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FuzzyRussianHat · 08-13-2025, 07:19 AM

For 2033, the Asian Baseball Federation opted to expand its active roster size up to 26 players. This joined ALB, CLB, and SAB as the world leagues at 26, the highest number used. ABF had used a 25-man active roster since the inaugural season back in 1985.

The East League’s four playoff teams were separated by only three victories. The division champs were both 103-59 with Rawalpindi first in the Pakistan Division and Tashkent atop the North Division. By tiebreaker, the Tomcats took the #1 seed. It was Tashkent’s second division title in three years and back-to-back for the Red Wings. Rawalpindi’s playoff streak also grew to three games.

Neither came easy with Almaty one back in the North at 102-60 and defending ABF champ Hyderabad three back of Rawalpindi at 100-62. Lahore was also in the wild card hunt, but fell short at 94-68 with their ninth straight winning season. The Horned Frogs extended their playoff streak to a decade. The Assassins got their second trip in three years and have only missed twice since 2020. Almaty also recorded 62 saves, the second-most in ABF history.

Last year’s ELCS runner-up Bishkek fell to 77-85, their first time below 80 wins since 2014. Hyderabad was the top scoring team with 757 runs and allowed the fewest at 506. Namangan was 83-79, but notably had a .276 batting average and 1526 hits. Those ranked as the second and third-best marks in East League history, respectively.

Osh was a wild card in their third-ever season in 2032, but dropped to 83-79 in 2033. They’ve got a future megastar though with 1B Dzhurakhon Asadullayev taking the MVP in his third season. The 25-year old Kazakh lefty led in home runs (58), walks (106), OBP (.466), slugging (.772), OPS (1.238), wRC+ (255), and WAR (11.0). Asadullayev also had 175 hits, 112 runs, 34 doubles, 127 RBI, and a .353 average. He was five points and 11 RBI short of a Triple Crown season.

Asadullayev came close to several single-season records. His .466 OBP was second to Nizami Aghazade’s .473 from 2016 and his 1.238 OPS was only behind Gokhan Karatas’ 1.285 from 1993. Asadullayev also posted the fifth-best slugging mark in ABF history. As of 2037, his OBP ranks as the 31^st-best in world history and the OPS is 43^rd. In his first three seasons, he has led each year in OBP, OPS, and wRC+. The Oxen had taken Asadullayev second overall in the 2030 ABF Draft.

In his Rawalpindi debut, veteran pitcher Salah El Abidine broke out for Pitcher of the Year. The 31-year old Moroccan lefty had been respectable in his first seven years in the Arab League. El Abidine came to ABF in 2031 with Antalya, who traded him before the 2033 campaign to the Red Wings. With Rawalpindi, El Abidine won the ERA title (1.96) and led in WHIP (0.82). He had a 14-4 record, 216 innings, 261 strikeouts, 177 ERA+, and 6.7 WAR. From that performance, the Red Wings gave him a four-year, $31,800,000 extension. Unfortunately, he only gave them 156 total innings over the next three years due to numerous injuries.

In the first round, Hyderabad swept Tashkent 2-0 and Almaty topped Rawalpindi 2-0. The Assassins then bested the Horned Frogs 2-0 in round two. Despite being a playoff regular in the last 25 years, this was Almaty’s first East League Championship Series trip since 2025. In the loser’s bracket, the Red Wings edged the Tomcats 2-1, setting up a rematch with Hyderabad.

The Horned Frogs again prevailed over their divisional foe Rawalpindi, this time by a 2-1 margin. Hyderabad got another shot at Almaty and earned their seventh ELCS trip in eight years. The Horned Frogs got their revenge in a 4-3 classic against the Assassins for the three-peat.

Hyderabad leads all ABF teams with 12 pennants (1986, 87, 97, 98, 99, 2013, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33) and became the first in league history to earn six pennants in an eight year span. Almaty’s awful luck in the playoffs continues despite earning 19 postseason trips in a 25-year span. In that run, they have only one pennant and seven appearances in the ELCS.

Baku’s dominance of the West League continued in 2033 as they looked for a fifth consecutive pennant. The Blackbirds had won the ABF title from 2029-31, but were thwarted in 2032 by Hyderabad despite their ABF-record 118-44 season. Baku matched the 118 wins in 2033 and scored 922 runs, second only to their 962 from the prior year. They also allowed the fewest runs with 552.

The WL’s second-best record was Istanbul at 105-57, although they were far from a West Division title thanks to Baku. Gaziantep was also strong in the division at 98-64 and joined the Ironmen as wild cards. Istanbul ended a three-year playoff drought and the Gorillas snapped a four-year skid. Ankara, winners of 101 games last year, dropped to 86-76.

ABF’s longest-ever playoff streak grew to 13 seasons as Mashhad won the Central Division at 104-58. The Mercury picked up their ninth division title of the run, finishing 14 games ahead of Tabriz and 16 better than Isfahan. The Tiger Sharks were denied a fourth straight wild card.

Baku’s Arytom Masharipov was denied a fourth consecutive West League MVP despite leading in home runs (63) and RBI (153). His Blackbirds teammate Ular Esenov swiped the honor with a league-best 134 runs scored. The 26-year old Uzbek first baseman had 219 hits, 39 doubles, 50 home runs, 136 RBI, 1.069 OPS, and 8.8 WAR. Both Baku baddies were even in WAR, although the top mark went to Ahvaz’s Ahmad Minoo at 10.7. In July, Esenov signed an eight-year, $153,600,000 extension with the Blackbirds.

Agshin Jumayev joined the legendary Yazeed Anwari as ABF’s only aces to win six or more Pitcher of the Year awards. The 32-year old Tajik lefty had won it in 2025, 27, 29, 30, and 31 for Baku. In 2033, Jumayev was the leader in WAR (11.0), strikeouts (42), WHIP (0.91), complete games (21), and FIP- (52). There have only been 21 seasons in ABF of 400+ Ks, Jumayev now had four. His blazing 420 strikeouts ranked as the league’s fifth-best single season. It was also only the 13^th time in ABF that a pitcher had 11+ WAR.

Jumayev also had a 22-7 record, 2.22 ERA, 268 innings, and 175 ERA+. He was only five ERA points and one win short of achieving his third Triple Crown. On April 27, he threw his third no-hitter in a 15 K, one walk game versus Isfahan, joining Ibrahim Bulak as the only ABF pitchers with three no-hitters. In 2033, Jumayev also became the 18^th pitcher to 200 career wins and the 15^th to 4000 strikeouts.

Round of the playoffs had Baku over Gaziantep 2-0 and Mashhad over Istanbul 2-1. The Mercury then upset the Blackbirds 2-0 to earn a repeat bid in the West League Championship Series. Mashhad has made it six times in their 13-year playoff streak. To begin the loser’s bracket, the Ironmen ousted the Gorillas 2-1. Baku then outlasted Istanbul 2-1 to earn a rematch with the Mercury.

The double-elimination format had also saved Baku’s dynasty twice before. In 2032, Mashhad got the 2-0 round two win, but lost 4-2 in the WLCS rematch. 2033 had a similar result, although this time the Blackbirds needed all seven games for their revenge over the Mercury. Baku became the first in ABF history to five consecutive pennants and earned their tenth overall (2010, 12, 13, 22, 24, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33).

The 49^th ABF Championship was the fourth finals battle overall and now part of a trilogy between Baku and Hyderabad. The first meet was a 4-3 Horned Frogs win in 2013 that had the road team win all seven games. In 2031, the Blackbirds got revenge 4-2 for their third consecutive ABF title. Hyderabad had the last laugh that year though by winning the Baseball Grand Championship at 14-7, while the Blackbirds at 13-8 were officially fourth. The Horned Frogs then denied Baku’s four-peat with a sweep in 2032.

Baku evened the series in ABF in 2033 with a 4-2 victory over Hyderabad, becoming six-time federation champs (2012, 24, 29, 30, 31, 33). They’re the first in ABF history to win four rings in five years; the closest was Istanbul who won three from 1985-89. On top of likely being ABF’s best-ever dynasty, the 2033 Blackbirds staked their claim as the best team in ABF history. The matched their 2032 wins record at 118-46, but this time came home with the hardware.

Veteran 3B Izidiham Khalifa won finals MVP, having signed with Baku for 2033 on a seven-year, $83,300,000 free agent deal. In 20 playoff starts, the 29-year old Afghan lefty had 27 hits, 9 runs, 3 doubles, 2 homers, 9 RBI, 12 walks, and 1.031 OPS. 22 of his hits were singles, which set an ABF playoff record. Teammate Dean Miller set a playoff record with five triples and Hyderabad’s Emir Han set a new high-mark with 86 at-bats.

Other notes: Adana’s Ibrahim Rabee had 230 hits, tying his own ABF single-season record set in 2030. Mashhad’s Ishtaq Shahzad also made a run at the record with 227 hits and had 27 triples. Shahzad was four triples short of the ABF record of 31 that he set in 2031. Almaty reliever Sabri Erdelhun set a single-season record for games pitched with 86.

In bad records, Izmir pitching staff had a 5.12 ERA and 812 earned runs, second-worst in ABF history behind only 2030 Shiraz. The Ice Cats also had a 6.64 K/9 and 10.16 H/9, both the third-worst. In good pitching notables, Hasan Yousefi was the 18^th to 200 wins. Four pitchers reached 3000 career strikeouts, bringing it to 42 aces to hit the mark in ABF.

Sultan Han became the 8^th to 600 home runs and Youssouf Raza became the 21^st to reach 500. H.A. Rahman became only the 4^th to 3000 hits and Hakan Mocuk became the 4^th to 1500 runs scored. Two-way player Safdar Kahlwan won his 11^th Silver Slugger and 10^th specifically as a pitcher. SS Vugar Sodikov won his 9^th Slugger, 3B Mahtab Malik won his 8^th and OF Khalaf bin Abdullah won his 7^th. Catcher Ali Mahdian won his 14^th Gold Glove, a world record for catchers. He’s only the third at any position in ABF with 14+ Gold Gloves, joining RF Hana Zuhair and 3B Eser Haspolatli.

08-13-2025, 07:19 AM	#2382
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 3,007	2033 in ABF For 2033, the Asian Baseball Federation opted to expand its active roster size up to 26 players. This joined ALB, CLB, and SAB as the world leagues at 26, the highest number used. ABF had used a 25-man active roster since the inaugural season back in 1985. The East League’s four playoff teams were separated by only three victories. The division champs were both 103-59 with Rawalpindi first in the Pakistan Division and Tashkent atop the North Division. By tiebreaker, the Tomcats took the #1 seed. It was Tashkent’s second division title in three years and back-to-back for the Red Wings. Rawalpindi’s playoff streak also grew to three games. Neither came easy with Almaty one back in the North at 102-60 and defending ABF champ Hyderabad three back of Rawalpindi at 100-62. Lahore was also in the wild card hunt, but fell short at 94-68 with their ninth straight winning season. The Horned Frogs extended their playoff streak to a decade. The Assassins got their second trip in three years and have only missed twice since 2020. Almaty also recorded 62 saves, the second-most in ABF history. Last year’s ELCS runner-up Bishkek fell to 77-85, their first time below 80 wins since 2014. Hyderabad was the top scoring team with 757 runs and allowed the fewest at 506. Namangan was 83-79, but notably had a .276 batting average and 1526 hits. Those ranked as the second and third-best marks in East League history, respectively. Osh was a wild card in their third-ever season in 2032, but dropped to 83-79 in 2033. They’ve got a future megastar though with 1B Dzhurakhon Asadullayev taking the MVP in his third season. The 25-year old Kazakh lefty led in home runs (58), walks (106), OBP (.466), slugging (.772), OPS (1.238), wRC+ (255), and WAR (11.0). Asadullayev also had 175 hits, 112 runs, 34 doubles, 127 RBI, and a .353 average. He was five points and 11 RBI short of a Triple Crown season. Asadullayev came close to several single-season records. His .466 OBP was second to Nizami Aghazade’s .473 from 2016 and his 1.238 OPS was only behind Gokhan Karatas’ 1.285 from 1993. Asadullayev also posted the fifth-best slugging mark in ABF history. As of 2037, his OBP ranks as the 31^st-best in world history and the OPS is 43^rd. In his first three seasons, he has led each year in OBP, OPS, and wRC+. The Oxen had taken Asadullayev second overall in the 2030 ABF Draft. In his Rawalpindi debut, veteran pitcher Salah El Abidine broke out for Pitcher of the Year. The 31-year old Moroccan lefty had been respectable in his first seven years in the Arab League. El Abidine came to ABF in 2031 with Antalya, who traded him before the 2033 campaign to the Red Wings. With Rawalpindi, El Abidine won the ERA title (1.96) and led in WHIP (0.82). He had a 14-4 record, 216 innings, 261 strikeouts, 177 ERA+, and 6.7 WAR. From that performance, the Red Wings gave him a four-year, $31,800,000 extension. Unfortunately, he only gave them 156 total innings over the next three years due to numerous injuries. In the first round, Hyderabad swept Tashkent 2-0 and Almaty topped Rawalpindi 2-0. The Assassins then bested the Horned Frogs 2-0 in round two. Despite being a playoff regular in the last 25 years, this was Almaty’s first East League Championship Series trip since 2025. In the loser’s bracket, the Red Wings edged the Tomcats 2-1, setting up a rematch with Hyderabad. The Horned Frogs again prevailed over their divisional foe Rawalpindi, this time by a 2-1 margin. Hyderabad got another shot at Almaty and earned their seventh ELCS trip in eight years. The Horned Frogs got their revenge in a 4-3 classic against the Assassins for the three-peat. Hyderabad leads all ABF teams with 12 pennants (1986, 87, 97, 98, 99, 2013, 26, 27, 28, 31, 32, 33) and became the first in league history to earn six pennants in an eight year span. Almaty’s awful luck in the playoffs continues despite earning 19 postseason trips in a 25-year span. In that run, they have only one pennant and seven appearances in the ELCS. Baku’s dominance of the West League continued in 2033 as they looked for a fifth consecutive pennant. The Blackbirds had won the ABF title from 2029-31, but were thwarted in 2032 by Hyderabad despite their ABF-record 118-44 season. Baku matched the 118 wins in 2033 and scored 922 runs, second only to their 962 from the prior year. They also allowed the fewest runs with 552. The WL’s second-best record was Istanbul at 105-57, although they were far from a West Division title thanks to Baku. Gaziantep was also strong in the division at 98-64 and joined the Ironmen as wild cards. Istanbul ended a three-year playoff drought and the Gorillas snapped a four-year skid. Ankara, winners of 101 games last year, dropped to 86-76. ABF’s longest-ever playoff streak grew to 13 seasons as Mashhad won the Central Division at 104-58. The Mercury picked up their ninth division title of the run, finishing 14 games ahead of Tabriz and 16 better than Isfahan. The Tiger Sharks were denied a fourth straight wild card. Baku’s Arytom Masharipov was denied a fourth consecutive West League MVP despite leading in home runs (63) and RBI (153). His Blackbirds teammate Ular Esenov swiped the honor with a league-best 134 runs scored. The 26-year old Uzbek first baseman had 219 hits, 39 doubles, 50 home runs, 136 RBI, 1.069 OPS, and 8.8 WAR. Both Baku baddies were even in WAR, although the top mark went to Ahvaz’s Ahmad Minoo at 10.7. In July, Esenov signed an eight-year, $153,600,000 extension with the Blackbirds. Agshin Jumayev joined the legendary Yazeed Anwari as ABF’s only aces to win six or more Pitcher of the Year awards. The 32-year old Tajik lefty had won it in 2025, 27, 29, 30, and 31 for Baku. In 2033, Jumayev was the leader in WAR (11.0), strikeouts (42), WHIP (0.91), complete games (21), and FIP- (52). There have only been 21 seasons in ABF of 400+ Ks, Jumayev now had four. His blazing 420 strikeouts ranked as the league’s fifth-best single season. It was also only the 13^th time in ABF that a pitcher had 11+ WAR. Jumayev also had a 22-7 record, 2.22 ERA, 268 innings, and 175 ERA+. He was only five ERA points and one win short of achieving his third Triple Crown. On April 27, he threw his third no-hitter in a 15 K, one walk game versus Isfahan, joining Ibrahim Bulak as the only ABF pitchers with three no-hitters. In 2033, Jumayev also became the 18^th pitcher to 200 career wins and the 15^th to 4000 strikeouts. Round of the playoffs had Baku over Gaziantep 2-0 and Mashhad over Istanbul 2-1. The Mercury then upset the Blackbirds 2-0 to earn a repeat bid in the West League Championship Series. Mashhad has made it six times in their 13-year playoff streak. To begin the loser’s bracket, the Ironmen ousted the Gorillas 2-1. Baku then outlasted Istanbul 2-1 to earn a rematch with the Mercury. The double-elimination format had also saved Baku’s dynasty twice before. In 2032, Mashhad got the 2-0 round two win, but lost 4-2 in the WLCS rematch. 2033 had a similar result, although this time the Blackbirds needed all seven games for their revenge over the Mercury. Baku became the first in ABF history to five consecutive pennants and earned their tenth overall (2010, 12, 13, 22, 24, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33). The 49^th ABF Championship was the fourth finals battle overall and now part of a trilogy between Baku and Hyderabad. The first meet was a 4-3 Horned Frogs win in 2013 that had the road team win all seven games. In 2031, the Blackbirds got revenge 4-2 for their third consecutive ABF title. Hyderabad had the last laugh that year though by winning the Baseball Grand Championship at 14-7, while the Blackbirds at 13-8 were officially fourth. The Horned Frogs then denied Baku’s four-peat with a sweep in 2032. Baku evened the series in ABF in 2033 with a 4-2 victory over Hyderabad, becoming six-time federation champs (2012, 24, 29, 30, 31, 33). They’re the first in ABF history to win four rings in five years; the closest was Istanbul who won three from 1985-89. On top of likely being ABF’s best-ever dynasty, the 2033 Blackbirds staked their claim as the best team in ABF history. The matched their 2032 wins record at 118-46, but this time came home with the hardware. Veteran 3B Izidiham Khalifa won finals MVP, having signed with Baku for 2033 on a seven-year, $83,300,000 free agent deal. In 20 playoff starts, the 29-year old Afghan lefty had 27 hits, 9 runs, 3 doubles, 2 homers, 9 RBI, 12 walks, and 1.031 OPS. 22 of his hits were singles, which set an ABF playoff record. Teammate Dean Miller set a playoff record with five triples and Hyderabad’s Emir Han set a new high-mark with 86 at-bats. Other notes: Adana’s Ibrahim Rabee had 230 hits, tying his own ABF single-season record set in 2030. Mashhad’s Ishtaq Shahzad also made a run at the record with 227 hits and had 27 triples. Shahzad was four triples short of the ABF record of 31 that he set in 2031. Almaty reliever Sabri Erdelhun set a single-season record for games pitched with 86. In bad records, Izmir pitching staff had a 5.12 ERA and 812 earned runs, second-worst in ABF history behind only 2030 Shiraz. The Ice Cats also had a 6.64 K/9 and 10.16 H/9, both the third-worst. In good pitching notables, Hasan Yousefi was the 18^th to 200 wins. Four pitchers reached 3000 career strikeouts, bringing it to 42 aces to hit the mark in ABF. Sultan Han became the 8^th to 600 home runs and Youssouf Raza became the 21^st to reach 500. H.A. Rahman became only the 4^th to 3000 hits and Hakan Mocuk became the 4^th to 1500 runs scored. Two-way player Safdar Kahlwan won his 11^th Silver Slugger and 10^th specifically as a pitcher. SS Vugar Sodikov won his 9^th Slugger, 3B Mahtab Malik won his 8^th and OF Khalaf bin Abdullah won his 7^th. Catcher Ali Mahdian won his 14^th Gold Glove, a world record for catchers. He’s only the third at any position in ABF with 14+ Gold Gloves, joining RF Hana Zuhair and 3B Eser Haspolatli. __________________ Baseball: The World's Game fictional world reports Continental Baseball Federation world reports (8-tier promotion/relegation sim and college feeder)