BNN Weekly Report
This Week in the CBO, BMU, and BYDL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
23 July 2300
News from Around the Leagues
17 July Headlines – Swatters, Mannson Stonewall Goodneighbor; Starlight’s Schneier Tosses 3-hitter; Adamantium Blast Witch Hats; Baktu Da Well Wins NR MVP; Diamond Ball Best in SR
18 July Headlines – Synths Shut Out by Ghouls; Trade: Sanctuary to Abernathy and Grognak to The Slog; Deathclaws Receive 3 Prospects from Easy Town for Quentin Malone
21 July Headlines – Southie Injured, Career in Doubt
23 July Headlines – Synthseeker in Deal from Finch Farm to Diamond City for Danny Suarez, Others
Series Results
NCA:
Abernathy 1 at Salem 1
Concord 2 at Easy Town 0
County Crossing 2 at Fort Hagen 0
Finch Farm 0 at Starlight 2
The Slog 1 at Lexington 1
Nordhagen Beach 1 at Sunshine Tidings 1
Abernathy 1 at Sunshine Tidings 2
Concord 3 at Lexington 0
Salem 2 at County Crossing 1
Easy Town 2 at The Slog 1
Nordhagen Beach 2 at Finch Farm 1
Fort Hagen 1 at Starlight 2
SCA:
Oberland 2 at Atom 0
Diamond City 2 at Goodneighbor 0
Warwick 1 at Egret 1
FHE 0 at University Point 2
Jamaica Plain 1 at Roxbury 1
Quincy 0 at Vault 81 2
Atom 2 at Quincy 1
Diamond City 3 at Roxbury 0
FHE 0 at Egret 3
Goodneighbor 2 at University Point 1
Jamaica Plain 2 at Warwick 1
Oberland 1 at Vault 81 2
Featured Series:
Fri 20 July – Concord 7 at Lexington 5
Starting the day back in the Institute League, the Radstags used the big bat of rookie sensation Gene Leftswipe to power past the Synths. Leftswipe hit his 9th home run in a 2 for 4 effort as Concord scored the game’s last two runs.
Sat 21 July – Concord 5 at Lexington 3
Joe Penaltybox (8-5, 4.14) pitched a solid game to outduel Tristan Marble (9-10, 3.54) as the Radstags overtook Fort Hagen for 1st place.
Sun 22 July - Concord 3 at Lexington 2
Emperry Alizm (5-1, 3.02) gave up just two runs on seven hits in 7.0 innings and added an RBI single in the game. Aaron Still converted his 21st save as the Stags won their 7th straight.
BMU:
Forest Grove 1 at Boston Common 2
Union Hope 1 at Breakheart Banks 2
Bunker Hill 1 at Malden 2
CIT Ruins 1 at Galleria 2
Cabot House 2 at Somerville 1
Charles View 2 at Fiddler’s Green 1
Taffington Boathouse 0 at College Square 3
Corvega 1 at Greentop Nursery 2
Haymarket Mall 2 at Eastlake 1
Outpost Zimonja 1 at Mystic Pines 2
Trinity 1 at Natick Banks 2
Vault 95 0 at Postal Square 3
Players of the Week
NCA: 1B Zeldolph Violet, Starlight, 7/12, 3 HR, 7 RBI
SCA: 3B Allen Bishop, Diamond City, 12/23, 4 HR, 7 RBI
CA: LF Purple Welch, Breakheart Banks, 4/8, 2 HR, 4 RBI
MA: LF Kevin Covert, Haymarket Mall, 9/14, HR, 3 RBI
Transactions
Monday, July 23rd, 2300
Salem Witch Hats: Placed 2B Kody Downing on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/22/2300.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Activated RP Aldo Sanch from the injured list.
The Oberland T-51s traded 20-year-old minor league second baseman Omar Gomez to the Starlight Lady Killers, getting 21-year-old minor league starting pitcher Roy Lach in return.
The Finch Farm Four Leafs traded 30-year-old second baseman Jim Synthseeker to the Diamond City Swatters, getting 22-year-old second baseman Danny Suarez, 19-year-old minor league center fielder Deuce Lacombe, 22-year-old minor league starting pitcher Starting Ordone and a 6th Round Pick in return.
Saturday, July 21st, 2300
Vault 81 Dwellers: Placed 3B Mark Dombrowski on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/20/2300.
Goodneighbor Hancocks: Placed RP Chris Southie on the 60-day injured list.
Thursday, July 19th, 2300
Warwick Mirelurks: Signed RP Nate Czajka.
Warwick Mirelurks: Signed RP Tim McCormac.
Quincy Gunners: Signed RP Joe Osborne.
Wednesday, July 18th, 2300
Egret Ninjas: SP Phlip Wallace returns from his rehab assignment.
The The Slog Ghouls traded 21-year-old minor league closer Don Sanctuary to the Abernathy Adamantium, getting 34-year-old starting pitcher Bad Company Grognak in return.
The Easy Town Assaultrons traded 23-year-old minor league starting pitcher Wilson Beachball, 19-year-old minor league shortstop Rick Rolled, 21-year-old minor league second baseman Looter Knol and a 2nd Round Pick to the University Point Deathclaws, getting 30-year-old starting pitcher Quentin Malone and a 5th Round Pick in return.
Tuesday, July 17th, 2300
Finch Farm Four Leafs: Activated RF Caleb Cavedoor from the injured list.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Released RP Tim McCormac.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Released RP Joe Osborne.
Standings
Team Power Rankings
Analysis
And the final stretch begins as teams have just 30 games to go on the season. Before discussing the BNN rankings, we want to point out that we see eight teams still realistically alive in the NCA and six in the SCA. See the end for who is currently in and what we think will happen in the final 30 in the last six weeks.
Concord (#1) is in new ground, earning their first-ever #1 ranking in CBO history. They have won 7 straight and 9 of 10 to jump Fort Hagen (#8) for the Institute League lead. The Radstags handled Easy Town (#7) and Lexington (#19) in a five-game road sweep.
Goodneighbor (#2) is still the CBO’s best team, record wise, but the hot Stags drop them down a notch. The Hancocks did not have a great week, going 2-3, with a sweep loss to Diamond City (#6, 5-0 this week) and a 2 out of 3 weekend over
Vault 81 (#3) also jumped up in the rankings thanks to a 4-1 week, with just a Sunday loss against Oberland (#16). Otherwise, the Dwellers beat up on Quincy (#17) and won the first two over the T-51s.
Nordhagen Beach (#4) is still the top team in the North Charles but dropped because of a 2-3 week. After splitting the series at Sunshine Tidings (#22), the Party Boys dropped two of three against the NCA’s bottom team, Finch Farm (#23).
Jamaica Plain (#5) slipped into the Top 5 after Fort Hagen’s (#8) drop. The Red Rockets moved up one spot despite only a 3-2 week. With a split at Roxbury (#24) and winning 2 of 3 at Warwick (#18), the Rockets are in a solid 2nd place spot in the Minutemen League.
FHE (#12) plummeted from their great rise with a week just the opposite of what they had been doing. In other words, the Yao Guai could not buy a win this week, the only CBO team to lose every game this week.
Current playoff rankings in the NCA:
1. Nordhagen Beach (BL)
2. Concord (IL)
3. Fort Hagen (IL)
4. Easy Town (BL)
5. Salem (BL)
Realistically alive:
1. Starlight (IL) – 1 GB of wildcard
2. The Slog (BL) – 1 GB of wildcard
3. Abernathy (IL) – 3 GB of wildcard
Doubtfully alive:
1. Lexington (IL) – 5 GB of wildcard
No chance:
1. Finch Farm (BL) – 15 GB of wildcard
2. Sunshine Tidings (IL) – 13 GB of wildcard
3. County Crossing (BL) – 7 GB of wildcard
Current playoff rankings in the SCA:
1. Goodneighbor (ML)
2. Vault 81 (RL)
3. Jamaica Plain (ML)
4. Diamond City (RL)
5. FHE (RL)
Realistically alive:
1. Egret (RL) – 2 GB of wildcard
Doubtfully alive:
1. Quincy (ML) – 4 GB of wildcard
2. University Point (ML) – 4 GB of wildcard
3. Oberland (ML) – 6 GB of wildcard
4. Warwick (ML) – 8 GB of wildcard
No chance:
1. Atom (ML) – 11 GB of wildcard
2. Roxbury (RL) – 15 GB of wildcard