BNN Report
News from the CBO, Minors, BCAC, and CYL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
1 April 2309
The April Super Thread
CBO Predictions
We are just a few days away from the 2309 regular season. PAM, our most trusted robot with predictive algorithm technology returns for another year of predictions.
This season, it appears that PAM favors the County Crossing Bloodbugs to return to the top of the NCA with the Vault 81 Dwellers possessing the SCA's top records. League winners are the Bugs, Starlight, University Point, and the Dwellers.
Potential seeds for the playoffs would look this way:
NCA
1. County Crossing
2. Starlight
3. Nordhagen Beach
4. Bunker Hill
5. Salem
SCA
1. Vault 81
2. University Point
3. Oberland
4. Jamaica Plain
5. Roxbury
Potential top hitters are:
NCA - RF Babs Rooth, County Crossing; RF Brian DeLong, Salem; 1B Dusty Brownell, Sunshine Tidings; and rookie 1B Kilometers Davis, The Slog
SCA - 1B Barker Cocoa, University Point; CF Missile Crews, Goodneighbor; 2B Diamond Ball, Spectacle Island; and RF Orcin Cardinal, Oberland
Potential top pitchers are:
NCA - SP Beachboy Nut, Nordhagen Beach; SP College Luckyman, County Crossing; SP Digger Vadim, Starlight; and SP Jalen Temper, Nahant
SCA - SP Mesquite Williams, Oberland; SP Derek Green, Jamaica Plain; SP Emperry Alizm, Oberland; and Sp Scruffy Taguchi, Vault 81
Potential top rookies are:
1B Kilometers Davis, The Slog; P Pokey Chatman, Salem; 3B Keg Gutterson, Quincy; 1B Syd Thriftstore, FHE; and 1B Steve Mirv, Goodneighbor
Sole Survivor Series pick:
Oberland over Nordhagen Beach
While PAM has neither team winning their own league, PAM believes that this postseason will be dominated by pitching, something that favors both the T-51s and Party Boys in the postseason. She has Oberland as a slight favorite to win the Sole Survivor Series, which would be their first championship since 2297 when the T-51s also defeated the Boys.
CYL Analysis
The Commonwealth Youth League as a combination of the old Boston Youth Development League and the Southern Commonwealth Youth League is now 15 games into the 2304 season.
Because of the vast amount of teams, we cannot show the complete standings for your PipBoy uploads. Therefore, we will show the WIldcard Standings where you can see the divisional leaders per region and the teams in top contention for the eight wildcard spots per region.
As you may have noticed, the CYL has begun a new rule of limiting a regular season game to 12 innings to attempt to limit the time and wear on the young people playing. Any game tied after 12 complete innings is ruled a tie and marked in the standings. The Stoneham Commandos at 9-4-2 are the team that has tied the most thus far. There have been nine total ties so far.
Beantown was the team expected to be the best, and so far, they are the best with a 13-1 record in the first month. Senior LF Gremlin T. Squearfish (.415/3/17) leads the NR's top-ranked offense, which has scored 99 runs so far. The Sprouts have also allowed the fewest runs (34), led by SPs Gary Harvard (2-0, 0.00) and Alex Language (1-0, 2.45).
CYL Power Rankings
Here are the current team power rankings for Commonwealth Youth League:
Teams (Total Points, Tendency):
1) Beantown Sprouts (202.0, +)
2) Weymouth Locksmiths (174.0, +)
3) Stoneham Commandos (153.0, ++)
4) Dennis Menaces (151.0, ++)
5) North Charles Bank Goonies (144.0, ++)
6) Spectacle Island Specters (138.0, o)
7) Swansea Nuka Sox (126.5, ++)
8) Green Future Sea Urchins (126.0, ++)
9) Jamaica Plain Treasures (124.0, ++)
10) Lexington Minuteboys (121.0, --)
11) Thompson Heights Earthlings (121.0, ++)
12) Andrew Station Southies (120.0, --)
13) Taunton Giants (119.0, --)
14) Saugus Launchers (118.5, -)
15) South Charles Bank Moonies (116.5, ++)
16) Hope Firestarters (114.0, ++)
17) Castle Freedom (110.0, ++)
18) Worcester Crows (109.0, --)
19) Boston Common Baby Bellies (108.0, ++)
20) Brockton Claws (107.0, ++)
21) Provincetown Land Pirates (106.0, --)
22) Wareham Comets (106.0, --)
23) Lynn Pier Gamers (104.0, --)
24) Eastham Rads (99.2, ++)
25) Covenant Dandy Boys (98.2, --)
26) GSP Venom (92.0, o)
27) South Beach Waves (92.0, ++)
28) Marblehead Mess (91.0, +)
29) Sandwich Screamers (91.0, ++)
30) West Quincy Atomatoys (91.0, --)
31) Rockport Seafarers (89.0, -)
32) Danvers Perception (88.0, --)
33) Diamond City Newsboys (86.0, --)
34) Plymouth Hunters (86.0, ++)
35) Marlborough Minigunners (84.8, ++)
36) Sudbury Celebs (83.8, ++)
37) Truro Hatchlings (81.8, ++)
38) Woburn Diners (79.8, --)
39) Wellesley Brahmin (78.8, --)
40) North Providence Phantoms (78.0, ++)
41) Wellfleet Tarberries (76.0, --)
42) Beerthirty Sippers (74.0, --)
43) Brown Bubblers (74.0, --)
44) Freeplat Wicked Goods (74.0, o)
45) Georgetown Scholars (74.0, ++)
46) Littleton Beasts (74.0, ++)
47) Concord Iceboys (71.0, --)
48) State House Orphans (71.0, -)
49) Boston Harbor Harborfellows (70.0, ++)
50) Nauset Beach Lurk Hunters (70.0, --)
51) Chatham Lighthouse (62.5, +)
52) Needham Radstorm (59.5, --)
53) Hester Mechanists (59.0, ++)
54) East Providence Skulls (56.0, ++)
55) Harwich Fishheads (55.0, --)
56) Seekonk Quahog (55.0, --)
57) New Bedford Whales (53.0, --)
58) Circle Jerks (44.1, +)
59) Pawtucket Paw Sox (42.0, -)
60) Acton Ups (40.0, +)
61) CIT Academy Yahoos (36.0, --)
62) Braintree Schoolboys (29.0, --)
63) Lowell Frags (21.7, --)
64) Woodlawn Gnomes (17.0, --)
CYL Players of the Month
NR Hitter - B.B. Raznjatovic put together a good March to earn the North Region Batter of the Month prize. A virtual unknown, he made the most of his chance to prove to Concord officials that he belongs on the big league roster.
The Iceboys left fielder posted a .372 batting average with 7 home runs, 13 RBIs and 14 runs scored.
SR Hitter - Ramrod Arana has a lot going for him. The West Quincy catcher just broke into the majors this year and now the South Region has just picked him as its top hitter for March.
In 14 games last month this outstanding rookie batted .400 with 8 home runs, 17 RBIs and 15 runs scored.
NR Pitcher - The Pitcher of the Month Award in March has been selected and the North Region honor went to Lynn Pier hurler, Macho Lopez. For his excellent performance he has been named the league's top pitcher.
During the month, Lopez was superb with a 1.91 ERA and 4 wins and no losses. In 33 innings he struck out 27 and gave up 16 hits and 8 walks.
SR Pitcher - There was little doubt around the South Region that Siltbean Ferguson would be awarded Pitcher of the Month honors for March. Today, they made it official, naming the 14-year-old Taunton Giants starter the latest honoree.
He thoroughly dominated the hitters who stood in against him, holding them to a .117 batting average while fashioning a 0.28 ERA in 4 starts. His record for the month was 3-0 in 32.2 innings of work.