BNN Report
News from the CBO, Minors, BCAC, and CYL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
1 July 2310
The July Super Post
CBO Players of the Month
NCA Hitter - Brian DeLong may be much younger than other hitters in the North Charles Association, but he performed like a seasoned veteran in June to win the Batter of the Month award.
The 25-year-old Salem right fielder hit .316 with 11 home runs, 25 RBIs and 25 runs scored.
DeLong is presently hitting at a .341 pace with 26 home runs and 62 RBIs. He has played in 78 games and scored 61 times.
SCA Hitter - Donn Mattingley battered South Charles Association pitchers all June and wound up taking home the Batter of the Month Award.
"I've been around Commonwealth Baseball Organization long enough to know you really have to work hard day in and day out to be able to put up this kind of consistency," the 29-year-old Mattingley told reporters. "I put in a lot of work, even on the days I might not take the field, and it's always nice when everything comes together for me like it did this last month."
In 26 games, Mattingley hit .485 with 8 home runs, 35 RBIs and scored 28 runs.
This season Mattingley has delivered 121 hits in 293 at-bats for a .413 average with 21 home runs. He is getting on base at a .499 clip and his totals also include 62 RBIs and 69 runs scored. This year Mattingley has played in 75 games.
NCA Pitcher - Deedee Martinson of Nordhagen Beach had a tremendous June with a 5-1 mark and was chosen the Pitcher of the Month in the North Charles Association.
Martinson restricted opposing hitters to 28 base hits and a .151 batting average. He rang up 40 strikeouts in 53 innings of work, surrendered 17 walks, and crafted a 1.36 ERA.
This season Martinson has gone 13-4 with an ERA of 2.38, posting 105 strikeouts in 151.1 innings.
SCA Pitcher - The Quincy Gunners felt very secure when they sent Lyle Pine out to the hill last month. The 23-year-old starter went after South Charles Association hitters with a vengeance and earned June's Pitcher of the Month award.
He went 4-0 with a 2.30 ERA as he struck out 31 in 47 innings over 6 starts.
This year Pine has worked 149.1 innings with 85 strikeouts en route to a 11-3 record and a 3.13 ERA.
NCA Rookie - Foo Fieterz's eyes seem to light up whenever he sees the baseball. The young Fort Hagen right fielder has been hitting everything in sight for the better part of a month.
In June he was voted the Rookie of the Month.
During the month he hit .375 with 2 doubles, no triples and 10 home runs. Fieterz also scored 16 times and drove in 24 runs.
For the year Fieterz is batting .319 with 23 home runs, 57 RBIs and 47 runs scored.
SCA Rookie - Makin Jobear earned June's Rookie of the Month honors in the South Charles Association for last month's performance. The boyish FHE left fielder might be wet behind the ears, but he's proving that he has what it takes to play at this level.
Jobear hit .337 with 4 home runs, 13 RBIs and 21 runs scored this past month on his way to winning the award.
On the year Jobear has hit .355 with 19 home runs, 48 RBIs and scored 54 runs.
CBO Top Performances
On June 5, LF Knife Bowie of Spectacle Island had the best hitting performance of June and second-best performance of the season in a 16-3 spanking at Atom. Bowie went 5 for 6 with three home runs, four runs scored, and six RBI.
June's top pitching performance was by SP Emperry Alizm of Oberland on June 23. It rated as the 5th-best performance on the season in a 4-0 victory for the T-51s. In a complete-game shutout, Alizm allowed three hits, walked a batter, and struck out nine in the 115-pitch affair.
MML Analysis
We are entering the last 33 days of the regular season with 78 played and 30 to go. Current division leaders are the Watertown Armorers, Danvers Sonics, Providence Warlocks, and Plymouth Pilgrims. Only the Warlocks' division is a tight race with the Worcester Cannons just a game behind.
MML Players of the Month
LL Hitter - For a rookie just breaking in, Sandy Shaw certainly put together a successful month. It was good enough to win the LL Batter of the Month award for June.
The 21-year-old center fielder for the Danvers Sonics hit .414 with 9 home runs, 27 RBIs and 25 runs scored.
In his stats this season, Shaw has posted a batting average of .381 with 103 hits in 270 at-bats, 25 home runs and 70 RBIs. He has also scored 63 runs, walked 39 times and compiled a .457 OBP.
SL Hitter - It was a successful month for Ben Dimecup of Foxborough. He won the Stars League Best Batter Trophy for June.
Dimecup batted .471, hit 14 home runs, drove in 30 runs, scored 26 times and compiled a .545 on-base percentage.
So far this year Dimecup is batting .338 with 33 home runs.
LL Pitcher - The Legends League named the winner of the Pitcher of the Month Award.
It went to Tyler Shuster of Finch Farm Shamrocks, who impressed the voters with a glittering 5-1 record in June.
The Finch Farm star hurler made 7 starts, allowed 44 hits in 48.2 innings, struck out 39 and had a 4.44 ERA.
This year Shuster has posted a 9-5 mark in 21 starts and has a 6.35 ERA.
SL Pitcher - Taykuh Sides of the Cannons bewildered opposing batters in June and was honored as the Stars League Pitcher of the Month earlier today.
The Worcester starter sparkled last month with a 6-1 record and 2.92 ERA. He made 7 starts, tossed 49.1 innings and had 49 strikeouts.
Sides has started 8 times this year, pitched 52.2 innings, fanned 52 batters and walked 13. His current record is 6 wins and 1 loss with a 3.76 ERA.
BMU Analysis
With just under 20 games to play, the BMU season is down to its final stretch. League leaders are the Tenpines Bluff Manta Men, Sanctuary Hills Zetans, Neponset Park Criticals, and Somerville Place Sentry Bots. The Dark Hollow Pond League is the tightest with the Marblehead Grenades down by a game to the Manta Men and the Taffington Boathouse Spy Hunters down by three.
BMU Players of the Month
CA Hitter - When Malyn Varen stepped up to the plate in June he did it with confidence, and today he was honored with the Commonwealth Association Batter of the Month award.
The young Littleton first baseman posted a .372 batting average with 16 home runs, 44 RBIs and scored 23 runs. Varen also worked pitchers for 19 walks to post a .486 on-base percentage.
This season Varen is batting .372 with 32 hits and 16 home runs. He has scored 23 times and has 44 runs batted in.
MA Hitter - West Roxbury Mole Rats fans may just have witnessed a star player blossoming before their eyes in June.
Punt Dollop put up a remarkable month at the age of 20 and has been named the Massachusetts Association Batter of the Month.
For the month, Dollop hit .468 with 10 home runs, 27 RBIs and 20 runs scored.
Dollop is batting .361 this year with 18 home runs, 63 RBIs and 45 runs scored. He has 74 hits in 205 at-bats.
CA Pitcher - Upon hearing the news that he had won the Commonwealth Association Pitcher of the Month honors for June's work, Marblehead reliever Jaree Ra merely smiled.
"That's just the kind of guy he is, and that's what makes him so good out there," his manager told reporters. "The guy has ice water in his veins. Nothing short of a League Championship could get this guy excited and I'm not so sure that'd do it either."
Ra made 14 relief appearances burning through 13.2 innings as he racked up 11 saves, 12 strikeouts and held batters to a .222 average as he notched a 1-2 record and a 1.32 ERA.
In the 2310 campaign Ra has 26 saves. In 34 relief appearances he has tossed 33.2 innings, struck out 26 and yielded 9 walks with a 2-4 record. The Marblehead reliever has recorded a 2.67 ERA and allowed the opposition to hit .256 when he is in the game.
MA Pitcher - West Roxbury starter Yellow Ice Hex really put the chill on opposing teams in June and today was acclaimed the Massachusetts Association Pitcher of the Month.
He excelled with a 6-0 mark and 1.79 ERA in 6 starts. In 40.1 innings, he fanned 41 and walked 18.
On the year Hex has compiled a 10-4 mark with a 3.54 ERA.
GBRL Analysis
Like the BMU, the GBRL is down to its final 19 games of the season. Current division leaders are the Greentop Nursery Night People, Satellite Array Riflemen, Cabot House Triggermen, and Greater Mass Vans. The Vans have a Magic # of 3, while the Triggermen lead the Poseidon Energy Mongrels by a game and the Murkwater Animal Friends by two.
GBRL Players of the Month
NL Hitter - Erasmus Hansen made his presence known as one of the best young stars in the North League this past month.
The Satellite Array Riflemen center fielder shined through the month of June and has won the Batter of the Month award.
The 18-year-old hit .352 with 11 home runs, 22 RBIs and 27 runs scored.
In 67 games this year Hansen has posted a .328 average and put up these numbers: 18 home runs, 39 RBIs and 66 runs scored.
SL Hitter - Even though he is a newcomer to Greater Boston Rookie League, Cyclone Bolt put up some good numbers in June and earned the SL Batter of the Month award.
He was one of Greater Mass's offensive leaders with a .341 average in 24 games. He also racked up 15 home runs, 30 RBIs, and 26 runs scored.
This year Bolt is batting .293 with 68 hits, 28 home runs, 63 RBIs, 36 walks, .404 OBP and has scored 64 runs.
NL Pitcher - In June when the Satellite Array manager wrote the name "Iwanna" on the lineup card, he knew he had a good shot at winning. Start after start in the month, Believer Iwanna took the hill, took charge and usually got the win.
He dominated with a 5-1 mark and 1.73 ERA in 6 starts. The gifted Riflemen star pitched 41.2 innings, fanned 51 and held opposing teams to a .163 average.
For his outstanding mound performance Iwanna was named the NL Pitcher of the Month by the baseball writers.
In 16 starts this season, Iwanna has picked up 9 wins while suffering 2 losses. He has pitched 97.2 innings, allowed 84 hits, struck out 119 and posted a 4.33 ERA.
SL Pitcher - Leemeto Manycaps of Greater Mass had an award-winning June as he took home the South League Pitcher of the Month award.
"He told me once people used to make fun of the way he pitches," Manycaps's pitching coach told reporters. "There wasn't anybody laughing in June except for Leemeto."
Manycaps was all business when he took the mound though, collecting a 5-0 record in 5 starts. He struck out 32 batters in 37.1 innings and kept opponents to a .220 batting average.
For the season Manycaps has compiled a 7-0 record with a 2.19 ERA.
BCAC Analysis
In its weekends-only format, the 80-game BCAC season will run a little longer this year. Teams have played 45 of those 80 games so far. The Harvard Crimson and Mass Bay Beacons are the current division leaders. The Beacons lead Commonwealth by just a game.
BCAC Players of the Month
Hitter - Bill Duggle put together a good June to earn the Boston Collegiate Athletic Conference Batter of the Month prize. A virtual unknown, he made the most of his chance to prove to Boston College officials that he belongs on the big league roster.
The Eagles first baseman posted a .434 batting average with 6 home runs, 14 RBIs and 11 runs scored.
This year Duggle is hitting .329, produced 41 RBIs and 15 home runs, scored 32 times and gotten on base at a .417 rate.
Pitcher - June's standout hurler was Freon McMahan of Mass Bay University. He muzzled Boston Collegiate Athletic Conference hitters and held them in check the entire month to capture the Pitcher of the Month award.
To win the honor McMahan compiled an impressive 3-0 mark and 1.90 ERA in 3 starts. The Beacons star hurler also rung up 32 strikeouts in 23.2 innings.
In 8 starts this year McMahan has fashioned a 6-1 record and a 2.24 ERA.
CYL Playoffs
The CYL Playoffs are now in the Regional Finals, so only four teams remain. In the North Region, the #1 South Charles Bank Moonies are tied in their three-game series, 1-1, with the #6 Hester Mechanists. Hester already beat #3 Marlborough and #2 Woburn in the playoffs. In the North Region, the #8 West Quincy Atomatoys lead the #3 Nauset Beach Lurk Hunters, 1-0.
