Strat-O-Matic Baseball 365

Here is a link to Chris Gimenez's real-life 2018 splits:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... r=2018&t=b

In 11 plate appearances vs. LHP, he had 3 walks and 1 single for a .489 OPS. No home runs.

So how does he have a 4L rated 2018 card with 7 BPHRs vs. LHP on it?

Did Gimenez bribe the people at Strat-o-Matic to make his season seem a lot better than it was with the hope that Strat-playing baseball executives would get such great performances out of his card that they would prolong his long career as a replacement-level backup major league catcher? If so, it didn't work.

Ha! Good catch. Also, he has 49 OB vs. LHP. That would appear to be OK since he had a real life OBP vs. LHP of .364.
But the extremely low PA's make that number inappropriate.

Normally, when a player has low PA's vs. one side or the other, the Strat card is dumbed down from what happened in real life. Not in this case. I hope you picked him up in your latest league because now the word is out!

Embarrassing gaffe.

Palmtana wrote:Normally, when a player has low PA's vs. one side or the other, the Strat card is dumbed down from what happened in real life. Not in this case.

That's what I thought as well. Ryan McMahon is an example of that in the 2018 set. He had a .996 OPS in 38 PAs against LHP in real-life:

https://www.baseball-reference.com/play ... r=2018&t=b

No way his card reflects that!

I have been told that the slant is for power. Don't know if it fits this guys card but power is what they go with.

Al Hogg wrote:In 11 plate appearances vs. LHP, he had 3 walks and 1 single for a .489 OPS. No home runs.

No power to go with for this guy.

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