deGrom, Defending WS Champ Rangers dominate 106 loss to 1st place KC

Couple of other interesting stats - we only keep a few:

The ERA of all starting pitchers in our game so far is 4.30, just higher than 4.23 this season in real MLB though in 2024 real MLB has dropped to 4.11.

However, the runs per game is actually quite high so far at 5.19 in our game vs 4.62 last year in MLB and 4.43 this year.

Will wait to see if it drops as we log more games.

Texas vs. KC

Jacob deGrom can only go 6 innings, but he has the most dominant card in the game with a pb 2-9, only 7 hits (11-17) and 4 walks (52-55) of the 64 numbers when on his card.

He dominated KC 7-0 for a sweep, though the amazing Bobby Witt JR. Had 2 of the three hits against him.

The 2nd game was just as dominant - a 7-2 win to also count.

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After the Rangers complete sweep they inch up to 11-13, but still two spots out of the playoffs.

Statis-Pro Standings	W	L	AdjW%	Playoff & Opp
Baltimore	18	8	0.692	East 1st P
Houston	17	9	0.654	South 1st P
Seattle	15	8	0.652	West 1st P
NY Mets	15	8	0.652	WC-1 Surprises
Minnesota	15	10	0.600	WC-2 West
NY Yankees	14	13	0.519	WC-3 East
Cleveland	12	13	0.480	West
Texas	11	13	0.458	South
Tampa	8	10	0.444	South (vs. StL)
St. Louis	7	11	0.389	Surprises (vs. Tam)
Boston	6	12	0.333	East (vs. Rel CHW)
Kansas City	7	17	0.292	Surprises

Below is the preview prior to the two games being played.

The Royals lost 106 games in 2023 and this week snuck into 1st place in the AL Central for a day. The Texas Rangers won the World Series in 2023 and this week are 10 games out of first place in the AL West. Jacob deGrom has sat out almost an entire season but is expected to come back to pitch the last couple of weeks of the season - and will take the mound in the next Statis-Pro game against the Royals.

Since we use current rosters (would be more like 2024 team) but projections for the 2024 season that would be most impacted by how the players played in 2023, we never know whether the team will perform more like 2023 or more like 2024.

We will update with how it plays out ... we just ran all the teams in google sheets of teams and caught a few teams where we were missing a position in our suggested line-up. While doing it, we also marked in blue platoon situations where against a left-handed pitcher we would take out the player in our suggested starting 9 and instead use the reserve in blue. This will not yet be updated in the PDFs, but we will update all at once.

KC Edges St. Louis in Statis-Pro, but Both Short of Playoffs

The Kansas City Royals won the series over the St. Louis Cardinals 4 games to 2 to catch them in the standings after three 2-game series, but both would be out of the Statis-Pro playoffs if they started today. The top 7 teams in our league have all finished four 20-game series. The five teams from 8th to 12th in our league have finished three series each. If teams fall too far behind we don't necessarily play out their games.

 

4 Series top teams	Div	Pod	L		W	L	Win%	Playoff
Baltimore	E	10	2		18	8	0.692	1
Houston	S	10	2		17	9	0.654	2
NY Mets		8	4		15	5	0.750	3
Seattle	W	10	2		15	8	0.652	4
Minnesota	W	5	7		15	10	0.600	5
NY Yankees	E	5	7		14	13	0.519	6
Cleveland	W	3	9		12	13	0.480
3 Series other 5
Tampa	S	5	7		8	10	0.444
Kansas City		6	6		7	11	0.389
St. Louis		4	8		7	11	0.389
Boston	E	3	9		6	12	0.333
Texas	S	3	9		5	13	0.278
2 Series: CWS,TOR					6	12	0.333
Relegated 0 Gms
Col, Det, LAA
Oak, Pitt, Wash

The teams at the bottom have been relegated, but each may play two series to get through their rotation once. The Blue Jays already played their two series, and the White Sox will play their second series now.

Seth Lugo pitched brilliantly in the first game allowing only two runs in seven innings. However, he did not get the win as he left in a 2-2 tie. In the bottom of the 8th both Michael Massey and Bobby Witt Jr. hit 2-run homers to key a 5-run inning and give the Royals credit for a 7-2 home SWEEP.

In the second game it was Paul Goldschmidt with a 3-run homer and RBI double to key a 6-2 Cardinals win, but because they could not get the 5-run win they only received credit for 2 wins against 1 loss in that game to go 2-4 in the series.

Memories of 1969 - Red Hot Mets and Orioles Split in Statis-Pro showdown

Remember 1969 when New York teams upset Baltimore teams on the way to titles? The Mets did the same thing in our game by upsetting our first place Orioles in the first game of a 2-game series, though the Orioles did rebound to win the nightcap. In 1969 the Mets and Tom Seaver stunned the Orioles, Joe Namath and the New York Jets stunned the Colts. The New York Knicks stunned the top ranked Baltimore Bullets in the semifinals four games to one.

 In a 2-game series between our top two Statis-Pro baseball teams, The Mets won a 2-1 pitchers' duel in Game 1, then the Orioles rallied last for a 8-6 win in the nightcap.

The Mets now have the best record on the 12 teams in our league with a 15-5 mark, but since they were on of three surprise teams we added late they are only eligible for a wild card spot, so they would be our 3rd seed now.

The 3 Divisional leaders from either our East, South or West 3-team pods are eligible before the two byes. Baltimore leads the East with an 18-8 mark for a 0.692 winning percentage for the No. 1 seed, while the Astros lead the South with a 17-9 or 0.654 winning percentage for the 2-seed. Seattle is the third pod leader with a 15-8 record for a 0.652 wining percentage to land the 4th seed behind the Mets.

So our Statis-Pro playoffs if our season ended today would still be the Yankees vs. Mets with the winner getting the Astros, and the Twins vs. Mariners with the winner getting the Orioles.

Here are our complete records so far.

 

East	PodW	PodL		W	L	perc	Playoff	Pod
Baltimore	10	2		18	8	0.692	1	East
Houston	10	2		17	9	0.654	2	South
NY Mets	8	4		15	5	0.750	3	Surprises
Seattle	10	2		15	8	0.652	4	West
Minnesota	5	7		15	10	0.600	5	West
NY Yankees	5	7		14	13	0.519	6	East
Cleveland	3	9		12	13	0.480		West
Tampa	5	7		8	10	0.444		South
St. Louis	2	4		5	7	0.417		Surprises
Boston	3	9		6	12	0.333		East
Texas	3	9		5	13	0.278		South
Kansas City	2	4		3	9	0.250		Surprises

Astros Claim South Pod Dominance in Statis-Pro Texas Slugfest

 The Statis-Pro Astros sent 13 batters to the plate to kickoff the battle for Texas with a 10-run first innings. The batters were so dominant in this series that the ERA for starting pitchers in our league play rose from 4.00 to 4.32 in this tracker of all games, standing calculations and starting pitcher stats.

The combined box score is below of the Astros 11-6 and then 12-8 win in the pitching optional series. The Rangers needed to get within five runs by the end of the 8th inning to avoid the game counting as a 3-game sweep in our records, and they cut it to within 11-6 on Josh Jung's 3-run homer in the 7th inning.

At this point the Astros put Ryan Pressly in the game and, after an error, he retired five straight outs to finish the 7th and 8th inning to hold the lead at five runs. Our league rules are a 5-run lead is needed at the end of the 8th inning to get credit for a SWEEP, without using the closer. Pressly has been the closer of course, but the acquisition of Josh Hader meant he was the pitcher who could not be used. 

Hader was therefore also available for the 2nd game (we play only 2-game series and each reliever can be used in one of the two games). Hader overcame two fielding miscues by great batters who are poor fielders in the game. Jose Altuve made an error at 2nd base, then on a clutch defense to catcher Yainer Diaz could not get to the ball quickly to allow a 10-foot single. However, Hader got out of it.

The Astros win means the South Pod play wraps up with the Astros 10-02 in the pod and 17-8 overall. The other two pods also were won by a team with a 10-2 mark in the pod, with Seattle beating out Cleveland and Minnesota in the West and Baltimore going 10-2 against the Yankees and Red Sox.

If our Statis-Pro playoffs started today, the Mets and Yankees would play with the winner getting Houston, and the Mariners and Twins would face off with the winner getting the regular season champion Orioles.

Click here for links to all the current players as well as the 60 all-time great Statis-Pro baseball teams, and here are the instructions to play your own games.
 

East	Pod	L		w	l	perc	Playoff seed, 4th 2-game series still to play?
Baltimore	10	2		15	5	0.750	1 - Mets
Boston	3	9		6	12	0.333	CWS (relegated)
NY Yankees	5	7		14	13	0.519	6 - done 4th round
West	Pod			w	l	Per	Playoff
Cleveland	3	9		12	13	0.480	done 4th series
Minnesota	5	7		15	10	0.600	5 done 4th series
Seattle	10	2		15	8	0.652	4 done 4th series
South	Pod			w	l	Per	Playoff
Houston	10	2		17	8	0.680	2 - done 4th series
Tampa	5	7		8	10	0.444	StL
Texas	3	9		5	13	0.278	KC
Surprises	Pod			w	l	Perc	Playoff
Kansas City	2	4		3	9	0.250	StL (3rd), then Tex
NY Mets	8	4		11	5	0.688	3, Orioles
St. Louis	2	4		5	7	0.417	KC (3rd) then TB

Here is the combined box score for the two games. We deliberately skipped the 6th inning since neither team scored in the 6th inning of either of the 6th innings - the only inning that was true except in the 8th. We show the players projected OPS that led to the card, and then the home run range on the 11-88 random number. For pitchers, we show the projected ERA and then the key to Statis-Pro games, the PB range for the pitcher which shows which dice combos from 2-12 that keep the action on the pitcher's card vs. allowing the batter to have a swing with the chance for extra base hits.

 

Game 1	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	7th	8th	9th
Texas (6)	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	0
Houston (11 - SWEEP 3-0)	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	x
Game 2	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	7th	8th	9th
Houston (12 - WIN 2 games to 1)	1	5	1	1	0	0	0	4
Texas (8)	2	3	0	0	3	0	0	0
2024 Houston Astros	OPS	Pos	HR	AB	R	H	RBI	Other
Kyle Tucker	0.877	RF	28-35	10	2	2	0	sb
Jose Altuve	0.819	2b	28-34	9	1	5	1
Yordan Alvarez	0.988	DH	27-36	8	3	4	5	2-HR
Minute Maid Park (11-36 HR)	OPS	Pos	HR	0
Alex Bregman	0.823	3b	27-32	9	1	1	0
Pedro León	0.613	PR	26-25	0	1	0	0
Yainer Diaz	0.776	C	28-35	7	2	3	0
Mauricio Dubón	0.695	PH	33-34	0	1	0	0
Chas McCormick	0.76	CF	25-31	9	2	1	1	HR
Minute Maid Park (11-36 HR)	OPS	Pos	HR	0
Jeremy Peña	0.714	SS	28-33	10	3	3	5	2-2B
Jake Meyers	0.699	LF	26-31	8	4	3	6	2b,hr
Trey Cabbage	0.696	RF	18-25	8	3	3	2	hr
Astros batted 0.321				78	23	25	20
Houston Game 1 Pitchers	ERA	PB	IP	H	R	ER	W	K
Framber Valdez	3.36	2'-8	4	4	3	3	5	2
Cristian Javier	4.36	4'-7	2.3	2	1	1	3	0
José Urquidy	4.5	4'-7	0	2	2	2	0	0
Ryan Pressly	3.37	2'-8	1.7	0	0	0	0	2
Caleb Ferguson (fr NYY)	3.67	4'-7	1	0	0	0	1	0
Houston Game 2 Pitchers	ERA	PB
Yusei Kikuchi (fr Tor)	4.19	2'-7	4	5	5	4	2	4
J.P. France	4.39	4'-7	0	3	3	3	1	0
Lance McCullers Jr.	3.83	2'-7	2	1	0	0	1	5
Bryan King (Temp #D)	4.01	4'-7	1.7	0	0	0	1	1
Josh Hader	3.21	2'-9	1.3	1	0	0	0	0
Astros ERA 6.50				18	14	13	14	14
2024 Texas Rangers	OPS	Pos	HR	AB	R	H	RBI	Other
Wyatt Langford	0.813	DH	26-32	9	1	3	3	2-2b
Marcus Semien	0.796	2b	26-32	7	1	2	0	sb
Corey Seager	0.892	SS	28-36	10	2	3	2	2b,hr
TX (Globe Life Field 11-64 HR)	OPS	Pos	HR
Nathaniel Lowe	0.797	1b	28-33	8	1	1	0
Adolis García	0.775	RF	23-28	7	4	2	0	3-bb
Evan Carter	0.764	LF	26-28	8	0	3	2	2b,hr
TX (Globe Life Field 11-64 HR)	OPS	Pos	HR
Josh Jung	0.754	3b	26-32	9	3	2	3	hr
Jonah Heim	0.733	C	25-31	4	0	0	0
Sam Huff	0.729	C	21-26	4	1	2	2	hr
Leody Taveras	0.732	CF	28-32	6	1	1	0	sb
Rangers batted 0.264				72	14	19	12
Texas Game 1 Pitchers	ERA	PB	IP	H	R	ER	W	K
Max Scherzer	3.96	2'-8	0.7	6	10	6	3	1
Gerson Garabito (Temp #D)	4.17	4'-7	3.7	1	1	1	2	3
Andrew Heaney	4.5	4'-7	1.7	3	0	0	0	2
Kirby Yates	4.4	4'-7	1	1	0	0	1	1
David Robertson	4.31	2'-6	1	0	0	0	1	0
Texas Game 2 Pitchers	ERA	PB
Nathan Eovaldi	4.17	2'-7	2	5	6	6	2	0
Jon Gray	4.31	2'-7	2	3	2	2	0	3
José Leclerc	4.29	4'-7	1	0	0	0	1	2
Cody Bradford	4.49	4'-7	2.7	0	0	0	0	1
Josh Sborz	3.89	2'-7	0.7	3	4	3	0	1
Tyler Mahle	4.22	2'-7	0.7	0	0	0	0	1
Rangers ERA 7.36			17	22	23	18	10	15

Statis-Pro Yankees Showdown Crush Red Sox Twice, 12-5 and 6-2

 Game 1 - Yankees 12, Red Sox 5. As nice as the 12-5 Yankees win in Fenway was against their archival Red Sox, the downside is it did not count as a sweep in our league rules, because a team must lead by 5 runs after 8 innings, and it was only 9-5 at this time.

It also showed the Yankees one weakness in this game, a weak bullpen that gave up a 4-run 8th to blow the sweep. Juan Soto and  Jazz Chisholm Jr. both reached base four times including homers, and Gleyber Torres, Giancarlo Stanton and Ben Rice joined them to make it five Yankees with a home run in the bloout.

Carlos Rodón and Nestor Cortes are the best 2nd and 3rd rotation pitcher combo in our game with a PB 2-9 and PB 2-8 (top 5% of all pitchers and best 15% of all pitchers based on WAR divided by innings itched).

Game 2 - Yankees 6, Red Sox 2. As nice as it was to have Jazz Chisholm Jr. homer for a 2nd straight game as his 6th hit in 6 at bats to lead 2-game domination of the Red Sox, there was some frustration (see photos of both box scores at the bottom). In both games the Yankees dominated but led by exactly 4 runs at the end of the 8th inning meaning both games counted as 2 games to 1 win as opposed to 3 games to none if they had one more run in each of the two games to go 6-0 for the series.

The wins still put the Yankees back in our playoffs if the Statis-Pro season ended today.  The Yankees are 11-13 in our league but we have a Strength of Schedule built into our league rules so you don't have to balance the schedule - and the Yankees have played by far the hardest schedule to get a +3 for playing both the Orioles and the Astros so far. That means we adjust their wins by the +3 and they officially are 14-13 for a 0.519 winning percentage.

The Red Sox meanwhile are only 6-12, and even though they get the historically bad White Sox next, they have the only -2 for SOS, meaning the Red Sox will lose 2 wins after the series so they really need to win the series 4-2 to at least break even (it would count as 2-2 with the adjustment.). For now the Yanks are back in the playoffs as a wild card, but trail the Orioles as the best of the 12 teams in our league at 15-5 for a 0.75.

East Pod	W	L	SOS+-	AdjW	AdjL	AdjW%
Baltimore	13	5	2	15	5	0.750
NY Yankees	11	13	3	14	13	0.519
Boston	6	12	0	6	12	0.333

Here is our pregame account:

If you want to set up your own matchup for the greatest rivalry in baseball and one of the greatest in the world - you can pull up the Yankees and Red Sox as we are about to do. 

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Of the 19 pitchers with two starts in our game, Cortes has allowed only 1 earned run in 10 innings for the 3rd best ERA of 0.90. The Yanks No. 4 starter Stroman is right behind him at 1.38, while surprisingly it was the ace Cole who had a bad first start against the Astros so if further down. 

Rnk	2-start Pitchers	IP	ER	ERA
1	Gilbert - Sea	13	0	0.00
2	Senga - NYM	14	0	0.00
3	Cortes - NYY	10	1	0.90
4	Stroman - NYY	13	2	1.38
5	Manaea - NYM	5	1	1.80
6	Lopez - Min	13.3	3	2.03
7	Burnes - Balt	13	3	2.08
8	Ryan - Min	12.3	4	2.93
9	McKenzie - Cle	12	4	3.00
10	Rodon - NYY	12	4	3.00
11	Ober - Min	11.7	4	3.08
12	Baz - TB	7	3	3.86
13	Maneau - NYM	4	2	4.50
14	Giolito - Bost	11.3	6	4.78
15	Paddack - Min	9	5	5.00
16	Cole - NYY	11	8	6.55
17	Kirby - Sea	10	8	7.20
18	Verlander - Hou	9.3	8	7.74
19	Walter - Bost	6.3	10	14.29
	Total of these pitchers	197.3	76	3.47
	Total of 1-start pitchers	196	99	4.55
	Total of All Pitchers	393.3	175	4.00

We set up for the box score using the numbers on the cards in the game. The Red Sox will start their 1st and 4th best starting pitchers, and against the righty in game 1 we will start Ben Rice at first base against the righty, and in the 2nd game back at Yankee Stadium we will play DJ LeMahieu at first base against the lefty.

The Yankees will start their 2nd and 3rd best pitchers, which works out well because the Red Sox have a lot of left handed batters in their line-up, and don't really have good enough alternates to platoon. The other team in this pod is the Baltimore Orioles, who are in 1st of the three right now.

We will fill in the box score later, but here are the line-ups, two starting pitchers for the series, and then top five relievers for each team.
 

2024 NY Yankees	OPS	Bats	Pos	HR	AB	R	H	RBI	Other
Jazz Chisholm Jr. (fr MIA)	0.764	LP	C	25-32
Juan Soto	0.960	LP	DH	23-31
Aaron Judge	0.954	RP	RF	21-31
Yankee Stadium (11-57 HR)	OPS	Bats		HR
Gleyber Torres	0.797	RP	2b	27-33
Giancarlo Stanton	0.776	RP	LF	18-26
Ben Rice (Temp #4)	0.746	LN	1b	27-31
DJ LeMahieu	0.719	RN	3b	27-31
Yankee Stadium (11-57 HR)	OPS	Bats		HR
Austin Wells	0.709	LP	3b	23-26
Anthony Volpe	0.710	RN	SS	22-26
Trent Grisham	0.727	LP	CF	21-24
Yankees Series Starters	ERA	Th	PB	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Carlos Rodón	3.82	L	2'-9
Nestor Cortes	4.02	L	2'-8
NY Yankees Best Relief Cards	ERA	Th	PB
Clay Holmes	3.54	R	2'-7
Chase Hampton	4.66	R	4'-7
Jonathan Loáisiga	3.73	R	4'-7
Will Warren	4.36	R	4'-7
Enyel De Los Santos (fr SD)	3.92	R	2'-6
2024 Boston Red Sox	OPS	Bats	Pos	HR	AB	R	H	RBI	Other
Jarren Duran	0.742	LN	CF	31-33
Tyler O'Neill	0.799	RP	RF	26-32
Rafael Devers	0.881	LP	3b	28-36
Bos (Fenway Park HR 11-54)	OPS	Bats	Pos	HR
Triston Casas	0.853	LP	1b	25-32
Masataka Yoshida	0.818	LN	LF	34-37
Vaughn Grissom	0.775	RN	DH	34-36
Bos (Fenway Park HR 11-54)	OPS	Bats	Pos	HR
Trevor Story	0.733	RN	SS	25-31
Adalberto Mondesi	0.667	SN	2b	27-31
Danny Jansen	0.781	RP	C	22-28
Boston Starters	ERA	Th	PB	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K
Lucas Giolito	4.56	R	2'-7
Brandon Walter	4.69	L	2'-7
Boston Best Relief Cards	ERA	Th	PB
Chris Martin	3.86	R	2'-7
James Paxton (fr LAD)	4.32	L	2'-7
Tanner Houck	4.43	R	2'-7
Garrett Whitlock	3.81	R	2'-7
Kenley Jansen	4.16	R	2'-7

Results will be added after the games and headline will be added.

Seattle Statis-Pro Nudges Twins Out of 1st While Actual Team Can't Match Success and Fires Servais

June 18 the Seattle Mariners had a 10-game lead in the AL West and then they added Randy Arozarena from Tampa and Justin Turner from Toronto to form what in our Statis-Pro Baseball Game seems an awesome 1-2-3 line-up to go with great pitching. 

Playing them in our Statis-Pro game they just rolled through our Center-West pod and are now tied in first place with Minnesota in the division.

Yes somehow in the real MLB they have sunk to 0.500 despite those two key additions to fall behind the Astros again - leading to them firing manager Scott Servais yesterday. We will see if the new manager turns things around or if the host streak in Statis-Pro keeps up, but here is the 2-game box score for their 4-1 loss then 5-0 win against the Minnesota Twins that left the two teams tied atop the pod and ahead of the Cleveland Guardians, who have been the real surprise of the season in the real MLB.

The actual standings and game logs in our game are on this link, and after just 3 or 4 two-game series for team the teams are in the same order in which they finished the 2023 season: In our Standings we adjust the winning percentage for strength of schedule to get the following:

East	AdjW%	West	AdjW%	South	AdjW%	Surprises	AdjW%
Baltimore	0.744	Seattle	0.714	Houston	0.590	NY Mets	0.688
NY Yankees	0.463	Minnesota	0.714	Tampa	0.444	St. Louis	0.417
Boston	0.333	Cleveland	0.480	Texas	0.333	Kansas City	0.250

Actual 2023 Records

Seattle 88-74

Minnesota 87-85

Cleveland 76-86

 Amazingly for Seattle, George Kirby has thrown 5 innings and allowed 4 earned runs in both starts, and Logan Gilbert has been scoreless in both starts.

Sea (T-Mobile Park 11-53)	OPS	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	Other
Julio Rodríguez	0.841	CF	8	0	0	0
Randy Arozarena (fr TBR)	0.800	LF	8	2	3	3	sb,hr
Justin Turner (fr TOR)	0.746	3b	6	1	1	0	2 BB
Cal Raleigh	0.761	C	7	1	1	2	hr
Mitch Garver	0.757	DH	6	0	2	0
Jorge Polanco	0.742	2b	7	0	0	0
J.P. Crawford	0.736	SS	6	1	1	0
Luke Raley	0.729	1B	6	1	1	0	2b
Victor Robles (fr wsn)	0.691	RF	6	0	1	0
2-game batting ave .167			60	6	10	5
Mariners Pitchers Gm 1	ERA	PB	IP	H	R	ER	W/K
George Kirby	3.56	2'-8	5	5	4	4	3/7
Bryan Woo	4.07	2'-7	3	2	0	0	0/2
Mariners Pitchers Gm 2	ERA	PB	IP	H	R	ER	W/K
Logan Gilbert	3.69	2'-8	6	7	0	0	1/7
Matt Brash	3.29	2'-7	1	0	0	0	1/0
Yimi García (fr TOR)	3.91	4'-7	1	0	0	0	1/0
Andrés Muñoz	2.90	2'-9	1	0	0	0	0/2
2-game ERA 2.11			17	14	4	4	6/18
MIN (Target Field 11-36 HR)	OPS	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI	Other
Willi Castro	0.697	CF	8	0	0	0
Byron Buxton	0.796	DH	8	0	1	2	2b
Carlos Correa	0.784	SS	7	1	1	0
Max Kepler	0.770	RF	4	1	1	0	4 bb
Royce Lewis	0.811	3b	0	0	0	0	sb
Edouard Julien	0.755	2b	8	1	3	0
Ryan Jeffers	0.741	C	8	0	3	0
Carlos Santana	0.721	1b	7	1	2	0
Manuel Margot (fr LAD)	0.682	3B	6	0	0	0
Trevor Larnach	0.709	LF	6	1	3	0	2 2bs
2-game batting ave .226			62	5	14	2
Twins Pitchers Gm 1	ERA	PB	IP	H	R	ER	W/K
Joe Ryan	4.02	2'-8	7	3	0	0	0/6
Brock Stewart	3.31	2'-8	1.7	0	1	1	0/1
Jhoan Duran	2.71	2'-9	0.3	0	0	0	0/1
Twins Pitchers Gm 2	ERA	PB	IP	H	R	ER	W/K
Chris Paddack	4.28	2'-8	4	4	4	4	1/5
Griffin Jax	4.02	4'-7	1	1	1	0	0/1
Caleb Thielbar	3.77	4'-7	1	1	0	0	0/0
Louie Varland	4.15	4'-7	2	0	0	0	2/2
2-game ERA 3.17			17	9	6	5	3/16

ddd

East	AdjW%	West	AdjW%	South	AdjW%	Surprises	AdjW%
Baltimore	0.744	Minnesota	0.714	Houston	0.590	NY Mets	0.688
NY Yankees	0.463	Seattle	0.714	Tampa	0.444	St. Louis	0.417
Boston	0.333	Cleveland	0.480	Texas	0.333	Kansas City	0.250

Manager fired as J-Rod 'What-if" Mariners Shocking Double Sweep of Guardians

 The Mariners seemed to assemble such an incredible line-up that the stunning collapse in actual MLB as opposed to the impressive showing on paper in Statis-pro perhaps makes it clear why it was time to fire the manager today.

How good would the Mariners be if Julio Rodriguez was healthy and leading off AND they added Randy Arozarena from Tampa, Justin Turner from Toronto and Victor Robles from Washington?

Our What-if format this year in Statis Pro might give a glimpse after the scored the rare double swept of the Guardians - who have the best record in real MLB but drop way down by being credited with losing the series 6 games to none against the full strength Mariners.

Suddenly the two teams switched spots in the 3-team Western pud, with.the full strength  Seattle and Minnesota now virtually tied at 12-6 as they prepare to faceoff in the final 2-game series in the western pod while Cleveland drops from 11-7 to 11-13 into 3rd or 3.

Statis-Pro Standings for All 2024 Teams

NL "East"	W	L	Win%	GB		AL "East"	W	L	AdjW%	SOS
Atlanta	20	14	0.588	0		Baltimore	13	5	0.744	1.5
Milwaukee	19	15	0.559	1		NY Yankees	7	11	0.463	2.5
Chicago	17	16	0.515	2.5		Boston	4	8	0.333
Philadelphia	16	18	0.471	4		AL "South"
Miami	10	23	0.303	10		Houston	10	8	0.590	1.5
						Tampa	8	10	0.444	0
NL "West"	W	L	Win%	GB		Texas	4	8	0.333
LA Dodgers	25	9	0.735	0		AL "West"
Arizona	17	16	0.515	7.5		Minnesota	12	6	0.684	1
Cincinnati	17	17	0.500	8		Cleveland	11	7	0.632	1
San Diego	16	18	0.471	9		Seattle	6	6	0.455	-1
San Francisco	14	19	0.424	11		Surprise adds
						NY Mets	13	5	0.688	-2
						St. Louis	5	7	0.417
8 relegated	6	12	0.333			Kansas City	3	9	0.250

 

We didn't do the Montana/NL Statis-Pro update justice, because it came right after Willie Mays passed away, so we are reposting it below along with the standings next to our AL (+2 NL teams originally relegated) update. Eight teams are still relegated, but we generally get in a series or two with each one.

The Montana/NL league standings are based on traditional wins and losses in Statis-Pro games played. The Milwaukee league adjusts it a bit, counting each game as three games with a 2 to 1 series winning unless the winner led by at least 5 runs after 8 innings without using their closer. 

Here is the original NL update from a couple of months back and we will post the new one when it comes.

Here are our 2024 Statis-Pro cards in sheet form to get you going if you have yet to play the game, and the following are the results from the NL commission based in Montana who rotates Statis-Pro leagues with me each year (this year I have the AL and he has the NL).

2024 Statis-Pro So Far with 10 Teams Selected to Play

I modified the injury policy. (got tired of so many stars dropping)

I’ll go back to the “what if” policy.  (was doing the 60-day IL)

So, I’m keeping the injured stars in play instead of taking them out. (just using Z plays for injuries)

 

Statis-Pro National League

 

NL “East”

Atlanta               20-14   .588      -

Milwaukee       19-15   .559      1

Chicago            17-16   .515      2.5

Philadelphia   16-18   .471      4

Miami                10-23   .303      10

 

NL “West”

Los Angeles       25-  9    .735      -

Arizona                17-16   .515      7.5

Cincinnati          17-17   .500      8

San Diego          16-18   .471      9

San Francisco 14-19   .424      11

 

 

The Dodgers are rolling and the statistics support their winning.  (helps having Kershaw in rotation)

With their healthy stars, it is surprising the Braves are only six games over .500.  (Acuna, Strider)

After their slow start, will the Phillies catch fire at the end of the season?

Who will emerge out of the jumble of wild card teams in the playoffs?

In our inter-league play the NL leads the AL 32-26 so far.

 

Statis-Pro NL MVP Race

Shohei Ohtani

Mookie Betts

Ozzie Albies

 

Statis-Pro NL Cy Young Race

Spencer Strider

Zack Wheeler

And here are the leaders so far in Statis-Pro play. That league keeps much better stats. The only notable AL stats is from the Mets team we grabbed, where Senga has a 0.00 ERA in 14 innings after two starts.

Statis-Pro National League      

Statistics—32 games  

               

OPS      

Shohei Ohtani, LA          1.153

Mookie Betts, LA             1.086

Ozzie Albies, Atl              1.014

Ketel Marte, Arz               0.997

               

Batting Average              

Noelvi Marté, Cin            0.362

Bryce Harper, Phl            0.361

Ketel Marte, Arz               0.348

Shohei Ohtani, LA          0.346

Luis Arráez, SD 0.336

               

Slugging             

Shohei Ohtani, LA          0.731

Mookie Betts, LA             0.691

Patrick Wisdom, Chi     0.689

Ozzie Albies, Atl              0.628

               

     Stolen Bases              

Ronald Acuña Jr., Atl     22-22

Christian Yelich, Mil      18-26

Corbin Carroll, Arz         14-15

               

Home Runs      

Patrick Wisdom, Chi     15

Mookie Betts, LA             14

Shohei Ohtani, LA          11

Austin Riley, Atl               10

               

RBI’s    

Shohei Ohtani, LA          37

Austin Riley, Atl               36

Patrick Wisdom, Chi     33

Nick Castellanos, Phl   31

               

Batting Avg RISP             

Noelvi Marté, Cin            0.4

Shohei Ohtani, LA          0.382

Harper, Phl         0.381

               

       Two-Out RBI’s          

Shohei Ohtani, LA          14

Nick Castellanos, Phl   13

Marcell Ozuna, Atl         12

               

Runs    

Mookie Betts, LA             34

Corbin Carroll, Arz         31

Shohei Ohtani, LA          31

               

   Total Bases    

Mookie Betts, LA             96

Shohei Ohtani, LA          95

Ketel Marte, Arz               83

               

               

Strikeouts         

Christopher Morel, Chi 63

Max Muncy, LA 53

Nick Castellanos, Phl   47

               

Doubles             

Shohei Ohtani, LA          13

Noelvi Marté, Cin            13

Orlando Arcia, Atl          11

Jason Heyward, LA        10

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