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Prospectus Hit List for June 10



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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

45

22

43.6

48.5

49.1

.695

.699

99.7%

0.2%

100.0%

0.1%

0.1%

Like, how do they just have a Yordan Alvarez waiting in the wings, too? Utterly unfair.
2

45

21

44.2

48.7

48.5

.706

.702

99.1%

0.7%

99.9%

0.1%

0.2%

Justin Turner may look more like Tormund, but Max Muncy is the true Giantsbane.
3

43

21

42.4

42.8

41.3

.663

.667

94.4%

3.7%

98.1%

1.4%

0.4%

YOU: How could 2019 get any worse? UNIVERSE: Willians Astudillo has been optioned to Triple-A.
4

40

24

42.6

46.1

45.2

.679

.684

55.0%

40.6%

95.7%

2.2%

5.1%

If Brandon Lowe was only allowed to play against the Red Sox he might have the best rookie season of all time.
5

38

28

34.2

35.8

37.0

.549

.544

45.8%

26.4%

72.2%

4.7%

0.0%

If Mike Moustakas keeps hitting like this he might even land a two-year contract this offseason.
6

37

28

34.9

29.9

30.4

.509

.504

38.4%

19.7%

58.1%

-6.6%

-4.8%

Smart of the Phillies to use Joey Votto’s aversion to first-base pop-ups against him.
7

40

24

38.8

38.0

36.3

.598

.603

38.2%

53.5%

91.7%

2.6%

-2.8%

Now that he has some stitches in it, will Brett Gardner have trouble picking up his own face?
8

36

29

34.0

34.4

33.8

.532

.527

37.4%

21.6%

59.0%

3.7%

6.6%

Tired: Being happy the Braves signed Dallas Keuchel. Wired: Complaining about how they’ve focused on developing pitchers, then need to sign one anyway.
9

37

27

38.6

39.2

40.1

.605

.600

36.8%

28.0%

64.8%

2.2%

23.4%

How long before Cubs fans decide they don’t trust Craig Kimbrel? Assuming he doesn’t pitch until late June, I’ll say ... late June.
10

32

33

31.2

31.2

30.9

.482

.477

16.1%

15.4%

31.5%

2.4%

0.4%

Now that he’s had an injury situation badly mishandled, Robinson Cano is a True Met. Welcome back to New York, big guy.
11

31

32

32.2

32.5

33.8

.514

.509

15.1%

21.6%

36.7%

-4.3%

-19.1%

Just what the Cardinals need: a reason for Adam Wainwright to be even less effective.
12

30

35

31.5

32.8

32.0

.486

.481

8.2%

10.9%

19.1%

2.2%

2.9%

This comment just homered off Craig Stammen.
13

34

32

36.3

37.9

37.4

.551

.556

6.8%

46.8%

53.6%

-4.3%

1.3%

Eduardo Rodriguez has the consistency of a bundt cake that a failed Great British Baking Show contestant pulls out of the oven 34 minutes too early.
14

33

32

31.8

30.1

29.9

.480

.485

5.4%

28.1%

33.6%

-5.1%

-0.2%

A bat taking a nap at Progressive Field feels a little too on the nose, no?
15

29

35

35.7

34.4

34.3

.521

.516

1.4%

3.8%

5.3%

1.0%

-1.5%

Congrats to Tanner Roark on recording his 800th strikeout in just 18,000 MLB innings.
16

30

34

24.4

25.2

26.4

.414

.409

0.9%

2.6%

3.5%

-1.5%

-2.7%

Makes sense that the Pirates would keep Mitch Keller in the minors for longer, making him more attractive as a potential trade chip for a worse MLB starter this July.
17

34

32

38.5

36.9

37.4

.556

.551

0.5%

25.0%

25.6%

2.8%

6.4%

My god, there is another thicc Cron #blessed.
18

33

31

32.8

30.8

29.9

.494

.489

0.2%

13.7%

13.9%

-2.5%

-7.4%

Jeff Hoffman continues to serve as living proof that no one won the Troy Tulowitzki trade.
19

34

33

35.9

35.2

34.2

.520

.525

0.2%

16.8%

17.0%

3.3%

1.4%

Man. Tanner Anderson is an extremely back-of-the-rotation A’s starter-ass name. Straight out of central casting.
20

31

33

27.3

26.5

25.1

.429

.434

0.1%

1.5%

1.6%

0.4%

-0.9%

Tim Anderson and Yoan Moncada are good. Eloy Jimenez is hitting. Lucas Giolito is breaking out. Why does it feel like a meteor is about to crash into this team?
21

33

33

29.6

29.4

29.1

.459

.454

0.1%

10.4%

10.5%

-4.2%

-4.2%

“Padres sing Smash Mouth’s ‘All Star’ in dugout” reads the Padres.com headline that I hope has a negative clickthrough rate.
22

34

30

34.8

31.5

31.2

.514

.519

0.1%

4.5%

4.5%

-0.2%

0.6%

Maybe if someone writes “Adrian Beltre’s head” on home plate Elvis Andrus will touch it more.
23

31

35

32.5

32.2

31.8

.483

.488

0.0%

3.8%

3.8%

-0.7%

-4.7%

It’s great to see Shohei Ohtani back in the Angels’ lineup, playing Robin to Tommy La Stella’s Batman.
24

28

41

28.7

29.1

30.9

.423

.428

0.0%

0.3%

0.3%

0.1%

-0.2%

ANONYMOUS SCOUT WHO SAID MITCH HANIGER STRUGGLED WITH BREAKING BALLS: See?
25

26

38

23.1

21.5

21.6

.360

.356

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.1%

-0.2%

Maybe he’s named Madison Bumgarner because he always has The Ass.
26

20

45

20.8

20.2

21.3

.317

.321

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Dylan Bundy is pitching like a man who’ll blossom into an ace once he’s traded to, like, San Diego this offseason.
27

23

40

24.2

23.5

23.3

.373

.369

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

-0.0%

Caleb Smith has the talent, anonymity and injury history of a man who’ll someday win 18 games for the Giants.
28

24

39

20.2

21.5

22.1

.348

.353

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

0.0%

-0.1%

Answer this honestly: can you name 10 members of the 2019 Detroit Tigers? Even if you include Miguel Cabrera?
29

23

42

23.9

21.1

21.3

.343

.348

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

-0.1%

Danny Jansen is the most Blue Jays player in that he struggles in the face of a prominent sun.
30

20

45

25.3

25.6

26.3

.374

.379

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.1%

The Royals should be utterly ashamed of wasting the prime of a man named Glenn Sparkman. Absolutely ashamed.