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FuzzyRussianHat · 05-29-2023, 06:19 PM

Defending Eurasian Professional Baseball champion Minsk set a league record with a 123-39 mark atop the European League North Division. This beats Warsaw’s 122 wins in the 1955 debut season and stands as the winningest season in EPB history decades later. Kyiv took the South Division for the second straight season with a 109-53 record. Wild cards went to Warsaw at 104-58 and Bucharest at 97-65. The Wildcats are in the playoffs for the second time in three years and the Broncos have made it three straight.

League MVP went to Miners LF Eldar Vdovichenko. The 25-year old Russian led the European League in runs (122), hits (208), stolen bases (88), average (.339), slugging (.611), OPS (.997), wRC+ (176),and WAR (9.6). Pitcher of the Year went to Warsaw’s Alexandru Spinu. The 28-year old left-handed Moldovan was the league leader in innings (281.1), strikeouts (342), K/BB (11.0), complete games (22), FIP- (52), and WAR (11.4). He had a 21-9 record and 2.50 ERA.

The best record in the Asian League was Almaty at 116-46 atop the South Division, putting the Assassins into the playoffs for the third straight year. After narrowly missing the playoffs last year, 1955 Soviet Series champ Yekaterinburg won the North Division at 106-56. The wild card race was tight with Novosibirsk and Dushanbe advancing both at 101-61; the first playoff berth for the Nitros and third for the Dynamo. Defending Asian League champ Irkutsk missed by one game at 100-62 with Krasnoyarsk only two out of the last wildcard and Tashkent five games away.

The Asian League MVP and Pitcher of the Year were the same player for back-to-back seasons. Dushanbe pitcher Sergei Filatov won his second Pitcher of the Year and his first MVP. The 28-year old left-handed Russian from Kazan led the league in ERA (1.94), WHIP (0.87), K/BB (7.33), FIP- (47), and WAR (11.9), adding a 19-8 record over 274.1 innings and 312 strikeouts.

Just like with Warsaw’s record 122-win season, 123-win Minsk were upset in the first round. Bucharest bested the Miners in 3-1, while the Wildcats upset Kyiv in four. Almaty took care of business by sweeping Dushanbe and Novosibirsk upset Yekaterinburg in four. The ELCS was a seven game classic with the Broncos edging Warsaw. The ALCS went to the Assassins in five against the Nitros. In the Soviet Series, Bucharest bested Almaty in six games, sending the title to Romania for the first time.

05-29-2023, 06:19 PM	#297
FuzzyRussianHat Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2020 Posts: 2,617	1957 in EPB Defending Eurasian Professional Baseball champion Minsk set a league record with a 123-39 mark atop the European League North Division. This beats Warsaw’s 122 wins in the 1955 debut season and stands as the winningest season in EPB history decades later. Kyiv took the South Division for the second straight season with a 109-53 record. Wild cards went to Warsaw at 104-58 and Bucharest at 97-65. The Wildcats are in the playoffs for the second time in three years and the Broncos have made it three straight. League MVP went to Miners LF Eldar Vdovichenko. The 25-year old Russian led the European League in runs (122), hits (208), stolen bases (88), average (.339), slugging (.611), OPS (.997), wRC+ (176),and WAR (9.6). Pitcher of the Year went to Warsaw’s Alexandru Spinu. The 28-year old left-handed Moldovan was the league leader in innings (281.1), strikeouts (342), K/BB (11.0), complete games (22), FIP- (52), and WAR (11.4). He had a 21-9 record and 2.50 ERA. The best record in the Asian League was Almaty at 116-46 atop the South Division, putting the Assassins into the playoffs for the third straight year. After narrowly missing the playoffs last year, 1955 Soviet Series champ Yekaterinburg won the North Division at 106-56. The wild card race was tight with Novosibirsk and Dushanbe advancing both at 101-61; the first playoff berth for the Nitros and third for the Dynamo. Defending Asian League champ Irkutsk missed by one game at 100-62 with Krasnoyarsk only two out of the last wildcard and Tashkent five games away. The Asian League MVP and Pitcher of the Year were the same player for back-to-back seasons. Dushanbe pitcher Sergei Filatov won his second Pitcher of the Year and his first MVP. The 28-year old left-handed Russian from Kazan led the league in ERA (1.94), WHIP (0.87), K/BB (7.33), FIP- (47), and WAR (11.9), adding a 19-8 record over 274.1 innings and 312 strikeouts. Just like with Warsaw’s record 122-win season, 123-win Minsk were upset in the first round. Bucharest bested the Miners in 3-1, while the Wildcats upset Kyiv in four. Almaty took care of business by sweeping Dushanbe and Novosibirsk upset Yekaterinburg in four. The ELCS was a seven game classic with the Broncos edging Warsaw. The ALCS went to the Assassins in five against the Nitros. In the Soviet Series, Bucharest bested Almaty in six games, sending the title to Romania for the first time. __________________ Baseball: The World's Game fictional world reports Continental Baseball Federation world reports (8-tier promotion/relegation sim and college feeder)