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Nuka News Update
Reporting on the NWL, APL, NWLR, and BBL Leagues
by Evan Guy
1 May 2309
NWL Preview
The 2309 season is coming soon, and we have again hired the services of PAM the assaultron to predict the Nuka World League season. PAM sees the Wild Gatorclaws and Orange Tourists winning their divisions with the Tourists taking the championship.
PAM's favorites for the top hitter and pitcher are SS Ah Oona of Grape and SP Allen Puckett of Orange. Rookies to watch are 1B Young Hee Cyuleez of the Painted Ghouls (#5 prospect) and SP Willis Code of Dark (#2 Prospect). C Danny Doright of the Tourists is expected to begin with the Nuka Town Operators in the Amusement Park League.
Looking ahead to the expanded Bradberton Boys League with the original eight teams manning the West Division and the eight newcomers manning the East Division, PAM is predicting the Mad Mulligan Travelers defeating the Holyoke Mech Dragons in the Bradberton Boys Series. The season begins today.
Vim! View
Veracious, Vivacious, Vainglorious Vision of the Vim! Leagues
by Vikky Vail
1 May 2309
Vim! League Preview
The 2309 season begins next week, and we expect to have a strong season for divisional races in 2309. In the end, the Eden Meadows Anglers are expected to outpace the Echo Lake Harbormen in the Fog Division. In the Harbor Division, the Far Harbor Ghoul Whales are expected to edge the Grand Hotel Atoms by two games.
Top hitter candidates are 1B Gladder Questseeker of the Atoms, 1B Angus McGuyver of Acadia, and 1B Macaw Lee Calkins of Cranberry Island. The top pitchers are expected to be SPs Keith Lighthouse and Alex Ruder of Far Harbor and SP Jason Woods of the Harbormen.
There are no rookie pitchers expected to contend for the top rookie award, but there are a couple hitters: 2B Fraud Sigg of National Park and 3B Legend Jurenka of Echo Lake. Sigg was an undrafted free agent with Far Harbor in 2303. After bouncing around a few teams, he was picked up by the Gulpers before the 2306 season. Jurenka was a 2301 10th-round draft choice by Nordhagen Beach of the CBO out of the Brown U Bubblers youth league team. He was part of a trade that brought SP Ugio Church to the Party Boys team.
