Prospectus Hit List for June 17
Hit List for June 15
Hit List for June 19
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 |  | 37 | 28 | 38.9 | 42.1 | 41.0 | .599 | .580 | 80.2% | 9.5% | 89.7% | -2.8% | -2.2% |
| Brett Anderson has already thrown more innings this season than each of his last three seasons, but also has a career low in K/9. Can't have it all. | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 43 | 21 | 40.8 | 38.3 | 38.9 | .575 | .555 | 76.2% | 20.0% | 96.1% | -0.1% | 3.7% |
| There will be no Cardinals comment, since I will not comment on an ongoing investigation. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 38 | 28 | 36.7 | 38.9 | 39.7 | .529 | .549 | 39.4% | 21.1% | 60.5% | 4.2% | 11.6% |
| No matter how much the Cardinals are penalized for breaching the Astros' computer system, you can't unring the bell and those Chad Qualls nudes are gonna be on the Internet forever. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 34 | 32 | 39.7 | 36.4 | 36.1 | .528 | .547 | 21.9% | 19.4% | 41.3% | -3.1% | 11.6% |
| The Jays' 11-game winning streak was impressive, but the Royals' 7-game winning streak has more votes. | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 33 | 32 | 32.2 | 31.3 | 32.4 | .527 | .547 | 32.9% | 18.5% | 51.4% | 4.1% | -0.7% |
| If Mike Trout is the only non-Royal in the All-Star lineup, then it's time to fire up the ol' Royals trade rumor transmogrifier. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 34 | 31 | 33.3 | 36.9 | 36.7 | .526 | .546 | 33.9% | 17.4% | 51.3% | -5.5% | 0.2% |
| Kyle Ryan! I thought I told you to *trim* those sideburns! | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 36 | 25 | 36.5 | 36.1 | 36.0 | .521 | .541 | 41.7% | 15.4% | 57.1% | 3.7% | 5.8% |
| It may not show up in the stats, but Omar Infante makes those around him better, specifically opposing pitchers. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 34 | 30 | 33.3 | 34.0 | 35.0 | .516 | .536 | 29.4% | 18.7% | 48.1% | -5.1% | -20.6% |
| Nathan Eovaldi now has a career .900 BABIP against Miami. Sounds sustainable. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 37 | 27 | 39.1 | 38.8 | 36.9 | .555 | .535 | 12.9% | 52.7% | 65.5% | 4.3% | 23.9% |
| Jung-ho Kang isn't on the All-Star ballot? Don't blame me, I voted for Kodos! Never mind, it's entirely my fault. | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 30 | 33 | 31.1 | 34.5 | 34.7 | .514 | .534 | 16.4% | 13.2% | 29.5% | 5.4% | 1.3% |
| Anthony Swarzak signed with a Korean baseball team, meaning there are plenty of edible innings in the AL Central for the whole family. | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 28 | 39 | 36.2 | 38.2 | 38.5 | .514 | .534 | 2.2% | 3.8% | 6.0% | 0.5% | 3.0% |
| For all the bad luck and narrow losses they've had, Eric Sogard scraped together the go-ahead RBI against Craig Kimbrel. There, now everyone's all square. | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 36 | 30 | 33.8 | 32.6 | 32.2 | .513 | .533 | 31.7% | 21.6% | 53.2% | -7.3% | 7.8% |
| We may never know if Rene Rivera is the Puerto Rican Drew Butera or if Butera is the Italian Rene Rivera. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 33 | 31 | 35.8 | 34.1 | 34.4 | .505 | .525 | 11.4% | 12.3% | 23.7% | 5.3% | 13.5% |
| Wei-Yin Chen was optioned to the Single-A Frederick Keys, presumably to call up super prospect Frederick Keys. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 34 | 31 | 33.5 | 35.5 | 33.9 | .543 | .523 | 57.4% | 11.2% | 68.7% | 4.3% | 0.3% |
| Bryce Harper has tied his career best for home runs in a season, and we're not even at the longest day of the year, which is statistically the most likely day for a Bryce Harper home run to occur. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 35 | 30 | 34.1 | 31.6 | 32.1 | .500 | .520 | 18.9% | 17.0% | 35.9% | 3.2% | 2.6% |
| You don't need to hear from us that Prince Fielder tripped rounding third base, because your broken lamp already indicated that. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 28 | 38 | 26.9 | 31.1 | 31.1 | .496 | .516 | 5.7% | 5.5% | 11.2% | 1.2% | -15.2% |
| If the playoffs were to begin today, and playoffs were determined by most player cycles in the season, the Red Sox would have home field advantage in the AL. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 34 | 28 | 31.0 | 32.9 | 33.5 | .535 | .515 | 10.9% | 51.1% | 62.0% | -6.7% | 5.2% |
| The first non-pitcher to be called up from the 2014 draft was a DH for a National League team, and it was Kyle Schwarber. Meanwhile, the Legend of Dan Vogelbach dies a little inside all of us. | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 29 | 36 | 27.2 | 29.2 | 30.7 | .491 | .511 | 6.6% | 7.2% | 13.8% | -4.0% | -7.2% |
| This may be a cherry-picking stat, but the sub-.200-hitting Mike Zunino is hitting .600 when thinking about cherry picking. | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 35 | 31 | 33.7 | 35.5 | 34.8 | .528 | .508 | 15.1% | 24.6% | 39.7% | 5.2% | -21.1% |
| Warriors in odd years. Giants in even years. And the Bay Area never had room to complain again. | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 36 | 30 | 33.2 | 32.3 | 31.3 | .509 | .489 | 36.9% | 11.7% | 48.6% | 0.7% | 4.4% |
| The question moving forward is where else Wilmer Flores should play besides shortstop, and so far the most popular answer is "yes." | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 29 | 37 | 31.8 | 33.9 | 33.7 | .491 | .471 | 3.8% | 2.7% | 6.5% | 0.4% | 1.8% |
| All signs point to Dan Jennings staying on as manager next year, unless of course the guy that cranks the home run sculpture is fired. | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 34 | 30 | 32.0 | 26.5 | 26.5 | .450 | .470 | 6.1% | 6.9% | 13.0% | -1.4% | -7.8% |
| "Sorry!" (with a long "o") — A Twins pitcher after recording a strikeout. | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 31 | 33 | 32.6 | 32.2 | 32.3 | .484 | .464 | 1.6% | 4.6% | 6.2% | -1.6% | 2.4% |
| Paul Goldschmidt is the leading vote getter for National League first basemen, is the most deserving player, and is not a Royal. Clearly the All-Star voting system is broken. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 32 | 35 | 31.9 | 27.2 | 28.2 | .483 | .463 | 2.9% | 8.2% | 11.0% | -2.6% | -13.2% |
| Pat Murphy sounds like a fine replaement for Bud Black, but we could have had manager-GM A.J. Preller out there, orchestrating trades with the other team in the sixth inning. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 28 | 35 | 24.0 | 22.0 | 22.8 | .440 | .459 | 1.9% | 2.1% | 4.0% | -1.2% | -5.8% |
| It may be best for marketing purposes to advertise the rest of the season as "outdoor iceless hockey" and see how many Blackhawk fans they can lure into the ballpark. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 29 | 35 | 29.8 | 31.0 | 30.2 | .468 | .448 | 0.1% | 2.1% | 2.1% | 0.2% | -0.9% |
| Jon Moscot exited Monday's game in the first inning with a shoulder injury, but the real question is what the team's Moscot was doing on the field during the game. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 28 | 36 | 27.8 | 27.9 | 27.5 | .446 | .426 | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.9% | -0.5% | -3.0% |
| LaTroy Hawkins called a players-only meeting to get everyone in a room and explain, for the last time, why Smash Mouth was popular in the '90s. | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 31 | 34 | 30.7 | 28.8 | 28.0 | .439 | .420 | 1.9% | 0.9% | 2.8% | -0.9% | -0.9% |
| Now available in stores! 13 of the greatest hits allowed yesterday in a two-CD set; it's "The Best Of Julio Teheran." | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 24 | 42 | 25.2 | 22.7 | 23.8 | .426 | .407 | 0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | -0.0% | -0.3% |
| If your team is missing a middle infielder, check with the Brewers. They probably claimed them. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 22 | 44 | 20.5 | 21.0 | 21.1 | .368 | .350 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| Two roads diverged and I I took the one with Jerome Williams starting in 2015 And that has made all the difference | |||||||||||||
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