http://www.strat-o-matic.com © 2019 Strat-O-Matic Media, LLC Winter 2019 2018 Baseball: Happy New So Many Stars in the Year to all, Strat Fans Last year closed stronger than ever Strat-O-Matic Sky for Strat-O-Matic and its customers, with Strat-O-Matic’s unique ability to bring too. NL Rookie of the Year Ronald Acuna an easier-to-use, redesigned website, two pennant races and superstars to life will have and runner-up Juan Soto lit the sky with of- more sets of Diamond Gems great teams a special shine this year following a unique fensive fireworks while AL Rookie of the (bringing the total to 32 teams), a great year of Major League Baseball. Gamers’ ea- Year Shohei Ohtani was all the rage for his new Daily Fantasy Predictor app and ger wait will end on Feb. 8, SOM’s Opening skill at bat and on the mound. Football 365. Day. They headline an exciting rookie class You will find details about all those on Then, you will get to see if Mookie Betts, that includes the Yankees’ Miguel Andujar the following pages. J.D. Martinez and Chris Sale can dominate and Gleyber Torres, Miami’s Brian Ander- As you also will read on those pages, for the 108-win Boston Red Sox in an Amer- son, Tampa Bay’s .300-hitting Joey Wendle, the game company is not slowing down ican League with two other 100-win power- the Mets’ .329-hitting Jeff McNeil, Tampa one bit for 2019. houses in Houston and New York. You will 16-game winner Ryan Yarbrough, the Dodg- As always, the curtain-raiser is Open- get to see if Milwaukee, the Chicago Cubs ers’ Walker Buehler and three Cardinals: po- ing Day, when cards and Windows-game or Colorado – who all fell one game short of tential pitching ace Jack Flaherty, 100-mph rosters for the 2018 and 1980 Major greater glory in the National League – can reliever Jordan Hicks and speedy, 1-rated League seasons are released on Feb. 8. reach the World Series ahead of the Los An- CF Harrison Bader. Then there are the pair Those much-sought-after seasons geles Dodgers. easily confused for rookies after forgettable have lots of company this year: A special You will get to see if your managing debuts years ago: St. Louis’ Miles Mikolas prize-winning contest celebrating the up- skills are up to the challenge in a season that, (18-4, 2.83) and the Dodgers’ sudden slug- dated card/roster release for the baseball for the first time, had more strikeouts than ger, Max Muncy (35 HR, .973 OPS). Hall of Fame’s 80th anniversary; three hits, had a record low of sacrifice bunts and Mikolas, Buehler, Flaherty and Yar- new rosters for Negro League seasons and starting-pitcher durations so short that Strat- brough join deep ranks of impressive start- two new rosters for Japanese baseball sea- O-Matic has introduced new endurance rat- ing pitchers. 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