6 International Statis-Pro Teams Added to 30 MLB teams of Cards for 2024

 In addition to setting up all 30 MLB teams and top free agents, with the Statis-Pro cards on these sheets, we added six international teams on the 3rd and 4th sheet to give the option of playing those games. At the bottom of the blog, we listed the top 6 pitchers and the starting line-up with baseball reference links to players on each of the six teams. 

World Teams	Line-up OPS	Defense	C / SS only	Rotation ERA	Top 4 Relief
Americas	0.781	3.0	5.0	4.32	3.51
Cuba	0.791	2.6	1.5	4.14	3.69
Dominican Republic	0.831	3.0	3.5	3.67	3.28
Eurasia & Oceana	0.793	2.5	1.0	3.81	4.11
Puerto Rico	0.720	3.0	4.5	4.09	3.72
Venezuela	0.807	2.3	1.0	4.23	3.81

The last time we did this a few years ago the favored Dominican Republic defeated the Venezuelan team for the title. They are the two most loaded international teams again. Cuba and Puerto Rico were the other two countries to have enough players for their own team, though we need to let them use a 2-man rotation instead of a 4-main rotation. 

We then combined the other international players into one team of other countries in the Americas, and then one other team for Eurasia and Oceana - which does give those two teams an edge over Puerto Rico and Cuba with so many more countries from which to choose.

The table above gives a basic snapshot. The Dominicans have the overpowering line-up again with a 0.831 OPS, but as you can see the only team that is far behind is the light hitting Puerto Ricans.

However, when you go to fielding the Puerto Ricans are far superior to everyone except the Americas (not American mind you as we don't use USA players in this). While the overall Clutch Defense is very close, when you focus on the key spots of Catcher and Shortstop those two are far superior. They have Victor Caratini behind the plate and then Francisco Lindor at shortstop, and then another shortstop in Carlos Correa at 2nd base.

The Americas players don't jump out as quickly, but the best rating (Clutch Defense 5) was won by both shortstop Xander Bogaerts and catcher Alejando Kirk. 

When it comes to pitching the Dominican Republic has the clear edge with the most important 4-man rotation ERA of 3.67 edging the Eurasia & Oceana helped by strong Japanese pitching, and then by far the best ERA of the top four relievers for each team.

Below are the Cuban and Dominican pitchers followed by the line-ups for the Puerto Ricans and Venezuelans.

Americas	PB	ERA	K	Th	Born	Team
Jesús Luzardo	2'-8	3.82	23'-45	LHP	PE	MIA
José Quintana	2'-7	4.41	21'-32	LHP	CO	NYM
Michael Soroka	4'-7	4.56	26'-36	RHP	CA	CHW
Nick Pivetta	2'-7	4.50	28'-47	RHP	CA	BOS
Andrés Muñoz	2'-9	2.90	17'-44	RHP	MX	SEA
Jordan Romano	2'-8	3.53	22'-46	RHP	CA	TOR
Americas	Pos	OPS	OBR/SP	Bats	Born	Team
Jazz Chisholm Jr.	CF	0.764	A/AA	LP	BS	MIA
Vladimir Guerrero Jr.	1b	0.871	E/C	RP	CA	TOR
Isaac Paredes	3b	0.802	E/D	RP	MX	TBR
Tyler O'Neill	LF	0.799	B/B	RP	CA	BOS
Xander Bogaerts	SS	0.778	C/B	RN	AW	SDP
Alejandro Kirk	C	0.77	E/E	RN	MX	TOR
Jonathan Aranda	DH	0.753	D/D	LN	MX	TBR
Joey Meneses	rf	0.743	E/D	RN	MX	WSN
Edouard Julien	2b	0.755	C/C	LN	CA	MIN
Cuba	PB	ERA	K	Th	Born	Team
Nestor Cortes	2'-8	4.02	24'-42	LHP	CU	NYY
Adrian Morejon	2'-6	4.26	24'-38	LHP	CU	SDP
Raisel Iglesias	2'-8	3.35	23'-48	RHP	CU	ATL
Aroldis Chapman	2'-7	3.32	33'-68	LHP	CU	PIT
Yennier Cano	4'-7	3.66	25'-41	RHP	CU	BAL
Daysbel Hernández	2'-4	4.43	22'-42	RHP	CU	ATL
Cuba	Pos	OPS	OBR/SP	Bats	Born	Team
Luis Robert Jr.	CF	0.81	B/B	RP	CU	CHW
Randy Arozarena	RF	0.8	B/B	RP	CU	TBR
Yordan Alvarez	LF	0.988	E/D	LP	CU	HOU
Yandy Díaz	1b	0.836	E/D	RN	CU	TBR
Jorge Soler	DH	0.784	E/D	RP	CU	SFG
Yoán Moncada	3b	0.733	E/D	SN	CU	CHW
Andy Ibáñez	2b	0.726	C/D	RN	CU	DET
Yasmani Grandal	C	0.702	E/E	SN	CU	PIT
Miguel Vargas	SS	0.743	B/C	RP	CU	LAD
Dominican Republic	PB	ERA	K	Th	Born	Team
Framber Valdez	2'-8	3.36	24'-41	LHP	DO	HOU
Luis Castillo	2'-8	3.46	23'-43	RHP	DO	SEA
Freddy Peralta	2'-8	3.77	22'-45	RHP	DO	MIL
Eury Pérez	2'-8	3.88	23'-44	RHP	DO	MIA
Jhoan Duran	2'-9	2.71	18'-43	RHP	DO	MIN
Bryan Abreu	2'-7	3.24	33'-64	RHP	DO	HOU
dominican Republic	Pos	OPS	OBR/SP	Bats	Born	Team
Julio Rodríguez	CF	0.841	A/AAA	RP	DO	SEA
Fernando Tatis Jr.	RF	0.871	A/AA	RP	DO	SDP
Juan Soto	LF	0.96	D/B	LP	DO	NYY
Rafael Devers	3b	0.881	D/C	LP	DO	BOS
Ketel Marte	2b	0.821	B/C	SN	DO	ARI
Marcell Ozuna	DH	0.8	E/D	RP	DO	ATL
Yainer Diaz	C	0.776	E/D	RP	DO	HOU
Willy Adames	SS	0.774	D/C	RP	DO	MIL
Elehuris Montero	1B	0.762	E/D	RP	DO	COL
Eurasia & Oceana	PB	ERA	K	Th	Born	Team
Shota Imanaga	2'-9	3.70	25'-42	LHP	JP	CHC
Yoshinobu Yamamoto	2'-9	3.80	23'-41	RHP	JP	LAD
Kodai Senga	2'-8	3.69	22'-44	RHP	JP	NYM
Yu Darvish	2'-8	4.06	24'-42	RHP	JP	SDP
Yuki Matsui	2'-8	3.34	21'-46	LHP	JP	SDP
Kenta Maeda	2'-7	4.29	26'-43	RHP	JP	DET
Eurasia & Oceana	Pos	OPS	OBR/SP	Bats	Born	Team
Shohei Ohtani	DH	0.915	A/B	LP	JP	LAD
Ozzie Albies	2b	0.813	B/B	SP	CW	ATL
Masataka Yoshida	LF	0.818	D/C	LN	JP	BOS
Seiya Suzuki	RF	0.817	C/C	RP	JP	CHC
Jung Hoo Lee	1B	0.773	C/C	LN	JP	SFG
Max Kepler	CF	0.77	C/C	LP	DE	MIN
Brendan Donovan	SS	0.762	D/C	LN	DE	STL
Rob Refsnyder	C	0.754	C/C	RN	KR	BOS
Curtis Mead	3B	0.719	D/C	RN	AU	TBR
Puerto Rico	PB	ERA	K	Th	Born	Team
José Berríos	2'-7	4.12	25'-41	RHP	PR	TOR
Fernando Cruz	2'-5	4.05	22'-47	RHP	PR	CIN
Edwin Díaz	2'-9	2.70	16'-47	RHP	PR	NYM
Alexis Díaz	2'-7	4.10	33'-56	RHP	PR	CIN
Joe Jiménez	2'-6	3.79	22'-48	RHP	PR	ATL
Jorge López	2'-4	4.29	25'-41	RHP	PR	NYM
Puerto Rico	Pos	OPS	OBR/SP	Bats	Born	Team
Francisco Lindor	SS	0.777	A/A	SP	PR	NYM
Willi Castro	CF	0.697	A/AA	SN	PR	MIN
Carlos Correa	2B	0.784	E/E	RP	PR	MIN
Jose Miranda	3B	0.74	E/C	RN	PR	MIN
Nelson Velázquez	RF	0.739	C/C	RP	PR	KCR
Emmanuel Rivera	1B	0.712	C/D	RN	PR	ARI
Victor Caratini	C	0.683	E/D	SN	PR	HOU
Heliot Ramos	LF	0.678	B/E	RN	PR	SFG
Javier Báez	DH	0.671	B/B	RN	PR	DET
Venezuela	PB	ERA	K	Th	Born	Team
Pablo López	2'-9	3.59	24'-42	RHP	VE	MIN
Ranger Suárez	2'-8	4.03	26'-37	LHP	VE	PHI
Martín Pérez	2'-7	4.45	16'-24	LHP	VE	PIT
Germán Márquez	2'-7	4.83	22'-33	RHP	VE	COL
José Alvarado	2'-9	3.31	18'-42	LHP	VE	PHI
Adbert Alzolay	2'-7	3.68	31'-51	RHP	VE	CHC
Venezuela	Pos	OPS	OBR/SP	Bats	ve	Team
Ronald Acuña Jr.	RF	0.987	A/AAA	RP	VE	ATL
Jose Altuve	2b	0.819	B/B	RP	VE	HOU
Gleyber Torres	SS	0.797	C/B	RP	VE	NYY
William Contreras	C	0.801	D/C	RP	VE	MIL
Luis Arraez	DH	0.796	D/C	LN	VE	MIA
Anthony Santander	LF	0.788	D/D	SP	VE	BAL
Wilmer Flores	1b	0.781	E/E	RP	VE	SFG
Wilyer Abreu	CF	0.753	C/C	LN	VE	BOS
Luis Rengifo	3B	0.741	B/C	SN	VE	LAA