BNN Weekly Report
This Week in the CBO, BMU, GBRL, and Youth Leagues
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
21 April 2306
League Gets Involved with Goodneighbor
With an unprecedented 0-16 start to the 2306 season, the CBO's front office has gotten involved with the Goodneighbor franchise to help them field a CBO-level team.
The league has decided that it cannot force moves, but it will help the Hancocks to find proper value in its trades, including two suggested trades last night that first-year GM Travis Lawver has agreed to accept.
Interim Commissioner Jimmy LaRue released a statement last night:
"Our goal is to help all teams be profitable and competitive in our league. Through a series of unfortunate moves by the last staff and a run of bad luck, we have offered assistance to Goodneighbor to make them competitive enough to win a few games in 2306.
"We do not want teams to fail at this level, so we are doing our best to ensure that Goodneighbor can be a place where players will seek to play for the franchise in future seasons."
OSA scouts had warned that the Goodneighbor pitching staff was "non-viable" but the results look much worse than that. In 16 games, the Hancocks have been outscored 113-41, or basically 7-2.5 per game.
One unnamed scout weighed in.
"They are not only fielding a bad team but their farm system is not good either," he said. "They have been having the same scout (Jayden Woodward) for every season but some of us other scouts have not seen him at top youth league matchups. I have never seen him at Nuka World or in Far Harbor. He's just absent."
Asked if scouting is a problem for Goodneighbor, LaRue was non-decisive. He stated he was not aware of the accusations.
"We'll look into that, too," LaRue said. "We'll have our OSA team compare notes with Goodneighbor's OSA team. I'll attend a few more games, too, to see what their coaches are up to."
In all, LaRue has declared that the 2306 situation is "not good" for the fans, the team, and the league.