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Prospectus Hit List for May 11



by Ben Carsley

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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.

Cody Bellinger leads the Dodgers to the top spot.

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

20

14

22.7

22.4

21.9

.623

.618

80.8%

14.2%

95.0%

0.8%

5.7%

Ask not for whom Cody Bellinger Toles, Andrew Toles for D(L).
2

23

11

21.3

21.2

20.8

.605

.610

84.7%

10.0%

94.7%

0.6%

2.0%

The Astros are off to their best start in franchise history, which absolutely no major sports publications could’ve predicted.
3

21

10

20.8

22.4

22.3

.597

.602

41.3%

22.7%

64.0%

-0.2%

12.3%

When Richard Justice writes an article about Aaron Judge does Donald Trump just get reflexively nervous?
4

22

12

21.6

21.5

21.6

.592

.587

76.9%

12.8%

89.7%

2.8%

3.7%

Matt Wieters hit a walk-off single against the Orioles yesterday to (puts on sunglasses) Cap off what was a very good night for D.C. spo ... oh. Oh no.
5

18

15

17.8

19.4

18.7

.569

.574

77.8%

8.7%

86.4%

-2.1%

-0.4%

It’s like raaaaaaaiiiiiiin, on your wedding day. It’s like Progressive Fiellllllld, being the home of Chief Wahoo.
6

17

17

17.8

18.2

18.9

.555

.550

62.1%

14.9%

77.0%

-4.1%

-10.8%

“Offense cooled by run of Rockies rookies” is not a sentence I expected to appear on Cubs.com in 2017. Or ever, really.
7

17

16

17.6

18.2

18.1

.542

.547

29.7%

26.0%

55.7%

-1.3%

-10.9%

Rafael Devers is hitting .312/.366/.559 through 101 PA in Double-A, and also has a .312 TAv. Coincidentally, that is also the fielding percentage for Red Sox third basemen.
8

17

19

19.3

20.9

21.6

.533

.538

11.2%

17.2%

28.4%

1.8%

-8.3%

The Rays totally curbstomped the Royals yesterday, winning 12-1 and finally, definitively winning The First Wil Myers Trade.
9

17

17

18.5

18.4

18.4

.527

.532

9.6%

30.7%

40.3%

5.1%

12.8%

Felix Hernandez, James Paxton, Drew Smyly and Hisashi Iwakuma are all on the disabled list. Welcome to Yovani Gallardo, Team Ace: 2017 Edition.
10

22

13

18.4

20.4

20.0

.534

.529

12.2%

37.8%

50.0%

-1.2%

11.7%

Look, they’re off to a very good start, but Mother Nature took “all hail the Rockies” a little too literally this week, no?
11

19

14

17.9

17.9

18.4

.524

.519

19.2%

18.4%

37.6%

2.5%

15.3%

The Cardinals have won six straight and now sit atop the NL Central. We knew their early-season malaise was too good to be true.
12

19

16

19.9

18.9

18.7

.521

.516

5.7%

25.9%

31.6%

1.9%

-6.5%

Chris Owings: .311/.349/.496. Dansby Swanson: .162/.242/.225. Dave Stewart was a genius.
13

22

11

17.9

16.5

17.6

.511

.516

15.4%

21.5%

36.8%

-3.9%

17.3%

Wade Miley leads a first-place team in strikeouts in 2017. There is no better joke than that.
14

18

15

18.3

19.1

18.7

.509

.504

5.6%

7.4%

13.0%

-0.1%

6.0%

Fearing that they might become just a little too watchable, the Reds have elected to keep Amir Garrett, Cody Reed, Rookie Davis and Robert Stephenson out of the rotation for now. At least we still get Bronson Arroyo!
15

16

17

15.8

14.0

13.4

.500

.495

20.2%

28.9%

49.1%

-1.9%

6.9%

The Dark Knight? More like Matt Harvey Dent. More like Two-Face-Ace. More like Clubhouse Poison Ivy. More like just another Joker. More like the Bane of Terry Collins’ existence. More like Out-of-Commision-er Gordon.
16

16

14

14.7

14.4

13.9

.489

.494

8.7%

12.6%

21.2%

-0.9%

-7.1%

“Twins acquire lefty reliever Chapman,” reads the most misleading headline of all time.
17

15

20

17.8

14.5

14.1

.485

.490

4.4%

17.0%

21.4%

2.5%

0.7%

Matt Bush currently leads the Rangers in saves. He has two saves.
18

16

16

15.3

14.0

14.3

.482

.487

9.8%

15.0%

24.8%

-4.4%

-3.3%

J.D. Martinez is on a rehab assignment in Triple-A, meaning the Tigers are close to adding yet another big-time slugger who’ll have fewer homers than James McCann.
19

18

16

18.5

15.5

15.7

.491

.486

8.4%

12.5%

21.0%

2.7%

4.0%

The Brewers have scored so much by bashing Boston this week you’d think they write for Deadspin.
20

15

16

16.0

14.1

14.2

.470

.475

3.2%

4.9%

8.1%

-0.3%

-4.5%

Mike Pelfrey has a 7.1 K% and an 8.2 BB% through four starts. He is the personification of a white flag.
21

16

18

13.1

16.9

16.4

.465

.470

1.2%

6.2%

7.5%

1.4%

2.5%

What is it with Oakland and Skittles? First Marshawn Lynch, now Rally Skittles in the A’s clubhouse. Just make sure you don’t eat the brown ones, because, you know, A’s clubhouse ...
22

13

20

15.2

16.0

15.7

.468

.463

2.2%

6.0%

8.2%

0.2%

-6.8%

Marcell Ozuna is hitting .320/.394/.624 with 11 homers through his first 33 games. Giancarlo Stanton might be the worst outfielder on the Marlins.
23

13

21

14.2

12.8

13.8

.448

.453

2.5%

5.2%

7.7%

2.4%

2.1%

According to the Audubon Society, the best thing to do when you find an injured bird is to contact the closest wildlife rehabilitation center. Do not try to help the bird yourself.
24

14

20

13.4

13.6

14.5

.455

.450

4.7%

7.3%

12.0%

-1.8%

-7.8%

Seriously, what is up with Pirates players/prospects and getting hit in the head? Kevin Newman is the latest victim of the trend started Austin Meadows, Starling Marte and others last year.
25

13

19

15.6

14.6

15.3

.450

.445

0.8%

2.6%

3.3%

-0.2%

-1.8%

Carlos Ruiz is officially more popular in Philly than Santa Claus is, which makes sense given how these people feel about their batteries.
26

17

19

15.9

15.5

15.4

.430

.435

0.1%

1.4%

1.5%

-0.6%

-14.9%

Jesse Chavez leads the Angels with a 4.29 ERA, if you’re wondering how their starting rotation is holding up.
27

12

23

10.4

10.6

11.4

.430

.425

1.2%

10.6%

11.8%

1.1%

-11.7%

So Christian Arroyo evolves into Joe Panik who evolves into Buster Posey, yeah? I’m beginning to think the Giants scout exclusively by facial features.
28

12

21

11.2

11.3

11.5

.402

.407

0.6%

1.0%

1.6%

-0.0%

-0.3%

Kevin Kiermaier made an error that allowed a Kansas City Royal to score in a bizarre convergence of the two rarest occurrences in baseball.
29

13

22

11.5

13.0

12.7

.399

.394

0.1%

0.6%

0.6%

0.5%

-0.9%

Jered Weaver is reportedly “on a short leash” after his latest disaster of a start, but walks have never really been the issue.
30

11

20

12.1

13.2

12.5

.390

.386

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

-3.2%

-7.0%

good job by #braves to cut superstar ryan howard after his 5-week triple-a experiment