Pirates Stun Phillies as Statis-Pro Baseball Resumes

After two insanely busy weeks at work we played another Statis-Pro baseball game and it was our biggest shocker of the early season, as the Pirates win 6-3 at Philadelphia.

While we'd expect the Phillies to beat the Pirates most of the time, the Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes is the 57th most valuable player this season in WAR so the Pirates have a chance every time he pitchers.

 

Phillies Pitchers	PB	Th	WAR	MaxIP	ERA
Zack Wheeler	2'-9	Right	120	7	3.28
Matt Strahm	2'-8	Left		2	3.38
Orion Kerkering	2'-8	Right		1	3.20
Jordan Romano	2'-8	Right		1	3.71
José Ruiz	4'-7			2	4.48
Pirates Pitchers	PB	Th	WAR	MaxIP	ERA
Paul Skenes	2'-9	Right	57	6	3.29
Caleb Ferguson	2'-8	Left		1	3.29
Colin Holderman	2'-8	Right		1	3.76
Dennis Santana	2'-7		161	2	3.84
David Bednar	2'-9	Right		2	3.51

Here are the line-ups, with no Pirates rated as one of the most valuable 200 players in MLB while the Phillies have three such players so a big edge when Skenes is not on the mound.

LU	Pit	Pittsburgh	WAR	Pos	HR	Deep	SB	OPS	CD
1	SS	Oneil Cruz		SS	24-27	28-32	A	0.785	CD-1
2	CF	Jack Suwinski		CF	22-25	26-28	A	0.769	CD-1
3	LF	Bryan Reynolds		LF	28-31	32-34	C	0.768	CD-2
4	2b	Nick Gonzales		2b	31	32-34	D	0.753	CD-4
5	CF	Heliot Ramos		C	27-33	34	C	0.788	CD-1
6	DH	Andrew McCutchen		DH	23-24	25-27	D	0.71	CD-1
7	1b	Endy Rodríguez		cf	26	27-31	E	0.692	CD-2
8	RF	Tommy Pham		RF	26	27-31	B	0.677	CD-1
9	3b	Jared Triolo		3b		28-32	B	0.679	CD-5
LU	Pos	Philadelphia	WAR	Pos	HR	Deep	SB	OPS	CD
1	1b	Bryce Harper	61	1b	27-32	33-35	C	0.892	CD-5
2	DH	Kyle Schwarber	91	DH	16-23	24-26	D	0.815	CD-1
3	SS	Trea Turner		SS	32-24	35-37	A	0.789	CD-3
4	1b	Alec Bohm		1b	32-33	35-37	D	0.779	CD-2
5	RF	Max Kepler		RF	24-27	28-32	C	0.755	CD-5
6	RF	Nick Castellanos		RF	28-32	33-35	C	0.748	CD-1
7	CF	Brandon Marsh		CF	26-27	28-32	B	0.747	CD-4
8	C	J.T. Realmuto		C	27-28	31-33	C	0.739	CD-3
9	3b	Edmundo Sosa	155	3b	27-28	31-33	B	0.735	CD-3

The last two teams scheduled in our league are the St. Louis Cardinals who visit Wrigley Field to play the Chicago Cubs.