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Prospectus Hit List for May 8



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.

The only thing you'll need to read today, unless you're something like a doctor.

RkTmWL W1W2W3HLFAHLFWin Div%Win WC%Playoff%1-Day7-Day
1

20

12

20.5

17.1

16.9

.546

.526

33.5%

25.2%

58.6%

-4.2%

14.3%

Matt Carpenter has been a revelation if by “revelation” you mean “entirely adequate.”
2

19

11

20.2

21.7

20.9

.629

.647

83.4%

9.7%

93.1%

1.2%

3.1%

Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder have OPS's over 1.000. Other than Torii Hunter's .885 no Tigers regular is over .760.
3

21

12

20.0

20.2

19.9

.574

.594

40.1%

30.2%

70.3%

-2.1%

3.1%

It's not a Red Sox baseball season without two Boston players running full speed into each other. Happy Red Sox baseball season, everyone!
4

20

13

19.8

20.8

19.8

.581

.600

72.5%

9.3%

81.8%

-0.4%

0.4%

Adrian Beltre is hitting only .234/.285/.422 but he still flips out when people touch his head so it's alright.
5

19

15

19.8

19.8

19.0

.563

.543

46.4%

27.0%

73.5%

1.1%

5.7%

The Reds are 9-5 in one-run games. In all other games they are 10-10.
6

19

13

19.7

19.9

19.9

.564

.544

50.5%

17.5%

68.0%

-1.0%

-2.8%

Braves hitters have struck out 297 times, most in the National League. Still though, the Upton trade was pretty good.
7

20

13

19.3

18.4

18.0

.522

.541

8.6%

17.2%

25.8%

3.0%

9.1%

Remember when we all thought Matt Wieters was Johnny Bench? Turns out he's just Matt Wieters. Sometimes though, like last night, that's enough.
8

18

15

19.1

17.8

18.3

.540

.520

29.9%

20.2%

50.1%

4.2%

-1.0%

The Diamondbacks are 6-0 in extra innings but 7-6 in one-run games. Have four drinks of whiskey, spin around three times, and figure that one out.
9

19

13

18.9

21.2

20.8

.544

.524

16.0%

12.5%

28.6%

3.7%

14.4%

Carlos Gonzalez OPS at home: .958. Carlos Gonzalez OPS on the road: 1.039.
10

18

16

18.6

18.0

17.3

.519

.539

18.1%

17.3%

35.3%

-0.3%

-3.7%

Jed Lowrie's batting average has dropped over 100 points in the last 15 games to .303. Don't cry for him though. He's still got the third-best OPS of any shortstop in baseball.
11

16

14

17.6

18.6

17.8

.543

.563

9.1%

25.8%

34.9%

6.8%

12.2%

After last night's 1-0 win, the Indians have scored one run four times this season. They are 2-2 when that happens.
12

19

14

16.7

16.0

16.2

.514

.494

28.5%

15.9%

44.4%

-6.1%

0.9%

During last night's game Pablo Sandoval mistakenly swung at a passing airplane. He hit it for a double.
13

18

13

16.4

15.5

15.4

.544

.564

42.9%

26.7%

69.6%

-2.2%

-6.0%

The starting lineup for the New York Yankees last night was Ichiro, Jayson Nix, Robinson Cano, Vernon Wells, Ben Francisco, Lyle Overbay, someone named “Nelson,” Chris Stewart, and Hiroki Kuroda. They scored zero runs. Sometimes you can predict baseball.
14

17

12

16.3

14.8

15.2

.512

.532

6.1%

21.3%

27.5%

-1.9%

4.4%

Luke Hochevar, now a reliever, has 12 strikeouts and three walks in 11 1/3 innings. A reliever isn't what you want from your first overall pick, but it's better than nothing, which is what Hochevar was previously.
15

18

14

16.2

15.4

15.8

.505

.485

14.5%

18.1%

32.6%

2.8%

1.8%

Andrew McCutchen has 12 hits in his last six games. McCrushen.
16

14

18

15.8

15.4

16.3

.505

.525

7.1%

14.9%

22.0%

-2.6%

-10.9%

The Rays used six pitchers in last night's loss. Their ERAs: 4.66, 11.25, 7.36, 5.63, 2.51, 5.40. And yes, the guy with the 2.51 ERA gave up two runs and got the loss.
17

13

20

14.8

16.8

16.9

.475

.455

1.8%

4.6%

6.4%

0.2%

-1.7%

Anthony Rizzo has a .624 OPS with the bases empty, a .000 OPS with the bases loaded, but a .878 OPS overall. What I'm saying here is he doesn't like chocolate or vanilla. He prefers strawberry.
18

15

18

14.6

14.0

14.7

.455

.435

2.8%

3.1%

5.9%

0.4%

1.7%

The Padres have won three in a row. The parade is this Thursday.
19

17

15

14.6

14.9

15.1

.508

.488

34.8%

18.6%

53.4%

-2.7%

7.3%

The Nationals are the only team in baseball to have a winning record and a negative run differential.
20

13

16

14.5

14.0

13.8

.485

.465

7.1%

7.7%

14.8%

1.1%

2.7%

The White Sox were the businessmen on lunch break and Matt Harvey was the batting cage marked “Very Fast.”
21

15

16

14.5

15.0

15.3

.477

.458

3.8%

7.6%

11.4%

2.1%

-9.2%

Welcome to Bad Ideas That Inexplicably Worked Out Perfectly! Today’s episode: Yuniesky Betancourt playing first base!
22

14

15

14.3

13.8

14.8

.446

.465

0.3%

1.5%

1.8%

0.9%

0.9%

Are the Twins any good this year? Justin MorNOOOO. [drops mic]
23

16

18

14.1

14.3

14.4

.462

.442

7.6%

7.4%

15.0%

2.4%

-5.1%

Not sure what's stranger, that Kyle Kendrick is better than Roy Halladay and Tim Lincecum, or that that's not much of a compliment.
24

15

19

13.8

15.7

15.7

.459

.479

2.4%

4.5%

6.8%

-1.0%

-0.1%

Losing to the Pirates isn't nearly the insult it used to be, not that it'll take long to come up with something else insulting to the Mariners. Like, they're the only team with a losing record against Houston.
25

13

18

13.7

12.7

12.8

.444

.464

1.1%

4.8%

5.9%

-0.5%

-0.4%

The White Sox were nearly no-hit by Matt Harvey. I feel like this won't be the only time we mention no-hitters in reference to either Harvey or the White Sox.
26

11

21

12.7

13.5

13.5

.471

.491

7.1%

12.7%

19.8%

-2.2%

-10.1%

C.J. Wilson struck out 12 and walked just two. He also gave up seven runs and lost to the Astros, but we're focusing on the positive.
27

13

21

12.5

12.1

13.2

.442

.462

1.3%

4.1%

5.4%

1.4%

-2.1%

The Jays won last night to raise their record to 13-21. Clearly this is all a paean to the year 1321 when the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeated Prince Stanislav of Kiev at the Battle on the Irpen River.
28

13

19

12.0

14.6

14.7

.494

.474

22.7%

14.4%

37.1%

-4.1%

-28.6%

Nick Punto hit his 17th homer. That's 17th career homer. Still, it's 17 more than you've hit. Unless you are virtually any major-league hitter ever.
29

10

24

11.3

10.6

10.7

.364

.346

0.0%

0.1%

0.1%

0.0%

-0.3%

The Marlins have played 34 games. They've scored three or fewer runs in 24 of those games. Their record in those games is 4-20. This looks like a long season.
30

9

24

9.7

8.9

10.2

.337

.356

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

The Astros are the non-alcoholic light beer of baseball. Not only are they terrible, they're pointless.