Prospectus Hit List for May 3
Hit List for April 30
Hit List for May 7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | |||||||||||||