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Prospectus Hit List for May 24



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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.

RkTmWLW1W2W3HLFAHLF Win Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

32

18

37.6

39.4

38.0

.670

.674

90.3%

7.9%

98.2%

0.0%

0.7%

Putting Josh Reddick on the DL was literally a rash decision, it seems.
2

24

23

26.4

26.9

26.3

.567

.572

87.2%

1.9%

89.1%

2.8%

1.8%

Remember ~11 months ago when the Indians had too many good starters? Life comes at you fast.
3

31

15

30.7

33.3

32.9

.639

.644

64.1%

34.7%

98.8%

-0.2%

0.0%

The Yankees have hit three homers for five games in a row, but have lost two of those games, so the solution is clear -- the Yankees need to stop hitting home runs.
4

25

24

24.7

24.0

25.4

.529

.524

45.1%

9.8%

54.9%

-5.4%

-22.9%

Is Steven Souza Jr. auditioning for his role in the Mariners infield, the Mets rotation or the Angels bullpen? It’s tough to tell.
5

26

22

28.2

30.1

29.9

.566

.561

38.9%

21.3%

60.2%

-4.2%

-11.7%

Did ... did Michael Taylor not understand that he’d won the game, or ...
6

31

19

27.9

28.1

27.0

.542

.537

37.4%

29.7%

67.1%

6.4%

19.1%

With Zach Davies set to rejoin the first-place Brewers’ rotation, they’ll now have *two* starters you can actually name!
7

25

21

29.4

28.6

28.0

.583

.579

36.2%

29.6%

65.8%

-3.4%

2.5%

Kris Bryant is not underrated. Everyone knows he’s amazing. He is properly rated. Can we just skip this round?
8

28

19

27.9

27.5

27.5

.550

.545

36.1%

21.1%

57.2%

6.3%

6.8%

If the Phillies don’t reacquire Cole Hamels near the deadline, we riot.
9

34

15

32.6

33.0

32.1

.610

.615

35.6%

59.5%

95.2%

1.0%

4.6%

Wow, Mookie Betts sure is having some type of seas [is stabbed to death by a FanGraphs reader in a Mike Trout shirsey].
10

22

27

26.3

26.5

25.3

.545

.540

29.7%

10.6%

40.3%

4.9%

20.7%

If Clayton Kershaw is so good how come the Dodgers have been better since he went on the DL?
11

26

21

26.4

25.3

24.4

.534

.529

18.5%

23.5%

42.0%

-6.5%

-6.6%

If Carlos Gomez is to be believed, Tyler O’Neill has the forearms of a man who’s going to be “randomly” tested for PEDs about 90 times in his career.
12

29

19

30.2

28.9

28.8

.532

.527

16.0%

17.8%

33.8%

-1.2%

-9.4%

If we’re calling Juan Soto “Childish Bambino” we need to call Ronald Acuna “Ronald Glover,” imo.
13

26

24

21.9

22.9

22.5

.482

.477

14.3%

5.5%

19.8%

-2.1%

0.1%

Folks we haven’t seen mountain-dwelling people squander good Freeland like this since the Bundys.
14

21

24

20.8

20.4

20.9

.479

.484

11.7%

6.1%

17.8%

-5.1%

-2.3%

It was pretty rude of Kyle Gibson to steal all of Phil Hughes’ abilities Space Jam style.
15

24

26

21.2

23.9

24.5

.486

.481

10.6%

5.0%

15.7%

-0.2%

-1.8%

If the Giants don’t finish this season exactly at .500 we should demand a recount.
16

24

21

21.2

20.7

20.7

.488

.483

8.9%

10.8%

19.8%

-0.3%

8.8%

I can’t wait until the Mets sign Carlos Quentin, Michael Bourn and Jayson Werth, too.
17

27

21

26.0

27.0

26.4

.518

.513

7.8%

15.1%

22.9%

5.6%

-5.5%

Well, at least Jameson Taillon is the successor to Gerrit Cole in that he’s not living up to expectations.
18

29

19

25.0

25.3

24.5

.515

.520

4.6%

33.8%

38.5%

3.5%

9.8%

“What’s next for Paxton to accomplish” reads the Mariners.com headline that, I mean, c’mon now ...
19

27

22

26.6

25.7

26.0

.523

.528

3.9%

27.6%

31.5%

6.7%

-7.0%

Kole Calhoun now has more outfield assists than base hits this season. Not really, but it’s believable, no?
20

25

24

24.3

25.5

25.9

.499

.504

1.2%

12.5%

13.6%

-4.5%

3.1%

The NFL is going to be PISSED that Bruce Maxwell is back with the A’s.
21

21

28

22.1

23.7

21.9

.440

.445

0.9%

0.4%

1.3%

0.0%

-0.8%

“Gardenhire wants outfielders to stay alert” reads the Tigers.com headline that sets the bar pretty, pretty low.
22

21

30

20.7

18.0

18.9

.410

.405

0.3%

0.1%

0.4%

0.3%

0.1%

It’s nice that the Padres have 200 corner outfielders and first baseman and absolutely no talent at any other positions.
23

22

25

22.0

24.8

25.2

.502

.507

0.2%

9.7%

9.9%

-2.3%

-1.4%

Hopefully Jacob Faria’s injury doesn’t tax the Rays’ bullpen.
24

15

31

16.5

18.8

18.1

.405

.410

0.2%

0.1%

0.3%

0.1%

0.1%

How can you even tell if Welington Castillo is running or not?
25

23

26

23.7

21.0

21.3

.475

.480

0.1%

5.3%

5.4%

-2.3%

-8.4%

I’m excited for our yearly rendition of “getting excited about Devon Travis before he gets hurt again.”
26

17

33

19.4

18.3

19.4

.420

.415

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

-0.1%

-0.3%

Ya know, I really thought Matt Harvey would save his Random Good Outing for the next time he faced the Mets.
27

16

33

16.4

16.9

17.3

.376

.381

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Does it really count as your first road series win when the “road series” happens in-state?
28

20

31

19.7

15.6

18.2

.412

.417

0.0%

0.5%

0.5%

0.1%

-0.3%

Bartolo Colon is older than his professional peers. I discovered this unique angle first.
29

19

30

15.6

15.4

17.3

.373

.368

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.1%

0.0%

The only people who know who Caleb Smith is are his parents and DFS players.
30

15

34

16.8

14.7

16.1

.379

.384

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Can you believe Buck Showalter is turning 62? He doesn’t look a day over 85.