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

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.
2

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.”
3

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.
4

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.
5

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.
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

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.
8

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?
9

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.
10

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?
11

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.
12

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.
13

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.
14

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.
15

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?
16

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 ...
17

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.
18

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.
19

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?
20

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
21

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.
22

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.
23

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.
24

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.
25

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.
26

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.
27

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.
28

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.
29

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.
30

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.