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Prospectus Hit List for May 20



by Matt Sussman

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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.

This hit list is wack-ey

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

29

15

27.8

28.4

27.8

.598

.617

88.6%

4.1%

92.7%

0.9%

4.4%

Jurickson Profar is back in the major leagues. With all the positions taken, they just need to invent a place for him to play. They're leaning toward zflurth base.
2

23

19

25.7

28.4

27.5

.599

.618

66.8%

16.6%

83.3%

-2.2%

-5.7%

Justin Verlander and Anibal Sanchez went a combined 5 1/3 innings, allowing 14 runs at Texas. As we expected.
3

27

16

24.3

22.6

22.3

.563

.582

55.0%

27.1%

82.0%

-0.1%

-1.9%

Nobody enjoys reminiscing about the 90s more than CC Sabathia's fastball.
4

26

18

27.3

26.9

25.7

.579

.559

40.9%

36.9%

77.8%

-3.2%

5.2%

Don't worry, Aroldis Chapman. Who among us hasn't given up back-to-back home runs against the bottom of the Phillies lineup?
5

28

15

27.1

25.3

25.2

.567

.547

43.9%

33.0%

76.9%

2.2%

9.1%

Their wins leader in May, with three? Seth Maness. The hands of fate.
6

25

18

25.4

25.7

25.0

.553

.533

61.3%

15.5%

76.8%

7.4%

10.9%

Somehow, some way, their no. 8 hitters have a higher slugging (.490) than their cleanup hitters (.441).
7

27

17

25.9

26.8

26.0

.565

.585

28.7%

38.4%

67.0%

3.8%

12.7%

It looks like John Lackey is back-ey! I'm sorry, that was a bit hacky.
8

25

19

24.9

24.1

24.2

.540

.520

38.2%

17.4%

55.6%

-2.4%

7.9%

Did you see Josh Collmenter's catch yesterday? The catcher tried to catch it, but then he couldn't, then Collmenter tried to catch it, then almost didn't, then finally caught it. I guess this is why we still need video.
9

25

17

24.6

25.1

24.7

.547

.567

26.7%

28.1%

54.7%

2.9%

12.4%

Don't mind them, they just tagged Felix Hernandez for six runs and improved to 7-1 against Cy Young winners.
10

23

21

20.0

19.9

20.1

.503

.483

31.6%

18.5%

50.1%

-8.3%

-8.0%

They came in confident and wearing bright red, yet got embarrassed by a ragtag team wearing camouflage. This was the Revolutionary War all over again.
11

23

20

22.8

23.9

25.1

.541

.561

13.1%

29.2%

42.2%

4.4%

6.4%

Only two of the 14 runs Matt Moore has allowed this season have not been via the home run.
12

26

18

24.2

24.0

23.9

.528

.508

13.8%

28.4%

42.2%

4.1%

5.4%

They haven't allowed more than six runs in a game all month. This fact would be funnier on May 1.
13

24

20

21.5

21.9

22.9

.513

.493

27.9%

12.7%

40.7%

-3.1%

-17.1%

They allowed 52 runs in their six-game road trip, but the real reason they went 1-5 in this games? They forgot to pack enough clean underwear.
14

17

25

16.6

19.0

19.0

.498

.478

17.1%

9.1%

26.2%

-2.9%

-13.5%

To quote Twitter savant @BobbyBigWheel, "Don Mattingly will become the first person fired by both Magic Johnson and Mr. Burns."
15

24

20

25.2

26.5

26.1

.521

.501

13.7%

9.8%

23.6%

3.6%

5.0%

Dexter Fowler went 10-for-20 with seven runs against the Giants. Now That's What I Call A Series, Vol. 46!
16

23

22

22.8

22.5

22.0

.506

.526

7.3%

15.8%

23.1%

0.9%

1.0%

They swept Kansas City, making it the cleanest it's been in years.
17

20

20

21.6

18.8

19.0

.487

.507

4.1%

9.2%

13.3%

-2.6%

-3.6%

For someone with a 6.51 ERA in five starts, a 1-2 record for Luis Mendoza is … lucky.
18

23

20

23.3

22.5

22.5

.499

.519

3.0%

10.0%

13.0%

-3.3%

-15.1%

You know it's another strange year for them when the big story is part of their foul pole not painted yellow.
19

17

27

18.2

19.8

19.3

.486

.506

2.7%

9.6%

12.3%

0.3%

-8.3%

Joe Blanton is allowing 15.4 hits per nine innings. I don't think that's good.
20

21

23

18.1

17.9

18.1

.452

.432

4.5%

5.0%

9.5%

1.7%

-1.1%

When Erik Kratz and Freddy Galvis hit back-to-back home runs off Aroldis Chapman, you can assume there's a glitch in the matrix.
21

19

23

19.3

19.6

19.2

.465

.485

2.4%

4.5%

6.9%

-1.2%

1.4%

After zero walks heading into this series, Jeff Keppinger walked twice against the Angels this weekend, so this isn't funny anymore.
22

18

25

21.2

22.7

22.8

.491

.471

0.8%

5.5%

6.3%

-0.4%

-0.1%

They're the first team to have two pitchers hit home runs this year. Congratulations!
23

20

24

19.7

22.1

22.4

.477

.497

1.4%

4.5%

5.9%

-3.6%

-2.9%

Man, Eric Wedge losing three straight games in Cleveland really takes him back.
24

17

24

17.6

17.1

16.7

.451

.432

2.7%

2.9%

5.5%

1.1%

-2.3%

Marlon Byrd batted cleanup? On purpose?
25

20

23

20.2

19.8

19.9

.467

.448

3.0%

2.4%

5.5%

0.8%

1.7%

Twice they've scored at least 13 runs this year, which is twice more than last year.
26

17

25

17.9

19.2

20.5

.461

.442

0.6%

2.8%

3.4%

-0.8%

-3.0%

On Friday Aramis Ramirez had six RBIs, and his team lost 7-6. He should've made one more player reach base.
27

17

26

17.0

15.6

17.0

.445

.465

0.3%

2.5%

2.8%

-0.1%

0.0%

What was supposed to be a day of R.A. Dickey pitching against the Yankees, thanks to rain, turned into a day of claiming Thad Weber off waivers.
28

18

22

18.9

17.0

18.0

.426

.446

0.1%

0.5%

0.6%

-0.1%

-0.9%

How long until Twins fans are allowed to complain about outdoor baseball weather? Their time of game on Sunday was 3:15 with a three-hour delay.
29

12

32

13.7

11.7

13.6

.337

.355

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.0%

Against the Pirates this weekend, they lost on a dropped pop-fly, they lost 1-0, and they "won" a game, which is the weirdest type of loss.
30

12

32

13.2

11.6

11.4

.339

.321

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

-0.1%

Don't look now, but they're on a tear, winning one of their last one games.