Mankato Strat Nerd: 2025

Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Stat break: 2017 Pittsburgh Pirates

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
J Bell       22 1    3    2    0    0    0    1    0 .136
Cervelli    19 3 5 3    0    0 1 2    0    .263
Diaz    5 0 0    0    0    0 0 0    0    .000
A Frazier       12 1     3 1 1    1    0    2    2 .250
Freese       13 1     5    0    0    0    0    2    0 .385
Harrison    25 4    8    1    0    0    1    2    2 .320
Jaso       5 0     0    0 0    0 0    1    0 .000
Marte    23 1 4    1 0    0    0   1    1 .173
McCutchen 28 4     6 4    2    0    2    2 0 .214
Mercer    24 0     4    1    0    0    0 1    0 .167
Moroff 4 1 0    0    0    0    0 1 0 .000
Osuna 4 0     0    0 0    0 0 1    0 .000
Polanco       21 0 5 1    0    1    0 0    0    .238
S Rodriguez    5     0     1    0    0    0    0 1    0 .200

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

Benoit 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00

Brandt 3 0 4.6 5 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.85

Cole 2 2 11 12 2 2 4 9 0 1 1 1.64
Hudson 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.00

Kontos 1 0 1.3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.00
Kuhl 1 1 6.3 5 1 1 4 6 0 1 0 1.42

LeBlanc 6 0 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

Mairnez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Nova 2 2 12 13 7 6 1 5 0 1 1 4,50

Taillon 2 2 9.6 12 8 6 2 5 0 0 2 5.58

Williams 1 0 2 4 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 4.50
Vazquez (Rivero) 3 0 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0.00

Stat break: 1969 New York Mets

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Agee 25 4 9 6 0 0 2 1 3 .360
K Boswell 22 4 7 2 1 3 0 1 0 .318
Charles 5 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .200|
Clendenon 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .200
Garrett 21 3 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 .333
Gaspar 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000
Grote 25 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 .240
B Harrelson 28 1 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 .107
C Jones 25 1 4 0 1 0 0 5 3 .160
Kranepool 22 0 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 .182
J Martin 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Pfeil 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Shamsky 21 2 9 3 3 0 0 3 0 .429
Swoboda 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Weis 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA
Cardwell 1 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.25
DiLauro 1 0 0.3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
Gentry 2 2 13 11 3 3 4 9 0 2 0 2.08
Koonce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Koosman 2 2 16 12 6 6 4 13 0 1 1 3.38
McAndrew 1 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0.00
McGraw 1 0 4 4 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0.00
Ryan 1 1 4 4 2 2 3 4 0 0 0 4.60
Seaver 2 2 16.6 5 4 4 5 8 0 1 1 2.16
R Taylor 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00

Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Paul bracket: 1969 New York Mets defeat 2017 Pittsburgh Pirates in seven games

What started as a potential sweep for the "Miracle Mets" ended as a seven-game march of survival. The 1969 World Series champs got just enough runs to advance to the second round.

Game One: Mets 1, Pirates 0: Tom Seaver threw a two-hitter and Art Shamsky singled home Tommie Agee in the sixth inning for the only run of the game. The key to the contest came in the top of the sixth, when Gregory Polanco tripled to open the inning. Seaver responded with two infield popups and a ground out to strand Polanco.

Game Two: Mets 4, Pirates 2: Agee homered in his first two at-bats for three RBIs to power the Mets Jerry Koosman threw the Mets' second straight complete game win. Three of the five hits the southpaw allowed came in the two run seventh.

Game Three: Mets 5, Pirates 2: Gary Gentry staggered through five innings, aided by three double plays, and left with a 5-2 lead afterllowing a two-run homer to Andrew McCutchen. Tug McGraw threw four scoreless frames to secure the win and a 3-0 advantage.

Game Four: Pirates 3, Mets 1: The first Pirate hitter walked, and McCutchen followed with a homer off Mets starter Nolan Ryan. The Mets never caught up. Chad Kuhl allowed five hits in 6.1 innings for the win.

Game Five: Pirates 4, Mets 3: Seaver took a 3-1 lead into the eighth and retired two of the first three hitters, But then the Pirates got a walk and four straight singles to take the lead and ultimately the win. Seaver had one of the Mets' RBIs.

Game Six: Pirates 4, Mets 3: Another come-from behind win for the Pirates evened the series. Koosman allowed two runs in the first inning and two more in the seventh. The Mets scored all three of their runs in the second inning, with Koosman squeezing home one and Agee singling in the other two.

Game Seven: Mets 4, Pirates 1: Ken Boswell tripled twice, scoring two runs and driving in two, while Gentry went eight-plus innings, allowing one run on five hits. After he allowed the first two Pirates in the ninth to reach, Ron Taylor entered to get a popup and a doubleplay grounder to wrap up the series.

Projected rotation: Seaver-Koosman (with penalty)-Gentry-Caldwell-(Seaver)-(Koosman)-(Gentry). The bullpen will be fully available for the opener of the second round.

Friday, August 22, 2025

Stat break: 1969 Cleveland Indians

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Alvis 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
F Baker 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
L Brown 12 3 5 3 1 0 0 1 0 .416
Cardenal 23 4 5 2 0 0 0 2 1 .217
Fuller 18 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167
K Harrelson 21 3 2 3 0 0 1 5 0 .095
C Hinton 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333
T Horton 26 4 10 5 2 0 2 0 1 .385
Klimchock 22 2 8 4 2 0 0 2 0 .364
Leon 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .286
Nelson 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333
Sims 17 2 4 2 0 0 2 6 0 .235
Snyder 16 2 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250
Suarez 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

Burchart 1 0 0.6 4 4 3 2 1 0 0 0 40.30
Ellsworth 2 1 7.3 4 0 0 5 3 0 1 0 0.00
Hargan 1 0 2 3 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 13.50
R Law 1 0 1. 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 9.00
McDowell 2 2 15.6 14 5 5 9 15 0 1 1 2.87

Paul 3 0 3.3 2 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0.00

Pina 3 0 3 2 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 3.00

Tiant 2 2 14 11 7 6 12 12 0 1 1 3.86

S Williams 1 1 6 8 2 2 0 4 0 1 0 3.00

Stat break: 2009 Atlanta Braves

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Anderson 20 2 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 .300
Church 14 1 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 .214
Diaz 13 2 6 3 1 0 1 1 0 .462
Y Escobar 20 3 7 5 1 1 1 4 0 .350
Infante 7 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 .286
K Johnson 8 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 .125
C Jones 27 2 3 5 1 0 2 1 0 .111
Kotchman 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 .200
An LaRoche 21 2 4 2 1 1 1 2 0 .190
McCann 17 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 ,176
McLouth 23 2 5 0 0 0 0 8 0 .217
Prado 15 1 5 1 0 0 0 3 0 .333
Ross 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 .200
Schafer 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 .500

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

Bennett 2 0 1 1 4 4 4 1 0 0 0 36.00
M Gonzalez 1 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.00
Hudson 1 1 4.3 8 3 3 0 2 0 0 1 6.24
Jurrjens 2 2 12 9 4 3 3 9 0 1 1 2.25
Kawakami 3 0 5 4 5 3 4 5 0 0 0 5.40
Lowe 1 1 4.6 7 4 4 1 2 0 0 1 7.71

Medlen 2 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Moylan 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0,00

O'Flaherty 3 0 2.3 3 2 2 1 2 0 0 0 7.73
R Soriano 2 0 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 4.50
Vazquez 2 2 14 11 4 3 1 13 0 1 1 1.93

Paul bracket: 1969 Cleveland Indians defeat 2009 Atlanta Braves in six games

Walks did not haunt. Cleveland issued 35 walks in the six games to 14 by Atlanta, but still prevailed.

Game One: Indians 8, Braves 3: Cleveland profited from a pair of Atlanta errors for three unearned runs and got homers in the ninth inning from Ken Harrelson and Duke Sims. Sam McDowell walked four men in the first three innings, then found the strike zone until wearying in the eighth. Horacio Pena got the final four outs, three on strikeouts, for the save.

Game Two: Braves 8, Indians 0: Jarr Jurrjens allowed just one hit in his six innings, and the Atlanta bullpen completed the shutout despite allowing a pair of safeties . Luis Tiant shut out the Braves for four innings, but then he and the Cleveland bullpen were deluged by six walks and eight hits (and two errors) in the next four innings.

Game Three: Indians 11, Braves 6: Cleveland plaed three runs in the first inning and turned it into a rout with six more runs in the sixth. Chipper Jones drove in four runs on a pair of homers, a solo shot in the first and a three-run homer in Atlanta's four-run ninth.

Game Four: Indians 4, Braves 0: Dick Ellsworth went seven innings, allowing four hits and five walks without surrendering a run -- and added a single and run scored to boot. Larry Brown keyed a three-run rally in the fifth with an RBI double. Mike Paul entered with two on in the eight and got the final four outs for the save.

Game Five: Braves 3, Indians 0: Javier Vazquez staved off elimination with eight innings for three-hit ball. The Braves got four walks from McDowell in eight innings and three more in the ninth off Ron Law.

Game Six: Indians 7, Braves 2: Tiant walked eight and struck out eight in eight four-hit innings. He also hit a solo homer and drove in another run with a single. Tony Horton had a pair of homers and totalled three RBIs.

Projected innings: McDowell-Williams-Tiant-Ellsworth or Hargan-(McDowell)-(Williams)-(Tiant). The bullpen will be fully available for Game One

Tuesday, August 12, 2025

First round recap: John bracket

Advancing (seeding in parantheses): 2019 Brewers (1), 1961 Twins (4), 2017 Red Sox (5), 2019 Twins (8), 2019 Yankees (10), 2019 Cubs (11), 2009 Rays (14), 1969 Reds (15)

Eliminated: 1969 Padres (2), 2009 Twins (3), 1961 Indians (6), 2019 Red Sox (7), 1961 Cardinals (9), Monarchs (12), 1969 Yankees (13), 1973 Twins (16)

The bracket's NeL entry was eliminated.
There were no 1924 teams in the bracket
One 1961 team advanced; two were eliminated.
One 1969 team advanced; two were eliminated.
No 1973 team advanced; one was eliminated
One 2009 team advanced; one was eliminated
One 2017 team advanced; none was eliminated
Four 2019 teams advanced; one was eliminated

Second round matchups, higher seed listed first:

2019 Brewers vs. 2019 Twins
1961 Twins vs. 2017 Red Sox
2019 Cubs vs. 2009 Rays
2019 Yankees vs. 1969 Reds

Stat break: 2019 New York Yankees

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Encarncion 15 3    2 2 0 0 1    3 0 .133
C Frazier 0 0    0    0    0 0 0 0     0    .000
Gardner 15 3 5 2 1    0   1 0 0    .333
Gregorius 6 0     1    1 0    0   0 1 0    .167
A Hicks 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0    .125
Judge 12 5 3    2    1    0 2 6    0 .250
LeMahieu    18 3 6 1 0 0 1 0    0 .333
Maybin 9 1 3 1 0 0    1    1 0 .333
Romine 9 2 2 1    1 0    1    0 0 .222
Sanchez 5 3 1 0 0    0 0 3 0 .200
Tauchman 5 2 4 0 1 0    0 0 0     .800
G Torres    14 7 8 11 0 1    5 1     1 .571
Urshela    13 0 4 2 0 0 0 0     0 .307
Voit       11 4 4 4 1 0    2 1 0    .364

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

Britton 3 0    2.6 1    0 0    0 3    0   0    0 0.00
Cessa       1    0 1 2    1 1    0 1 0    0 0    9.00
Chapman    2    0 2 1 0 0     2 2 1    0     0    0.00

Cortes 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.00
German 1 0 1.3 4 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 13.53

Green 2 0 1.3 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0.00
Happ 1 1 5.6 6 2 1 0 6 0 1 0 1,58

Kahnle 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0.00

Ottovino 1    0    1 0 0    0    1 0 0    0 0    0.00
Paxton    1 1 6 1 0    0    1 3 0 1    0    0.00
Sabathia    1 \1 6 3 1     1     1 5 0    1    0     1.50

Tanaka 1 1 6 9 4 4 1 7 0 1 0 6.00

Monday, August 11, 2025

Stat break: 2019 Boston Red Sox

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,

Benitendi 17 2 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 .412

Betts 14 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 1 .143

Bogaerts 17 1 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 .235

Bradley 15 2 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 .100

Chavis 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100

Devers 17 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 0 .294

M Hernandez 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Holt 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

J Martinez 14 1 4 3 1 0 1 2 0 .286

Moreland 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .100

Vazquez 13 3 3 2 1 0 1 3 0 .231

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

Brasier 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.00

Barnes 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.00

Cashner 2 0 4 5 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 9.00

Eovaldi 1 0 4 4 2 2 4 3 0 0 0 4,50

Hembree 3 0 3.6 3 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0.00

Price 1 1 3.3 7 7 7 2 1 0 0 1 18.92

Porcello 1 1 3 9 7 7 1 4 0 0 1 21.00

E Rodriguez 1 1 2 7 9 9 4 3 0 0 1 40,50

Sale 1 1 6 8 4 4 1 10 0 0 1 6.00

Taylor 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 4.50

Walden 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0.00

Workman 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 9.00

John bracket: 2019 New York Yankees sweep 2019 Boston Red Sox

The 2019 Yankees lived up to their status as one of the top three home-run hitting teams in history, hammering 14 round-trippers in the four games. Five of the blasts were provided by Gleyber Torres.

Game One: Yankees 11, Red Sox 4: Luke Voit hit a grand slam in the first and Torres with a solo shot. Torres hit a three-run homer in the third.

Game Two: Yankees 11, Red Sox 2: The Yankees got homers from Torres, Aaron Judge, Brett Gardner, Austin Romine and Voit. James Paxton allowed one hit in six scoreless innings.

Game Three: Yankees 4, Red Sox 2: Chris Sale allowed four runs in six innings, easily the best start for Boston in the series. Two of the eight hits he allowed wete homers, by Edwin Encarncion and D.J. LeMahieu.

Game Four: Yankees 9, Red Sox 4: Torres and Voit went back-to-back again in the first inning, and Torres added another to cap a 4-for-4 game that included an RBI triple. Torres totaled five RBIs for the game. CC Sabathia allowed three hits in six innings for the win.

Projected rotation: Sabathia will sit out the second round. German-Paxton-Tanaka-Happ-(German)-(Paxton)-(Tanaka). The bullpen will be fully available.

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

First round recap: Ringo bracket

Advancing (seeding in parantheses): 1973 Dodgers (2); 2019 Dodgers (5); 1961 Orioles (6); 1973 Yankees (8); 2009 Rockies (10); Black Barons (13); 2019 Reds (14); 1969 Athletics (16).

Eliminated: 1973 Giants (1); 1973 Cubs (3); 1973 Royals (4); 1961 Yankees (7); 2017 Padres (9); 1924 Braves (11); 2017 Diamondbacks (12); 2017 Reds (15),

The NeL entry advanced.
No 1924 entry advanced; one was eliminated
One 1961 entry advanced; one was eliminated
One 1969 entry advanced; none was eliminated
Two 1973 entries advanced; three were eliminated
One 2009 entry advanced; none was eliminated
No 2017 entry advanced; three were eliminated
Two 2019 entries advanced; none was eliminated.

Second round matchups, higher seed listed first:

1973 Yankees vs. 1969 Athletics
2019 Dodgers vs Black Barons
1961 Orioles vs. 2019 Reds
1973 Dodgers vs. 2009 Rockies

(Note: seedings were determined at random and were not intended as an estimate of a team's strength.)

Stat break: 2017 San Diego Padres

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,
Asuaje       17    4    7 3    0 0 1     2    0 .412
Aybar    27    5 11 2   2    0 1 2    0    .407
Blash       5    1 1    0    1    0 0    2    0    .200
Cordova 4    0 0    0    0    0 0    0    0    .000
Hedges    15    3     4    6 1    1    2     1    0 .267
Margot    26 2 7    1     1    0    0     1    0 .269
Myers        26 3    7 3    4    0    0 3    0 .269
Pirela     23 0     2    1    1    0    0 1    0 .087
Renfroe       26 3 7    4 2 0 1 2    0    .269
Sanchez 11    1 1 1    0    0    1    0    0 .091
Solarte 14    0     5 2    1    0    0 1 0 .357
Spangenberg 21 2 4    0 2 0    0 0 0 .190
Szczur    9 3 3 2    1    0    0 0    0 .333

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

Buchter 3 0 3 2 1 0 2 3 0 0 0 0.00

Chacin 2 2 11.3 12 9 9 7 7 0 0 1 7.15

Hand 1 0 1.3 3 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 6.77
Lamet 1 1 6 5 2 2 2 5 0 1 0 3.00

Lyles 1 0 5 8 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 3.60

Maton 3 0 2.6 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
Mauerer 3 0 2 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 9.00

Perdomo 1 1 7 7 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 3.86

Richard    2    2     6 18 12 12 2    0     0    0    2    18.00
Stammen    3 0    6      1    0    0     0      3       0    0    0    0.00
Torres    3 0 5.6 3 1    1    1 2    0    1     1 1.59
Yates 2    0 2 4    2    2    2 3    0     0    0    9.00

Stat break: 1973 New York Yankees

Hitters

Name AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB SB Avg,

Allen 5 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 .400

F Alou 12 3 6 2 3 0 1 0 0 .500
M Alou 20 4 6 2 1 0 0 1 0 .300

Blomberg 7 2 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 .429
Callison 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250

Clarke 17 3 6 0 0 0 0 2 3 .353

Hart 10 4 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500
Hegan 13 2 4 5 2 0 1 3 0 .308

Lanier 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Michael 23 3 4 4 1 0 0 1 0 .174
Moses 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Munson 28 3 6 5 1 1 1 3 0 .214
Murcer 26 5 13 8 1 1 3 2 0 .500

Nettles 27 3 4 4 0 0 1 1 0 .148
White 27 5 8 1 0 0 1 5 1 .296

Pitchers

Name G GS IP H R ER BB K Sv. W L ERA

Beene 2 0   3 4 1 1 1 1    0    0 0 3.00
P Dobson 1    1 6 9 4 4 0 6    0 0. 1 6.00
Kline 3 0 4.6 3 1    1    4 5 0    0 1 1.93
Lyle 1 0      3 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.00
Magnuson 1 0 0.3 5 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 136.36
McDaniel 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 5    1 0 0 0.00
McDowell 3 0      6 4 1 1 4 6    0 0 0 1.50
Medich 2 2 14.3 11 4 4 1 12 0 2 0 2.51
Peterson 1    1 4 5 3 1 1 4 0 0 0 2.25

Stottlemyre 2 2 15 15 7 7 4 6 0 1 0 4.20