BNN Weekly Report
This Week in the CBO, BMU, and GBRL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
8 July 2301
Players of the Week
North Charles Association's Best Batter Announced: One of the league's most exciting young players, Jonathan Angelou of the Nordhagen Beach Party Boys earned himself North Charles Association Player of the Week honors with a standout performance in last week's games.
For the week the 22-year-old right fielder had a lofty .455 average (5-for-11), collecting 4 home runs, 6 RBIs and 5 runs scored.
This season Angelou is batting .253 with 13 home runs.
Kilgore Collects Player of the Week Award: Kurt Kilgore demonstrated his potential to be a star in the game last week and today he took home the South Charles Association Player of the Week Award.
The Egret center fielder wreaked havoc on opposing pitchers last week, pounding them for a .615 average (8-for-13) with 1 home run and 2 RBIs on his way to claiming the honor.
This year Kilgore is hitting .286, produced 52 RBIs and 9 home runs, scored 50 times and gotten on base at a .353 rate.
Transactions
Monday, July 8th , 2301
Roxbury Rad Sox: Placed 3B Deerlord Fugivmee on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/07/2301.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Activated 3B Micah Morals from the injured list.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Sent 3B Micah Morals to Triple A C.I.T. Ruins for injury rehab.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Released SS Trevor Colorado.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Signed free agent 2B Trevor Colorado to a minor league contract.
Diamond City Swatters: Signed free agent 1B Jason Bishop to a minor league contract.
Sunday, July 7th , 2301
Quincy Gunners: Activated CL Ryan Kazarian from the 60-day injured list.
Quincy Gunners: Sent CL Ryan Kazarian to Triple A Bunker Hill for injury rehab.
Quincy Gunners: Activated RF Baywatch Fischler from the injured list.
Starlight Lady Killers: Signed C Felix Medina.
Saturday, July 6th , 2301
Atom Cats: Activated SP Deedee Martinson from the injured list.
The Slog Ghouls: Placed RF Boots Yellowhair on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 07/05/2301.
The Echo Lake Harbormen traded 18-year old minor league LHP Pete Green to the The Slog Ghouls, getting 33-year old minor league SS Keagan Heat in return.
The Concord Radstags traded 20-year old minor league RF Petit Frenchman, 21-year old RHP Johane Iwanski, 19-year old minor league RHP Hunter Hunter, and a 2nd round draft pick to the Starlight Lady Killers, getting 24-year old minor league C Deacon Gookin and 23-year old RHP Spider Caddell in return.
Friday, July 5th , 2301
Diamond City Swatters: Activated RP Burp Taylor from the 60-day injured list.
Diamond City Swatters: Sent RP Burp Taylor to Triple A Natick Banks for injury rehab.
Oberland T-51s: Released 1B Jason Bishop.
Oberland T-51s: Released 1B Kyle Tinker.
The Sunshine Tidings Chemists traded 35-year old RHP Lennie Landslide and a 5th round draft pick to the University Point Deathclaws, getting 23-year old minor league 2B Bones Roderick, 19-year old minor league 1B Tallboy Joeckel, and a 3rd round draft pick in return.
Thursday, July 4th , 2301
The Oberland T-51s traded 28-year old RHP Sheng Kawolski to the Diamond City Swatters, getting 20-year old minor league RHP Kareem Leroyson, 23-year old minor league 3B Mike Gadzinski, 24-year old RHP Ben Rodgers, and 22-year old minor league 3B Americ Boston in return.
Wednesday, July 3rd , 2301
Concord Radstags: Placed RP Old Buck Buchanan on the 60-day injured list. On personal leave to care for ailing parents.
FHE Yao Guai: Placed RP Daddy-O Sixx on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/30/2301.
FHE Yao Guai: Placed RP Earcorn Eichorn on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/30/2301.
Warwick Mirelurks: Activated SP Bubba Edwards from the injured list.
The Slog Ghouls: Activated RP David Tower from the injured list.
Oberland T-51s: Signed 1B Tim MacVane.
Concord Radstags: Signed RP Wade Bloodleaf.
Oberland T-51s: Released 1B Tim MacVane.
Tuesday, July 2nd , 2301
Easy Town Assaultrons: Activated SP Angel Waterdrink from the injured list.
Oberland T-51s: Released 1B Neil Watson.
Oberland T-51s: Signed 1B Kyle Jetplane.
The Roxbury Rad Sox traded 22-year old LF Chris Hirshfield and a 7th round draft pick to the Salem Witch Hats, getting 20-year old minor league LHP Nate Dorrit, a 5th round draft pick, and a 4th round draft pick 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 (140.6, o)
2) University Point Deathclaws (124.1, o)
3) Abernathy Adamantium (114.5, +)
4) Atom Cats (108.2, ++)
5) Salem Witch Hats (106.9, +)
6) Vault 81 Dwellers (106.2, --)
7) Diamond City Swatters (100.2, -)
8) Fort Hagen Silver Shroud (94.3, ++)
9) Concord Radstags (93.6, ++)
10) FHE Yao Guai (93.6, +)
11) Starlight Lady Killers (93.0, --)
12) Jamaica Plain Red Rockets (92.0, ++)
13) Goodneighbor Hancocks (91.3, --)
14) Egret Ninjas (90.7, +)
15) Easy Town Assaultrons (89.0, -)
16) County Crossing Bloodbugs (88.4, --)
17) Quincy Gunners (87.0, --)
18) Oberland T-51s (78.4, +)
19) The Slog Ghouls (75.1, -)
20) Sunshine Tidings Chemists (69.1, -)
21) Roxbury Rad Sox (62.8, o)
22) Finch Farm Four Leafs (60.5, o)
23) Lexington Synths (54.9, o)
24) Warwick Mirelurks (45.3, o)
Analysis
Nordhagen Beach and University Point remain at the top during this three-game week. Otherwise, Abernathy, Atom, and Salem made progress up the list for the Top 5.
Atom (#4) was the only team to sweep the weekend, knocking Quincy (#17) down in all three and establishing a three-game gap between themselves and Goodneighbor (#13).
With 40 more games to play, we are only a few weeks away from teams getting eliminated from the playoffs. The Party Boys (#1) also have a Magic Number of 23 for clinching a playoff spot with both Easy Town (#15) and Starlight (#11) sitting in the 6th spot.
One big piece of news was the trade of the amazing man that is Sheng Kawolski getting traded from Oberland (#18) to his hometown of Diamond City (#7) to play for the two-time champs. The Swatters are tied with Vault 81 (#6) for first place in the Railroad League, but it has been last in Starters ERA (5.23) in 2301. Kawolski gets to become the ace of the staff and get the best run support (385 runs) in the South Charles Association. That should help Kawolski improve on his current 7-5 record. He leads the SCA in strikeouts (104), K/BB (7.4), K/9 (9.2), BB/9 (1.2), and WHIP (0.90).
Playoff Picture Through 68 Games
NCA:
1. Nordhagen Beach
2. Abernathy
3. Salem
4. Fort Hagen
5. Concord (no current tiebreakers)
Close:
6. Easy Town (head-to-head tiebreaker over Starlight
7. Starlight
8. County Crossing
SCA:
1. University Point
2. Vault 81 (head-to-head tiebreaker over Diamond City)
3. Diamond City (head-to-head tiebreaker over Atom)
4. Atom
5. Goodneighbor
Close:
6. FHE
7. Quincy (head-to-head tiebreaker over Jamaica Plain)
8. Jamaica Plain
Minor League Report
BMU
Players of the Week
CA's Top Player, Flowers of C.I.T. Ruins: Midnight Flowers burst onto the Commonwealth Association stage in a big way last week. This promising rookie left fielder for C.I.T. Ruins garnered everyone's respect by putting up some remarkable numbers and picking up the Player of the Week trophy.
The 24-year-old haunted opposing pitchers hitting .600 (12-for-20) with 3 home runs and 5 RBIs last week.
In his stats this season, Flowers has posted a batting average of .396 with 72 hits in 182 at-bats, 10 home runs and 32 RBIs. He has also scored 35 runs, walked 11 times and compiled a .433 OBP.
Pterror Week's #1 Player: His hard work and hustle paid off this week. The hard-working and hard-playing Jared Pterror was rewarded with the Massachusetts Association Player of the Week honors.
The scrappy Forest Grove Pugilists first baseman hit .471 while collecting 8 hits in 17 at-bats, 2 home runs and 4 RBIs.
This year Pterror is hitting .348 with 25 home runs and 62 RBIs in 45 games played. He also boasts an OBP of .426 with 22 walks and 49 runs scored.
Standings
GBRL
Players of the Week
NL Awards Player of the Week: So far in his young career, Delmarva Illeracula has kept a low profile, but after his performance at the plate last week, he attracted the notice of the rest of the North League in a big way as he was named the Player of the Week today for his efforts.
The 21-year-old Lynn Woods Bloatflies left fielder hit at a torrid .533 clip as he collected 8 hits in 15 at-bats, 2 home runs, 4 RBIs and 3 runs scored.
So far in 2301 Illeracula is batting .372 with 6 home runs, 43 RBIs and 26 runs scored. He has 64 hits in 172 at-bats and a .458 OBP.
Cardinal Selected Player of the Week: 19-year-old Orcin Cardinal made a few Poseidon Energy 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 South League officials last week and today took home Player of the Week honors for his effort.
He cracked 7 hits in 16 at-bats to put up a .438 average. Cardinal collected 4 home runs, 7 RBIs and scored 7 runs.
Currently Cardinal is batting .265 with 16 home runs and 35 RBIs.
Standings
