Prospectus Hit List for June 7



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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.

RkTmWLW1W2W3HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

38

25

44.4

46.1

45.8

.647

.651

85.1%

12.4%

97.5%

1.0%

-0.3%

This Astros-Mariners series is basically just Houston playing with its food. Don’t give them false hope, ya know?
2

40

18

37.9

41.2

40.5

.639

.644

64.2%

35.4%

99.6%

0.0%

0.5%

On the one hand, exit velocity is overplayed at this point. On the other hand, really, Giancarlo? 119 mph? Dear lord.
3

43

19

41.3

41.6

40.9

.615

.620

35.8%

62.9%

98.7%

0.4%

0.8%

It’s too bad Dustin Pedroia has a knee injury and not an ear injury. If the latter were true, he wouldn’t have to hear all the stupid takes about his recovery.
4

34

24

38.3

37.9

37.5

.598

.593

56.5%

27.6%

84.1%

5.4%

12.7%

Guess the Jason Heyward contract was worth it, then.
5

35

25

37.0

37.9

37.1

.575

.571

60.9%

17.2%

78.2%

4.5%

0.5%

Fitting that when it comes to the Max Scherzer vs. Clayton Kershaw debate, the baseball community just doesn’t see eye-to-eye.
6

32

28

32.4

33.9

33.6

.563

.568

92.8%

0.6%

93.4%

2.4%

-1.4%

Maybe the Indians can send some of their relievers to play for Golden State? Kill two birds with one stone?
7

30

31

34.7

34.2

32.9

.562

.557

35.5%

12.7%

48.2%

-4.3%

5.7%

Matt Kemp is crushing it and the Dodgers are pretty average; it’s truly 2009 all over again.
8

38

23

32.8

33.9

32.8

.530

.535

10.4%

48.8%

59.2%

-2.3%

15.9%

Congrats to the Mariners’ 40 draft picks on becoming the Mariners’ new top-40 prospects.
9

37

25

34.0

34.2

33.0

.539

.534

29.6%

38.7%

68.3%

-1.1%

-6.9%

The Brewers just lost back-to-back games for the first time since April, but yeah, inactive offseasons are the way to go for sure.
10

32

29

33.0

30.5

31.1

.536

.531

38.4%

13.5%

51.8%

-4.3%

0.3%

The Diamondbacks traded for Jon Jay, so perhaps people in Arizona will finally get decent court rulings.
11

35

28

35.3

34.9

34.8

.526

.531

3.8%

23.9%

27.8%

3.6%

1.3%

The Angels have decided that the new market inefficiency is athletic outfielders named Jordan/Jordyn, apparently.
12

32

27

32.8

32.9

32.7

.531

.526

19.7%

20.9%

40.5%

-3.2%

-7.3%

If only there were something Jake Arrieta could do personally to improve the Phillies’ performance.
13

36

26

37.8

36.5

36.7

.523

.518

17.7%

20.7%

38.4%

-2.5%

9.4%

I figure if I put off writing a clever comment here for long enough Charlie Culberson will eventually do it at the eleventh hour for me.
14

32

27

31.3

29.5

28.6

.520

.515

11.7%

23.8%

35.5%

-3.6%

-7.5%

Does Alex Reyes not know that he’s a Cardinal? These types of things aren’t supposed to happen to him.
15

28

32

28.3

33.3

33.6

.503

.508

0.0%

4.5%

4.5%

-0.9%

-13.8%

Pre-season, post-draft and post-trade deadline; the three times a year people praise the Rays.
16

31

31

31.3

31.8

32.2

.496

.501

0.7%

7.9%

8.6%

-1.2%

-1.5%

Huh. Usually when an Oakland team is making weird QB concessions, Jon Gruden is involved.
17

31

31

27.7

31.0

32.4

.504

.499

15.1%

8.4%

23.5%

4.9%

12.0%

Folks we haven’t seen a Hanson revival tour like this since “The Middle of Everything 25th Anniversary.”
18

31

30

31.1

31.7

31.4

.497

.492

2.2%

8.2%

10.4%

1.9%

-2.1%

Austin Meadows is truly the successor to Andrew McCutchen in that the Pirates seem intent on wasting his abilities.
19

26

32

27.4

26.1

26.0

.477

.482

5.9%

2.5%

8.3%

-2.5%

0.5%

We haven’t seen Twins regress like this since shortly after the original Full House.
20

32

29

27.9

28.3

27.9

.485

.480

10.8%

5.4%

16.2%

2.8%

-7.4%

Wade Davis is going to find a way to finish the year with more saves than the Rockies have wins.
21

27

32

25.9

25.7

25.9

.473

.468

1.7%

2.8%

4.5%

-0.5%

-9.5%

Per Federal anti-discrimination laws, making fun of the Mets right now would technically be bullying, so
22

26

35

27.0

23.8

24.9

.453

.458

0.0%

0.7%

0.7%

-0.2%

-2.1%

The next time the Blue Jays play the Nationals they have to try and burn down the White House, no?
23

29

34

28.6

29.2

27.6

.441

.446

1.3%

0.2%

1.5%

-0.2%

0.5%

Nothing excites a fanbase quite like popping a college pitcher with the first overall pick.
24

27

37

25.9

22.3

24.5

.428

.433

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

-0.1%

-0.5%

The Rangers invested so heavily in Coles this draft they’re about to become a Trump talking point.
25

21

41

23.3

24.1

24.8

.422

.417

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.1%

I’m already excited for when the Orioles overpay for Scooter Gennett and he just completely stops hitting.
26

29

35

27.2

23.9

24.4

.421

.416

0.2%

0.1%

0.3%

0.1%

0.2%

Hey, if it’s working for Fernando Tatis’ son, why wouldn’t it work for, uh, David Weathers’ son?
27

20

39

22.0

23.2

22.3

.406

.411

0.1%

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

0.1%

In adding Nick Madrigal, the White Sox have ensured they’ll have the most exciting lineup that no one talks about by 2021.
28

19

41

20.5

18.0

19.7

.380

.385

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Congrats to O’s first-round pick RHP Grayson Rodriguez, who one assumes will be traded to the Red Sox for 10 weeks of a middle reliever in a few years.
29

21

41

21.0

21.0

20.9

.375

.380

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

-0.0%

So it’s the Kansas City Gators now?
30

22

39

19.6

20.9

22.8

.375

.370

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

-0.0%

I’d say this whole campaign to get Lewis Brinson to the All-Star Game is cruel, but at the same time it’d get him out of Miami for a few days ...