Friday, June 13, 2025

Statis-pro Braves Stay Hot While MLB Version Struggles

 The Statis-pro Atlanta Braves look more like the team given the 5th best chance of winning the World Series than the team that has struggled this season.




Tuesday, June 10, 2025

Cubs Win to Tie Mets for 1st in Statis-Pro



The first 8 Cubs batters rank in the top 200 in WAR, by far the best in baseball. The Cubs lineup is the top photo, and the top 200 WAR ratings are by each player. 

We do our score sheet and the photos differently, with the batters of one team listed first, then the pitchers of the other team so you see the matchups.

The Cubs went into St. Louis and registered a 6-4 win to tie for 1st with the Mets. In just our 12th game if the season, this was the first time the losing team scored more than three runs. The average real score in MLB the last few years has been 6-3. However in our early 12 games the average score has been just over 6 runs for the winner and just under 2 runs for the loser.

In our 6-team NL East, the Cubs and Mets are 4-2, Phillies and Pirates are 3-3, and Brewers and Cardinals are 2-4. Road teams are 10-8 so far. If the higher score is the first number, it means the home team to the left won. If the second number is higher it means the road team above won.








Monday, June 9, 2025

Trio of Top 50 WAR Lead Off Mets 7th with 3 Straight Hits to Wrap Up Win

As we get to the second Mets vs. Brewers game, here are the batters and pitchers including optional in season card upgrades for players in the top 200 WAR through June 8. Notice the first three batters in our Mets line-up are in the top 50 players based on WAR. (Click for Statis-pro rules and free batters and pitchers 2025 cards)

The Mets won 7-3 at Milwaukee despite a battle of aces, and this will be the No. 4 starters - the Brewers Tobias Myers against the Mets Tylor Megill, who will not face his little brother and Brewers closer Trevor Megell because the younger Megell pitched in the first of two games.

The result and explanation of the card adjustments will appear after the game below the picture of the players. Francisco Álvarez's projected breakout year at 23 years old has not happened, as he is off to a slow start, but his projected card produced a double and homer in his first two at bats hitting behind three Mets who actually rank in the top 50 of all players this year in WAR - as the Mets beat the Brewers for the second time - this time 4-0. The box score appears below the player sheets.



Luis Torrens has actually had a slightly better stat than Alvarez to grab a few more at bats, but we use the better Statis-Pro card and Alvarez excellent 27-33 home run range makes him a cleanup hitter in the game and perhaps in the future.

The three batters before him all rank in the top 50 players in the game in actual WAR this season, and in the optional upgrades we presented in the last couple of blogs those three all have the option of a 27-32 home run range. However, the only one of the three I used it for was Lindor, as the standard card with that home run range takes away homers for Soto and Alonso and a lot of walks from Soto's incredible 41-62 walk range. If you want to consider in season upgrades for batters see this blog on how to do it.

The pitching upgrades were more important for the Mets. New reliever Huascar Brazoban coming in as a PB2-8 for being a top 200 player who was a relief pitcher was key since Diaz, Minter and Garrett - the top 3 relievers, all pitched in the first of the 2-game series and we only let relievers pitch once in every two game season. While he did not get a save for holding onto the 4-0 lead in the 9th, it was nice to have him to wrap down the score. If you want to upgrade pitchers based on WAR see this blog.

Perhaps more important was Griffin Canning being upgraded to a PB2-7 and able to go multiple innings (actually a starter, but with our 4-man rotations in the game, extra starters can give long relief. Canning pitched the 7th and 8th inning and did get the old since he game in with a 2-0 lead.

Tylor Megill was the starter, and gave up five hits in the first three innings including three straight singles in the third inning, but completed six innings of shut out ball for the win. He was the No. 4 pitcher starting in the 4 vs. 4 meeting we use after the aces pitch the first of the two games - and in this case Kodai Senga starting the first game when he was a PB 2-8, but he is not upgraded to a PB2-9 as the 31st best player in baseball according to WAR.

On the hitting side, while Alvarez great card led to a double and a homer to help the Mets to a 2-0 lead, it was the big three who wrapped it up in the 7th. Soto singled, Alonso hit a hard grounder down the 3rd base line that Ortiz could not get to as it went for an RBI double, then Lindor hit a hard grounder that 2nd baseman Capra could not get to and went for an RBI single - 2 attempts at clutch defensive players that were not made by the excellent fielding Brewers who won the team gold glove last year.



However, Lindor was thrown out stealing as he tried to get in scoring range for a possible 5-0 win, which in our game league rules would have scored the one game as a 3 games to none sweep by the Mets, but it instead counts as just a 2 games to 1 win - making the Mets 4-2 and the Brewers 2-4 after the first home-and-home series for both teams.
 
Brewers Batters           WAR   Pos   HR        OPS      AB    R  H  RBI   BB     Xtra             
Christian Yelich LF26-280.790402002b,SB
Jackson Chourio DH31-330.75940100 
William Contreras95C27-310.79630201sb
Rhys Hoskins 1b18-240.76540100 
Garrett Mitchell RF26-270.73440000 
Sal Frelick171CF 0.71940000 
Joey Ortiz 3b270.70740100 
Brice Turang25ss310.68130001 
Vinny Capra 2b270.69930000 
Batting Ave. .212    3307020.212
           
Milwaukee PitchersWARPBThERAIPHRERBBK
Tobias Myers 2'-7Right4.025.742215
Abner Uribe 4'-7Right3.740.722200
Elvis Peguero 2'-7Right3.811.710010
Brewers Totals    874425
           
Mets BattersWARPosHROPSABRHRBIBBXtra
Juan Soto44DH23-270.94641100 
Pete Alonso291b22-260.800311102b,hbp
Francisco Lindor30SS25-280.78340110 
Francisco Álvarez C27-330.784322112b,hr
Brandon Nimmo186CF25-270.76340000 
Mark Vientos 3b24-280.75940100 
Jesse Winker RF24-250.73920111hpb
Starling Marte RF320.71940000 
Jeff McNeil 2B27-310.7113010  
Batting Ave. .258    3148420.258
           
NY Mets PitcherWARPBThERAIPHRERBBK
Tylor Megill 2'-7Right4.37650027
Griffin Canning1272'-6Right4.86220000
Huascar Brazoban1362'-8Right 100001
Mets Totals    970028



Sunday, June 8, 2025

Top WAR batter and Optional Alternate Batting Ranges in Given At Bat

We also added the current WAR by each batter in the Statis-Pro game. In this case, if a batter is in the Top 50 of overall players in WAR, then the team has the option in a given at bat of using a "New Player Card" at the bottom of the team's list of batters, with 27-32 becoming a home run and 33-35 becoming a deep drive etc. A top 50 batter can do the same but with a 27-31 range, and a top 200 with a 27-28 range.

A team may choose to use this only with a man on 2nd with the game winning run if the alternate range gives them a batter chance at a single to drive in the game winning run though he may have more homers and walks sticking with the ranges on his row. If a BD (clutch batting) is drawn, he can at that point use the range if it gives a better chance at an extra base clutch hit. 

Team     Position   Top WAR Batters           WAR  Optional   Card OPS
NYYRFAaron Judge127-321.023
HOUSSJeremy Peña227-320.710
CHCCFPete Crow-Armstrong327-320.715
SEACCal Raleigh427-320.756
CLE3bJosé Ramírez1027-320.832
BOSDHAlex Bregman1127-320.759
LADDHShohei Ohtani1227-320.974
SEACFJulio Rodríguez1327-320.816
CLELFSteven Kwan1427-320.760
ATHssJacob Wilson1727-320.786
CHCRFKyle Tucker1827-320.856
LADcfAndy Pages1927-320.751
SFG3bMatt Chapman2027-320.773
ATL1bMatt Olson2427-320.814
MILssBrice Turang2527-320.681
WSNDHJames Wood2627-320.810
SDPRFFernando Tatis Jr.2727-320.877
NYM1bPete Alonso2927-320.800
NYMSSFrancisco Lindor3027-320.783
LADCWill Smith3227-320.797
LAASSZach Neto3327-320.764
CHC2bNico Hoerner3427-320.721
ARIRFCorbin Carroll3527-320.811
SDP3bManny Machado3627-320.778
TBR1bJonathan Aranda3727-320.776
BOS3bRafael Devers3927-320.828
LAD2bMookie Betts4127-320.885
STLDHBrendan Donovan4227-320.760
LAD1bFreddie Freeman4327-320.877
NYMDHJuan Soto4427-320.946
BOSCFCeddanne Rafaela4527-320.707
ARI2bKetel Marte4727-320.828
PHIDHKyle Schwarber5027-320.815
ARISSGeraldo Perdomo5227-310.709
HOUdhIsaac Paredes5527-310.793
CHC3bMichael Busch5827-310.773
BALCGunnar Henderson6127-310.852
NYYSSAnthony Volpe6227-310.713
MINLFHarrison Bader6527-310.700
CINCFTJ Friedl6827-310.717
TEXLFWyatt Langford6927-310.815
CINssElly De La Cruz7027-310.827
KCR3bMaikel Garcia7127-310.688
BOScfCarlos Narvaez7227-310.632
CHCCCarson Kelly7327-310.674
PHISSTrea Turner7427-310.789
TORSSErnie Clement7527-310.685
CHCDHSeiya Suzuki7727-310.809
SFGDHJung Hoo Lee8027-310.738
NYY1bCody Bellinger8227-310.775
CHCSSDansby Swanson8327-310.728
DET3bZach McKinstry8527-310.680
ATHCFLawrence Butler8727-310.736
NYY1bPaul Goldschmidt8927-310.777
WSNSSCJ Abrams9127-310.742
SEALFRandy Arozarena9227-310.760
DETCDillon Dingler9427-310.697
MILCWilliam Contreras9527-310.796
MINDHByron Buxton9727-310.800
TOR1bVladimir Guerrero Jr.9927-310.863
BALdhRyan O'Hearn10027-310.773
BOSCFWilyer Abreu10227-280.782
NYYCFJazz Chisholm Jr.10327-280.774
LAD3bMax Muncy10427-280.761
STLCFLars Nootbaar10527-280.802
ATLDHMarcell Ozuna10727-280.809
TBRSSTaylor Walls10927-280.618
PHI1bBryce Harper11027-280.892
HOULFJake Meyers11427-280.697
TORCTyler Heineman11527-280.609
ATLCSean Murphy11627-280.804
ATHCTyler Soderstrom11927-280.713
DETSSJavier Báez12027-280.645
PIT3bIsiah Kiner-Falefa12127-280.658
CHW2bMiguel Vargas12427-280.728
BALRFRamón Laureano12527-280.722
PITSSOneil Cruz12627-280.785
STLDHVictor Scott II12827-280.636
DET2bGleyber Torres13127-280.754
NYYcfTrent Grisham13227-280.721
TEXssJosh Smith13327-280.715
LADRFTeoscar Hernández13527-280.799
DETCFRiley Greene13827-280.807
TEXSSCorey Seager13927-280.857
BOSRFJarren Duran14027-280.778
LADLFTommy Edman14227-280.728
TBR2bJosé Caballero14427-280.651
KCR1bVinnie Pasquantino14527-280.813
CLE1bCarlos Santana14727-280.685
COL3bRyan McMahon14927-280.735
TBRDHDanny Jansen15027-280.736
SFGLFHeliot Ramos15127-280.750
ATL3bAustin Riley15427-280.828
DET1bSpencer Torkelson15727-280.764
CHCSSMatt Shaw15827-280.715
ATHDHBrent Rooker16727-280.882
ATLcfDrake Baldwin16827-280.683
MINCRyan Jeffers17027-280.737
MILCFSal Frelick17127-280.719
SEA2bDylan Moore17427-280.700
SDPSSJackson Merrill17527-280.788
CINCJose Trevino17627-280.644
NYM2bBrett Baty17927-280.714
STLSSMasyn Winn18027-280.690
MIACFDane Myers18127-280.724
STLCPedro Pagés18227-280.647
NYMCFBrandon Nimmo18627-280.763
TBRRFJosh Lowe18727-280.767
CHCLFIan Happ18827-280.774
HourfCam Smith19227-280.689
COL1bHunter Goodman19527-280.766
CHWCMatt Thaiss19627-280.657
TORSSBo Bichette19727-280.777
TBRlfKameron Misner19827-280.675

Top WAR Pitchers Updated on Statis-Pro Cards

For all players in the top 200 WAR through today, we listed that by their name in the Statis-Pro player sheets. The following are the pitchers who are in the top 200 right now. If a pitcher is in the top 50 of all players of WAR (the first list below) on the pitcher card sheets, we will play them in our games as a PB 2-9. As you can see Paul Skenes and Tarik Skubal were already PB 2-9, so they stay the same as the 6th and 8th most valuable player in baseball so far this season (and 2nd and 3rd most valuable pitcher). However, Kris Bubic is upgraded from a PB 2-7 to a PB 2-9 in our games.

For the next list of the rest of the top 100, we will make each starter at least a PB 2-8 (e.g the Reds Hunter Greene) and a reliever on this list a PB 2-9 (it is hard for a reliever to get as high in WAR due to fewer innings pithed). For the rest of the top 200 below that, the starters will be at least a PB 2-7 and the relievers at least a PB2-8. We did not change the PB on the sheet, because they could drop back down when we next update WAR and thus drop back to the PB on their card.

For those who don't play Statis-Pro, the PB indicated whether the action on the next card appears on the Pitcher's card (the P in PB) if it is within the range, or on the batter's card if outside the range. So a PB 2-9 keeps the action on his card 83% of the time - on a die roll or fast action card result of 2-9, and the worst he can allow in that case is a single. A batter only gets a shot at extra bases on a 10-12 roll.

 
Team              Pitcher top 50 = PB 2-9                       War     PB           Th
KCRKris Bubic52'-7Left
PITPaul Skenes62'-9Right
DETTarik Skubal82'-9Left
HOUHunter Brown92'-7Right
NYYMax Fried152'-8Left
TEXNathan Eovaldi162'-7Right
WSNMacKenzie Gore212'-7Left
BOSGarrett Crochet232'-9Left
TexJacob deGrom282'-9Right
NYMKodai Senga312'-8Right
PHIZack Wheeler382'-9Right
SFGRobbie Ray402'-7Left
CINAndrew Abbott464'-7Left
TexTyler Mahle484'-7Right
     
TeamPitcher top 100 = at least PB2-8, relievers at least 2-9 WarPBTh
LADYoshinobu Yamamoto532'-8Right
HOUFramber Valdez542'-8Left
CINHunter Greene562'-7Right
ARICorbin Burnes572'-9Right
KCRMichael Wacha592'-7Right
MINJoe Ryan602'-7Right
CinNick Lodolo632'-7Left
TBRDrew Rasmussen642'-8Right
LAAYusei Kikuchi662'-7Left
COLJake Bird672'-6Right
KCRNoah Cameron764'-7Left
SFGLogan Webb782'-9Right
BALTomoyuki Sugano794'-7Right
ARIMerrill Kelly812'-7Right
CHWShane Smith844'-7Right
SEABryan Woo862'-8Right
WSNJake Irvin904'-7Right
MILFreddy Peralta932'-7Right
MILChad Patrick964'-7Right
PITAndrew Heaney984'-7Left
     
TeamPitcher top 200 = at least PB2-7 relievers at least 2-8WarPBTh
SDPNick Pivetta1012'-7Right
NYMDavid Peterson1062'-7Left
HOUJosh Hader1112'-9Left
STLSonny Gray1122'-7Right
MINJhoan Duran1232'-9Right
NYMGriffin Canning1272'-6Right
ATLChris Sale1292'-9Left
NYYLuke Weaver1304'-7Right
CINNick Martinez1342'-8Right
TEXAdrian Houser1374'-7Right
SDPRobert Suarez1412'-8Right
TORChris Bassitt1432'-7Right
CHWMike Vasil1464'-7Right
NYMReed Garrett1482'-8Right
SDPMichael King1522'-8Right
BOSAroldis Chapman1532'-9Left
DETWill Vest1552'-8Right
AriShelby Miller1592'-7Right
LAATyler Anderson1614'-7Left
SFGErik Miller1632'-7Left
MILJose Quintana1642'-7Left
NYMClay Holmes1652'-8Right
STLErick Fedde1664'-7Right
HOUBryan Abreu1692'-8Right
SFGTyler Rogers1722'-7Right
MinChris Paddack1774'-7Right
DETReese Olson1832'-7Right
DETTommy Kahnle1842'-7Right
KCRSeth Lugo1852'-7Right
CLEHunter Gaddis1894'-7Right
TBRRyan Pepiot1912'-7Right
DETCasey Mize1934'-7Right
KCRDaniel Lynch IV1944'-7Left
WSNMitchell Parker1994'-7Left
ATHLuis Severino2004'-7Right
PHIJesús Luzardo2004'-7Left

MLB Standings if Games Against Rockies (12-53) Did Not Count

Early on it looked like the NL West trio of the Dodgers, Padres and Giants might be the best three teams in baseball, but it is looking more like the one certainty is that the 12-53 Colorado Rockies are simply the worst team in baseball. We relegated a few teams in our free Statis-Pro Baseball Game, so teams do not beef up their records against the Rockies. Below is a look at the standings if actual MLB teams did not play the Rockies.

Below we rank teams based on all games played NOT against the Colorado Rockies. Going by those standings, that makes the top four teams in baseball still Detroit, the New York Yankees and Mets and the Chicago Cubs.

The Mets 13-5 drubbing of the hapless Rockies made the Mets 6-0 against the Rockies, with the team chasing them being the Phillies being 7-0 vs. the Rockies - and now both teams are done playing the Rockies. So far the Mets are better against the rest of the league, playing 0.600 against the other 28 teams while the Phillies are barely .500 against the other teams, and in fact the Phillies have only been the 15th best team in baseball against everyone except the Rockies.

The problem for the Phillies could be in a wild card battle if they do not catch the Mets for the NL East. While the Phillies are done playing the Rockies, the Rockies still play the Dodgers 10 times, Giants 9, Padres 7 and even the Cardinals 6.
 
Rk non-ColTeamPlayoffW v. 28L v. 28% v. 28TeamDiv          L       WCoLCo   PlayC Team
1DETDiv40240.625DETAL Cen4324300DET
2NYYDiv37230.617NYYAL East3924210NYY
3NYMDiv36240.600NYMNL East4224600NYM
4CHCDiv37250.597CHCNL Cen4025303CHC
5LADDiv36270.571LADNL West39273010LAD
6SFGWP35270.557SFGNL West3828319SFG
7HOUDiv36290.554HOUAL West3629006HOU
8STLWP36290.554STLNL Cen3629006STL
9SDP WP32260.552SDPNL West3727517SDP
10MINWP35300.538MINAL Cen3530003MIN
11TORWP35300.538TORAL East3530003TOR
12TBR WP33290.532TBRAL East3530210TBR
13CLE 34300.531CLEAL Cen3430003CLE
14MIL 33300.524MILNL Cen3531213MIL
15PHI 30280.517PHINL East3728700PHI
16SEA 32310.508SEAAL West3231003SEA
17KCR 31320.492KCRAL Cen3432300KCR
18CIN 30330.476CINNL Cen3333303CIN
19LAA 30330.476LAAAL West3033003LAA
20BOS 31350.470BOSAL East3135003BOS
21ARI 29330.468ARINL West31342110ARI
22WSN 28330.459WSNNL East3034214WSN
23TEX 27350.435TEXAL West3035300TEX
24ATL 25360.417ATLNL East2737213ATL
25BAL 26370.413BALAL East2637003BAL
26MIA 24360.400MIANL East2439033MIA
27PIT 26400.394PITNL Cen2640006PIT
28ATH 23400.365ATHAL West2541210ATH
29CWS 22440.333CWSAL Cen2244003CWS


Thursday, May 29, 2025

Statis-Pro AL Baseball Leaders - Day After Near Record 5900 web visits

The Montana AL Commissioner is not only way ahead of our NL Statis-Pro season, but also tracks stats and thus we have the 30-game leaders.

Our post on their standings and wrap up yesterday yielded a near record 5,900 unique visits to this site, so we wanted to follow-up with their leaders.
 
Statis-Pro American LeagueTeam Stat 
30 game stats   
    
Batting AverageTeam  
Gunnar HendersonBal0.364 
Víctor RoblesSea0.357 
Aaron JudgeNY0.345 
Michael MasseyKC0.336 
Cody BellingerNY0.331 
    
OPS   
Aaron JudgeNY1.237 
Gunnar HendersonBal1.198 
Cody BellingerNY1.006 
Rafael DeversBos0.968 
Víctor RoblesSea0.957 
    
Slugging   
Aaron JudgeNY0.807 
Gunnar HendersonBal0.769 
Cody BellingerNY0.619 
    
Home Runs   
Aaron JudgeNY14 
Gunnar HendersonBal13 
Cal RaleighSea11 
Giancarlo StantonNY10 
    
RBIs   
Aaron JudgeNY33 
Gunnar HendersonBal32 
Giancarlo StantonNY27 
Tyler O'NeillBal26 
    
Steals SBAttempts
Víctor RoblesSea1116
Bobby Witt Jr.KC77
Jarren DuranBos77
José RamírezCle710
    
BA RISP   
Gleyber TorresDet0.55 
Jake BurgerTex0.5 
Steven KwanCle0.476 
Gunnar HendersonBal0.448 
    
2-out RBIs   
Giancarlo StantonNY13 
Cedric MullinsBal12 
Aaron JudgeNY11 
Rafael DeversBos11 
    
Runs   
Gunnar HendersonBal30 
Aaron JudgeNY30 
Jazz Chisholm Jr.NY25 
Cody BellingerNY23 
    
Extra-base hits   
Aaron JudgeNY26 
Gunnar HendersonBal21 
Rafael DeversBos18 
Jarren DuranBos18 
    
Hits   
Gunnar HendersonBal93 
Aaron JudgeNY90 
Cody BellingerNY72 
Rafael DeversBos67 
    
Total bases   
Gunnar HendersonBal44 
Aaron JudgeNY41 
Jarren DuranBos41 
Steven KwanCle40 
    
Doubles   
Jarren DuranBos14 
Aaron JudgeNY11 
Kyle ManzardoCle11 
Steven KwanCle10 
    
Strikeouts   
Tyler O'NeillBal57 
Julio RodríguezSea53 
Giancarlo StantonNY47 
Kerry CarpenterDet44 
    
    
    
ERA WinsERA
Tarik SkubalDet7'-00.66
Ronel BlancoHou5'-21.51
Tanner HouckBos2'-21.68
Hunter BrownHouston4'-11.81
Reese OlsonDet4'-22.04
    
Strikeouts   
Tarik SkubalDet75 
Framber ValdezHou68 
Logan GilbertSea64 
Pablo LópezMin63 
Zach EflinBal62 
    
WHIP   
Jacob deGromTex0.61 
Tarik SkubalDet0.66 
Ronel BlancoHou0.85 
Zach EflinBal0.87 
Bryan WooSea0.99 
    
Batting Average   
Ronel BlancoHou0.157 
Tarik SkubalDet0.168 
Jacob deGromTex0.17 
Reese OlsonDet0.193 
    
    
RelieversSavesOpportunity 
Emmanuel Clase1315 
Tyler Holton1112 
Liam Hendriks1010 
    
TeamBA  
Boston0.259  
Detroit0.255  
New York0.251  
Houston0.25  
Texas0.245  
    
AvgHome Runs  
New York55  
Texas49  
Seattle45  
Baltimore42  
Detroit40  
    
    
TeamOPS  
New York0.787  
Texas0.743  
Detroit0.741  
Baltimore0.739  
    
TeamRISP  
Detroit0.29  
Baltimore0.264  
Cleveland0.262  
Texas0.249  
    
Team2-Out  
Boston64  
New York60  
Texas58  
Houston58  
    
RBI'sSBAtt 
Seattle2532 
Kansas City1313 
Cleveland1217 
Boston1113 
    
    
    
TeamERA  
Detroit2.73  
Houston3.06  
Cleveland3.28  
Baltimore3.46  
Seattle3.76  
    
TeamHR Allowed  
Detroit19  
Cleveland28  
Baltimore28  
Houston30  
New York36  
    
    
    
TeamWHIP  
Detroit1.02  
Baltimore1.07  
Seattle1.13  
Texas1.14  
Cleveland1.14  
    
TeamBA Against  
Detroit0.217  
Houston0.226  
Baltimore0.229  
Texas0.23  
Seattle0.237