Checklist all Batters on MLB Rosters

The following is the checklist of batters on MLB Rosters that we used after the draft deadline to update our Statis-Pro Baseball cards. We found the easiest list to use was this NBC Sports Link.

Whether you use Statis-Pro or some other game, if you want to update your rosters, you can just check the set of cards from any game against this list. I do not use players if they are on the 60-day DL. Also while I check the cards I already have, and keep any that are on the roster, I only add a player if they are on the 1st or 2nd line of the depth chart (which I list in column 3).

The list of pitchers is in this blog.

 

Team	Batter	depth	IL?
ARI	Nick Ahmed	1	60-Day IL
ARI	Sergio Alcantara	3
ARI	Seth Beer	1
ARI	Grayson Greiner	3
ARI	Jose Herrera	2
ARI	Carson Kelly	1
ARI	Jordan Luplow	1
ARI	Ketel Marte	1
ARI	Jake McCarthy	2
ARI	Geraldo Perdomo	2
ARI	Kristian Robinson	3
ARI	Josh Rojas	1
ARI	Alek Thomas	1
ARI	Daulton Varsho	1
ARI	Christian Walker	1
ATL	Ronald Acuña	3
ATL	Ehire Adrianza	2
ATL	Ozzie Albies	2
ATL	Orlando Arcia	1
ATL	William Contreras	3
ATL	Travis d'Arnaud	1
ATL	Adam Duvall	2	10-day
ATL	Robbie Grossman	2
ATL	Michael Harris	1
ATL	Matt Olson	1
ATL	Marcell Ozuna	1
ATL	Manny Piña	4	60-Day IL
ATL	Austin Riley	1
ATL	Eddie Rosario	1
ATL	Dansby Swanson	1
BAL	Robinson Chirinos	2
BAL	Austin Hays	1
BAL	Jorge Mateo	1
BAL	Ryan McKenna	2
BAL	Ryan Mountcastle	1
BAL	Cedric Mullins	1
BAL	Rougned Odor	1
BAL	Brett Phillips	3
BAL	Adley Rutschman	1
BAL	Anthony Santander	1
BAL	Ramón Urías	1
BAL	Terrin Vavra	2
BOS	Christian Arroyo	2
BOS	Xander Bogaerts	1
BOS	Bobby Dalbec	2
BOS	Jaylin Davis	3
BOS	Rafael Devers	1
BOS	Jarren Duran	1
BOS	Enrique Hernandez	2	60-Day IL
BOS	Eric Hosmer	1
BOS	JD Martinez	1
BOS	Reese McGuire	1
BOS	Tommy Pham	1
BOS	Kevin Plawecki	2
BOS	Rob Refsnyder	1	10-day
BOS	Trevor Story	1	10-day
BOS	Alex Verdugo	2
CHC	Willson Contreras	1
CHC	Yan Gomes	2
CHC	Ian Happ	1
CHC	Michael Hermosillo	2	60-Day IL
CHC	Jason Heyward	1	10-day
CHC	PJ Higgins	3
CHC	Nico Hoerner	1
CHC	Nick Madrigal	1
CHC	Zach McKinstry	2
CHC	Christopher Morel	2
CHC	Rafael Ortega	1
CHC	Seiya Suzuki	1
CHC	Nelson Velazquez	3
CHC	Patrick Wisdom	1
CHW	Jose Abreu	1
CHW	Tim Anderson	1
CHW	Nick Ciuffo	2
CHW	Adam Engel	2
CHW	Leury Garcia	2
CHW	Yasmani Grandal	1
CHW	Josh Harrison	1
CHW	Eloy Jimenez	1
CHW	Danny Mendick	3	60-Day IL
CHW	Yoan Moncada	1
CHW	Mark Payton	3
CHW	AJ Pollock	1
CHW	Luis Robert	1
CHW	Gavin Sheets	2
CHW	Andrew Vaughn	2
CHW	Seby Zavala	3
CIN	Albert Almora	2
CIN	Aristides Aquino	2
CIN	Jose Barrero	2
CIN	Kyle Farmer	1
CIN	Jake Fraley	1
CIN	Aramis Garcia	3	10-day
CIN	Jonathan India	1
CIN	Mike Moustakas	1
CIN	Michael Papierski	4
CIN	Matt Reynolds	2
CIN	Austin Romine	5
CIN	Nick Senzel	1
CIN	Donovan Solano	2
CIN	Tyler Stephenson	1
CIN	Joey Votto	1
CLE	Will Benson	3
CLE	Tyler Freeman	2
CLE	Andres Gimenez	1
CLE	Óscar González	2
CLE	Austin Hedges	1
CLE	Nolan Jones	2
CLE	Steven Kwan	1
CLE	Luke Maile	2
CLE	Owen Miller	1
CLE	Josh Naylor	1
CLE	José Ramírez	1
CLE	Amed Rosario	1
CLE	Myles Straw	1
COL	Charlie Blackmon	1
COL	Kris Bryant	1
COL	CJ Cron	1
COL	Yonathan Daza	1
COL	Elias Diaz	1
COL	Randal Grichuk	1
COL	Garrett Hampson	2
COL	Sam Hilliard	3
COL	Jose Iglesias	1
COL	10-Day IL	2
COL	Connor Joe	2
COL	Ryan McMahon	1
COL	Elehuris Montero	2
COL	Brendan Rodgers	1
COL	Brian Serven	2
DET	Akil Baddoo	1
DET	Javier Baez	1
DET	Tucker Barnhart	1
DET	Miguel Cabrera	1
DET	Daz Cameron	5
DET	Jeimer Candelario	1
DET	Harold Castro	2
DET	Willi Castro	2
DET	Riley Greene	3
DET	Eric Haase	2
DET	Austin Meadows	2	10-day
DET	Victor Reyes	4
DET	Jake Rogers	3	60-Day IL
DET	Jonathan Schoop	1
HOU	Jose Altuve	7
HOU	Yordan Alvarez	16
HOU	Michael Brantley	11	10-day
HOU	Alex Bregman	8
HOU	Jason Castro	3	60-Day IL
HOU	Aledmys Diaz	6
HOU	Mauricio Dubón	10
HOU	Yuli Gurriel	5
HOU	Martin Maldonado	2
HOU	Trey Mancini	4
HOU	Chas McCormick	13
HOU	Jake Meyers	12
HOU	Jeremy Peña	9
HOU	Kyle Tucker	14
HOU	Christian Vazquez	1
KCR	Hunter Dozier	1
KCR	Hunter Dozier	1
KCR	Nate Eaton	2
KCR	Kyle Isbel	1
KCR	Nicky Lopez	1
KCR	Michael Massey	2
KCR	MJ Melendez	1
KCR	Adalberto Mondesi	2	60-Day IL
KCR	Ryan O'Hearn	1
KCR	Edward Olivares	2
KCR	Salvador Perez	1
KCR	Sebastian Rivero	2
KCR	Michael Taylor	1
KCR	Bobby Witt Jr	1
LAA	Jo Adell	3
LAA	Matt Duffy	2	60-Day IL
LAA	Steven Duggar	5
LAA	David Fletcher	1
LAA	10-Day IL	2
LAA	Mickey Moniak	6
LAA	Shohei Ohtani	1
LAA	Anthony Rendon	1	60-Day IL
LAA	Luis Rengifo	1
LAA	Magneuris Sierra	4
LAA	Max Stassi	1
LAA	Kurt Suzuki	2
LAA	Mike Trout	1
LAA	Andrew Velazquez	3
LAA	Jared Walsh	1
LAA	Taylor Ward	1
LAD	Austin Barnes	2
LAD	Cody Bellinger	1
LAD	Mookie Betts	1
LAD	Freddie Freeman	1
LAD	Joey Gallo	2
LAD	Gavin Lux	1
LAD	Max Muncy	1
LAD	Kevin Pillar	2	60-Day IL
LAD	Edwin Rios	2
LAD	Will Smith	1
LAD	Chris Taylor	1
LAD	Trayce Thompson	2
LAD	Justin Turner	1	10-day
LAD	Trea Turner	1
LAD	Miguel Vargas	4
MIA	Jesus Aguilar	2
MIA	Brian Anderson	1
MIA	Jon Berti	2
MIA	JJ Bleday	3
MIA	Peyton Burdick	1
MIA	Jazz Chisholm	1	60-Day IL
MIA	Garrett Cooper	1
MIA	Bryan De La Cruz	3
MIA	Nick Fortes	2
MIA	Avisail Garcia	1
MIA	Billy Hamilton	2
MIA	10-Day IL	3
MIA	10-Day IL	2
MIA	10-Day IL	2
MIA	Charles Leblanc	5
MIA	Miguel Rojas	1
MIA	Jesus Sanchez	1
MIA	Jorge Soler	2	10-day
MIA	Jacob Stallings	1
MIA	Joey Wendle	3
MIA	Luke Williams	4
MIL	Willy Adames	1
MIL	Victor Caratini	3
MIL	Jonathan Davis	1
MIL	Mario Feliciano	4
MIL	10-Day IL	2
MIL	Andrew McCutchen	1
MIL	Omar Narvaez	1
MIL	Jace Peterson	2	10-day
MIL	Hunter Renfroe	1
MIL	Tyrone Taylor	2
MIL	Rowdy Tellez	1
MIL	Luis Urías	1
MIL	Kolten Wong	1
MIL	Christian Yelich	1
MIN	Luis Arraez	1
MIN	Tim Beckham	4
MIN	Byron Buxton	1
MIN	Jake Cave	6
MIN	Gilberto Celestino	4
MIN	Mark Contreras	5
MIN	Carlos Correa	1
MIN	Kyle Garlick	2
MIN	Nick Gordon	2
MIN	10-Day IL	3
MIN	10-Day IL	3
MIN	Ryan Jeffers	2	10-day
MIN	Max Kepler	1
MIN	Alex Kirilloff	2
MIN	Trevor Larnach	1	10-day
MIN	Sandy Leon	3
MIN	Royce Lewis	3	60-Day IL
MIN	Jose Miranda	3
MIN	Jorge Polanco	1
MIN	Gary Sanchez	1
MIN	Miguel Sano	1	60-Day IL
MIN	Gio Urshela	1
NYM	Pete Alonso	1
NYM	Mark Canha	1
NYM	Eduardo Escobar	1
NYM	Luis Guillorme	2
NYM	10-Day IL	4
NYM	Francisco Lindor	1
NYM	Starling Marte	1
NYM	James McCann	1
NYM	Jeff McNeil	1
NYM	Tyler Naquin	2
NYM	Tomás Nido	2
NYM	Brandon Nimmo	1
NYM	Darin Ruf	2
NYM	Dominic Smith	3
NYM	Daniel Vogelbach	1
NYY	Harrison Bader	1	10-day
NYY	Andrew Benintendi	1
NYY	Josh Donaldson	2
NYY	Marwin Gonzalez	2
NYY	Aaron Hicks	2
NYY	Kyle Higashioka	1
NYY	Aaron Judge	1
NYY	Isiah Kiner-Falefa	1
NYY	DJ LeMahieu	1
NYY	Tim Locastro	3
NYY	Anthony Rizzo	1
NYY	Ben Rortvedt	2
NYY	Giancarlo Stanton	1	10-day
NYY	Gleyber Torres	1
NYY	Jose Trevino	3
OAK	Nick Allen	2
OAK	Elvis Andrus	1
OAK	Skye Bolt	1
OAK	Jonah Bride	1
OAK	Seth Brown	1
OAK	Tony Kemp	1
OAK	Ramón Laureano	1
OAK	Jed Lowrie	1
OAK	Sean Murphy	1
OAK	Chad Pinder	2
OAK	Stephen Piscotty	2
OAK	Stephen Vogt	2
PHI	Alec Bohm	1
PHI	Nick Castellanos	3
PHI	Darick Hall	1
PHI	Bryce Harper	1
PHI	Rhys Hoskins	1
PHI	10-Day IL	2
PHI	Brandon Marsh	1
PHI	Nick Maton	3
PHI	JT Realmuto	1
PHI	Kyle Schwarber	1
PHI	Jean Segura	1
PHI	Edmundo Sosa	2
PHI	Bryson Stott	1
PHI	Garrett Stubbs	2
PHI	Matt Vierling	2
PIT	Greg Allen	2
PIT	Michael Chavis	1
PIT	Oneil Cruz	1
PIT	Jason Delay	4
PIT	Ben Gamel	1
PIT	Jose Godoy	5
PIT	Ke'Bryan Hayes	1
PIT	Tyler Heineman	1
PIT	10-Day IL	2
PIT	Bligh Madris	1
PIT	Tucupita Marcano	1
PIT	Cal Mitchell	1
PIT	Kevin Newman	2
PIT	Kevin Padlo	2
PIT	Roberto Pérez	3	60-Day IL
PIT	Bryan Reynolds	1
PIT	Canaan Smith-Njigba	4	60-Day IL
PIT	Josh VanMeter	3
SDP	Jorge Alfaro	2
SDP	Matthew Batten	2
SDP	Matt Beaty	2
SDP	Josh Bell	1
SDP	Jake Cronenworth	1
SDP	Brandon Drury	1
SDP	Cam Gallagher	3
SDP	Trent Grisham	1
SDP	Ha-Seong Kim	3
SDP	Manny Machado	1
SDP	Nomar Mazara	2
SDP	Wil Myers	2
SDP	Austin Nola	1
SDP	Jurickson Profar	1
SDP	Juan Soto	1
SDP	Fernando Tatis Jr	1
SEA	Curt Casali	2
SEA	JP Crawford	1
SEA	Ty France	1
SEA	Adam Frazier	1
SEA	Mitch Haniger	1
SEA	10-Day IL	3
SEA	10-Day IL	2
SEA	10-Day IL	4
SEA	Jarred Kelenic	5
SEA	Jake Lamb	2
SEA	Kyle Lewis	1
SEA	Dylan Moore	2	10-day
SEA	Tom Murphy	1	60-Day IL
SEA	Cal Raleigh	4
SEA	Julio Rodríguez	1
SEA	Carlos Santana	2
SEA	Eugenio Suárez	1
SEA	Luis Torrens	5
SEA	Taylor Trammell	3
SEA	Evan White	3	60-Day IL
SEA	Jesse Winker	1
SFG	Joey Bart	1
SFG	Brandon Belt	1
SFG	Brandon Crawford	1
SFG	JD Davis	2
SFG	Thairo Estrada	3
SFG	Wilmer Flores	1
SFG	Luis González	1
SFG	Tommy La Stella	1
SFG	Evan Longoria	1	10-day
SFG	Joc Pederson	1
SFG	Austin Slater	3
SFG	LaMonte Wade	2
SFG	Colton Welker	4	60-Day IL
SFG	Austin Wynns	2
SFG	Mike Yastrzemski	1
STL	Nolan Arenado	1
STL	Dylan Carlson	1
STL	Paul DeJong	3
STL	Corey Dickerson	1
STL	Tommy Edman	1
STL	Paul Goldschmidt	1
STL	Nolan Gorman	1
STL	10-Day IL	3
STL	Andrew Knizner	2
STL	Yadier Molina	1
STL	Lars Nootbaar	1
STL	Tyler O'Neill	1
STL	Albert Pujols	2
STL	Juan Yepez	2
TBR	Randy Arozarena	2
TBR	Christian Bethancourt	3
TBR	Yu Chang	2
TBR	Ji-Man Choi	1
TBR	Yandy Díaz	1
TBR	Wander Franco	1	10-day
TBR	Kevin Kiermaier	2
TBR	Brandon Lowe	1
TBR	Manuel Margot	1	60-Day IL
TBR	Francisco Mejía	2
TBR	Isaac Paredes	2
TBR	David Peralta	1
TBR	Roman Quinn	3
TBR	Luke Raley	4
TBR	Harold Ramirez	2	10-day
TBR	Jose Siri	1
TBR	Taylor Walls	2
TBR	Mike Zunino	1	60-Day IL
TEX	Kole Calhoun	1
TEX	Charlie Culberson	2
TEX	Adolís Garcia	1
TEX	Jonah Heim	1
TEX	Elier Hernandez	3
TEX	10-Day IL	2
TEX	Nathaniel Lowe	1
TEX	Brad Miller	3
TEX	Corey Seager	1
TEX	Marcus Semien	1
TEX	Josh Smith	1
TEX	Leody Taveras	1
TEX	Bubba Thompson	4
TEX	Meibrys Viloria	2
TEX	Eli White	2	60-Day IL
TOR	Bo Bichette	1
TOR	Matt Chapman	1
TOR	Santiago Espinal	1
TOR	Vladimir Guerrero Jr	1
TOR	Lourdes Gurriel	1
TOR	Teoscar Hernández	1
TOR	10-Day IL	2
TOR	Danny Jansen	1
TOR	Alejandro Kirk	1
TOR	Otto Lopez	2
TOR	Whit Merrifield	2
TOR	George Springer	1
TOR	Raimel Tapia	2
TOR	Bradley Zimmer	3
WSN	Tres Barrera	2
WSN	Nelson Cruz	2
WSN	Maikel Franco	1
WSN	Luis García	1
WSN	Yadiel Hernandez	2
WSN	César Hernández	1
WSN	Carter Kieboom	2	60-Day IL
WSN	Josh Palacios	2
WSN	Victor Robles	1
WSN	Keibert Ruiz	1
WSN	Juan Soto	1
WSN	Lane Thomas	1
WSN	Luke Voit	1

List of other key Statis-Pro cards that need to be moved to teams based on trades

Have not had time to pull up Statis-Pro cards for players acquired in trades before the deadline, but here are the players by team I plan to move to their proper team.

 

Aquired by	Player
Astros	Christian Vazquez
Astros	Trey Mancini
Astros	Will Smith
Blue Jays	Whit Merrifield
Braves	Raisel Iglesias
Dodgers	Joey Gallo
Guardians	Ian Hamilton
Mets	Darin Ruf
Mets	Mychal Givens
Mets	Tyler Naquin
Nationals	Luke Voit
Padres	Brandon Drury
Padres	Josh Bell
Padres	Josh Hader
Padres	Juan Soto
Phillies	Brandon Marsh
Phillies	David Robertson
Phillies	Noah Syndergaard
Red Sox	Eric Hosmer
Red Sox	Tommy Pham
Twins	Jorge Lopez
Twins	Michael Fulmer
Twins	Sandy Leon
Twins	Tyler Mahle
Yankees	Frankie Montas
Yankees	Harrison Bader
Yankees	Lou Trivino
Yankees	Scott Effross

Rays last ranked offense adds 2 sluggers, but stays one of 2 Statis-Pro disappointments

 The Rays hoped the return of Brandon Lowe's card from the 60-day DL and acquisition of the David Peralta from Arizona would bolster the worst of 10 teams in our AL Statis-Pro league.

The Rays have averaged only 3.4 runs per game (1st chart) while the Red Sox have had the 2nd best pitching in the league (3.9 runs per game allowed). But J. Lowe hit a 2-run homer and B. Lowe singled and eventually scored to make it 3-0 over Eovaldi in the first inning. That was enough for Corey Kluber, who allowed only 6 baserunners and 1 run over 7 innings in a 5-1 win.

However, Eovaldi and 8 other pitchers allowed only 4 Rays runs in the next 17 innings to prevent them from scoring another run to get the 5-run sweep, and then falling 2-6 in the second game for a split.

Trevor Story was the Red Sox hero in the nightcap, hitting two home runs, one of them an in-the-parker off a Z-play (center fielder crashing into wall).

On the 2nd chart, you can see Tampa is one of two teams with a red percentage indicating their Statis-Pro cards have a winning record 10% below their real season record vs. the top 10 AL teams (the Astros are the other. The two tams that have won 10% more in Statis-Pro are the Blue Jays and despite being only .500, the Angels. The majority of teams are about the same in Statis-Pro and the real season.

The scoresheet and key cards in the game are on the 3rd image.

Top 10 Statis-Pro Cards Added to New Team July 1- 30

Here are the top 10 Statis-Pro cards picked up by new teams in trades from July 1 to July 30.

The big names will likely move in the final couple of days before the trade deadline the evening of August 2.

For pitchers, go tot the projected 2022 pitchers cards. However, in the case of the biggest pitcher acquisition Luis Castillo, who went from the Reds to the Mariners, he did not have a pitching card because he was not on the opening week roster. When that happens, go to thespreadsheet of all pitchers to find the player or if you do not see one, pick the ERA closest to his projected ERA or FIPs to pick a card.

In this case we pulled both Castillo, and the Mets Jacob deGrom, who is finally being activated. The bottom two lines of this table show their numbers on the inactive sheet.

Normally you would just write up a card for Castillo as well as deGrom, however we actually typed out their numbers and added them to the bottom of the sheet and below.

#1 trade pick-up so far - Luis Castillo from the Reds to Mariners (we just added deGrom here too so the Mets can use him now).

With a batter, check first on the projected 2022 batters cards from the beginning of the season. The biggest batter pick-ups in order of who good the Statis-Pro card appears to be. If a key batter was traded who did not have an opening week card, go to this sheet of all batters to either find the player or use a cards based on his OPS.

#2 pickup so far is the Yankees picking up Andrew Benintendi from the Royals to replace Joey Gallo, who actually had a strong hitting card in our game but was having a terrible actual season for the Yankees.

#3 pickup is the Rays getting David Peralta.

The Rays picked up Peralta, who gives them another great fielding outfielder (E1, CD4, T5 is the best rating an outfielder can have), decent speed (OBR: B, though not a steal threat at D), and above average (OPS.749) hitter who also makes good contact if the Ray need a runner in from 3rd base (only strikes out 37-43).

#4 pickup is the Dodgers getting Chris Martin.

A PB 2-8 is the second best ranking, indicating he is one of the 15% most effective Statis-Pro cards in the game. While Castillo above is one worse at PB2-7, it is more important to have a starting pitcher like Castillo who can pitch up to 7 innings, vs. a pitcher like Martin who normally pitches just 2 innings every 4 games.

#5 pickup is the Mets getting Daniel Vogelbach.

Not much defense from the big guy, but he can slug and gets on base an incredible 41-64 for a walk.

#6 pickup is the Yankees getting Tyler Wade.

At first glance Wade is a weak fielding third baseman (E5, CD2) with an even weaker bat (.619 OPS, and actually does not have any home run range (26-25 backward range means no numbers in the range, though a deep drive of 26-28 could go out based on the ballpark).

However, the Yankees do not need another bat or glove. Wade's OBR and STL (Steal) numbers of A/AA make give him the best numbers when the team needs a pinch runner to come in and steal 2nd base and likely even 3rd base, before racing home on a single.

#7 pickup is the Pirates getting Yohan Ramirez.

his 3 Max IP means he can pitch in part or all of 3 innings if his RR 5 holds up, band while we do have a typo on 1b8 (should be 13-14) a pitcher who is average overall (PB 4-7 controls the action 50% of the time) and only allows hits on 11-15 while in control can be a valuable middle reliever.

#8 pickup is the Mets getting Tyler Naquin.

The Mets picked up Tyler Naquin from the Reds, a slightly better hitter that Peralta, but only a slightly above average fielder who hits well against righties but definitely very weak against lefties (LP 14/ 88).

#9 pickup is the Braves getting Robinson Cano.

No longer a star, but Cano's hit range goes up to 34, making him a great guy to deliver a game-winning hit with a runner on second base. The fact that he only has two strikeout numbers (38-41) means he should actually be a hit & run 1 on the card - also valuable and just a typo that we have him as a 0. If a player has no strikeouts on his hitter card, then it should be a hit & run 2.

#10 pickup is the Blue Jays getting Banda.

Below average at a PB 2-6, but with the high scoring Blue Jays ballpark, and extra decent pitcher to eat up a few extra innings can be key, and he gives them a lefty.

Other pickups -  Sosa to the Phillies and Romero to the Cubs.

The Phillies picked up shortstop Edmundo Sosa, who is a fairly light hitting batter, but decent in the field at an important position of shortstop.

The Cubs picked up JoJo Romero back from the Phillies for Sosa (see above). Really only a mop up role pitcher in the game as a PB 2-5).

Verlander 15k, 1w; Astros Erupt to crush Guardians

 Shane Bieber is still the Cy Young favorite, but the Houston Astros finally erupted after a disappointing Statis-Pro starts with 3 successful hit and run plays in the first inning to score 3 runs on Bieber.

Tucker singled to start the game, then the Astros took advantage of being the team that strikes out the least and thus his several HR (hit and run) 1s and 2s while almost all players are 0s in the modern game. Brantley and Bregman followed with hit and run singles, then Gurriel had a hit and run rbi ground out all in the first inning.

In between Austin Hedges, with the best CD of 5 and catcher drew a 65, one of only 2 numbers on which he cannot get to a ball quickly to allow a single. The Astros won 7-0 for a sweep, and then in the second game Alvarez 2-run homer in the 8th gave them a 4-3 win and credit for a 5 games to 1 series win.

Verlander pitched the best game of any pitcher in this Statis-Pro seasons with 15 strikeouts and one walk in 7.2 scoreless innings before Neris came in to finish. Overall the Indians managed no extra base hits in 2 games, striking out 31 times as Javier won the second game in relief with 4 shut out innings behind 7 strikeouts and 0 walks.

Cy Young Leader Bieber Hosts Astros' Verlander

 We have updated the log of all Statis-Pro games played this season. We don't really keep stats, but we run a quick pivot table for each Starting Pitcher and calculated how many runs his team averages in his starts, how many are allowed (like an ERA but counts relievers runs allowed as well), then his team's record in his starts - keeping in mind a win with a 5-run lead after 8 innings count as a win.

Looking at the numbers, our next starter Shane Bieber of the Indians would need to be the Cy Young Leader. The Indians have averaged winning his games 7.3 to 2.0, and have gone 8-1 in his starts. 

His next game is against Justin Verlander of the Houston Astros. Verlander has been unlucky so far as his relievers have falled apart for an average loss of 4.7 to 7.7. However, some of the Astros pitchers were the ones corrected to a PB one better than their card at the beginning of the season.

The next start will feature Verlander with his PB 2-8 card against Bieber with his even better PB 2-9 card as the Astros try to rally as the biggest disappointment so far in our season as they challenge the Yankees for the best record in the AL in real baseball.

The new sharper and corrected 2022 Projected Pitchers are here. Use the Projected Batters and the free Statis-Pro baseball Game if you do do not already have a game, but if you like it we suggest going on line to find real fast action cards and an entire game.

Row Labels	Abreu	Ave Score	Ave Allowed	Wins	Losses
Baz	Tampa Bay	1.0	0.00	2	1
German	ny yankees	4.5	0.50	4	2
Hill	Boston	4.0	1.67	6	3
Bieber	Cleveland	7.3	2.00	8	1
Houck	Boston	4.7	2.00	6	3
Ryu	Toronto	5.5	2.00	5	1
Keuchel	Chicago WS	2.0	2.00	2	4
severino	ny yankees	5.0	2.33	6	3
bundy	Minnesota	1.3	2.67	4	5
Rasmussen	Tampa Bay	2.7	2.67	4	5
Gausman	Toronto	4.3	3.00	5	4
banks	Chicago WS	5.5	3.00	4	2
Valdez	houston	5.0	3.00	2	1
King	ny yankees	5.0	3.01	2	1
ryan	Minnesota	9.0	3.33	6	3
Lopez	Chicago WS	4.0	3.50	3	3
garcia	houston	6.3	3.67	6	3
Syndergaard	LA Angels	2.0	3.67	4	5
Quantrill	Cleveland	5.0	4.00	5	4
Sandoval	LA Angels	3.3	4.00	4	5
barrios	Toronto	5.0	4.00	2	1
cole	ny yankees	6.0	4.33	6	3
Berrios	Toronto	6.0	4.50	4	2
Gonzalez	Seattle	3.0	4.50	2	4
McClanahan	Tampa Bay	5.3	4.67	4	5
Flexen	Seattle	5.0	5.00	5	4
Ober	Minnesota	11.0	5.00	3	0
paddack	Minnesota	1.5	5.00	3	3
Giolito	Chicago WS	9.0	5.00	2	1
Lynn	Chicago WS	3.0	5.00	1	2
mckenzie	Cleveland	4.7	5.33	4	5
gilbert	Seattle	3.0	5.33	3	6
Romero	Tampa Bay	4.5	5.50	2	4
Detmers	LA Angels	8.3	5.67	7	2
Plesac	Cleveland	3.0	5.67	3	6
ray	Seattle	8.7	6.00	5	4
Cease	Chicago WS	5.3	6.00	4	5
Eovaldi	Boston	5.7	6.00	4	5
Uriquidy	houston	4.0	6.00	1	2
Pivetta	Boston	4.3	6.33	3	6
Abreu	houston	11.0	7.00	2	1
Cueto	Chicago WS	2.0	7.00	0	3
Manoah	Seattle	6.0	7.33	4	5
Verlander	houston	4.7	7.67	3	6
Montgomery	ny yankees	3.3	8.00	4	5
Kirby	Seattle	10.0	8.00	2	1
Odorizzi	houston	2.7	8.00	1	8
Kluber	Tampa Bay	2.3	8.33	1	8
Ohtani	LA Angels	5.7	8.67	3	6
gray	Minnesota	6.3	9.00	3	6
Kukuchi	Toronto	7.0	11.00	1	2

9th inning pinch runner, defensive switch in Twins vs. Rays

 The Twins blasted the Rays 11-5 for a "sweep" in the opener, then the teams had a 9th inning of strategy that shows why baseball makes the best board games.

The Twins Emilio Pagan waled the Rays Mike Zununo to start the bottom of the 9th with the Twins clinging to a 3-3 lead.

The Rays replaced the Zununo with the speedy (obr-sp A-A) Brett Phillips at 1st base.

The Twins responded by replacing the weak defensive catcher Gary Sanchez (e3, cd2, TC) with the decent defensive catcher Ryan Jeffers (e2, cd3, TB).

Phillips attempted to steal and the random number was 55, which on the chart the runner is out stealing if the catcher is a TA but otherwise steals - so Jeffers defense was not enough and Phillips stole. Pagan then three a wild pitch on a 61, putting the speedy Phillips on 3rd with no outs and a tying run 90 feet away.

The infield played in, meaning even on a hard grounder, Phillips would have a 50-50 chance of scoring - unless the grounder was hit back to the pitcher. And that's exactly what happened twice in a row, with Diaz and Kiermeier hitting back to back grounders right back to Pagan.

Josh Lowe then came up and had an out - F2 - which is normally a foul out to catcher, but with our old 1978 out charts and 1st and 3rd would have fallen into the stands if Sanchez was still in the game (the cd1 and cd2 on the 1-5 scale counts as the old CD 0 on the old 0-2 scale), but was caught by Jeffers CD3 (a 3 sounds as cd1 on the old scale and a cd4 or 5 count as a cd2 on the old scale).

The defensive switch wasn't enough to stop the stolen base, but it was enough for the final catch and game over. At the end of 6 series for each team, the Twins are 19-17 and in 4th place of 10 teams.