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Prospectus Hit List for June 5



by Matthew Kory

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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.

Just Hit-Hit Listing away.

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

31

23

32.5

35.6

34.7

.607

.588

78.0%

12.7%

90.7%

-2.6%

-2.0%

Joc Pederson did not homer last night, so clear your schedule tonight because the kid doesn’t stay blocked for long.
2

34

21

30.7

33.1

33.7

.537

.557

43.1%

24.4%

67.5%

-3.7%

3.8%

The Astros will remove the hill in center field at Minute Maid Park and replace it with an alligator-filled moat. Baby steps.
3

36

18

35.4

32.4

32.4

.577

.557

71.3%

20.1%

91.4%

1.5%

7.2%

Kolten Wong got picked off first base. Looks like the Cardinals are going to the World Series this year!
4

28

26

27.7

26.8

27.5

.533

.553

35.8%

23.4%

59.2%

0.1%

6.3%

Josh Hamilton will miss four weeks with a… hey whoops not our problem! Never mind!
5

30

21

30.6

30.4

30.8

.524

.544

29.0%

16.6%

45.7%

-2.5%

-0.1%

Proof that it’s still early: Edinson Volquez has a sub-3.00 ERA.
6

29

25

29.0

29.6

30.1

.524

.544

40.1%

14.3%

54.4%

1.6%

13.6%

Looking forward to the banner that reads “AL East Champions: best of the worst”
7

26

27

27.2

29.7

29.8

.523

.543

22.9%

15.2%

38.1%

4.2%

9.8%

The Indians discovered the key to beating Kansas City is don’t even play a ninth inning.
8

29

26

29.4

29.5

29.0

.522

.542

32.3%

16.5%

48.7%

5.2%

12.3%

The Rays became the first American League East team this season to win a game against a team that isn’t in the American League East! Okay, that's not true, but it feels true!
9

28

27

26.4

29.8

30.3

.515

.535

24.5%

16.5%

41.0%

-4.2%

-21.1%

The guy nobody wanted to sign, Joba Chamberlain, has the lowest ERA of any Tigers reliever. That’s like saying a person is the most sensitive of anyone who has dressed up like Hitler at a costume party, but still.
10

23

33

29.1

31.5

32.2

.512

.532

2.6%

5.4%

8.1%

1.4%

4.3%

After giving up four runs in a third of an inning, it was time for jokes about Dan Otero’s ERA going up a ton, but it actually hasn’t gone up all that much which, when you think about it, is much worse.
11

25

30

31.0

28.3

27.7

.504

.524

8.7%

7.8%

16.5%

-0.3%

1.3%

Wednesday, Mark Buehrle threw a complete game shutout where he struck out two hitters and walked one. In a related story I think I’ve figured out who Old Hoss Radbourn on Twitter is.
12

29

25

27.5

28.7

27.5

.544

.524

63.9%

12.1%

76.0%

-2.8%

-13.9%

An 0-for-3 night and Bryce Harper’s OPS is down to 1.173 OPS. This can only help the Bryce Harper haters in their quest for union representation.
13

29

24

31.3

30.2

29.5

.541

.521

13.2%

36.1%

49.3%

0.4%

12.0%

Pedro Alvarez is hitting the ball on the ground more which is either a failed strategy or a misunderstanding of what constitutes air.
14

24

30

23.7

25.1

26.1

.498

.518

7.5%

12.7%

20.1%

-2.0%

-18.9%

After arriving in Seattle, Mark Trumbo went straight to the convenience store and punched a bunch of Hostess Dingers. Then he struck out.
15

28

26

27.6

26.2

26.7

.495

.515

11.0%

14.8%

25.7%

2.7%

8.7%

The Rangers have a winning record? Eh, it’s not that hard. Tell ‘em, Wash. (I’ll never get tired of that joke.)
16

28

24

25.5

27.7

27.8

.532

.512

15.3%

41.4%

56.7%

2.6%

1.8%

Junior Lake shushed the Marlins passing third base after homering, a violation of either two or three unwritten rules. It’s difficult to be specific about unwritten things.
17

30

25

28.1

29.6

29.4

.532

.512

16.2%

31.8%

48.0%

-0.8%

-18.7%

There’s nothing like visiting the White House eight months after winning the World Series. It’s just like Christmas morning in August!
18

24

31

22.1

24.9

24.7

.491

.511

14.7%

9.6%

24.3%

-5.2%

-16.9%

A drug called Women’s Viagra is on the road to FDA approval. That is far more interesting than anything to do with the Red Sox.
19

30

25

28.5

27.6

26.6

.513

.493

31.8%

16.9%

48.7%

3.3%

1.8%

With David Wright out indefinitely the Mets signed free agent third baseman David Wrong. Asked about filling Wright’s shoes, Wrong said, “Being Wrong isn’t wrong, I don’t want to be Wright.”
20

32

21

29.0

23.1

23.1

.473

.493

19.0%

15.1%

34.0%

3.2%

3.9%

One of these days the Twins luck will turn, but we have to start preparing for the possibility that that day might be next season.
21

24

29

25.7

24.4

24.9

.469

.489

4.2%

3.0%

7.2%

1.4%

-6.3%

With Matt Wieters coming back today, the Orioles won’t need another catcher until Saturday when Wieters is scheduled to get hurt again.
22

27

28

26.9

22.8

23.6

.490

.470

4.3%

16.7%

21.0%

-0.8%

4.4%

Now that Scott Boras is out of the picture, maybe the Padres can get in on Rafael Soriano. He played some infield in Little League, right?
23

24

28

20.6

19.5

19.8

.448

.468

4.7%

4.8%

9.5%

-1.9%

-0.7%

Carlos Rodon struck out 39 percent off the Rangers hitters he faced. Amazing! And the White Sox offense was there too? [checks loss]
24

22

32

25.0

26.4

26.1

.477

.457

2.5%

1.8%

4.3%

-0.1%

1.9%

The Dan Jennings Era is producing losses at a faster rate than the Mike Redmond Era, so eat that, Mike Redmond Era!
25

25

28

26.9

26.2

25.8

.477

.457

1.1%

3.1%

4.2%

-1.4%

1.4%

Now without Mark Trumbo, the Diamondbacks can finally stop calling themselves the D-backs, which has nothing to do with Trumbo, but any excuse to stop it with the D-backs! So so terrible!
26

23

29

23.3

24.7

24.2

.460

.440

0.2%

2.1%

2.3%

0.1%

1.0%

In the ninth inning Aroldis Chapman struck out Freddy Galvis out on a 90 mph changeup. Back in the first inning, Anthony DeSclafani’s first pitch to lead-off hitter Ben Revere was a 90 mph fastball.
27

24

28

22.8

23.0

23.0

.451

.432

0.4%

2.6%

3.0%

0.4%

1.8%

When Troy Tulowitzki homers he silently agrees or vetoes trades to the non-Rockies uniforms fans are wearing as he runs the bases. “Yes, no, no, no, yes, yes, no…”
28

26

27

25.6

22.9

22.1

.440

.421

1.7%

2.1%

3.8%

0.1%

1.7%

How many jokes can you make about the Braves moving out of the city and into the suburbs? How about a movie called “Forward to the Past!” starring Christopher Lloyd as a bumbling scientist trying to make a coffee maker out of a space shuttle.
29

18

36

19.8

18.5

19.1

.418

.399

0.0%

0.4%

0.4%

0.1%

-0.2%

Ryan Braun had a second procedure on his bothersome thumb, or as he called it, what I don’t know what you’re talking about.
30

21

34

19.1

19.6

19.3

.387

.368

0.0%

0.0%

0.1%

-0.2%

-0.1%

Aaron Harang walked five and struck out one so you’d think he pitched a complete game shutout, but I guess you just can’t predict baseball.