Prospectus Hit List for June 18
Hit List for June 14
Hit List for June 21
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 |
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1 | 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. | |||||||||||||
2 | 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. | |||||||||||||
3 | 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 ... | |||||||||||||
4 | 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. | |||||||||||||
5 | 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. | |||||||||||||
6 | 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. | |||||||||||||
7 | 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. | |||||||||||||
8 | 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. | |||||||||||||
9 | 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) | |||||||||||||
10 | 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. | |||||||||||||
11 | 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! | |||||||||||||
12 | 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. | |||||||||||||
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 | 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. | |||||||||||||
15 | 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. | |||||||||||||
16 | 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. | |||||||||||||
17 | 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. | |||||||||||||
18 | 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. | |||||||||||||
19 | 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. | |||||||||||||
20 | 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. | |||||||||||||
21 | 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. | |||||||||||||
22 | 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. | |||||||||||||
23 | 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. | |||||||||||||
24 | 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. | |||||||||||||
25 | 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? | |||||||||||||
26 | 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. | |||||||||||||
27 | 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. | |||||||||||||
28 | 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. | |||||||||||||
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. |