmber for hitting his first major league home run and to me for correctly spelling Schwarmber! [Editor’s Note: It’s “Schwarber” you numbskull] | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 36 | 31 | 35.2 | 32.2 | 33.0 | .500 | .520 | 17.1% | 16.0% | 33.1% | -4.7% | 5.0% |
| The Rangers began yesterday a game behind the Dodgers so you know something is weird up in this piece. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 29 | 39 | 27.9 | 31.9 | 32.1 | .496 | .516 | 3.4% | 6.0% | 9.5% | 1.5% | -11.3% |
| The Red Sox benched Pablo Sandoval for using Instagram during the game. Fortunately it’s for just one game, not like Alex Rodriguez who was suspended for all of last season for using MySpace. This has been an A-Rod is old joke. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 34 | 33 | 33.7 | 35.6 | 34.0 | .535 | .516 | 56.6% | 6.6% | 63.2% | -1.9% | -4.3% |
| The Nationals can’t wait for Stephen Strasburg to return from his rehab so they can get back to blaming their lousy season on him. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 30 | 37 | 27.6 | 29.6 | 31.3 | .491 | .511 | 5.8% | 6.9% | 12.7% | -3.5% | -8.7% |
| The Mariners were without Robinson Cano, who had a stiff lower back, and Kyle Seager, who had food poisoning. Not coincidentally, both of those conditions could be had from ingesting too many Mariners games. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 36 | 32 | 35.3 | 37.0 | 36.2 | .530 | .510 | 14.1% | 25.3% | 39.4% | 6.5% | -17.9% |
| Hunter Strickland has allowed no home runs yet this season, which probably means there’s a problem and the Earth has too much gravity or something. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 36 | 32 | 32.6 | 32.0 | 31.1 | .500 | .480 | 37.1% | 7.1% | 44.1% | -2.2% | 0.9% |
| Not only did the Mets lose, but Bartolo Colon pitched in an AL park denying us all our right to see him look silly while hitting! Damn you, DH, [shakes fist] damn… you… to HELL! | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 36 | 30 | 33.3 | 28.0 | 28.1 | .455 | .475 | 7.4% | 8.9% | 16.3% | 2.1% | -3.6% |
| Joe Mauer hit his third homer of the season which officially gives him three more homers this season than all the ball players who are dead. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 29 | 39 | 32.1 | 33.7 | 33.6 | .484 | .464 | 3.9% | 1.3% | 5.2% | -1.2% | 1.0% |
| Giancarlo Stanton hit his league-leading 25th homer last night, though if you’re going by distance, you can flip those digits. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 32 | 34 | 33.1 | 33.0 | 32.9 | .483 | .463 | 1.9% | 4.9% | 6.7% | -2.1% | 3.3% |
| Allen Webster has great stuff but I think he might be better off at third base. It’s not that he can hit, it’s that he can’t pitch. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 33 | 36 | 31.6 | 27.4 | 28.6 | .479 | .459 | 2.6% | 7.6% | 10.3% | 1.7% | -9.2% |
| Matt Kemp had two hits including a home run so maybe the next five years of his contract will be puppies and rainbows after all! | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 28 | 37 | 24.8 | 22.4 | 23.4 | .436 | .456 | 1.1% | 0.9% | 2.0% | -1.1% | -10.8% |
| The White Sox designated Hector Noooooooesi for assignment and he said. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 30 | 35 | 30.7 | 32.3 | 31.4 | .473 | .453 | 0.2% | 2.5% | 2.6% | -0.1% | -0.1% |
| Rumors say the Reds front offices are considering renting out rooms in their houses to opposing scouts through the trade deadline. A little extra cash never hurts! | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 28 | 38 | 28.1 | 28.0 | 27.8 | .441 | .421 | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.3% | -0.3% | -1.8% |
| Carlos Gonzalez homered but as he rounded second base a trap door opened and he fell down a chute and into a Yankees uniform. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 32 | 35 | 31.7 | 29.8 | 28.8 | .441 | .421 | 2.4% | 0.8% | 3.2% | -0.5% | -0.8% |
| A.J. Pierzynski was so upset at a strike call that after he swung and missed for the third strike, he yelled at the umpire. To paraphrase, if A.J. Pierzynski is yelling at you about your strike zone you know you’re doing something right. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 24 | 44 | 25.3 | 22.7 | 24.0 | .421 | .402 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | -0.3% |
| Sixty-one percent of the Brewers innings have been thrown by their starters who have a collective ERA+ of baaaaaad. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 23 | 45 | 21.4 | 21.7 | 21.6 | .369 | .350 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| As a joke after Wednesday’s game Cole Hamels cleaned out his locker. "Thanks for doing my job," said the clubhouse janitor! | |||||||||||||
It's the final Hit List of the spring, if you're into calendars.