BNN Weekly Report
This Week in the CBO, BMU, and GBRL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
17 June 2301
Players of the Week
Peacock Bags NCA Best Player Award: 22-year-old Ajani Peacock sent shock waves through Commonwealth Baseball Organization last week with an eye-popping performance that brought him the North Charles Association Player of the Week Award.
A newcomer to the league, Peacock made the establishment sit up and take notice, punishing opposing pitchers with a .600 average, 12 hits in 20 at-bats, no home runs and 8 runs batted in.
Where the County Crossing Bloodbugs first baseman goes from here, only the baseball gods know for sure, but Peacock certainly made his mark last week.
To date this season Peacock is hitting .323 with 2 home runs.
SCA Star of the Week Picked: Barker Cocoa has the tools to stick in this league for many years. The 22-year-old first baseman of the University Point Deathclaws had a hot bat in the South Charles Association over the past seven days and won the Player of the Week honors.
Cocoa batted .400 with 6 hits in 15 at-bats, 3 home runs and 12 RBIs.
Cocoa is hitting .369 in 2301 with 52 RBIs and 20 home runs. At this point in the season, he is considered to be the frontrunner as the CBO MVP.
Transactions
Monday, June 17th , 2301
County Crossing Bloodbugs: Activated RP Justin Hale from the 60-day injured list.
County Crossing Bloodbugs: Sent RP Justin Hale to Triple A Malden for injury rehab.
County Crossing Bloodbugs: Released RP Ed Hurtbrain.
The Slog Ghouls: Placed RP David Tower on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/16/2301.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Signed free agent 3B Trevor Steelbrother to a minor league contract.
Vault 81 Dwellers: Signed free agent SS Jake Page to a minor league contract.
The Starlight Lady Killers traded 32-year old RF Skinny Danner to the Abernathy Adamantium, getting 23-year old minor league RF Brotherseven Dadson and a 7th round draft pick in return.
Sunday, June 16th , 2301
Oberland T-51s: Signed 1B Kage Milkcan.
Saturday, June 15th , 2301
Salem Witch Hats: Placed CL Dan Beantown on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/14/2301.
Sunshine Tidings Chemists: Released SS Jake Page.
Sunshine Tidings Chemists: Released 3B Trevor Steelbrother.
Atom Cats: Signed 2B Bob DeVil.
Oberland T-51s: Signed 1B Smallfoot Cox.
Friday, June 14th , 2301
The Dalton Farm Fog Crawlers traded 33-year old RF John McCoy and 22-year old minor league SS Jake Page to the Sunshine Tidings Chemists, getting 32-year old RHP Jumbo Cleveland in return.
Wednesday, June 12th , 2301
Vault 81 Dwellers: Activated RP Randy Kaplan from the injured list.
County Crossing Bloodbugs: Placed SP Zach DiGrande on the 60-day injured list.
County Crossing Bloodbugs: Signed RP Ed Hurtbrain.
Tuesday, June 11th , 2301
University Point Deathclaws: Activated RP Mike Coombaya from the injured list.
University Point Deathclaws: Released SP Bip Tram.
Diamond City Swatters: Placed SS Wally Warwick on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/09/2301.
The Warwick Mirelurks traded 29-year old LHP Mike Woodrow to the Goodneighbor Hancocks, getting 18-year old minor league C Jackob Blacke and 22-year old minor league LHP Catchy Clintock in return.
Standings
Team Power Rankings
Weekly Team Power Rankings: Here are the current team power rankings for Commonwealth Baseball Organization:
Teams (Total Points, Tendency):
1) Nordhagen Beach Party Boys (150.5, o)
2) University Point Deathclaws (118.8, o)
3) Abernathy Adamantium (109.0, ++)
4) Salem Witch Hats (107.0, ++)
5) Vault 81 Dwellers (105.7, -)
6) Atom Cats (104.5, +)
7) Diamond City Swatters (104.0, --)
8) Goodneighbor Hancocks (101.2, +)
9) Concord Radstags (95.2, --)
10) Fort Hagen Silver Shroud (93.9, o)
11) Jamaica Plain Red Rockets (89.4, +)
12) Quincy Gunners (89.4, ++)
13) Easy Town Assaultrons (88.6, -)
14) County Crossing Bloodbugs (88.1, ++)
15) Oberland T-51s (87.1, +)
16) FHE Yao Guai (82.4, --)
17) Starlight Lady Killers (80.1, --)
18) The Slog Ghouls (75.0, +)
19) Egret Ninjas (74.3, -)
20) Sunshine Tidings Chemists (74.3, -)
21) Roxbury Rad Sox (68.7, +)
22) Lexington Synths (61.2, -)
23) Finch Farm Four Leafs (59.2, -)
24) Warwick Mirelurks (54.6, o)
Analysis
We're now at the midway point of the season, and the playoff picture is starting to take shape. In the NCA, Nordhagen Beach (#1) appears to be the prohibitive favorite, while University Point (#2) has used a few struggles by Diamond City (#7) and Vault 81 (#5) to take a three-game SCA lead.
Abernathy (#3) and Salem (#4) burst into the Top 5 this week. The Witch Hats were #2 just two weeks ago, but a down week last week knocked them out. While going only 3-2 this week, including a 20-5 loss to Easy Town (#13), Salem is considered one of the Top 5. The Adamantium also went 3-2, splitting with the Hats and then beating Starlight (#17) 2 out of 3.
Playoff Picture Through 55 Games
NCA:
1. Nordhagen Beach
2. Abernathy
3. Salem
4. Concord
5. Fort Hagen
SCA:
1. University Point
2. Diamond City
3. Vault 81
4. Atom
5. Goodneighbor
Minor League Report
BMU
Players of the Week
CA's Star Player Named: Caleb Sometimes Smith burst onto the Commonwealth Association stage in a big way last week. This promising rookie right fielder for Breakheart Banks garnered everyone's respect by putting up some remarkable numbers and picking up the Player of the Week trophy.
The 26-year-old haunted opposing pitchers hitting .400 (4-for-10) with 4 home runs and 6 RBIs last week.
For the year Smith is batting .277 with 28 hits and 17 home runs. He has scored 24 times and driven in 38.
Red-Hot Rifleman MA Player of the Week: 23-year-old Kern Rifleman made a few Cabot House headlines during this past week as the rookie right fielder proved he could compete at the plate with his high-school idols. He captured the attention of fans, journalists and Massachusetts Association officials last week and today took home Player of the Week honors for his effort.
He cracked 9 hits in 15 at-bats to put up a .600 average. Rifleman collected 3 home runs, 10 RBIs and scored 8 runs.
In his season totals, Rifleman has 5 home runs, .417 BA, .472 OBP, 16 RBIs and 13 runs scored. He has played in 11 games.
Standings
GBRL
Players of the Week
NL Announces Player of the Week: Clifton Vertibirds pitcher Quest Dawg put on a pitching clinic last week as he cruised to Player of the Week recognition in the North League.
He notched 1 win and 7 strikeouts in 9 innings as he posted a 0.00 ERA last week.
Season-to-date Dawg has rung up 3 wins and 3 losses in 8 appearances. He has an ERA of 2.55 and has fanned 40 batters in 53 innings.
SL Player of the Week Awarded: Last week Tommy Talkington was the toast of West Roxbury and the talk of the South League -- this week he's the SL Player of the Week.
The standout third baseman sewed up the award with his .600 average (9-for-15), 5 home runs, 10 RBIs and 7 runs.
Currently Talkington is hitting .314 and has collected 16 home runs, 34 RBIs and scored 33 times, while playing in 33 games.
Standings
Midseason Reports
Batting Report
Pitching Report
