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Prospectus Hit List for June 18



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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

48

25

52.9

54.1

53.0

.657

.661

92.3%

7.1%

99.5%

-0.1%

1.2%

There are two-week-old kids who have never even seen an Astros loss.
2

37

33

37.9

40.2

39.5

.569

.574

92.1%

0.2%

92.3%

1.6%

-1.7%

Death, taxes and Carlos Carrasco hitting the DL with arm issues.
3

46

21

43.9

47.3

46.7

.634

.639

65.9%

33.9%

99.8%

-0.1%

0.1%

The year is 3043. CC Sabathia is facing the Montreal Rays. He strikes out seven over six innings.
4

40

28

44.1

43.7

43.4

.596

.591

60.6%

29.0%

89.6%

-0.6%

3.8%

There’s been much hand-wringing over league strikeout rates, but they should drop to normal levels now that Javy Baez is hurt.
5

37

33

40.9

41.2

40.0

.578

.573

49.9%

16.5%

66.4%

-0.6%

14.5%

Huh, the Dodgers found a way to acquire Drew Hutchison without giving away a bunch of prospects. Take note, Pirates!
6

39

32

40.5

37.6

37.9

.543

.539

40.5%

18.4%

58.9%

-5.6%

-2.6%

Well, at least Clay Buchholz has a more plausible explanation for why his hair is always disgusting now that he pitches in the desert.
7

37

31

39.8

39.5

39.2

.551

.546

38.7%

18.1%

56.8%

-8.6%

-17.1%

It’s nice of Bryce Harper to drive down his free agent price like this all so the Marlins can afford him this offseason (#noLs)
8

42

29

42.6

41.3

40.7

.526

.521

37.5%

20.2%

57.7%

9.3%

22.4%

Pretty impressive how Julio Teheran threw six no-hit innings in his final rehab start against the Padres.
9

49

24

47.8

48.3

47.1

.612

.617

34.1%

64.9%

99.1%

0.7%

1.9%

Xander Bogaerts’ emergence proves that some top prospects just don’t figure it all out until they turn *squints* uh, 25.
10

42

29

41.0

40.7

39.8

.550

.545

31.7%

44.2%

75.9%

-0.8%

1.4%

Dear lord, Adrian Houser. Talk about coughing up a lead ...
11

37

32

35.3

36.5

36.7

.518

.513

23.0%

16.6%

39.6%

0.4%

5.3%

Thank you, monocled Phillies fan. You are the light we all need in these trying times.
12

46

26

38.4

39.7

39.2

.532

.536

7.1%

73.9%

81.0%

-1.4%

15.0%

It’s Wade LeBlanc’s world, and we’re all just living in it.
13

35

37

32.9

36.3

37.7

.500

.495

7.1%

8.2%

15.3%

2.5%

-13.1%

Well, now the Giants are getting the full Evan Longoria experience.
14

37

32

35.8

34.1

33.0

.516

.511

6.6%

19.8%

26.4%

5.3%

-9.8%

I still can’t believe “Jack Flaherty” is a mid-rotation starter and not the protagonist in a series of crime novels who’ll eventually be played by, like, Chris Pine.
15

31

37

33.1

31.1

31.1

.484

.489

6.0%

1.0%

7.0%

-2.0%

0.4%

If the Twins demote Miguel Sano any further he’s going to end up on your local high school traveling team.
16

34

37

31.2

32.0

31.6

.473

.468

2.3%

2.2%

4.4%

-0.0%

-2.0%

The Rockies are declining faster than American Exceptionalism.
17

36

37

34.0

35.0

33.0

.441

.446

1.9%

0.2%

2.2%

0.3%

0.9%

Props to the Tigers for tanking as God intended -- by being just good enough to cheat yourself out of a premium draft spot.
18

35

36

35.7

36.1

36.0

.494

.489

1.1%

5.7%

6.8%

-2.1%

-1.4%

Congrats to Gregory Polanco for homering with his dad in the stadium yesterday *and* for subsequently rounding the bases without hurting himself.
19

30

38

29.1

28.5

29.4

.462

.457

0.8%

0.8%

1.6%

0.5%

-1.5%

Happy belated Fathers’ Day to Paul Lo Duca’s dad, Keith Law.
20

38

34

39.2

38.5

38.5

.515

.520

0.5%

11.0%

11.5%

-1.1%

-14.2%

At least we’ll only have to hear about how amazing Mike Trout’s WAR total is for another 10-or-so years.
21

34

40

32.0

28.9

29.4

.428

.423

0.2%

0.3%

0.5%

0.3%

0.2%

Ed Werder is having a better week than the Padres.
22

28

44

24.5

25.8

27.1

.386

.381

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Thanks to his two homers, yesterday was the best day for Bour’s WAR since 1902.
23

24

46

26.1

26.6

26.2

.408

.412

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

It’s nice that James Shields is around to mentor young kids like Reynaldo Lopez and Dylan Covey on how to act after you give up home runs.
24

36

36

35.4

35.7

36.2

.492

.497

0.0%

4.3%

4.3%

1.1%

-3.4%

“A’s host Pitch, Hit & Run event at the Coliseum” reads the Athletics.com headline that’s basically just describing a baseball game.
25

33

38

34.0

38.8

39.5

.500

.505

0.0%

2.1%

2.1%

0.5%

-0.2%

I’m not sure it’s really fair for the Rays to win “Bullpen of the Week” considering practically their entire team is a part of their bullpen.
26

33

38

33.3

31.1

31.4

.472

.477

0.0%

1.2%

1.2%

0.5%

-0.0%

Can’t believe the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame gave Kelly Gruber the boot just for saying that Canada lost The War of 1812.
27

22

49

22.1

22.4

22.7

.364

.369

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Man, Danny Duffy can’t even finish games he’s not starting this season.
28

26

45

28.8

29.2

29.6

.433

.428

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

At what point do we officially coronate Eugenio Suarez as the most underrated player in baseball?
29

20

50

23.2

20.2

21.9

.377

.382

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Everyone says being a GM is hard but the Orioles should just trade Chris Davis and then re-sign Manny Machado. Lots of problems solved.
30

29

44

28.9

25.6

28.5

.423

.427

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

-0.1%

Jurickson Profrar’s emergence proves that some top prospects just don’t figure it all out until they turn *squints* uh, 25.