Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Braves Depleted Rotation Starts TWO PB4-7 vs. Strong Reds Line-up

 In all our years of playing Statis-Pro baseball, its rare we've thrown consecutive PB 4-7 pitchers in the Atlanta Braves rotation, but that is what the Cincinnati Reds will face due to Spencer Strider already having two starts through six games and the other four top pitchers all being on 60-day DL (we use player cards for a team unless they go to another team or are on 60-day DL). 

This gives a great opportunity for the Cincinnati Reds and our early MVP frontrunner Elly De La Cruz, as he is one of five of the first six in their line-up who had home runs added in season to their initial projected cards do to an OPS much higher than the list projection. Links to all players for whom we have a card are included.



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0PosAtlanta BattersAll-Star, DL, AdjHRSBOPS
1rfRonald Acuña Jr.All-Star28-35A0.989
23bAustin Riley 26-31D0.828
31bMatt OlsonAll-Star25-31E0.831
4DHMarcell Ozuna 24-27D0.809
5CSean Murphy 27-32E0.804
6LFAlex Verdugo 27-31D0.754
7CFMichael Harris IIminus 2 HR32--33B0.803
82bOzzie Albiesminus HR27-28B0.74
9SSNick Allen  C0.654
15OFJosé Azócar  B0.547
15RFJarred Kelenicminus HR26-27C0.746
15LFJurickson Profar  C0.741
15cfDrake Baldwinadd HR24E0.683
15LFBryan De La Cruz 28D0.681
15ofEli White 25A0.675
15OFStuartFairchild 27C0.646
15CChadwick Tromp 25E0.635
       
       
0PosCincinnati Batters HRSBOPS
1ssElly De La CruzAll-Star31-34AAA0.844
21bChristian Encarnacion-Strand 27-32D0.791
33BNoelvi Marteadd HR27-31B0.676
4lfAustin Haysadd HR27-32D0.754
5CFTJ Friedladd HR26B0.717
6CJose Trevinoadd 2 HR27E0.644
7DHJeimer Candelariominus 2 HR25-27D0.757
8RFJake Fraley 27A0.702
92bMatt McLainminus 2 HR25-27B0.799
15SSGarrett Hampson  B0.626
151BConnor Joe 27-31D0.692
15DHSpencer Steerminus HR25-26B0.759
152bGavin Lux 28C0.735
15lfBlake Dunn 26A0.698
15DHJacob Hurtubise  A0.698
153bSantiago Espinalminus HR B0.678
       
0PBAtlanta PitchersNoteKThERA
12'-9Chris SaleDL,All-Star24-52L3.07
22'-8Spencer Strider 23-48R3.22
32'-8Reynaldo LópezDL6024-43R3.19
42'-7Spencer SchwellenbachDL60 - 7/2925-44R3.46
52'-7AJ Smith-ShawverDL6025-44R3.99
64'-7Erick Fedde 26-42R4.28
74'-7Bryce Elder 26-42R4.16
84'-7Davis Daniel 26-42R4.17
92'-4Carlos Carrasco  R5.91
102'-8Aaron Bummer 24-44L2.94
112'-8Dylan Lee 24-46L3.1
122'-8Pierce Johnson 24-45R3.62
132'-7Raisel Iglesias 24-45R2.83
142'-7Joe JiménezDL6023-45R3.28
164'-7Enyel De Los Santos 24-43 3.92
174'-7Craig Kimbrel 23-45R4.04
184'-7Lucas Braun 26-41 4.5
194'-7Drue Hackenberg 25-38 4.67
202'-6Grant Holman 25-41 4.28
212'-6Buck Farmer 24-42R3.96
222'-6Ian Mejia 26-38 4.78
242'-6Rafael Montero 25-41R4.44
252'-5Wander Suero 26-41 4.79
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30      
31      
0PBCincinnati Batters KThERA
12'-8Andrew AbbottAll-Star26-46L4.67
22'-8Nick Martinez 26-42R3.53
32'-7Hunter Greene 23-44R3.72
42'-7Nick Lodolo 25-41L3.8
54'-7Graham Ashcraft 26-41R4.73
64'-7Brady Singer 26-44R4.77
104'-7Scott Barlow 24-45R4.06
114'-7Tony Santillan 24-43 4.48
124'-7Taylor Rogers 25-46L4.56
134'-7Emilio Pagán 25-43R4.62
144'-7Rhett Lowder 26-38R4.77
154'-7Wade Miley 25-41  
162'-6Alexis Díaz 22-41R3.9
172'-6Brent Suter 27-42L4.43
182'-6Zach Maxwell 23-42 4.53
192'-6Carson Spiers 26-42R5.1
202'-5Sam Moll 24-41L4.57
212'-5Alex Young 26-42L4.86
222'-5Chase Petty 26-38R5.13
232'-5Julian Aguiar 27-38 5.32
242'-4Joe La Sorsa 27-41 4.85
252'-4Thomas Farr 27-36 6.32
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Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Complete 60-day DL list of Statis-Pro Cards

When we play Statis-Pro baseball games, we use all cards in the roster unless the player has been placed on 60-day DL. We just cross referenced the 60-day DL against our cards, and these are the 29 cards will will not use in our games. We list the team, then either the player's position or a number of where a pitcher is in that team's rotation (singled digit) or out of the bullpen (10 is closer, 11 is next best reliever etc). then either the pitcher's ERA or batters OPS. The final number is from the actual card. Either the PB rating for a pitcher (PB 2-9 is the best) or the Home Run range on the card.

Here is the free game if you want to play for yourself or look at these cards.

 
Team    Pos/Rot    Player                             ERA or OPS       PB or HR
ARICGabriel Moreno0.78434
ARI18Tommy Henry4.34'-7
ATL4Spencer Schwellenbach3.462'-7
BALcfJorge Mateo0.64526
BAL1BRyan Mountcastle0.73628-32
BOS1bTriston Casas0.79122-25
CLE2Shane Bieber3.632'-8
CLE16Trevor Stephan3.64'-7
COLDHKris Bryant0.68824
DET18Sean Guenther4.142'-6
DET16Ty Madden4.344'-7
HOU2bBrendan Rodgers0.66627
HOU5Spencer Arrighetti4.244'-7
HOULFYordan Alvarez0.94426-33
HOU3bZach Dezenzo0.72127-28
MIAofGriffin Conine0.69323-25
MILRFGarrett Mitchell0.73426-27
NYMCFJose Siri0.68721-24
NYM4Tylor Megill4.372'-7
NYYLFOswaldo Cabrera0.68626-27
PIT1bEndy Rodríguez0.69226
PIT2bEnmanuel Valdez0.69724-25
PIT15Tim Mayza4.054'-7
SEASSRyan Bliss0.62525
SEARFVictor Robles0.69728
TEX3Tyler Mahle4.012'-8
TORRFAnthony Santander0.823-27
WSNDHDylan Crews0.69127
WSN3Trevor Williams3.912'-7

Phillies Crush Cardinals 8-0 and 2-0; Move Into 2nd Behind Brewers

After six games the NL East Statis-Pro standings looked a bit off with the Milwaukee Brewers in 5th of 6 teams and the Philadelphia Phillies in 4th, both trailing the surprising St. Louis Cardinals. However, under our league rules that 5-run wins count as 3-game sweep and other series count as 2-games-to-1 wins, the Brewers received credit for a 5-1 series win in two games against the Pirates and the Phillies did the same thing to the Cardinals with 8-0 and 2-0 wins.

We track all results here. We did make a couple of updates to the Phillies on our Statis-Pro batters cards, realizing we had not listed 2nd baseman Bryson Stott in the starting line-up, and also realized two outfielders were nicely set up to platoon with Nick Castellanos hitting in the first game against a LHP and then Brandon Marsh in the second game against a righty.

The remaining series to get every team up to 8 actual games played is the Cubs and Mets home-and-home, with the winner having a chance to catch one or both. Below the first column shows the actual record of each team, then the Credit and Blame is a record based on treating each game as a 3-game series with the 5-run sweep rule.
 
East       W  L    Win%   Credit   Blame   Credit %
MIL440.5001590.625
PHI530.62514100.583
CHC420.6001080.556
NYM420.6001080.556
STL440.50012120.500
PIT260.2508160.333

The Phillies were able to start two PB2-8 lefties, and the first give Cardinals batters all struggle against left-handed pitching, turning 11s from hits into strikeouts against LHP for all five and Alec Burleson strikes out on 11-14 and Brendan Donovan on 11-13.

The following is the list of all players who played in the game and then appear in the scoresheet below.

Pos           Philadelphia Batters   HR         OPS         2-game notes                                            
1bBryce Harper27-320.892 
RFKyle Schwarber17-260.909HR, 3 hits,3 walks, 2nd Game MVP
SSTrea Turner32-240.7893 hits & HBP 1st game, 1st game MVP
1bAlec Bohm32-330.779 
LFMax Kepler24-270.755 
CF/BenNick Castellanos28-320.748platoon 1st game
Ben/CFBrandon Marsh26-270.747platoon 2nd game
CJ.T. Realmuto27-280.7393 hits
3bEdmundo Sosa27-280.735 
2bBryson Stott310.723realized left out of line-up
     
PBPhillies PitchersWARERA2-game notes
2'-8Ranger Suárez1133.586 shut out innings
2'-8Matt Strahm 3.38 
4'-7Jordan Romano 3.71 
PBGame 2WARERA2-game notes
2'-8Cristopher Sánchez493.797 shut out innings
2'-8José Alvarado 3.02hold
2'-8Orion Kerkering 3.2save
     
PosSt. Louis BattersHROPS 
CFLars Nootbaar24-260.802reached 3 of 4 then injured
LFAlec Burleson32-240.763 
DH/RFBrendan Donovan34-350.7854 hits
CIván Herrera270.728single, double 2nd game
2bNolan Gorman22-260.755double
3bNolan Arenado28-320.752 
1bLuken Baker21-240.721 
RFJordan Walker25-270.716injured 1st game
SSMasyn Winn280.69 
DHPedro Pagés250.647filled in 2nd game
CFMichael Siani 0.571filled in 2nd game
     
PBCardinals PitchersWARERA2-game notes
2'-7Quinn Mathews 3.955 innings, 2 runs
4'-7Erick Fedde1664.28 
2'-7Matthew Liberatore 4.13 
2'-7Kyle Leahy 4.680.3 innings, 4 runs
4'-7Steven Matz 4.01 
PBGame 2WARERA2-game notes
2'-7Andre Pallante 3.936 innings, 1 run
2'-7John King 3.56 
2'-8JoJo Romero 3.39 
2'-9Ryan Helsley 2.77




Monday, July 28, 2025

Brewers Contreras Clutch Game-Winners in 2-1 Win, then Kicks off 11-4 Win to even Brewers Mark

The Brewers were the early disappointment in Statis-Pro through six games, and they were in danger dropping to 2-5 when surprised All-Star Jacob Misiorowski walked three batters and allowed a single in the 4th inning, but with help of a double play escaped to allow their game with the Pirates to still be 1-1 after eight innings. Here are the standings and logs of all games

However, William Contreras hit a clutch batting, game-winning RBI double in the bottom of the 9th inning off Pirates closer David Bednar for the 2-1 win. He was MVP for both games, getting double credit since they were both wins, which gives him credit for 7 Game MVPs to tie Elly De La Cruz for tops.

Contreras then started the second game of the home-and-home series with another clutch batting hit, a 3-run home run as the third batter in the game to send the Brewers en route to a 11-4 win. Here are the line scores.
 
Gm1    123   456   789     RHE
Pit100000000 140
Mil001000001 240
              
Gm2123456789 RHE
Mil401201030 11190
Pit300100000 470

With those clutch wins, the Brewers even their mark to get right back in the thick of our NL East Statis-Pro Statis-Pro Game:

Chicago Cubs 4-2
New York Mets 4-2
St. Louis Cardinals 4-2
Milwaukee Brewers 4-4
Philadelphia Phillies 3-3
Pittsburgh Pirates 2-6 (won both of Skenes starts, lost the other six games)





Below are the links to all the players who appear on the screen shots with links to their Baseball Reference pages.

 
Pos       Milwaukee Line-up    OPS
2bCaleb Durbin0.727
DHJackson Chourio0.759
CWilliam Contreras0.796
1bRhys Hoskins0.765
LFChristian Yelich0.79
RFGarrett Mitchell0.734
CFSal Frelick0.719
3bJoey Ortiz0.707
ssBrice Turang0.681
   
PBMilwaukee PitchersERA
2'-8Jacob Misiorowski3.96
2'-8Chad Patrick4.38
2'-9Trevor Megill3.37
 Game 2 pitchersERA
2'-8Nestor Cortes3.56
2'-7Aaron Ashby4.22
2'-7Abner Uribe3.74
2'-7Bryan Hudson3.55
   
PosPittsburgh Line-upOPS
SSOneil Cruz0.785
CFJack Suwinski0.769
LFBryan Reynolds0.768
2bNick Gonzales0.753
CHeliot Ramos0.788
DHAndrew McCutchen0.71
1bEndy Rodríguez0.692
RFTommy Pham0.677
3bJared Triolo0.679
   
PBPittsburgh PitchersERA
2'-7Jared Jones3.8
2'-7Dennis Santana3.84
2'-8Caleb Ferguson3.29
2'-9David Bednar3.51
PBGame 2 pitchers 
2'-7Andrew Heaney4.73
2'-7Johan Oviedo4.27
4'-7Bailey Falter4.36
4'-7Colin Holderman3.76
4'-7Carmen Mlodzinski3.89
4'-7Tim Mayza4.05
4'-7Bubba Chandler4.59


here are the photos of the scoresheets

Sunday, July 27, 2025

Statis-Pro Game-by-Game NL Results

 Each of our 12 NL Statis-Pro teams (we relegated Miami, Colorado and Washington) have now finished six games. 

Below are all six games for each team, with the starting pitcher, the result of the game, and the batter who was MVP for the game.

At this point each team has played two of their five divisional opponents, and the only two interleague games we plan. All series are home-and-home.

The average runs score per game have been 3.89, slightly lower than the actual MLB average since we use only the top four starters for each team, and the best relievers pitch every other game - once every two game series. The average score has been 5.4 to 3.4, but only eight games have been won by five or more runs.


East   Starter              PB  Opp    Res    Runs            All               MVP             Notes        
CHCShota Imanaga2'-8Milloss02Kyle Tuckerwalk, steal, single
CHCJameson Taillon2'-7Milwon84Michael Buschgame winning grand slam
CHCJustin Steele (DL)2'-8St.LWon42Kyle Tuckertriple, single
CHCMatthew Boyd2'-7StlWon64Nico HoernerHR, single, steal
CHCMatthew Boyd2'-8texwin74Pete Crow-Armstrong2b, hr
CHCColin Rea4'-7TexLoss58Pete Crow-Armstrong3b, HR
CHC        
MILTobias Myers2'-7ChCloss48Jackson Chourio2b, 1b
MILFreddy Peralta2'-8ChCwin20William Contreras2-run homer
MILFreddy Peralta2'-8kcloss67Rhys Hoskins 
MILAaron Ashby2'-7KCWon1310Sal Frelickcycle
MILNestor Cortes2'-8NyMLoss37Rhys HoskinsHR
MILAaron Ashby2'-7nymLoss04William Contreras2 hits, walk, steal
MIL        
NYMTylor Megill2'-7MilWon40Francisco Alvarezdouble, homer
NYMKodai Senga2'-8MKEWon73Juan Soto10th inning GW 3-run HR
NYMClay Holmes2'-8philLoss14Jesse Winkersingle, double
NYMDavid Peterson2'-7philWon51Francisco Lindor2 homers, double
NYMKodai Senga2'-8torwin54Pete Alonso4 of 4
NYMTylor Megill2'-7TorLoss23Brandon Nimmowalk, HR
NYM        
PHIZack Wheeler2'-9Cleloss02Nick Castellanosonly hit
PHIJesús Luzardo4'-7nymLoss15Bryce HarperHR, 2 hits
PHIRanger Suárez2'-8nymWon41Trea Turnerrbi double & rbi single
PHIZack Wheeler2'-9PitLoss36Max Kepler2 hits
PHICristopher Sánchez2'-8pittWon21J.T. Realmuto2 hits, looking for sheet
PHIJesús Luzardo4'-7TBWon75Kyle Schwarbersingle, 2-run double
PHI        
PITPaul Skenes2'-9nyywin30Bryan Reynolds3 of 4, homer
PITMitch Keller2'-7NYYLoss24Heliot RamosHR
PITPaul Skenes2'-9PhilWon63Bryan Reynolds2b, 1b
PITMitch Keller2'-7philLoss12Oneil Cruzsteal, score
PITAndrew Heaney2'-7StLLoss15Bryan Reynoldssingle, scored
PITJared Jones2'-7StlLoss411Jack Suwinski2 singles, 2 steals
PIT        
STLMichael McGreevy2'-7ChcLoss46Alec Burleson2-run triple, single & scored
STLSonny Gray2'-7ChCLoss24Nolan Gormansingle, double
STLMichael McGreevy2'-7CleWon21Masyn Winn2 hits, steal
STLQuinn Mathews2'-7PITWon114Nolan Gormanhomer, 3 hits
STLAndre Pallante2'-7PitWon51Alec Burleson2 RBI hits
STLSonny Gray2'-7TBwon53Alec Burleson3 hits, double, 2 runs
STL        
WestStarterPBOppResultRunsAllMVPNotes
ARICorbin Burnes (DL)2'-9ATLLoss05Corbin Carrollsingle, steal
ARIMerrill Kelly2'-7atlLoss18Eugenio SuárezHR
ARIZac Gallen2'-7minloss79Gabriel Morenohr and single
ARIRyne Nelson2'-7MinLoss23Gabriel MorenoHR
ARIZac Gallen2'-7SDPLoss01Gabriel Morenodouble
ARIBrandon Pfaadt2'-7SDPLoss15Corbin Carrollsingle,stole, scored
ARI        
ATLChris Sale2'-9AriWon50Jurickson Profar3 hits
ATLSpencer Schwellenbach2'-7ariWon81Jarred Kelenic3 hits, 2-run homer
ATLChris Sale2'-9detwin63Ronald Acuna Jr.3-run hr
ATLBryce Elder2'-7DetLoss34Marcell Ozuna2-run 9th inn HR
ATLReynaldo López (DL)2'-8ladWon83Michael Harris II4 hits, triple and HR
ATLSpencer Strider2'-8LADLoss23Marcell Ozuna2-run homer
ATL        
CINAndrew Abbott2'-8HouWin31TJ FriedlGW HR, single
CINNick Lodolo2'-7HouLoss13Elly De La Cruz2 singles, 2 steals
CINAndrew Abbott2'-8LADLoss19Elly De La Cruzleadoff homer
CINNick Martinez2'-8LADLoss24Elly De La Cruzsingle, steal
CINHunter Greene2'-7SFGWin129Elly De La Cruz2 homers, 5 rbis, 2 steals
CINNick Lodolo2'-7SFGWin10Elly De La Cruzwalk, steal, score
CIN        
LADBlake Snell2'-9atlwon32Andy PagesHR
LADYoshinobu Yamamoto2'-9atlLoss38Miguel Rojas3 hits, 2-run homer
LADTyler Glasnow (DL)2'-9CinWon42Shohei Ohtani2-run 10th inn GW HR
LADRoki Sasaki2'-8CINWon91Max MuncyHR, single, 2 walks
LADBlake Snell2'-9laawin50Shohei Ohtani3 of 4, 3b, 3 sb
LADClayton Kershaw2'-8laaloss78Andy Pages3-run hr
LAD        
SDPNick Pivetta2'-7ARIWon51Jackson Merrill3 hits, single, steal, triple
SDPMichael King2'-8AriWon10Fernando Tatis Jr.single, steal
SDPMichael King2'-8sealoss36Manny MachadoHR, 1b, 3 rbi
SDPNick Pivetta2'-7Seawon20Xander Bogaerts1b, Steal, score
SDPDylan Cease2'-8SFWon50Fernando Tatis Jr.2 hits, homer
SDPJoe Musgrove2'-7SFGLoss213Luis Arraezwalk, single, run
SDP        
SFGLogan Webb2'-9Bostwin40Willy Adames3-run HR, single
SFGHayden Birdsong2'-7Bostlost34Heliot Ramos3 of 5, HR
SFGHayden Birdsong2'-7CINLoss912Willy Adames3 hits, 2b, 5 RBIs
SFGLogan Webb2'-9CinLoss01Patrick Baileybroke up no hitter
SFGRobbie Ray2'-8SDLoss05Mike Yastrzemskionly hit
SFGJustin Verlander2'-7SDPWon132Willy AdamesHR, 3 runs
SFG        
WestStarterPBOppResultRunsAllMVPNotes
Bost  SFGWin43  
Bost  SFGLoss04  
Cle  PHIWin20  
Cle  STLLoss12  
Det  ATLWin43  
det  ATLLoss36  
Hou  CINWin31  
Hou  CINLoss13  
KC  MILLoss1013  
kc  MILWin76  
laa  LADWin87  
laa  LADLoss05  
min  ARIWin97  
Min  ARIWin32  
NYY  PIT/MIAWin42  
nyy  PIT/MIALoss03  
sea  SDPWin63  
Sea  SDPLoss02  
TB  PHILoss57  
TB  STLLoss35  
TOR  NYMLoss45  
TOR  NYMWin32  
 Overall Average Runs   3.893.89