This time of year enough games have been played that we look at updated projections on ZIPs/Fangraphs, and adjust the player cards for the free version of Statis-Pro baseball. In an early season where pitching has had the edge, Aaron Judge is one of three batters who have improved their projected OPS so much (.150 points or more) that we add three home run numbers to their cards and push the numbers up after that.
Judge already had the best hitting card in the game with a 22-31 home run - so 8 of the 64 numbers on the base-8 11-88 random numbers. This despite they walk him a ton - 13 of the numbers, which means fewer balls to hit to get to the amazing one in eight numbers on his card being a homer.
| HR | Deep | K | W | HPB | Out |
| 22-31 | 32-34 | 35'-57 | 58'-74 | 75'-75 | 76'-88 |
The "add 3 HR" that will now appear on his card means the card is now even more amazing, with 11 numbers or 22-34 being a homer, keeping in mind the Deep drives on 35-37 can also be homers depending on the park, and the other numbers all pushed up three as well.
| HR | Deep | K | W | HPB | Out |
| 22-34 | 35-37 | 38'-62 | 63'-77 | 78'-78 | 81'-88 |
Here are the top 10 improvements in projected OPS so far this season with Toronto's Tyler Heineman having the highest increase from a projected 0.595 at the beginning of the season to right now a projected 0.797. Obviously the players with only a slight
On the flip side, the biggest drop has been from the Rangers Joc Pederson, whose card was a solid power card with homers on 22-26 ...
| HR | Deep | K | W | HPB | Out |
| 22-26 | 27-31 | 32'-52 | 53'-58 | 61'-63 | 64'-88 |
... but the minus 3 homers we are adding means he drops to only a 22-23 home run range card and going from us recommending him as the No. 2 hitter in the line-up to likely on the bench when you play the Rangers.
| HR | Deep | K | W | HPB | Out |
| 22-23 | 24-26 | 27-47 | 48-55 | 56-58 | 61'-88 |
Here are the biggest 10 under performers in projected OPS.
New Batter Cards (11)
In looking at upgrades, 10 of them were not yet in the game, and Acuna's needed to be redone since the injury year last year after an MVP level made is last year projections shaky. The new cards are now in with the rest of the batters. We also played with the suggested batting orders a bit on that sheet, and this is where you can find each of the following new cards:
| Team | Batting | Pos | New Card for | HR | OBR | SB | OPS |
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| ATL | 1 | rf | Ronald Acuña Jr. | 27-34 | A | A | 0.983 |
| BOS | 4 | 1b | Abraham Toro | 27-31 | D | D | 0.792 |
| CHC | Bench | ca | Reese McGuire | 26=3b | D | D | 0.621 |
| CHW | 2 | rf | Mike Tauchman | 27-32 | D | D | 0.814 |
| DET | 3 | lf | Jahmai Jones | 27-31 | D | D | 0.787 |
| DET | Bench | dh | Wenceel Pérez | 27-28 | C | C | 0.724 |
| KCR | Bench | rf | Luke Maile | 27-28 | D | D | 0.72 |
| LAD | 6 | 2b | Hyeseong Kim | 27-31 | A | A | 0.768 |
| MIA | 6 | dh | Heriberto Hernandez | 27-31 | D | D | 0.752 |
| SFG | Bench | 1b | Dominic Smith | 27-28 | D | D | 0.713 |
| TEX | 2 | 1b | Evan Carter | 27-31 | B | B | 0.767 |
All Teams - All Players with improved or downgraded cards
The following is all the batter cards on each team that we will improve or drop HR numbers. Because hitting is down a bit this season, more players drop homers than add them. The two teams hit the hardest in the game are Milwaukee and Pittsburgh, which both have six down graded players and no upgraded players. Baltimore and Kansas City are almost as bad, with two players improved but seven players downgraded.
The two most improved line-ups not surprisingly are the Cubs and Tigers, which both have five players upgraded and only two downgraded. Here are just the cards of players who have over performed or under performed enough for an upgraded card in the game. We will make the notes on the spreadsheet of all
Statis-Pro batter cards.
