Manager's Call: Today's Five NPB Situations

Data as of

The closer your calls are to the best ones in the 5 situations, the higher your score. Today's score goes on the national ranking.

  1. Situation 1 / 5 Your call at bat? Difficulty 1 / 5

    Bottom 8 1 out虎21梟: Your teamDown by 1

    Check the inning, outs, runners and score on the scoreboard at the top of the picture, then decide how to attack or defend.

    Batter Aono Bats L vs LHP

    Contact
    C+
    Power
    D−
    Speed
    C
    Eye
    A−

    Next batter Obata Bats R

    Contact
    B−
    Power
    D+
    Speed
    B+
    Eye
    B−

    3 on the bench

    Takinaka B+ Komori C+ Katori B−

    Next situation

    CallWin chanceGap to bestPointsResult
    Swing away: Aono 45.5 %4.0 pt60.0Swing away: out. 2 outs, runners on 2nd and 3rd
    Bunt: Aono Best49.5 %0.0 pt100.0Bunt: sacrifice bunt. 1 run scores. 1 out, runners on 1st and 2nd
    Steal: Ishida 37.2 %12.3 pt0.0Steal: stole 2nd → walk. 1 out, bases loaded
    Pinch hitter: Takinaka 44.3 %5.2 pt48.0Pinch hitter: out. 2 outs, runners on 1st and 3rd

    What happened is luck and does not count toward the points.

    Next situation

Today's focus

Maho Aoki Beat writer

There are 3 offensive key moments and 2 defensive ones today. Depending on the score, the call between staying in and going to the bullpen will change too.

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Your calls in 5 situations, scored by win probability from real pro baseball games.

How to play

Five situations appear every day. Everyone gets the same ones, and a call in one does not affect the next.

Pick one of four calls and you see the win probability of all four and which one is best. The best call scores 100, and the further behind it, the fewer points. Whether the play works out does not count.

The average of the five is today's score and grade. The record stays only on this device, and a second try on the same day keeps the first score.

Where the numbers come from

Win probabilities come from real pro baseball games. Players and clubs are fictional, and whether a play works depends on the players' ratings.

Frequently asked questions

Are the players and clubs real?

They are fictional. What is real is the win probability of each situation, taken from real pro baseball games. Player ratings and the chances of a bunt or steal working are made up.

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