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June 2305



BNN Weekly Report

This Week in the CBO, BMU, and GBRL

by Nat Wright-Kawolski

12 June 2305

CBO Analysis

Every team has now played more than 50 games, but the fun has just begun. The North Charles Association leagues have become interesting, while the South Charles Association leagues may be playing for wich teams will be seeded 4th and 5th in the playoffs. Still, there are nearly 70 more games to go, so do not expect today's standings to be the same in mid-September. Here's the Top 5.

University Point takes over as the #1 team, sporting the CBO's top record by a half game and going 8-2 in their past 10. The Deathclaws swept Vault 81 (#20), won two of three at Goodneighbor (#23), swept Egret (#10), and won two of three over Jamaica Plain (#8).

Roxbury is #2 after also going 8-2 in the past two weeks. The Rad Sox split at the Hancocks, swept the Ninjas, swept Atom (#3), and won two of three over the Dwellers.

The Cats come in at #3 with a 6-4 two-week stretch to push them back of the Claws by six games but still in possession of the CBO's third-best record. Atom split with Oberland, won two of three over the Red Rockets, got swept by the Sox, and then swept Goodneighbor.

Nordhagen Beach powers in at #4 after matching the Claws, Sox, and Finch Farm (#15) for a CBO-best 8-2 mark in their last 10. The Party Boys swept Concord (#19), won one of three over Salem (#12), swept Bunker Hill (#21), and got a huge sweep at Easy Town (#5) to claw back to just one game back of the Assaultrons for the top record in the NCA. We'll feature that series in the Brotherhood League section below.

As mentioned above, the Assaultrons are #5, still hanging on to the NCA's best record and 1st place in the BL despite a 4-6 stretch. Easy Town split at Starlight (#16), won two of three over County Crossing (#13), split with the Radstags, and then got swept by the Boys.

Brotherhood League

This league looked to be a bit of a bore even two weeks ago when it appeared that Easy Town had what it took to run away with the league. Now? Well, as mentioned above, the Party Boys swept Easy Town, creating a tight race at the top. Not to be outdone, Salem and County Crossing faced off for the right to 3rd place and probably the 5th seed in the playoffs with the Bloodbugs winning two in that series to climb back to just a game behind the Witch Hats. It was a fun weekend in the BL!

Looking at Nordhagen Beach, they appear to have corrected whatever was crooked earlier in the season. The Boys are now 4th in runs scored (242) in the NCA and 1st in runs allowed (179), with the top Starters ERA (3.74) and the 4th-best Bullpen ERA (3.74).

Part of that turnaround is that SPs Beachboy Nut (8-3, 1.76) and Ugio Church (5-4, 3.80) have begun to look more like themselves on the mound. Others who have been more dominant lately have been SP Lawdog Whipple (5-2, 3.47) and CL David "AntAgonist" Kidd (20 SV, 2.84). For Kidd, he is on pace to shatter CL Cush Baker's (Sunshine Tidings) saves record of 38. Offensively, only all-time great LF Michael Fogcrawler (.207/7/21) can be considered a player struggling, with RF Jonathan Angelou (.327/23/47) and 1B Dustin Mart (.354/16/36) doing what the do to help the NCA's top and CBO's second-best power team with 80 home runs on the season. University Point is #1 with 82.

The Party Boys are contenders again to win the Sole Survivor Series.

Institute League

There are ups and downs throughout this league, so we are pretty sure the current standings and the final standings may not look the same. One team that probably will maintain its spot is Sunshine Tidings at the top of the standings, despite their 5-5 stretch the past two weeks after having their 10-game win streak ended.

Two currently hit teams are the Lexington Synths and Fort Hagen Silver Shroud, which own second and fourth place, respectively. Fort Hagen dismantled Starlight this past weekend to pull themselves up from the bottom of the standings and make themselves square in the battle for 2nd place in the IL.

For Lexington, the Synths are winning in ways that make us think the numbers will eventually even out to where they lose more than they win, or perhaps hover around .500 all season. They are 5th in runs scored (236) and 8th in runs allowed (245), with the 6th-best Starters ERA (4.73) and 5th-best Bullpen ERA (4.05). Ace Bry McBourbon (3-3, 3.51) is about right, and CL Ryan Kazarian (11 SV, 1.65) has been good in the bullpen. That is the extent of their good production. On offense, the middle of the lineup--RF Hurr Lee Reyes (.352/8/37), 3B Ross Merchantman (.268/12/46), and 1B Bob Bloodbug (.323/12/42)--has not been outstanding but has been productive.

Minutemen League

We mentioned two weeks ago that this may be the most predictable league for the rest of the season, and that is looking to be the case more and more as the season goes along with the following distances from 1st through sixth places between the subsequent teams: 6 games, 6, 8, 4, 4. A good week there and a bad week there may shake it up a bit, but it is likely that the top three--University Point, Atom, and Jamaica Plain--will remain in the playoff hunt, while the bottom three--Spectacle Island, Goodneighbor, and Quincy--are playing for draft position. The top will be buyers, while the bottom will be sellers.

The Reapers are an intriguing team that may opt against being sellers since they have a lot of young talent throughout their organization. Not only that, but they will get their ace, SP Quest Dawg (0-1, 5.02), back from injury soon. It does not mean they will contend in 2305, but keeping their squad together could pay dividends in future years.

Looking at what they have, these are some reasons to keep the team together. At SP, they have Dawg, their 2300 2nd-round pick, and 21-year-old Corey Ware (4-5, 4.95), a former 4th-round pick by Jamaica Plain who has developed into a talented pitcher. Two pitchers that could be expendable could be Dobbie Radoncis (3-5, 5.20) and Isaiah Swindler (6-3, 4.39).

On offense, there is current and future young talent at just about every position but catcher. Former 1st overall pick (2301), 2B Diamond Ball (.362/15/28) is already a star player after winning the 2304 Red Rocket Rookie Award with a .318/40/80 line. The Reapers have also started 2304 1st-round pick, 2B Blaine Bishop, in the CBO to train under Ball, with the expectation that Ball will eventually move to 3B. That would be SS, but 2302 1st-round pick (3rd overall), Pipewrench Mathis (.251/11/37) occupies that position as one of the best defensive shortstops in the CBO. 1B Homestay Lovetap (.267/18/45) has established himself as the everyday first-bagger. So has CF Gin Kwon (.290/3/13).

Some expendable position players could include veterans 1B Cody Flatt (.270/4/10), LF Whiskey Nightcap (.288/3/5), and RF Matt Basile (.286/15/38), though they may want to keep Basile's production.

Railroad League

This league is already a race for 2nd place. The Rad Sox now possess a 12-game lead over 2nd place Diamond City, but two other teams are right behind the Swatters in Egret and Oberland. Both the Ninjas and T-51s have made moves lately showing that they can see 2nd place as something they can achieve in 2305, not later.

Oberland has run the roller coaster of success. An early player in the CBO power rankings, the T-51s win the RL the first three years of their existence, including the first season of the full CBO in 2298. They also won the Sole Survivor Series in 2297, so they are bewildered about how they fell so hard so fast. 2305 looks to be a different success story, though, with one caveat. They need to learn how to turn base hits into runs.

The T-51s are 2nd in the SCA in batting average (.280) but 7th in runs scored (247). There are four players hitting well--CF Good Don Duck (.344/9/31), C Racky Westheim (.375/5/34), 1B Wayne Lacy (.295/9/34), and 2B Da Game (.320/4/19)--but they have no players with a double-digit number of home runs for the SCA's 7th most powerful team (54 HR). Rookie SS Stormin' Normin MacDonald (.071/0/0) has had a slow start in his first week since trading away SS Cope Kearns (.249/7/22) for talent and SP Chet Arthur (5-4, 4.98). Finding ways to score more runs will be crucial for the T-51s to start winning at a higher rate than the Swatters and Ninjas.

CBO Standings



CBO Power Rankings



CBO Players of the Week

NCA

June 5 - Last week Dustin Mart was the toast of Nordhagen Beach and the talk of the North Charles Association -- this week he's the NCA Player of the Week.

The standout first baseman sewed up the award with his .500 average (9-for-18), 5 home runs, 7 RBIs and 6 runs.

In the 2305 season Mart is hitting .350 with 15 home runs.

June 12 - This week's best performer in the North Charles Association was center fielder Maxx Murtagh of the Nordhagen Beach Party Boys.

He slashed out a .444 average and was voted the Player of the Week. Over the last week Murtagh stroked 8 hits in 18 at-bats and 3 home runs, drove in 7 runs and scored 5 times.

This year Murtagh is hitting .301 with 13 home runs and 33 RBIs to his credit. He has gotten on base at a .414 clip and scored 37 runs.

SCA

June 5 - It was a fantastic week for Egret left fielder Bat Savelli and it was capped off today with the announcement that he was named the winner of the South Charles Association Player of the Week Award.

Last week Savelli hammered the ball at a torrid .562 pace, going 9-for-16 with 1 home run, 2 RBIs and 3 runs scored.

This year Savelli is batting .259 with 5 home runs and 22 RBIs. In 45 games he has scored 22 times.

June 12 - This week's South Charles Association Player of the Week is Harry Byrd of the Vault 81 Dwellers.

He ambushed SCA pitching for 9 hits in 18 at-bats, 3 home runs and 7 RBIs, while hitting .500 and scoring 6 runs.

Byrd is hitting at a .290 mark this season. His stats show 8 home runs, 25 RBIs and 25 runs scored. He has played 49 games for the Dwellers.

CBO Transactions

Monday, June 12th , 2305
Salem Witch Hats: Placed CF Was Renti on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/11/2305.

Sunday, June 11th , 2305
Easy Town Assaultrons: Placed RP Montes Evans on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/10/2305.

Saturday, June 10th , 2305
Goodneighbor Hancocks: Placed SP Nick Poppa on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/09/2305.
Easy Town Assaultrons: Placed 3B Dog Prairie on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/09/2305.
The Egret Ninjas traded 18-year old minor league CF McCrew Gillens to the Quincy Gunners, getting 26-year old 1B Ajani Peacock in return.

Friday, June 9th , 2305
Roxbury Rad Sox: Signed RF Lantern Surma.

Thursday, June 8th , 2305
FHE Yao Guai: Activated 1B Jeffrey Curatolo from the injured list.
FHE Yao Guai: Sent 1B Jeffrey Curatolo to Triple A Mystic Pines for injury rehab.
The County Crossing Bloodbugs traded 28-year old 1B Jason Robinson to the FHE Yao Guai, getting 33-year old 1B Steve Settler in return.

Wednesday, June 7th , 2305
Oberland T-51s: Activated RP David Hill from the 60-day injured list.
The Slog Ghouls: Activated 2B Sylvester Scalone from the injured list.

Monday, June 5th , 2305
The Oberland T-51s traded 21-year old SS Cope Kearns to the Quincy Gunners, getting 34-year old RHP Chet Arthur, 18-year old minor league RHP Cracker Koenig, and 18-year old minor league RF Mark Goodday in return.

Sunday, June 4th , 2305
Salem Witch Hats: Placed C Ponscum Williams on the restricted list. He was arrested for firing near people on Nordhagen Beach.
Salem Witch Hats: Signed C LakDan Guajardo.
Salem Witch Hats: Signed C Jason Radcon.

Saturday, June 3rd , 2305
University Point Deathclaws: Placed LF Ed Tarberry on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 06/02/2305.
The Echo Lake Harbormen traded 23-year old minor league RF Brandon Throwdown and 21-year old minor league 3B Delta McCoy to the Easy Town Assaultrons, getting 25-year old minor league RHP Mike Stiner in return.

Thursday, June 1st , 2305
County Crossing Bloodbugs: Signed C Mark Comfort.
County Crossing Bloodbugs: Signed C Jimmy Barker.
Concord Radstags: Signed C Jake Bolte.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Signed RF Alec Whitehead.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Released RF Alec Whitehead.

Wednesday, May 31st , 2305
Roxbury Rad Sox: Signed RF Taylor Seeley.
Easy Town Assaultrons: Signed C Kris Dionne.
Easy Town Assaultrons: Signed C Travis Williams.
Easy Town Assaultrons: Signed LF Allen Lyze.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Released RF Taylor Seeley.

Monday, May 29th , 2305
The Slog Ghouls: Signed free agent CF Major Dutch to a minor league contract.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Signed RF Taylor Seeley.
Roxbury Rad Sox: Released RF Taylor Seeley.
The Salem Witch Hats traded 22-year old minor league CF Beckett Quantum to the Oberland T-51s, getting 26-year old LHP Jaa Thirtysix in return.
The Finch Farm Four Leafs traded 21-year old RHP Exxie Summerset, 20-year old minor league 1B Anyday Stevenski, and 22-year old minor league RF Ben Dimecup to the Vault 81 Dwellers, getting 26-year old RHP Justin Sumbich and 23-year old minor league 3B Coup Hertwig in return.
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