Prospectus Hit List for May 15
Hit List for May 13
Hit List for May 18
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 |  | 22 | 12 | 23.3 | 24.7 | 24.0 | .639 | .621 | 86.5% | 8.7% | 95.2% | -1.5% | 1.6% |
| The Dodgers lost to the team in the midst of an 11-game losing streak, making them officially the losingest losers to lose. One down, 129 more to go! | |||||||||||||
| 2 |  | 24 | 10 | 22.9 | 20.2 | 19.4 | .586 | .566 | 69.0% | 19.0% | 88.0% | 3.0% | -0.4% |
| If Pete Kozma's OPS were his slugging percentage it would still be bad. | |||||||||||||
| 3 |  | 22 | 13 | 21.9 | 23.2 | 23.0 | .549 | .569 | 26.8% | 17.7% | 44.4% | 3.6% | 5.7% |
| The Royals have one of the two best records in the American League, along with the Astros. It's good BP wasn't started this year because they'd have all given up and moved on to curling. | |||||||||||||
| 4 |  | 21 | 15 | 21.1 | 22.0 | 22.6 | .547 | .566 | 27.8% | 22.2% | 50.0% | -3.9% | -4.3% |
| Alex Rodriguez is handling the media perfectly. Alert! Alert! This is not a drill! I repeat, not a drill! | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | 17 | 19 | 19.6 | 16.8 | 17.0 | .496 | .516 | 8.2% | 13.2% | 21.4% | -4.2% | -4.9% |
| With Munenori Kawasaki in Triple-A, the Blue Jays signed Luke Scott for team mascot duties. | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | 20 | 15 | 19.6 | 17.2 | 16.9 | .518 | .498 | 30.4% | 19.4% | 49.8% | -3.3% | -11.3% |
| Getting swept by the Cubs is so Mets it's almost Cubs. | |||||||||||||
| 7 |  | 20 | 16 | 19.4 | 20.3 | 20.6 | .538 | .558 | 29.5% | 24.6% | 54.1% | 3.7% | -2.7% |
| 'James Loney: Cleanup Hitter' is something Kevin Cash wakes up to find he's scrawled on the wall by his bed in his own blood. Then yesterday he was like, what the heck: 2-for-3 with a walk. Rays gonna Ray. | |||||||||||||
| 8 |  | 22 | 13 | 19.3 | 20.5 | 20.6 | .533 | .552 | 30.6% | 17.3% | 47.9% | 3.7% | -0.7% |
| The Astros front office all have coffee mugs that have 'I never made a mistake. Once I thought I did but I was wrong.' on them. | |||||||||||||
| 9 |  | 17 | 18 | 19.2 | 17.6 | 17.2 | .508 | .488 | 5.4% | 18.5% | 23.9% | -4.1% | 0.5% |
| The Pirates split a four-game series (good) with the Phillies (bad) on the road (good) against the Phillies (bad) against the Phillies (bad) against the Phillies (baaaad). | |||||||||||||
| 10 |  | 21 | 14 | 19.0 | 22.1 | 22.3 | .557 | .576 | 54.8% | 14.1% | 68.8% | 3.4% | -0.9% |
| Do you think Miguel Cabrera ever walks past Al Alburquerque, stops, and says, 'Ooh, I knew I should have made a left turn at Alburquerque'? | |||||||||||||
| 11 |  | 19 | 17 | 18.7 | 18.6 | 17.5 | .541 | .522 | 58.5% | 17.3% | 75.8% | -2.1% | 7.7% |
| Stephen Strasburg is terrible and Aaron Harang is great. Welcome! Your beds are there on the ceiling, we have no toilets, and check out is a week ago GET OUT! | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | 19 | 17 | 18.3 | 15.9 | 16.2 | .503 | .483 | 7.9% | 31.5% | 39.4% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| The Padres had either the fourth or fifth rain delay in Petco Park history. The rain melted the fans and coaching staff who, it turns out, were all made of chocolate. | |||||||||||||
| 13 |  | 19 | 16 | 18.2 | 14.6 | 15.5 | .460 | .480 | 4.8% | 6.4% | 11.3% | -2.4% | 0.2% |
| The Twins are sticking with the no-strikeout-fly-ball pitchers so you can go ahead and reveal that they are the future any time now, baseball gods. | |||||||||||||
| 14 |  | 13 | 23 | 18.1 | 19.8 | 19.7 | .503 | .523 | 6.0% | 5.8% | 11.7% | 0.5% | -8.1% |
| The A's are 1-11 in one-run games, but it seems manager Bob Melvin's answer, to not score any runs, kinda misses the point. | |||||||||||||
| 15 |  | 15 | 18 | 17.8 | 16.4 | 16.3 | .475 | .455 | 0.4% | 3.3% | 3.7% | -0.4% | -1.9% |
| Addison Reed has twice as many blown saves and losses as saves. | |||||||||||||
| 16 |  | 16 | 19 | 17.7 | 18.4 | 18.1 | .500 | .480 | 10.3% | 10.8% | 21.1% | 1.0% | -3.8% |
| The Marlins have a .375 winning percentage when Giancarlo Stanton homers and .481 when he doesn't. | |||||||||||||
| 17 |  | 18 | 17 | 17.5 | 17.6 | 16.9 | .480 | .460 | 1.9% | 7.7% | 9.6% | 0.9% | 0.1% |
| Billy Hamilton has a .266 on-base percentage and yet continues to hit leadoff. Has Dusty Baker been sitting in the dugout with a Bobby Valentine disguise on for a year and nobody noticed? | |||||||||||||
| 18 |  | 17 | 17 | 17.1 | 14.8 | 15.2 | .513 | .533 | 40.3% | 16.0% | 56.2% | -1.0% | 8.0% |
| If Huston Street finishes his career with the Angels and becomes their all-time save leader, they have to name a street after him, right? | |||||||||||||
| 19 |  | 19 | 15 | 16.9 | 18.9 | 18.4 | .537 | .517 | 23.0% | 35.7% | 58.7% | 2.2% | 8.9% |
| The Cubs own the longest current winning streak in baseball. Get the DeLorean fired up, Marty! We're going back' to the future! | |||||||||||||
| 20 |  | 15 | 17 | 16.5 | 17.5 | 17.7 | .501 | .521 | 6.4% | 9.7% | 16.1% | -0.3% | 1.3% |
| How strange is this season? Jimmy Paredes is DHing and batting third for the Orioles and it's a good idea! | |||||||||||||
| 21 |  | 15 | 20 | 15.7 | 15.6 | 16.1 | .465 | .485 | 4.8% | 5.2% | 10.0% | -1.7% | -1.4% |
| PECOTA projected Prince Fielder to steal one base. I'm starting a gofundme for hot tea and warm blankets, because PECOTA is camping out until it happens! | |||||||||||||
| 22 |  | 15 | 19 | 15.6 | 14.5 | 13.9 | .432 | .412 | 0.6% | 0.9% | 1.5% | 0.0% | -3.5% |
| What's more depressing, that Kelly Johnson is one of the Braves' best hitters or that he's hurt and on the disabled list? | |||||||||||||
| 23 |  | 17 | 18 | 15.3 | 17.9 | 17.8 | .503 | .483 | 5.0% | 22.5% | 27.5% | -3.2% | -0.9% |
| Tim Linecum's DRA last night was DReAdful. | |||||||||||||
| 24 |  | 15 | 19 | 15.2 | 15.5 | 16.0 | .494 | .514 | 18.4% | 13.4% | 31.8% | -4.4% | 4.5% |
| Last night, a shirtless fan ran onto the field and was promptly tackled. If the Seahawks were terrible this could have been a funny joke. | |||||||||||||
| 25 |  | 17 | 18 | 14.5 | 15.0 | 15.5 | .494 | .514 | 28.0% | 21.2% | 49.2% | 4.9% | 3.3% |
| The Red Sox placed Justin Masterson on the Physically Unable To Stand His Performance List. | |||||||||||||
| 26 |  | 12 | 21 | 14.1 | 15.9 | 16.6 | .474 | .494 | 5.8% | 5.8% | 11.6% | -1.2% | -3.2% |
| The Indians' Corey Kluber had 18 strikeouts on Wednesday, the most ever by an Indians pitcher with a name rhyming with Blorey Bloober on a Wednesday. | |||||||||||||
| 27 |  | 12 | 23 | 12.8 | 11.4 | 12.1 | .422 | .402 | 0.7% | 2.9% | 3.6% | 0.4% | -0.0% |
| The worst on-base percentage in baseball might be on purpose, as everyday the Brewers tap a sign on the way to the field that says 'Clogs are Dutch shoes.' | |||||||||||||
| 28 |  | 14 | 17 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 12.3 | .447 | .467 | 7.8% | 7.5% | 15.3% | -0.8% | 3.2% |
| I checked the standings this morning and found the White Sox had passed the Indians and for some reason the theme song from The Jeffersons jumped into my head. | |||||||||||||
| 29 |  | 13 | 23 | 10.8 | 11.8 | 11.7 | .375 | .356 | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 0.1% | -0.2% |
| Keep scrolling down. The Phillies comment is down there somewhere. | |||||||||||||
| 30 |  | 12 | 19 | 10.6 | 11.8 | 11.8 | .415 | .395 | 0.2% | 1.7% | 1.8% | 0.4% | -1.9% |
| Troy Tulowitzki will not ask the Rockies to trade him. He will, however, ask every other team in baseball to trade for him. | |||||||||||||
It's wry day, Friday, all the jokes are wry today.