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Prospectus Hit List for June 3



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.

Didn't make sense not to live for fun.

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

37

15

39.7

41.4

41.2

.672

.667

97.5%

1.9%

99.4%

0.0%

1.2%

Four different Cubs homered yesterday, which is nothing compared to the massive grand slam home run the fates have dealt Cubs fans with this team.
2

33

21

34.1

35.7

36.0

.594

.589

61.0%

28.5%

89.5%

0.7%

6.7%

The Nationals have a winning record against every team they’ve played this season except the Cubs and Mets. Gonna be another fun post-season in DC.
3

32

22

33.5

34.6

34.2

.577

.582

60.4%

20.9%

81.3%

-2.4%

-3.3%

The Red Sox pitching staff gave up 25 runs in two days, or just enough to make everyone forget they have the best offense in baseball.
4

28

27

30.9

34.4

34.3

.580

.575

48.4%

23.9%

72.2%

-3.3%

4.6%

Julio Urias got shelled again, which means he’s probably going back to the minors, which means we can put off for at least a few weeks learning the correct way to pronounce his name.
5

31

22

32.5

32.0

29.8

.560

.565

61.2%

13.9%

75.1%

1.3%

-7.0%

Down 12-2 after five innings, the Mariners scored 14 runs in two innings. Why? There were four more to play and the Padres were still sending their pitchers to the mound.
6

28

24

28.9

28.4

28.2

.552

.557

55.0%

17.5%

72.6%

1.5%

-6.4%

Cleveland is a 1.5 games behind the Royals, which is a bit like looking out the window in prison. You’re about two inches from freedom and that’s about as close as you’ll ever get.
7

29

23

28.5

29.7

28.7

.560

.556

34.8%

40.1%

74.9%

-0.6%

-6.9%

The New York Media’s worst nightmare came true: Matt Harvey had a great start.
8

34

22

31.1

31.8

31.0

.547

.542

49.2%

23.5%

72.6%

5.5%

4.2%

Madison Bumgarner is Portuguese for Gigantic Homerungarner.
9

28

26

32.0

33.4

33.6

.546

.541

1.3%

28.9%

30.3%

-1.8%

8.5%

The Cardinals lead the National League with 52 double plays grounded in to. Say what you will about the Cardinals and pressure, but at least they get things done.
10

29

26

29.2

30.0

30.5

.530

.535

18.9%

26.5%

45.4%

-0.7%

14.0%

The Blue Jays gave up just three runs during their three game sweep of the Yankees. In fairness though the Yankees were playing without Jeter, Williams, Posada, Gehrig, Ruth, DiMaggio, and Mantle.
11

29

25

29.7

29.4

28.7

.530

.535

27.2%

21.8%

49.0%

0.8%

-8.4%

The White Sox are already studying the trade market so that way they’ll have some really good excuses for when they mess it up.
12

22

30

24.9

27.4

27.9

.515

.520

4.7%

10.2%

14.9%

-2.2%

-20.0%

Thursday the last four hitters in the Rays batting order were hitting .199, .103, .147, and .183. Those hitters went 3-for-15, a .200 batting average, which seems like a huge win for Tampa.
13

29

24

29.7

28.5

27.8

.523

.518

1.2%

29.8%

31.0%

-3.5%

-12.5%

Pirates hitters have been hit 34 times by pitches, but Pirates pitchers have only hit 20 opposing hitters. Do Pirates pitchers have bad aim or are they just super duper nice?
14

25

30

24.9

26.4

26.7

.508

.513

13.7%

15.1%

28.8%

-2.4%

8.9%

Six Astros regulars have a batting average lower than Carlos Gomez' slugging percentage! Amazing, right? Oh, btw, Carlos Gomez is slugging .242.
15

30

22

27.8

27.0

26.9

.505

.510

11.0%

19.6%

30.6%

5.7%

6.5%

On Wednesday the Orioles and Red Sox played a game that ended in… well, I won’t tell you the score, but when the game was over both starting pitchers were sent to Triple-A.
16

31

22

29.0

25.1

25.1

.496

.501

22.0%

19.8%

41.7%

0.6%

7.8%

Texas scored 106 runs in April, 140 in May, but have only scored four in June. What’s wrong with the Rangers offense? My column:
17

30

23

27.5

26.2

25.8

.489

.494

12.3%

14.9%

27.1%

-2.7%

13.8%

If you heard a loud gagging sound at 10:04 p.m. last night, that was Mother Earth after the Royals bullpen gave up two in the ninth.
18

25

28

24.8

26.1

25.1

.486

.491

5.4%

7.0%

12.4%

-0.5%

-5.3%

When the Tigers win a baseball game, an angel gets its wings, or more recently, gives up two runs over seven innings.
19

29

25

25.8

27.9

28.1

.493

.488

4.1%

16.8%

20.9%

3.9%

3.5%

Ichiro is hitting .323 with a .388 on-base percentage, 94 and 106 points above what he did last season, respectively. Eighty percent chance if you asked him about it he’d say the difference is now he’s trying.
20

25

28

23.1

23.0

23.9

.480

.485

5.0%

8.5%

13.6%

1.4%

-2.7%

Each of Andrew Miller, Delin Betances, and Aroldis Chapman gave up a run and the Yankees still won. This is like the planet getting hit by three meteors but they were all made of ricotta cheese.
21

24

29

24.5

25.9

26.5

.470

.465

1.4%

2.4%

3.8%

-0.6%

-2.9%

Investigative research has revealed the real reason baseballs fly further in Coors Field: the Rockies’ double mileage frequent flyer program.
22

24

32

25.0

25.3

26.4

.466

.461

1.0%

1.4%

2.3%

0.6%

-2.1%

Should the Diamondbacks trade Zack Greinke? Perhaps, or maybe they should all forget baseball and go into haberdashery.
23

24

29

24.6

22.1

22.8

.451

.455

1.2%

1.7%

2.9%

0.0%

0.1%

Should the Angels trade Mike Trout? Sure, as long as you put the words “everyone but” in front of his name.
24

25

29

22.6

21.1

21.6

.446

.451

2.0%

2.5%

4.5%

-0.6%

1.9%

You know Billy Beane’s famous statement about how his stuff doesn’t work in the playoffs? Seems the playoffs are getting earlier and earlier.
25

25

29

23.2

21.7

20.7

.443

.439

0.0%

1.4%

1.4%

-0.1%

-0.1%

How surprising is it really that a team named for beer is mediocre at baseball?
26

16

37

18.3

18.9

19.1

.414

.419

0.1%

0.1%

0.2%

0.1%

0.1%

Eduardo Nunez led off for Minnesota with an inside-the-park homer. I’d love to be able to turn it around on you by saying the Twins lost, but Matt Moore was pitching so congratulations, Minnesota, on your 16th win of the season.
27

21

34

22.4

19.6

20.4

.421

.416

0.0%

0.2%

0.3%

-0.1%

-0.2%

Wednesday Padres owner Ron Fowler called the team “pathetic” and they beat Seattle 14-6. Thursday he did not call the team “pathetic” and they blew a 10 run lead. I’ll help out, Ron: That’s pathetic!
28

26

28

20.3

20.5

20.4

.415

.410

0.1%

1.2%

1.3%

-0.8%

-3.9%

The Phillies have finally benched Ryan Howard. It’s like someone went back in time three seasons ago but the time machine malfunctioned and it took three years to get things working again.
29

16

37

17.4

17.7

18.9

.379

.374

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

This Braves season is the baseball equivalent of Sherman’s march through Georgia.
30

19

35

17.9

14.3

15.2

.377

.372

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

The Reds have used 18 different relievers this season and only one has an ERA below 3.00. That’s Josh Smith, who has thrown a scoreless 0.2 innings despite giving up two hits and walking a batter.