BNN Weekly Report
This Week in the CBO, BMU, and GBRL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
24 June 2301
Players of the Week
Week's Premier Performer Honored by NCA: It's always a thrill for fans of the team and students of the game alike when a superstar in the making shows what he's got. Nick Maris, the Starlight Lady Killers 23-year-old shortstop, put himself in the spotlight last week making him the clear-cut choice for North Charles Association Player of the Week honors.
He ripped 11 hits in 21 at-bats, compiling a .524 average with 1 home run and 5 RBIs.
For the season Maris is batting .292 with 71 hits and 5 home runs. He has scored 54 times and batted in 28.
Waiting Wins SCA Best Player Award: His hard work and hustle paid off this week. The hard-working and hard-playing Waze Waiting was rewarded with the South Charles Association Player of the Week honors.
The scrappy Diamond City Swatters right fielder hit .476 while collecting 10 hits in 21 at-bats, 3 home runs and 12 RBIs.
This season Waiting has banged out 77 hits in 233 at-bats for a .330 average with 18 home runs. He is getting on base at a .423 pace and his totals also include 55 RBIs and 48 runs scored.
Transactions
Monday, June 24th , 2301
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Placed RF Goody Cloyse on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/23/2301.
Oberland T-51s: Signed 1B Luke Ridgewalker.
Sunday, June 23rd , 2301
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Released 1B Matt Badbreath.
Egret Ninjas: Signed RP Aaron Parsonson.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Signed free agent SP Spurs Yu to a minor league contract.
Saturday, June 22nd , 2301
Egret Ninjas: Placed 2B Currfel Tick on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/21/2301.
Easy Town Assaultrons: Placed SP Angel Waterdrink on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/21/2301.
Salem Witch Hats: Activated CL Dan Beantown from the injured list.
The Jamaica Plain Red Rockets traded 23-year old minor league LHP Steven Rockman to the Starlight Lady Killers, getting 31-year old minor league 2B Justin Gunsmith in return.
Friday, June 21st , 2301
County Crossing Bloodbugs: Released RP Homeslice Cochrane.
Thursday, June 20th , 2301
Roxbury Rad Sox: Released SP Spurs Yu.
The Warwick Mirelurks traded 30-year old RHP Danny Scorcher to the Echo Lake Harbormen, getting 20-year old SS Reed Maineman and 24-year old minor league 3B Lee Duper in return.
Wednesday, June 19th , 2301
Quincy Gunners: Activated SP Colt Finley from the 60-day injured list.
Quincy Gunners: Sent SP Colt Finley to Triple A Bunker Hill for injury rehab.
Tuesday, June 18th , 2301
Abernathy Adamantium: Placed 1B Miles Benson on the 60-day injured list.
Oberland T-51s: Released 1B Smallfoot Cox.
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 (147.0, o)
2) University Point Deathclaws (115.0, o)
3) Salem Witch Hats (112.0, +)
4) Abernathy Adamantium (106.0, -)
5) Diamond City Swatters (105.0, +)
6) Atom Cats (103.0, o)
7) Goodneighbor Hancocks (102.0, +)
8) Jamaica Plain Red Rockets (98.0, ++)
9) County Crossing Bloodbugs (98.0, ++)
10) Concord Radstags (94.0, -)
11) Starlight Lady Killers (94.0, ++)
12) Fort Hagen Silver Shroud (91.0, -)
13) Vault 81 Dwellers (91.0, --)
14) FHE Yao Guai (91.0, +)
15) Quincy Gunners (91.0, --)
16) Egret Ninjas (87.0, ++)
17) Easy Town Assaultrons (86.0, --)
18) Roxbury Rad Sox (82.0, ++)
19) Sunshine Tidings Chemists (79.0, +)
20) Oberland T-51s (69.0, --)
21) The Slog Ghouls (69.0, --)
22) Finch Farm Four Leafs (54.0, +)
23) Lexington Synths (50.0, -)
24) Warwick Mirelurks (41.0, o)
Analysis
Nordhagen Beach (#1) has been pulling away from the competition in the CBO, holding an eight-game lead on the second-best team, University Point (#2). The Party Boys are 15-2 in June, including a 4-1 record this week. They swept Institute League leaders Abernathy (#4) and then won 2 of 3 at The Slog (#21) for a 9-3 final season record against the Ghouls.
The Deathclaws had a down week but still remained in the #2 spot. They split with Roxbury (#18) with the loss coming in 12 innings, and then the Claws lost 2 of 3 to Atom (#6), who moved into the 3rd spot in the SCA standing this week.
Salem is #3 despite trailing the Boys by 10 games in the Brotherhood League. They were 3-2 on the week with a split versus Lexington (#23) and then a 2-1 series edge over Easy Town (#17) to give them a six-game edge for 2nd in the BL. The Witch Hats also clinched the season series, taking a 7-2 advantage in the best of 12.
The Adamantium finished the week 2-3 to drop them a spot in the Power Rankings. They did win their league weekend series over Sunshine Tidings (#19) to maintain their three-game lead over Concord (#10). The Radstags beat Fort Hagen (#12) in the weekend series to reclaim 2nd place in the IL.
Finishing out the Top 5, Diamond City moved back in, going 3-2 on the week and taking a three-game lead over Vault 81 (#13). The Swatters split the series at Jamaica Plain (#8) before winning 2 of 3 at FHE (#14).
Playoff Picture Through 60 Games
NCA:
1. Nordhagen Beach
2. Abernathy
3. Salem
4. Concord
5. Fort Hagen
SCA:
1. University Point
2. Diamond City
3. Atom
4. Vault 81
5. Goodneighbor
Minor League Report
BMU
Players of the Week
Player of the Week: Greentop Nursery's Oldstreet: A red-hot bat made Clux Oldstreet the obvious choice for this week's Commonwealth Association Player of the Week.
The Greentop Nursery left fielder laid down some numbers that no one else could match, including a .500 average on 8 hits in 16 at-bats, 4 home runs, 11 RBIs, and 4 runs scored. Say no more ... he got the award.
For the year Oldstreet is hitting .311 with 13 home runs. His stats include 28 runs batted in and 22 runs scored.
Rifleman Picked 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 7 hits in 13 at-bats to put up a .538 average. Rifleman collected 5 home runs, 10 RBIs and scored 8 runs.
So far this season Rifleman is batting .443 with 10 home runs.
Standings
GBRL
Players of the Week
NL Player of the Week Named: It can be difficult for a young player to step out of the shadows and assert himself in the North League, but last week Dick Islands of the Medford Medics reminded everyone just why he's here as he threw up numbers that made him an easy selection for Player of the Week. Islands rocked opposing pitching for a .615 average (8-for-13), 4 home runs and 6 RBIs to come away with the award.
Islands is batting .402 this year with 13 home runs, 27 RBIs and 32 runs scored. He has 43 hits in 107 at-bats.
Star of the Week Honored in SL: The hottest bat of the week belonged to Neponset Park catcher Ponscum Williams.
He went on a rampage last week against SL hurlers and rapped out 7 hits in 14 at-bats for a .500 average while hitting 1 home run, driving in 4 runs and scoring 3 runs -- numbers quite worthy of the South League Player of the Week trophy.
Williams was honored today at a press conference.
Williams is hitting .328 for the season with 4 home runs, 28 RBIs and 19 runs scored. He has 42 hits in 128 at-bats and played in 37 games.
Standings
CBO Team Fielding Report
