September 22, 1920
As the dust settles on the inaugural COBRA and as the Roosters take their victory lap no one is surprised when Crimson Forest Falcons GM Tripp Chancey gets fired. The Falcons went 44-100 in 1920. Not great.
September 30, 1920
It's award season so don your best garment and hit the red carpet. The Great Gloves are the first on the list and our recipients are:
P Tijs Oudenkerk (Unicorn Point Athletic Club)
C Jaxen Crouch (Port Magnolia Dolphins)
1B Ron Stubbs (Port Magnolia Dolphins)
2B Noah Means (Hadestown Broncos)
3B Oscar Newsome (Northlands Polar Bears)
SS Dex Kruys (Spice District Roosters)
LF Augie Hanson (Crimson Forest Falcons)
CF Sid van Kranenburg (Dustland Sharks)
RF Kaiden Martin (Unicorn Point Athletic Club)
Noah Means is the recipient of the Diamond Glove award. Given to the most impressive overall defender of the year.
October 1, 1920
The next award up is reliever of the year. Max Collins (Sugar Factory Elephants) is an unanimous pick... and it really wasn't close.
October 2, 1920
Today we have the Platinum Stick awards.
Pitcher
Wesley Stebbins (Dustland Sharks)
.250/.300/.262, 84 AB, 34 wRC+, -0.6 WAR
Catcher
Kian Lehn (Dustland Sharks)
.358/.446/.612, 461 AB, 27 HR, 198 wRC+, 8.5 WAR
First Baseman
Neil Spurrier (Spice District Roosters)
.292/.377/.597, 544 AB, 46 HR, 101 R, 119 RBI, 6.3 WAR
Second Baseman
Curtis Ripley (Spice District Roosters)
.363/.446/.488, 553 AB, 11 HR, 104 R, 164 wRC+, 7.3 WAR
Third Baseman
Jaden Tenneh (Sugar Factory Elephants)
.350/.454/.530, 394 AB, 15 HR, 14 SB, 170 wRC+, 5.0 WAR
Shortstop
Max Roberts (Port Magnolia Dolphins)
.296/.402/.469, 493 AB, 19 HR, 14 SB, 153 wRC+, 6.5 WAR
Left Fielder
Odin Bendig (Spice District Roosters)
.233/.392/.579, 497 AB, 50 HR, 120 R, 131 RBI, 6.2 WAR
Center Fielder
Sean Newton (Sugar Factory Elephants)
.362/.427/.542, 594 AB, 16 HR, 24 SB, 111 R, 166 wRC+, 8.7 WAR
Right Fielder
Jon Jackson (Northlands Polar Bears)
.330/.415/.658, 549 AB, 51 HR, 18 SB, 119 R, 112 RBI, 8.6 WAR
October 3, 1920
Today, we'd normally have the Rookie of the Year award but seems a bit silly to give out a Rookie of the Year in the first year of a competition but here's a few other awards that we're going to go track here at COBRA.
Living Legend: Sid van Kranenburg (Dustland Sharks)
(Awarded to the player who is Extremely Popular nationwide and has the highest JAWS)
Fan Favourite: Kian Lehn (Dustland Sharks)
(Awarded to the player who receives the most votes for the All-Star game)
Ultimate Baserunner: Gaby Williams (Crimson Forest Falcons)
(Awarded to the player with the best BsR, a stat that combines base stealing and base running.)
Clutch Player: Jaxon Darnall (Dustland Sharks)
(Awarded to the player with the best WPA)
Iron Man: Gabriel Bork (Saffron Turtles)
(Awarded to the player for a combo of innings pitched, complete games, pitches per game, and leverage index)
Golden Oldie: Clayton Fleming (Northlands Polar Bear)
Age 40
(Awarded to one of the 12 oldest players in the league as long as they get at least 1.0 WAR or WPA)
Up next... Pitcher of the Year and MVP!