Monday, July 13, 2026

All Pod Games So Far and How to Play Your Own Statis-Pro Baseball Game

 Believe we finally hit a way to show the 9 Pods we created for our Statis-Pro Baseball tournament. Here are the 9 pods with the 4-man starting pitching rotation and which opponent in each poll will face which pitcher. A team always throws either their No. 1 or No 4 best pitcher or their No. 2 and No. 3. Each reliever can only pitch in one of two games against the same opponent.

If teams are tied after each plays four games in the pod, the team with the best record of the three advances, with run differential being the first tie braker then fewest runs allowed. The only other tie breaker is the run differential between the two teams, which would happen if two teams went 3-1 and the other 0-4, then if run differential were tied but one team had killed the 3rd team to wrap up a differential but actually had a worse run differential against the team tied for 1st.

The winners of the first three pods go to a new pod, then the winners of the middle three and finally the winners of the last three.

If you want to play your own Statis-Pro baseball games click here then pick either two of the all-time great 60 teams or of the current 30 teams and print out their pitchers and their batters.

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Pod A   PB-    Pitcher                             Opp    Score  Allow   Result    Proj ERA
ATH2'-5Jacob LopezLAD516L4.35
ATH2'-6Jack PerkinsLAD   4.25
ATH2'-5Gage JumpWas   4.42
ATH2'-6Mason BarnettWas   4.45
LAD2'-8Tyler GlasnowAth   3.61
LAD2'-9Shohei OhtaniAth165W3.46
LAD2'-8Blake SnellWas   3.54
LAD2'-8Yoshinobu YamamotoWas40W3.45
WSN2'-5Zack LittellAth   4.56
WSN4'-7Cade CavalliAth   3.99
WSN4'-7Foster GriffinLAD04L3.93
WSN2'-5Andrew AlvarezLAD   4.18
        
Pod BPB-PitcherOppScoreAllowResultProj ERA
ATL2'-9Chris SaleBos18L3.19
ATL2'-7Reynaldo LópezBos   4.06
ATL2'-7Spencer StriderTex   3.82
ATL2'-8Spencer SchwellenbachTex42W3.65
BOS2'-7Ranger SuarezAtl   3.74
BOS2'-8Garrett CrochetAtl81W3.02
BOS2'-7Connelly EarlyTex   3.65
BOS2'-8Sonny GrayTex   3.69
TEX2'-8Nathan EovaldiAtl24L3.65
TEX2'-6Jordan MontgomeryAtl   4.28
TEX2'-7MacKenzie GoreBos   3.82
TEX4'-7Kumar RockerBos   4.23
        
        
Pod CPB-PitcherOppScoreAllowResultProj ERA
MIA2'-7Braxton GarrettNYM   3.84
MIA4'-7Sandy AlcantaraNYM   4.16
MIA4'-7Max MeyerNYY   4.05
MIA2'-7Eury PérezNYY10W4
NYM2'-7Nolan McLeanMia   3.71
NYM2'-7Freddy PeraltaMia   3.8
NYM4'-7Sean ManaeaNYY   3.82
NYM2'-8Jonah TongNYY63W3.41
NYY2'-8Gerrit ColeMia01L3.94
NYY4'-7Carlos RodónMia   3.96
NYY2'-8Max FriedNYM36L3.28
NYY2'-9Cam SchlittlerNYM   4.01
        
Pod DPB-PitcherOppScoreAllowResultProj ERA
CIN2'-6Brady SingerHou   4.37
CIN2'-9Chase BurnsHou40W3.71
CIN2'-7Hunter GreeneTBR03L3.91
CIN4'-7Nick LodoloTBR   4.03
HOU2'-8Hunter BrownCin04L3.63
HOU2'-6AJ BlubaughCin   4.4
HOU2'-6Mike BurrowsTBR   4.24
HOU2'-6Tatsuya ImaiTBR   4.37
TBR2'-8Drew RasmussenHou   3.72
TBR4'-7Joe BoyleHou   3.92
TBR4'-7Ryan PepiotCin   4.02
TBR2'-8Shane McClanahanCin30W3.35
        
Pod EPB-PitcherOppScoreAllowResultProj ERA
MIL2'-6Kyle HarrisonSFG   4.22
MIL2'-7Brandon WoodruffSFG20W3.86
MIL2'-9Jacob MisiorowskiTor29L4.11
MIL2'-6Logan HendersonTor   4.17
SFG4'-7Landen RouppMil01L4.09
SFG4'-7Robbie RayMil   4.2
SFG4'-7Tyler MahleTor   4.17
SFG2'-8Logan WebbTor20W3.32
TOR2'-7Kevin GausmanMil   3.98
TOR2'-9Dylan CeaseMil92W3.54
TOR2'-7Shane BieberSFG01L3.74
TOR2'-7Trey YesavageSFG   3.72
        
Pod FPB-PitcherOppScoreAllowResultProj ERA
CHC4'-7David PetersonKCR   3.65
CHC2'-7Edward CabreraKCR   3.96
CHC2'-7Justin SteeleStL35L3.63
CHC2'-6Matthew BoydStL   3.93
KCR2'-8Cole RagansChc   3.31
KCR2'-5Michael WachaChc   4.5
KCR2'-7Kris BubicStL   3.91
KCR2'-6Daniel Lynch IVStL   4.26
STL2'-6Gordon GraceffoChc   4.35
STL4'-7Michael McGreevyChc53W4.05
STL2'-6Dustin MayKCR   4.22
STL2'-6Matthew LiberatoreKCR   4.33
        
Pod GPB-PitcherOppScoreAllowResultProj ERA
ARI4'-7Merrill KellyCle   4.12
ARI4'-7Zac GallenCle   4.24
ARI2'-8Corbin BurnesDet   3.84
ARI4'-7Brandon PfaadtDet   4.31
CLE2'-9Parker MessickAri   4.08
CLE4'-7Tanner BibeeAri   4.1
CLE4'-7Joey CantilloDet   3.95
CLE4'-7Gavin WilliamsDet   4.09
DET2'-8Framber ValdezAri   3.43
DET2'-7Jack FlahertyAri   3.89
DET2'-8Tarik SkubalCle   2.79
DET4'-7Casey MizeCle   4.06
        
Pod HPB-PitcherOppScoreAllowResultProj ERA
BAL2'-6Shane BazPhi   4.29
BAL2'-6Albert SuárezPhi   4.3
BAL2'-8Kyle BradishSDP   3.72
BAL2'-6Trevor RogersSDP   4.2
PHI2'-8Zack WheelerBal   3.2
PHI2'-7Jesús LuzardoBal   3.57
PHI2'-9Cristopher SánchezSDP   3.15
PHI4'-7Aaron NolaSDP   3.98
SDP2'-7Michael KingBal   3.8
SDP4'-7Joe MusgroveBal   3.91
SDP2'-7Nick PivettaPhi   3.97
SDP4-'7Walker BuehlerPhi   4.15
        
Pod IPB-PitcherOppScoreAllowResultProj ERA
MIN2'-9Joe RyanPit   3.81
MIN4'-7Taj BradleyPit   4.23
MIN2'-7Zebby MatthewsSea   4.01
MIN4-'7Andrew MorrisSea   4.2
PIT2'-9Paul SkenesMin   2.92
PIT4'-7Mitch KellerMin   4.35
PIT2'-7Jared JonesSea   3.83
PIT4'-7Braxton AshcraftSea   4.08
SEA2'-8George KirbyMin   3.51
SEA2'-8Bryan WooMin   3.6
SEA2'-8Logan GilbertPit   3.4
SEA4'-7Luis CastilloPit   3.86

Sunday, July 12, 2026

Cardinals Win in Wrigley to Kick off Group F Play

 Playing with this 1978 set of fast action cards, Fielding charts and board, the much improved St. Louis Cardinals held on for a 5-3 win at Wrigley Field to open our Group F play. Kansas City is the third team in the pool. 

At the start of the season the Cubs seemed the heavy favorite in this pool, but the Cardinals have been a big surprise and are within a few games of them in the actual MLB standings.






Saturday, July 11, 2026

Pool E - Toronto, San Fran and Milwaukee all 1-1

Pool E Play

1. Toronto – 1-1, +6 run differential

2. San Francisco – 1-1, -1 run differential

3. Milwaukee – 1-1, -5 run differential

In the fifth of our nine three-team pools, each team has beaten one opponent, so all three teams are 1-1 and still have one game remaining against each opponent. Keep in mind that each team has already used its top two starting pitchers, and offense has been scarce. Milwaukee is batting .226, Toronto .194, and San Francisco .145. Five of the six starting pitchers used so far have been above the PB 4-7 average card (two PB 2-9s, placing them among the top 5% of all pitchers; one PB 2-8, top 15%; two PB 2-7s, top 35%; and one PB 4-7, representing the middle 30% of all pitchers).

The remaining games feature only two above-average starting pitchers. The defending AL champion Blue Jays still have two PB 2-7 starters available, while the Giants have two average PB 4-7 starters, and the Brewers have two below-average PB 2-6 starters. However, the Giants' bullpen is in the weakest position because, while their closer (PB 2-9) is still available for both remaining games, their No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 relievers have already pitched against both opponents and therefore are unavailable for the second game against each team. Under our rules, teams use a four-man rotation, each two-game matchup is treated as a two-game series, and each reliever may pitch in only one of those two games.

Below are the statistics from the first two games played by each team, along with mini box scores or pitching lines and game notes. Photos of the scoresheets from all three games appear at the bottom of this post. Only the winner of each three-team pool advances to one of the three semifinal pools, with those three semifinal winners then advancing to the championship pool.

The complete pool assignments are available here with a photo of all teams in each pod:
https://www.pudnersports.com/2026/05/instructions-for-for-statis-pro.html

All pitcher cards are available here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xHl7A4igsjaab7zY8Vthia4RTA4QYrGdq0_DQ1k0aF0/edit?gid=611171940#gid=611171940

This blog highlights the key new batter and All-Star cards:
https://www.pudnersports.com/2026/07/pitcher-ratings-updated-for-statis-pro.html

All batter cards are available here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1KQU9Ic7YeUUUWJcMwrTrqgAD9AjPWUr144Hxhntz80E/edit?gid=1920149714#gid=1920149714

This blog highlights the new batter cards:
https://www.pudnersports.com/2026/07/statis-pro-batters-cards-and-rosters.html


PosBatterSpeedOPSABRHRBIExtra base, steals, notes etc.
LFJackson ChourioA0.7917010sb
DHChristian YelichB0.7696020sb
RFSal FrelickB0.7278021 
CWilliam ContrerasC0.80481302b
2bBrice TurangA0.7268120sb
CFLuis LaraA0.7257120 
1bJake BauersB0.70671122-run HR beats SF 2-0
3bJoey OrtizB0.6966000 
SSJett WilliamsC0.655110 
 2-game batting average 0.226625140 
         
PBPitcherMax IPERAIPHR/ERW/KNotes - who is available (only 1 of 2 vs opp)
2'-9Jacob Misiorowski63.115553'/7vs SF shocked by 1st Inn' GS
2'-7Brandon Woodruff83.867303'/7Won vs SF
2'-6Logan Henderson54.17    starter vs SF
2'-6Kyle Harrison54.22    starter vs Tor
2'-8Trevor Megill23.431000'/1Hold vs SF
2'-8Abner Uribe23.161100'/2Save vs SF
2'-6Quinn Priester74.162101'/0can't pitch vs Tor
2'-8Angel Zerpa23.461100can't pitch vs Tor
2'-7Craig Yoho13.70330can't pitch vs Tor
2'-6Grant Anderson24.131110'/1can't pitch vs Tor
         
PosBatterSpeedOPSABRHRBIExtra base, steals, notes etc.
SSWilly AdamesB0.7398020sb
1bLuis ArraezC0.8288111HR vs Toronto only run SF scored
DHRafael DeversD0.778010 
3bMatt ChapmanC0.7578010 
LFHeliot RamosC0.7518020robbed of double on Straw CD-5
CFJung Hoo LeeC0.7458000 
RFVictor BericotoD0.7253000 
CJesus RodriguezC0.69340102 walks
2bCasey SchmittD0.694000 
RFHarrison BaderB0.6943010sb
RFGrant McCrayA0.6260000pinch hit walk
2bChristian KossC0.6490000pinch run
 2-game batting average 0.14562191 
         
PBPitcherMax IPERAIPHR/ERW/KNotes - who is available (only 1 of 2 vs opp)
2'-8Logan Webb83.328301'/5Win vs Toronto
4'-7Landen Roupp64.096621'/3Loss vs Milwaukee
4'-7Tyler Mahle74.17    will pitch vs MKE
4'-7Robbie Ray74.2    Will pitch vs Tor
2'-8Ryan Walker23.291000Save vs Toronto
2'-7Erik Miller23.451.1000'/1can't face MKE again
2'-7Keaton Winn23.70.2200can't face MKE again
         
PosBatterSpeedOPSABRHRBIExtra base, steals, notes etc.
DHGeorge SpringerB0.7958110sb
1bVladimir Guerrero Jr.D0.91452004 walks vs MKE
2bErnie ClementC0.7959231 
CAlejandro KirkD0.78682233-run HR vs MKE
3bKazuma OkamotoD0.7658111 
RFAddison BargerD0.7588010 
LFNathan LukesD0.7427224BD (clutch) Grand slam vs Misiorowski
SSAndrés GiménezA0.69470202 sb
CFMyles StrawA0.6045010clutch def robbed double
3BSean KeysD0.7750000pinch runner
RFJesús SánchezB0.7452000 
 2-game batting average 0.1946710139 
         
PBPitcherMax IPERAIPHR/ERW/KNotes - who is available (only 1 of 2 vs opp)
2'-9Dylan Cease73.54632'/13'/13W vs MKE, beat Misiorowski
2'-7Shane Bieber63.746510'/7L vs SF
2'-7Trey Yesavage53.72    will start vs SF
2'-7Cody Ponce53.91    will start vs MKE
2'-8Yimi García23.562001'/1no more pool play, pitched vs both
2'-8Jeff Hoffman23.42202'/3no more pool play, pitched vs both
2'-7Mason Fluharty13.852100'/3no more pool play, pitched vs both
2'-9Louis Varland23.38    closer still available vs both


Pictures of the three scoresheets:

Misiorowski vs Cease All-Star Match-up in Next Statis-Pro Game

We finally plan to get in another Statis-Pro game this weekend, to start our Group E pool play. Each 3-team pool allows four starters from each team to start - two against one team and two against another.

San Francisco will sit out the first game in this pool play, leaving an All-Star match up of the Brewers Jacob Misiorowski against the Blue Jays Dylan Cease - both PB 2-9 pitchers. Cease actually projected more strikeouts for the season as both their cards are now dominant and it could take manufacturing some runs. 

Below shows what it looks like to go to the batters and pitchers google sheet and select only the area to print for each team. 

Luis Lara is the exciting new player on the batters side. Even though he has only two games and eight at bats going into the game, hit projections and Statis-Pro card make him a potential star already and the Last Word on Sports site believes he could be the NL Rookie of the Year as outlined in this piece

Lara is only 21 years old and has 24 steals in the half season at Nashville (Triple A) to follow-up on 44 steals at the Double A level last year. He also hit 9 homers in the half year at Nashville with and defensive ratings are good and definitely some long-term power potential to be hitting that many homers in a half year at 21 years old. Here is what the four screens looked like as I printed the batters and pitchers for both teams.





Friday, July 10, 2026

Statis-Pro Batters Cards and Rosters Updated through All-Star Break

After updating the Statis-Pro 2026 projected pitchers' cards and rosters, we have not updated the 2026 projected batters. The following information is on some of the batters cards on that link, showing the team each players for as well as where we suggest the bat in the order.

The first 10 players listed are among the new cards we made for players now on rosters who we recommend for the starting line-up. They are listed in order of team. Then we list all the All-Star batters' cards.

In addition to their team and where we recommend their Statis-Pro card appears in the line-up from 1 to 9, we then list their position before their name.

We then list what numbers are automatic home runs on their cards - where the random number can be any of the 64 numbers from an 11 to 88 in Statis-Pro baseball on a base 8 system. So the White Sox new card Braden Montgomery of 27-32 is four home run numbers, and every player has three more numbers after those that are DEEP drives and may or may not go out of the park - so for him that happens on a 33-35.

We then list the speed of each player - their ability to steal bases, and All-Stars Pete Crow-Armstrong and Bobby Witt Jr. have the very rare AA steal rating. On of the 10 new cards - the Cleveland Guardians Kahlil Watson has an A, and those ratings go all the way down to an E meaning they never steal.

We also list the projected OPS based on the batters' cards.
 
Team    Line-up  Pos    New Card now starting   Home Runs  SP     OPS
CHW4LFBraden Montgomery27 to 32C0.775
CLE9CFKahlil Watson27 to 31A0.725
HOU9LFTaylor Trammell27 to 30B0.675
LAA6LFWade Meckler27 to 31B0.725
MIL4CFLuis Lara27 to 31B0.725
PHI5RFGabriel Rincones Jr.27 to 31C0.725
PIT1SSJack Brannigan27 to 31B0.725
SEA73BWeston Wilson27 to 31C0.725
SFG7RFVictor Bericoto27 to 31D0.725
TEX62BJustin Foscue27 to 31E0.725
       
TeamLine-upPosAll-Star updated cardsHome RunsSPOPS
ATL3DHDrake Baldwin28 to 35D0.869
ATL22bOzzie Albies28 to 34B0.821
ATL41bMatt Olson24 to 28D0.828
CHC1CFPete Crow-Armstrong27 to 34AA0.833
CHW23bMiguel Vargas25 to 31C0.814
CIN21bSal Stewart28 to 35C0.869
CLE62bTravis Bazzana23 to 26C0.726
DET23bKevin McGonigle28 to 33C0.837
DET1LFRiley Greene27 to 34D0.878
DET3CDillon Dingler27 to 33D0.789
HOU3DHYordan Alvarez28 to 35D0.954
KCR1SSBobby Witt Jr.32 to 36AA0.87
LAA1CFMike Trout21 to 27D0.864
LAD1DHShohei Ohtani23 to 32A0.958
LAD33bMax Muncy18 to 26D0.861
LAD41bFreddie Freeman28 to 33C0.832
LAD5CFAndy Pages27 to 34C0.839
MIA2SSOtto Lopez32 to 35B0.804
MIL1CWilliam Contreras28 to 32C0.804
MIN2CFByron Buxton23 to 28B0.802
NYM2RFJuan Soto23 to 28A0.946
NYY3lfCody Bellinger28 to 35C0.865
NYY2RFAaron Judge23 to 31C0.998
PHI2LFBrandon Marsh28 to 33B0.814
PHI3DHKyle Schwarber17 to 25C0.852
SEA2LFRandy Arozarena24 to 28A0.812
SFG21bLuis Arraez41 to 42C0.828
TBR13bJunior Caminero26 to 34D0.85
TOR32bErnie Clement35 to 37C0.795
TOR21bVladimir Guerrero Jr.29 to 35D0.914
WSN1SSCJ Abrams28 to 34A0.825
WSN2LFJames Wood25 to 31B0.828

Pitcher Ratings Updated for Statis-Pro Baseball Prior to All-Star Game

Both Commissioners who have rotated Statis-Pro AL and NL seasons since the 1980s have been almost completely sidelined from this Statis-Pro baseball season by work demands. We have managed only a few games this season using the 2026 projected cards, but in honor of the All-Star break we just spent time with a neat mid-season card update.

If you click on the team-by-team pitcher card sheets, you will see the neat updates after going through every pitcher. 

We added a column so each pitcher is in one of four categories, and you can decide whether or not to use players in the first two categories; a) not listed means they aren't on the roster at all, someone like AJ Puk with a long-term injury. b) inactive. If a player had a projected card made beginning of the year but is currently inactive is included on the sheet BUT if they didn't have a projected card and are just inactive we do not make them a card. c) active, meaning they are on the active roster and even if they didn't have a card we have at least added their name. d) All-Star, and as a special twist we made every All-Star pitcher a PB 2-9, and if a pitcher was a PB 2-9 and did NOT make the All-Star team we lowered them toa  PB 2-8. More on that.

As you can see, Jacob Misiorowski of the Brewers, Parker Messick of the Guardians and Cam Schlittler of the Yankees were all only projected as PB 2-6 pitchers (below average) but as All-Stars they get huge upgrades to a PB 2-9 card. On the flip side, a number of players who were PB 2-9 pitchers did NOT make the All-Star team, some due to injuries or just being a little off their pace from recent years, so we downgraded them just one spot to a PB 2-8 - just meaning they go from the top 5% of all pitchers to the top 15% of all Statis-Pro pitchers cards. Here are the cards impacted either way.

 And the bottom table is of the top new cards created - those who were a PB 2-8 or PB 2-7 for a player who did not have a card yet and all new cards appear in blue.

You can click here to play your own Statis-Pro baseball game either between 60 all-time great teams or the projected cards for the 2026 teams.
   
Team    All-Star now PB 2-9     S/R     Old PB   Throws Ks           SR RR Max IP Proj ERA
ATLRaisel Iglesiasrelief2'-8Right25 to 480223.71
ATLChris Salestart2'-9Left22 to 5313083.19
BOSAroldis Chapmanrelief2'-9Left21 to 580223.01
CINChase Burnsstart2'-7Right23 to 5515563.71
CLEParker Messickstart2'-6Left26 to 4414074.08
CLECade Smithrelief2'-9Right22 to 550222.99
LADShohei Ohtanistart2'-8Right22 to 5511073.46
MILJacob Misiorowskistart2'-6Right22 to 4815564.11
MINJoe Ryanstart2'-7Right24 to 5414073.81
NYYCam Schlittlerstart2'-6Right24 to 4513074.01
PHICristopher Sánchezstart2'-9Left23 to 4714083.15
PHIJhoan Duranrelief2'-9Right22 to 520222.78
PITPaul Skenesstart2'-9Right22 to 5313082.92
SDPMason Millerrelief2'-9Right21 to 640222.39
TORDylan Ceasestart2'-8Right22 to 5313073.54
TORLouis Varlandrelief2'-8Right25 to 480223.38
          
TeamFormer PB 2-9, not ASS/RNew PBThrowsKsSRRRMax IPProj ERA
BOSGarrett Whitlockrelief2'-8Right23 to 510223.47
DETTarik Skubalstart2'-8Left22 to 5513082.79
DETWill Vestrelief2'-8Right23 to 480223.25
HOUBryan Abreurelief2'-8Right21 to 560223.23
LADEdwin Díazrelief2'-8Right21 to 580223.03
NYMDevin Williamsrelief2'-8Right21 to 520223.11
NYYDavid Bednarrelief2'-8Right22 to 520223.25
PHIZack Wheelerstart2'-8Right22 to 5113073.2
SDPJeremiah Estradarelief2'-8Right21 to 570223.21
SEAAndrés Muñozrelief2'-8Right21 to 520222.93
SEAMatt Brashrelief2'-8Right22 to 510223.05
SFGLogan Webbstart2'-8Right23 to 4715083.32
SFGRyan Walkerrelief2'-8Right23 to 470223.29
TBRGriffin Jaxrelief2'-8Right22 to 550222.94
TBRGarrett Cleavingerrelief2'-8Left21 to 540223.22
Team        New Pitching Card           PB                            SRRRMax IPERA
ARIDrey Jameson2'-70213.95
BOSDanny Coulombe2'-70213.6
CHCTrent Thornton2'-70213.95
CHWBryan Hudson2'-70213.55
CHWGrant Taylor2'-80213.45
CLEAndrew Walters2'-70213.65
CLEFranco Alemán2'-70213.75
DETBeau Brieske2'-70323.95
LADJack Dreyer2'-70213.55
LADEdgardo Henriquez2'-70213.8
LADRyan Zeferjahn2'-70213.85
LADTayler Saucedo2'-70213.9
LADEvan Phillips2'-80213.25
LADKirby Yates2'-80213.4
MILCraig Yoho2'-70213.7
NYMHuascar Brazobán2'-70213.95
PHIMax Lazar2'-70213.95
PITHunter Stratton2'-70213.9
SDPYuki Matsui2'-70213.75
TBRKevin Kelly2'-70213.7
TORMason Fluharty2'-70213.85