The 2019 season player set debuted for play in Strat-O-Matic 365 on Thursday, March 5, 2020.
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Bullpen v3
Starting with the 2019 season, Strat-O-Matic 365 is adopting changes geared towards addressing the "Super-Reliever" phenomenon, whereby managers have historically been able to have certain pitchers pitch an inordinate number of innings in relief. You can read about the changes in detail here.
Roster requirement changes
Starting with the 2019 season, the minimum number of Pure Relievers (pitchers with no starting pitcher rating) all teams must draft and carry throughout a season has been raised from 4 to 5.
Player Set Construction
The 2019 season player set consists of 953 Strat-O-Matic cards:
- 499 hitters
- 454 pitchers
"Fluke" cards omitted
The following 6 position players have been omitted from the standard 2019 season set:
- Hays, Austin
- Hilliard, Sam
- Murphy, Sean
- McGuire, Reese
- Lewis, Kyle
- Tucker, Kyle
The following 9 pitchers have been omitted from the standard 2019 season set:
- Manaea, Sean
- Glasnow, Tyler
- Wendelken, J.B.
- Civale, Aaron
- Taillon, Jameson
- Gonsolin, Tony
- Voth, Austin
- May, Dustin
- Mills, Alec
Managers looking to play with these "Fluke" cards can do so with the 2019 season Unleashed, which is an alternate player set that's simply the standard 2019 set plus the 15 cards above.
