BNN Weekly Report
This Week in the CBO, BMU, and GBRL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
31 December 2303
Big Changes in the Works
As the 2303 year winds down and the 2304 season approaches, there are big changes coming, though not all of those changes are ready to be announced. Here are things we know and things we speculate.
We do know that the Spectacle Island voting has been tallied by Mayor Clack the Friendly Ghoul and his office. The announcement of the vote totals and new team name will be announced next week.
As part of some of the dominoes falling, here are some other parts we know. The Warwick team (name depending on the selected Spectacle Island name) will be expected to move to the BMU where they will join the Downtown Boston League. Because of construction in Downtown Boston both in repairing buildings and clearing land for the Goodneighbor stadium, Haymarket Mall's rooftop field will be repurposed as part of the Downtown experience. Therefore, we expect there to be a swap of the Haymarket Mall team (affiliate of Starlight) for the Warwick team.
The Commandos team name is now going to go into a pool for future use by another team. For now, we do not know if that will be 2304 or later.
There is also a large gathering planned for the Boston Youth Development League in the Great Green Jewel in early January. While it has not been explicitly stated, there is speculation that the CBO will collect a few more of the independent teams to add to the BYDL. Currently, the BYDL carries 24 teams like the CBO and its minor leagues do, but there has been an uptick in players not developed by the CBO, thus a lack of scouting overall. Commissioner Nate Howard has expressed trying to balance that dearth of locally-developed talent, part of the reason why the BYDL did not enter any players into the 2303 draft. There was some thought that another year of development and not allowing so many to declare for the draft (and thus the ability to earn caps) was part of a larger plan to help distribute players to new teams.
There is also some speculation in the Season Pass Association made up of the Nuka World League and Vim! League that there will be some expansion to their minor league system. The SPA has only its major leagues and one level of minors, and the minor teams are overloaded with few chances to develop players. There has been no official word from Bradberton about those changes, but expect more news in January either confirming or denying those changes.
As the 2304 season approaches, the CBO will only get stronger and more populare in time with its constantly increasing populations. Howard has been intrigued by the growing and shrinking population centers around the Boston Commonwealth, so he is always looking to improve the makeup of the league. Some speculate that Howard had a hand in the groups looking to purchase the Warwick franchise since that population center had stagnated with most people working in the area choosing to live in Quincy and making the long commute to Warwick Homestead. Future changes in populations could dictate other relocations, but we do not expect any announcements on that front in the coming year. Based on stadium construction sites, though, we could see some relocations or even expansion if it is necessary within the next 10 years.
Transactions
Wednesday, December 30th , 2303
The Nordhagen Beach Party Boys traded 35-year old RHP Matt Breakball to the Jamaica Plain Red Rockets, getting 26-year old 3B Aaron Sinn and 24-year old minor league RHP Dave Barker in return.
Monday, December 28th , 2303
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Kyle Coco.
Vault 81 Dwellers: Signed 3B Marv Faria.
Sunday, December 27th , 2303
Egret Ninjas: Signed LF Jim Radiant.
Friday, December 25th , 2303
Vault 81 Dwellers: Signed 3B George Clingman.
Thursday, December 24th , 2303
The FHE Yao Guai traded 19-year old minor league SS Jack Meoff and 34-year old minor league 1B Nick Waterpipe to the Lexington Synths, getting 23-year old minor league CF Josh Laborde and 25-year old 1B Jeffrey Curatolo in return.
Wednesday, December 23rd , 2303
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Shrimp Richter.
Tuesday, December 22nd , 2303
Egret Ninjas: Signed LF Scott Wiseman.
Vault 81 Dwellers: Signed 3B Jake Baldman.
Sunday, December 20th , 2303
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Rammy Moustache.
Saturday, December 19th , 2303
Vault 81 Dwellers: Signed 3B Dancer Manfredonia.
Friday, December 18th , 2303
Egret Ninjas: Signed LF Andy Dima.
Tuesday, December 15th , 2303
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Jugdor Sharp.
Monday, December 14th , 2303
Vault 81 Dwellers: Signed 3B Jake Eater.
Sunday, December 13th , 2303
Egret Ninjas: Signed LF Mike Stinger.
Thursday, December 10th , 2303
Egret Ninjas: Signed LF Ryan Parkwatch.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Jim Giger.
Wednesday, December 9th , 2303
Finch Farm Four Leafs: Signed free agent RP Crusher Roodown to a minor league contract.
Vault 81 Dwellers: Signed 3B French Paris.
Tuesday, December 8th , 2303
Egret Ninjas: Signed LF Brett Stampede.
Saturday, December 5th , 2303
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Bobby Anglerlure.
Friday, December 4th , 2303
Vault 81 Dwellers: Signed 3B Brad D'Amato.
Tuesday, December 1st , 2303
Egret Ninjas: Signed LF Pat Dotzler.
Monday, November 30th , 2303
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Bill Charisma.
Sunday, November 29th , 2303
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Pass Pewitt.
Vault 81 Dwellers: Signed 3B Jake Weber.
Friday, November 27th , 2303
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Cane Auldridge.
Thursday, November 26th , 2303
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Matt Badbreath.
Wednesday, November 25th , 2303
Vault 81 Dwellers: Signed 3B Mike Pretty.
The Atom Cats traded 22-year old minor league 2B Cripple Spotts to the Quincy Gunners, getting 23-year old C Dopey Meanie in return.
Monday, November 23rd , 2303
Sunshine Tidings Chemists: Signed free agent C Geoff Hollowtree to a minor league contract.
Abernathy Adamantium: Signed free agent SP Tell Thomson to a minor league contract.
Sunday, November 22nd , 2303
Spectacle Island: Signed free agent 2B Tony Smehrik to a minor league contract.
Saturday, November 21st , 2303
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Pass Pewitt.
Starlight Lady Killers: Released RP Alex Acevedo.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Released 1B Bobby Anglerlure.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Released 1B Chris Gasket.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Released 1B Pass Pewitt.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Released 1B Jugdor Sharp.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Released 1B Matt Badbreath.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Released RP His Freed.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Released RP Reed Nukalurk.
Oberland T-51s: Released C Geoff Hollowtree.
Oberland T-51s: Released SP Tell Thomson.
Oberland T-51s: Released CF Delk Delightful.
Abernathy Adamantium: Released 1B Rammy Moustache.
Vault 81 Dwellers: Released 3B Last Day Ruff.
Vault 81 Dwellers: Released 3B Jake Weber.
Vault 81 Dwellers: Released 3B Jake Eater.
Friday, November 20th , 2303
Vault 81 Dwellers: Signed 3B Jake Weber.
Wednesday, November 18th , 2303
Roxbury Rad Sox: Signed free agent RP Vinnie Cripps to a minor league contract.
Monday, November 16th , 2303
Goodneighbor Hancocks: Signed free agent RP Helly Helland to a minor league contract.
Sunshine Tidings Chemists: Signed free agent C Ryan Beckham to a minor league contract.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Chris Gasket.
Sunday, November 15th , 2303
Vault 81 Dwellers: Signed 3B Last Day Ruff.
Saturday, November 14th , 2303
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Pass Digby.
Friday, November 13th , 2303
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Bobby Anglerlure.
Concord Radstags: Signed free agent RP D.J. Alatorre to a minor league contract.
Finch Farm Four Leafs: Signed free agent C Surfboard Wileyson to a minor league contract.
Finch Farm Four Leafs: Signed free agent 3B Homealone Matto to a minor league contract.
Thursday, November 12th , 2303
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Bill Hulk.
Wednesday, November 11th , 2303
Quincy Gunners: Signed free agent RP Mike Langston to a minor league contract.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Micah Stall.
Tuesday, November 10th , 2303
Quincy Gunners: Signed free agent RP Bug Zapp to a minor league contract.
Sunshine Tidings Chemists: Signed free agent RP Armed Endangerous to a minor league contract.
Goodneighbor Hancocks: Signed free agent 2B Dirge Ruiz to a minor league contract.
Lexington Synths: Signed free agent 3B Sho Nironov to a minor league contract.
Concord Radstags: Signed free agent RP Arturo Brown to a minor league contract.
Abernathy Adamantium: Signed 1B Dustin Gatling.
Vault 81 Dwellers: Signed 3B Hyp Joyner.
Monday, November 9th , 2303
Sunshine Tidings Chemists: Signed free agent RP Alex God to a minor league contract.
Concord Radstags: Signed free agent RP Noe Waye to a minor league contract.
Nordhagen Beach Party Boys: Signed free agent RP Tony Softhands to a minor league contract.
Sunday, November 8th , 2303
Easy Town Assaultrons: Signed free agent RP Tom Groundman to a minor league contract.
Easy Town Assaultrons: Signed free agent RP Uppin Attem to a minor league contract.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Signed free agent RP Stay Low Williams to a minor league contract.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Signed free agent RP Justin Williams to a minor league contract.
County Crossing Bloodbugs: Signed free agent 2B Clay Cox to a minor league contract.
County Crossing Bloodbugs: Signed free agent RP Doggy Stubblefield to a minor league contract.
Concord Radstags: Signed free agent RP Mike New England to a minor league contract.
Starlight Lady Killers: Signed free agent RP Paddy Donut to a minor league contract.
Starlight Lady Killers: Signed free agent RP Pizza Castellanata to a minor league contract.
University Point Deathclaws: Signed free agent RP Stage Room to a minor league contract.
Vault 81 Dwellers: Signed free agent CF Adrian Worthmuch to a minor league contract.
Sunshine Tidings Chemists: Signed free agent C Lucifer Chambers to a minor league contract.
Sunshine Tidings Chemists: Signed free agent RP Dufus Dumbson to a minor league contract.
Spectacle Island: Signed free agent 2B Burnt Almada to a minor league contract.
Atom Cats: Signed free agent RP Ryan Comequickly to a minor league contract.
Atom Cats: Signed free agent RP Klick Cline to a minor league contract.
Saturday, November 7th , 2303
The Oberland T-51s traded 23-year old minor league SS Wolf McQuaid to the Diamond City Swatters, getting 25-year old minor league LF Wayne Lacy, 25-year old minor league RHP Timmy Gilded, 21-year old minor league C Geoff Hollowtree, and 23-year old minor league CF Ed Dee Sullivan in return.
Friday, November 6th , 2303
Sunshine Tidings Chemists: Signed free agent RP Adam Graygarden to a minor league contract.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Jugdor Sharp.
University Point Deathclaws: Signed free agent RP Brian Carousel to a minor league contract.
Thursday, November 5th , 2303
Vault 81 Dwellers: Signed 3B Jake Eater.
Vault 81 Dwellers: Released LF Matt Bicknase.
Vault 81 Dwellers: Released 3B Marv Faria.
Vault 81 Dwellers: Released 3B Zhodahoo Steinbeck.
Vault 81 Dwellers: Released 2B Rick Herbst.
Vault 81 Dwellers: Released 3B Brad D'Amato.
The Slog Ghouls: Released RP Jack Silveira.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Released 1B Everett Knight.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Released 1B Kyle Coco.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Released 1B Dustin Gatling.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Released 3B Mike Pretty.
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Released 1B Bill Hulk.
Finch Farm Four Leafs: Released 3B Jake Weber.
Sunshine Tidings Chemists: Released C Kevin Morrison.
Sunshine Tidings Chemists: Released LF Zackery Paxson.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Released RP David Gusman.
Easy Town Assaultrons: Released LF Candy Abner.
Easy Town Assaultrons: Released SS Stone Wall.
Wednesday, November 4th , 2303
Goodneighbor Hancocks: Signed free agent RF Passel Argente to a minor league contract.
Tuesday, November 3rd , 2303
The Sunshine Tidings Chemists traded 23-year old RHP Rob O'Cop, a 3rd round draft pick, and a 4th round draft pick to the FHE Yao Guai, getting 25-year old 1B Bryan Assman and a 1st round draft pick in return.
Monday, November 2nd , 2303
Jamaica Plain Red Rockets: Signed 1B Kyle Coco.
Sunday, November 1st , 2303
Egret Ninjas: Signed LF John Echolake.