We still have three 2-game Statis-Pro series left until all 12 of our teams have gone through their 4-main rotations this season. We pitch either the No. 1 and No. 4 best starter or the No. 2 or No. 3 best starter in each series, though because of some trades Tampa is actually getting to pitch their top 2 remaining starters against Texas since their ace was traded to Baltimore.
The top 5% of all pitchers get a PB2-9 card, the rest of the top 15% get a PB 2-8, then top 35% get a PB 2-7, and the middle 30% get a PB 4-7 (those dice rolls put the action on the pitcher's card exactly half of the time). The below average pitchers are a PB2-6, PB2-5 or the worst PB2-4. We no longer calculate this by ERA or FIPs, but rather by Wins Above Replacement per Inning Pitched.
The following are the pitching match-ups, followed by our standings and links to the game.
Boston Red Sox vs. Baltimore Orioles
The Orioles are favored as #1 of our 12 teams last year and #2 this year in real MLB action, while Boston was #8 and #6 respectively, and just added back after we were going to leave them out this year.
| Baltimore Starters | ERA | Th | PB | vs. | Boston Starters | ERA | Th | PB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grayson Rodriguez | 3.84 | R | 2'-8 | vs. | Brayan Bello | 4.29 | R | 2'-7 |
| Kyle Bradish | 3.82 | R | 2'-7 | vs. | Brandon Walter | 4.69 | L | 2'-7 |
Cleveland Guardians vs. Kansas City Royals
The Guardians shot up from #9 to #1 of our 12 teams from 2023 to 2024 in real standings, and could build on a strong $3 right now with wins over the Royals, who were left out as dead last #12 last year but are all the way up to #5 this year.
No one benefits more form our "what if" that the Cleveland Guardians, since it means Shane Bieber is their ace in the game. He pitched only two games this year before being shut down again - allowing no runs in his two starts - so is obviously not actually pitching this year but his great card is used in our game. They not only have him for their series against the Royals but added another great pitcher in Alex Cobb. One of their great pitchers Triston McKenzie already pitched. The Royals with their stunningly good start this year's Statis-Pro game as their record last season was 12th of the 12 teams in the game.
| Cleveland Starters | ERA | Th | PB | vs. | Kansas City Starters | ERA | Th | PB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Bieber | 3.73 | R | 2'-8 | vs. | Seth Lugo | 4.4 | R | 2'-7 |
| Alex Cobb (fr Bal) | 3.75 | R | 2'-8 | vs. | Cole Ragans | 3.99 | L | 2'-7 |
Tampa Bay Rays vs. Texas Rangers
While the Rangers won it all in real life last year they were just #4 and have now dropped all the way to #12 this year in real baseball of our 12, while Tampa is the other big drop off rom #2 to #10 - so a battle of the two teams in our league that are the biggest disappointments in real life.
As mentioned above Tampa lost their best Statis-Pro card in the game Alex Cobb to the Orioles, which still leaves them Jeffrey Springs and Shane Baz to pitch against the Rangers. Their other starters are just mediocre PB4-7 pitchers so this will be their last series with two strong starters. While the Rangers already pitched ace Max Scherzer they still have two solid pitchers in Nathan Eovaldi (often awesome but just a strong PB 2-7 on this card and Dane Dunning.
| Tampa Best Starters | ERA | Th | PB | vs. | Texas Starters | ERA | Th | PB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey Springs | 3.48 | L | 2'-8 | vs. | Nathan Eovaldi | 4.17 | R | 2'-7 |
| Shane Baz | 3.89 | R | 2'-7 | vs. | Dane Dunning | 4.47 | R | 2'-7 |
As for the other 6 teams who already have been through their 4-main Statis-Pro rotation once are:
Minnesota Twins have moved up from #6 to #4 in real life from 2023 to 2024, and are now #1 in our Statis-Pro season.
New York Mets were initially relegated from the other Commissioners Montana based NL league but when they improved from #10 to #7 of our 12 teams we claimed them and they are off to a surprisingly good start at #2 in Statis-Pro - as they have also been hot in the real game.
The Yankees have improved from #7 to #3 in the real game, and are at #4 in our league.
Houston has dropped from #3 to #8 this season despite improving into first in the AL West, and in our league sitting at #7.
Seattle dropped from #5 last year to #9 this year, and like Houston is about where they are in Statis-Pro as in real life right now - #8 in Statis-Pro.
St. Louis is the other team we picked up as an improved team, but even though their winning percentage is better, they are still at the same #11 spot they were as last year in real life, and a little better at #9 in our game.
| Statis# | WI Team | W | L | AdjW% | SOS Adj | Next | 2024 | Rn | 2023 | Rn |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Min | 9 | 3 | 0.769 | 1 | 0.558 | 4 | 0.537 | 6 | |
| 2 | NYM | 8 | 4 | 0.667 | 0.526 | 7 | 0.463 | 10 | ||
| 3 | Cle | 3 | 3 | 0.571 | 1 | vs KC | 0.588 | 1 | 0.469 | 9 |
| 4 | NYY | 6 | 6 | 0.538 | 1 | 0.586 | 3 | 0.506 | 7 | |
| 5 | Balt | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | vs Bos | 0.586 | 2 | 0.623 | 1 | |
| 6 | Bos | 3 | 3 | 0.500 | vs Bal | 0.540 | 6 | 0.481 | 8 | |
| 7 | Hou | 5 | 7 | 0.462 | 1 | 0.518 | 8 | 0.556 | 3 | |
| 8 | Sea | 6 | 6 | 0.455 | -1 | 0.517 | 9 | 0.543 | 5 | |
| 9 | StL | 5 | 7 | 0.417 | 0.491 | 11 | 0.438 | 11 | ||
| 10 | TB | 3 | 3 | 0.400 | -1 | v Tex | 0.509 | 10 | 0.611 | 2 |
| 11 | Tex | 2 | 4 | 0.333 | v TB | 0.470 | 12 | 0.556 | 4 | |
| 12 | KC | 2 | 4 | 0.333 | vs Cle | 0.552 | 5 | 0.346 | 12 |
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