2020 Pro Season Projection Set for HISTORY MAKER BASEBALL
There’s nothing quite like Opening Day of the big league baseball season! That was quite literally the case for the 2020 season, right? But one of the glorious things about the tabletop sports hobby is the ability to generate plausible, highly realistic “what if” scenari-os with cards and dice. That’s exactly what we’re doing here: presenting the 2020 Pro Season Projection Set for HISTORY MAKER BASEBALL Big League Baseball Game!
Travis Jansen is a good friend of PLAAY Games, and is “the man” who gets the credit for putting together this unique card set. Travis reached out to me when the COVID crisis first hit and it became apparent that the baseball season wasn’t going to start on time, and might not get started at all. He was putting together his own projection set and wanted me to provide some insights. He also tossed out the idea of making these cards available to the community, either as a newsletter freebie or--Travis has always been concerned about not doing anything that might hurt our business--as something people could perhaps purchase. At the time, we had just re-leased our 2019 Pro Season cards, and I was concerned about the impact that a projection set freebie would have on sales. But I also felt that offering the set for sale didn’t feel quite right, either, especially given the economic situation of so many folks in our hobby. SO ultimately, I decided that goodwill outweighs economics, and these cards are now available for everyone to enjoy.
A couple notes about this set...
The player qualities/attributes are based on projected stats for the 2020 season from the FanGraphs baseball website, https://www.fangraphs.com. Each team consists of a projected 26-man roster. It’s not easy to project fielding ratings so all qualified players utilize their UZR rating from their top position from the previous season. The position listed on each player’s card is a combination of their projected position for 2020 (listed first) followed by their top position(s) from previous seasons.
As we have always said, HMB represents a “blue sky” approach to a baseball season--and that approach has never been more ap-plicable than right now! As such, we highly recommend using the Game Day procedure to adjust player qualities and bring about the kind of variation that is present in a real baseball season.
You’ll also notice a new quality on Travis’ cards, the TERSE quality. TERSE is given to pitchers who had a low innings pitched per appearance, bringing things more in line with today’s style of pitching management. It works like this...
l Starting pitchers with a projected IP/G < 5.3 get the TERSE quality. They are allowed to pitch three innings FRESH, but only two innings SEMI-FRESH. However, a TERSE starting pitcher can pitch into the later innings using the shutout freshness rule.
l Relievers with a projected IP/G < 1.3 also get the TERSE quality. They are allowed to pitch one inning FRESH, but that’s it. They lose all FRESH-ness after their one inning of work.
As an aside, TERSE is designed to complement the STRONG option from the advanced options section of the HMB rules booklet. (There are no STRONG pitchers in this set.) Also, it bears mentioning that there’s no SEMI-TERSE quality, at least not in this set.
Batting orders were created using the fan graphs roto resource page (https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource). As always, feel free to adjust batting orders based on actual lineups and personal preference--they’re suggested batting orders only.
Umpire cards are mostly based on the 2019 season, although we did make some adjustments based on anecdotal/historical reputa-tions. Finally, please note that these cards are marked “for personal use only.” They are not to be sold in any form. By downloading this set, you are agreeing to the terms of use.
If you have any questions or comments about the set, you can e-mail us ([email protected]) or reach out to Travis directly ([email protected]). Enjoy! Now--let’s PLAAY ball!!
Keith AvallonePLAAY Games LLC April 2020
2020A BaltimoreCF HaysSS IglesiasLF Santander1B DavisDH Núñez3B Ruiz2B AlbertoRF StewartC Severino
2020A BostonLF Benintendi3B DeversSS BogaertsDH Martinez1B Moreland2B ChavisRF VerdugoC VázquezCF Bradley Jr.
2020A ChicagoSS Anderson3B Moncada1B AbreuC GrandalDH EncarnaciónLF JiménezRF MazaraCF Robert2B García
2020A ClevelandSS LindorCF Mercado1B Santana3B RamírezDH Reyes2B HernándezLF SantanaC PérezRF Allen
2020A DetroitRF MaybinSS GoodrumDH Cabrera1B Cron2B Schoop3B CandelarioLF StewartC RomineCF Jones
2020A HoustonCF Springer2B AltuveLF Brantley3B Bregman1B GurrielDH AlvarezSS CorreaRF ReddickC Maldonado
2020A Kansas CityCF MerrifieldSS MondesiDH SolerRF DozierLF GordonC Perez1B O’Hearn3B Franco2B Lopez
2020A Los Angeles2B La StellaCF Trout3B RendonDH Ohtani1B PujolsLF UptonRF GoodwinSS SimmonsC Castro
2020A MinnesotaRF KeplerSS PolancoDH Cruz3B DonaldsonLF RosarioC Garver2B Arraez1B SanóCF Buxton
2020A New York2B LeMahieuRF JudgeSS TorresDH StantonC SánchezCF Gardner1B VoitLF Tauchman3B Urshela
2020A OaklandSS SemienCF Laureano3B Chapman1B OlsonLF CanhaDH DavisRF PiscottyC Murphy2B Kemp
2020A Seattle2B Long Jr.SS Crawford3B SeagerC MurphyDH VogelbachRF LewisLF Fraley1B WhiteCF Smith
2020A Tampa Bay2B LoweLF Meadows3B Díaz1B ChoiRF RenfroeDH TsutsugoSS AdamesCF KiermaierC Zunino
2020A TexasDH ChooSS AndrusLF CalhounRF Gallo3B FrazierCF Santana2B Odor1B GuzmánC Chirinos
2020A TorontoSS Bichette2B BiggioLF Gurriel Jr.3B Guerrero Jr.1B ShawCF GrichukRF HernándezDH FisherC Jansen
2020N ArizonaCF S. Marte2B K. Marte3B EscobarLF Peralta1B WalkerRF CalhounSS AhmedC KellyP Pitcher
2019N AtlantaRF Acuña Jr.2B Albies1B FreemanLF OzunaC d’ArnaudCF InciarteSS Swanson3B CamargoP Pitcher
2019N Chicago3B Bryant1B RizzoSS BáezLF SchwarberC ContrerasRF HeywardCF Happ2B KipnisP Pitcher
2020N CincinnatiCF Akiyama1B Votto3B Suárez2B MoustakasRF CastellanosLF WinkerSS GalvisC BarnhartP Pitcher
2020N ColoradoCF DahlSS StoryRF Blackmon3B Arenado1B Murphy2B McMahonLF HilliardC WoltersP Pitcher
2020N Los AngelesRF Betts1B Muncy3B TurnerCF BellingerLF PedersonSS SeagerC Smith2B LuxP Pitcher
2020N MiamiCF Villar3B AndersonLF Dickerson1B Aguilar2B DíazC AlfaroRF BrinsonSS RojasP Pitcher
2020N Milwaukee3B SogardCF CainLF Yelich2B Hiura1B SmoakRF GarcíaC NarváezSS UríasP Pitcher
2020N New YorkCF Nimmo3B McNeil1B Alonso2B CanóLF DavisRF ConfortoC RamosSS RosarioP Pitcher
HISTORY MAKER BASEBALL 2020 Projected Pro Season Suggested Batting OrdersThe following suggested batting orders were created using the fan graphs roto resource page https://www.fangraphs.com/roster-resource...
2020N PhiladelphiaLF McCutchen3B SeguraRF Harper1B HoskinsC RealmutoSS Gregorius2B KingeryCF HaseleyP Pitcher
2020N PittsburghSS NewmanLF Reynolds2B Frazier1B BellRF Polanco3B MoranC StallingsCF DysonP Pitcher
2020N St. Louis2B Wong3B Carpenter1B GoldschmidtSS DeJongC MolinaRF FowlerLF EdmanCF BaderP Pitcher
2020N San DiegoSS Tatis Jr.LF Pham3B Machado1B HosmerCF Grisham2B ProfarC MejíaRF CorderoP Pitcher
2020N San FranciscoSS Crawford3B Longoria1B BeltC PoseyRF YastrzemskiLF Dickerson2B DubónCF HamiltonP Pitcher
2020N WashingtonSS TurnerRF Eaton2B CastroLF SotoCF Robles1B ThamesC Gomes3B KieboomP Pitcher
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