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Prospectus Hit List for May 3



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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.

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

20

12

22.7

23.9

22.6

.651

.656

84.4%

10.0%

94.4%

-0.7%

-0.2%

Nice to see Ken Giles working on a devastating knuckler.
2

20

10

20.2

21.1

20.7

.639

.644

61.7%

33.7%

95.4%

1.4%

6.3%

If Aaron Judge is Sid, does that make Brett Gardner Buzz Lightyear?
3

22

8

21.2

21.0

20.6

.627

.632

35.5%

53.1%

88.6%

1.2%

-1.8%

Congrats to Drew Pomeranz on what sports talk radio listeners believe is his first career victory.
4

21

9

19.8

20.1

20.3

.622

.617

76.2%

14.2%

90.4%

-1.1%

7.2%

I won't believe that Chase Field is falling apart until the DBacks put it in their starting rotation.
5

16

13

15.1

16.5

15.1

.565

.570

91.8%

1.6%

93.5%

-0.2%

-0.8%

If Trevor Bauer is really so against deceptive spin why does he love Fox and Friends?
6

16

12

16.6

15.0

15.0

.562

.557

46.0%

25.0%

71.0%

-3.4%

8.1%

Kanye has had a better last few weeks than Yu Darvish.
7

15

16

17.4

19.3

19.6

.560

.555

38.0%

12.4%

50.4%

1.0%

6.7%

If Joe Maddon batted Bryce Harper leadoff there’d already be a Jonah Keri book about it.
8

18

11

19.0

18.2

18.5

.548

.543

15.3%

9.7%

25.0%

3.5%

13.3%

Ronald Acuna is so good he’s got the Braves in first place for the first time in four years a week into his career.
9

17

12

17.5

15.5

15.1

.544

.539

25.7%

24.1%

49.7%

0.9%

-2.0%

Congrats to Yadier Molina on finally passing Johnny Bench in all-times games caught as well as neck tattoos received.
10

13

17

15.9

15.5

16.2

.541

.536

15.6%

31.9%

47.5%

1.6%

-16.9%

I don’t want to give away any spoilers, but, uh, let’s just say the Dodgers must’ve been really inspired by Infinity War.
11

17

13

16.9

17.2

17.1

.539

.534

24.7%

11.5%

36.2%

2.7%

-13.7%

Can we just get Carlos Santana a grill or something?
12

19

13

17.1

17.1

16.1

.534

.529

23.5%

25.9%

49.4%

1.7%

0.0%

I still can’t really imagine getting this excited about Wade Miley, but hey, so far so good.
13

17

13

17.8

15.4

15.2

.522

.527

2.0%

23.0%

25.0%

-2.0%

-3.3%

Marcus Stroman is rapidly entering Clay Matthews “more famous than good” territory.
14

18

12

15.8

14.6

14.7

.508

.513

7.5%

23.5%

30.9%

4.9%

-1.6%

Angels closers are like Spinal Tap drummers, but with shorter shelf lives.
15

17

11

14.6

14.4

14.8

.516

.511

21.9%

11.1%

33.0%

-6.6%

-8.2%

Guess we should call Yoenis Cespedes “Rhaegar Targaryen” since there are jewels flung all around him and he’s routinely bested by hammers.
16

17

12

14.5

14.2

13.9

.501

.506

5.7%

22.2%

27.8%

-3.4%

8.7%

Striking out 16 batters and walking away with a no decision seems awfully on-brand for a Mariners starter.
17

15

15

15.1

16.3

15.8

.501

.506

2.3%

10.6%

12.9%

2.5%

-1.3%

Enjoy the Brett Anderson comeback story while you can, because, well you know ...
18

13

16

13.8

14.4

15.0

.495

.500

0.8%

12.9%

13.7%

-4.9%

0.6%

What the National Media Doesn’t Get About the Genius of the Rays Losing on a Walk-Off Bunt. My Column:
19

17

14

16.1

15.9

15.6

.498

.493

4.8%

8.8%

13.7%

-3.3%

1.8%

Are you ready for the Jung-Ho Kang apology tour? Because it’s coming, friends. It’s coming.
20

17

15

14.5

16.0

15.9

.495

.490

4.0%

11.7%

15.7%

2.8%

2.5%

Hope Noel Cuevas is enjoying his seasonal internship!
21

16

15

13.9

15.2

15.4

.495

.490

4.2%

13.4%

17.6%

0.6%

1.5%

Can we get one of the San Francisco tech bros to make an app for healthy elbows?
22

13

16

14.3

14.2

13.0

.448

.453

1.5%

1.2%

2.7%

0.6%

0.5%

It’s May 3 and I’m already out of Tigers jokes.
23

10

16

9.5

10.2

10.2

.441

.446

6.2%

6.3%

12.6%

0.8%

-7.5%

Congrats to Fernando Romero on becoming the fourth exciting pitcher in Twins history.
24

12

20

11.3

10.4

11.7

.409

.414

0.2%

1.5%

1.7%

0.0%

0.5%

At least Martin Perez’s latest DL stint doesn’t involve any goring.
25

11

21

11.9

12.0

12.5

.406

.401

0.0%

0.2%

0.2%

-0.3%

-0.2%

Carlos Villanueva earned April NL Rookie of the Month honors, which means he’s only another 18 months of success away from the rest of the country knowing who he is.
26

8

20

9.6

10.3

10.3

.389

.394

0.4%

0.2%

0.5%

-0.0%

-0.1%

Shame on the White Sox for wasting James Shields’ first good start in the Statcast Era.
27

7

24

11.0

10.8

11.2

.388

.383

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

-0.1%

-0.1%

You can tell Eugenio Suarez is a good person/fierce competitor because can you imagine rushing back from injury to play for *this* team?
28

8

22

9.2

8.3

9.4

.368

.372

0.0%

0.2%

0.2%

0.0%

-0.0%

Chance Sisco’s collision was so violent the NFL is probably trying to figure out how to profit from it.
29

8

22

8.6

10.9

10.9

.366

.370

0.1%

0.0%

0.1%

-0.1%

-0.1%

The definition of insanity is Ned Yost letting Danny Duffy pitch to Mookie Betts a fourth time.
30

11

19

9.4

8.7

9.8

.364

.360

0.1%

0.1%

0.1%

-0.0%

0.0%

The “2018 Miami Marlins starting pitchers” Sporcle quiz is gonna be wild.