Prospectus Hit List for June 11



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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

42

25

47.3

48.1

47.6

.647

.652

86.2%

12.0%

98.2%

0.4%

1.0%

The Astors are taking their commitment to draft Beer a little too seriously, it seems.
2

42

19

39.8

43.0

42.3

.636

.641

71.6%

28.1%

99.7%

-0.0%

0.4%

There is no better joke than Luis Severino’s swing.
3

44

22

42.8

43.9

43.0

.609

.614

28.4%

68.7%

97.1%

-0.8%

-1.0%

We’re rapidly entering the point where the only thing shock jocks will have to complain about re: J.D. Martinez is “athletes make too much money.”
4

37

25

40.4

39.9

39.4

.594

.589

55.1%

30.7%

85.8%

-3.7%

2.3%

Good news for the Cubbies, as Yu Darvish may not return until after the All-Star Break.
5

34

29

34.7

36.1

35.7

.567

.571

93.7%

0.3%

94.0%

0.3%

4.3%

Everyone is making a huge deal out of Corey Kluber not walking a batter for a month, but the vast majority of people reading this column can say the same thing.
6

33

32

37.5

37.3

36.3

.568

.563

35.7%

16.2%

51.9%

2.6%

1.5%

Walker Buehler is hurt? He is now a true Dodgers Starter.
7

36

27

38.1

38.4

37.7

.568

.563

60.4%

13.6%

73.9%

-4.0%

1.7%

Not sure how people can say Max Scherzer is better than Clayton Kershaw when he’s not even better than Derek Holland.
8

39

26

37.2

37.1

36.1

.549

.544

33.6%

40.9%

74.5%

-0.6%

4.1%

Congrats to the Brewers on acquiring 2014’s best shortstop in the AL.
9

35

29

36.1

33.6

34.1

.544

.539

44.9%

16.5%

61.4%

5.2%

4.2%

The Jon Snow revival scene, but with Paul Goldschmidt. Zack Greinke is Davos.
10

41

24

34.7

35.9

35.1

.531

.536

10.4%

55.6%

66.0%

7.1%

5.8%

There’s absolutely nothing scary about a Mariners pitcher fighting forearm soreness during their most promising season in forever. Doesn’t feel like the other shoe is about to drop at all.
11

37

29

36.9

36.1

36.1

.524

.529

2.8%

22.9%

25.8%

-6.7%

5.2%

Congrats to Albert Pujols on passing Stan Musial in age.
12

33

30

32.8

33.6

33.7

.523

.518

19.0%

15.3%

34.3%

4.3%

-1.5%

The Big Beefy Boys Appreciation Society needs to pay more attention to Tommy Hunter, tbh.
13

35

28

33.6

31.9

30.6

.521

.516

9.8%

26.4%

36.2%

-5.1%

-8.8%

The Cardinals gave so many free passes to Reds yesterday they’re practically a member of Trump’s cabinet.
14

37

28

38.6

37.3

37.2

.515

.510

19.0%

16.3%

35.3%

-3.7%

-5.3%

It will be interesting to see how the NFL spins Jesse Biddle’s resurgence into their success story.
15

29

35

30.5

35.3

35.5

.502

.507

0.0%

2.3%

2.3%

-1.4%

-5.5%

Leave it to the Rays to turn to Roe as a finisher.
16

34

32

34.1

34.7

34.6

.501

.506

0.5%

7.1%

7.7%

1.1%

-3.9%

Ah, so we’ve reached the injury portion of this chapter in the Trevor Cahill Comeback Saga.
17

33

32

29.7

33.4

34.8

.510

.505

15.7%

12.7%

28.4%

4.5%

12.1%

The Giants are going to find a way to stay exactly one game above .500 for the rest of the season, aren’t they?
18

32

33

33.2

33.4

33.4

.495

.490

1.5%

6.8%

8.2%

2.9%

-1.6%

I tried to fight it. I really did, but .... down goes (Adam) Frazier.
19

28

34

29.8

28.9

28.7

.483

.488

5.3%

1.4%

6.7%

0.4%

-5.4%

Have Kyle Gibson and the Twins ever been good at the same time?
20

30

35

30.6

28.0

28.4

.471

.476

0.0%

1.2%

1.2%

0.2%

0.1%

Curtis Granderson is the Most Orioles player in that he’s a past-his-prime power hitter and defensive liability who absolutely kills the Orioles.
21

32

33

28.3

29.1

29.0

.473

.468

3.5%

2.9%

6.4%

-2.9%

-5.4%

It’s been a tumultuous season for the Rockies, so nice of CarGo to add a sense of normalcy by being day-to-day again.
22

28

34

27.1

27.0

27.5

.470

.465

1.6%

1.5%

3.2%

0.3%

-3.6%

“Mets host 65 youngsters at Play Ball event” reads the Mets.com headline that’s basically the setup for a grittier Hunger Games.
23

31

36

30.2

30.6

29.2

.441

.446

1.1%

0.2%

1.2%

-0.3%

-0.9%

Jeimer Candelario looks like such a promising everyday guy it’s a miracle the Cubs didn’t trade him for Aroldis Chapman, too.
24

27

41

27.0

24.1

27.0

.427

.432

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

-0.1%

-0.1%

Fister is on the DL, so all the Arlington-area dogs can relax for a few days.
25

23

43

25.6

26.2

26.9

.427

.422

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

“Slumping Hamilton may give up switch hitting” reads the Reds.com headline that may want to omit the “switch” part.
26

31

36

28.5

25.6

25.7

.425

.420

0.2%

0.2%

0.4%

0.2%

0.1%

If the Padres are no longer convinced they can trade their closer, does that mean the rest of the league is collectively executing a sleight of Hand?
27

22

41

23.5

24.3

23.8

.406

.411

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

0.0%

In taking two out of three from the Red Sox, the White Sox definitively proved that they won the Chris Sale trade.
28

22

44

22.1

22.0

22.1

.375

.379

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

There’s perhaps no better argument against the modern shift than “Mike Moustakas successfully bunted against the shift.”
29

19

45

20.9

18.0

19.6

.370

.375

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

There are @dril tweets with more promising Cobbs than the one on the Orioles roster.
30

23

42

21.2

22.0

23.6

.371

.367

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

Getting no-hit by Clayton Richard is legally punishable by death, so it’s good the Marlins were able to eek out a hit or two late in the game.