BNN Report
News from the CBO, Minors, CCBL, and CYL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
8 April 2312
PAM's Predictions: Nahant-University Point Top Teams
PAM has foreseen the results of the 2312 season, and this season she predicts the Nahant Celtics and University Point Deathclaws to be the #1 seeds in the NCA and SCA, respectively.
PAM sees the Celtics finishing with the CBO's best record at 81-49 in a packed NCA. In fact, PAM sees nine NCA teams to finish above .500, while only five SCA teams are predicted to do so.
The Claws are picked to finish with the same record as both Oberland and Vault 81 of the Railroad League but to win the tiebreakers. University Poiint is also picked to have the largest league advantage, finishing 11 games ahead of Goodneighbor.
Based on PAM's picks, these would be the seeds in the 2312 playoffs:
NCA
1. Nahant
2. Fort Hagen
3. Salem
4. Bunker Hill
5. Starlight
6. The Slog
SCA
1. University Point
2. Oberland
3. Vault 81
4. Egret
5. FHE
6. Goodneighbor
Should PAM's predictions hold, the two teams in the 2311 Sole Survivor Series, Roxbury and Nordhagen Beach, would both miss the playoffs. It would be the first time the Party Boys missed the playoffs in CBO history. They have been participants in all 14 seasons of the CBO. Their only non-playoff season was in the pre-CBO season of 2296.
Both the Boys and Rad Sox are aging teams but still have a ton of talent. PAM's picks are expecting there to be major falloffs in production among the teams. We will look at top players below to see where they might have seen some drops in scouting numbers, part of PAM's prediction algorithm.
Looking at top competitors for awards, in the NCA, the top hitting prospects are 1B Brian DeLong, Salem; RF Babs Rooth, County Crossing; RF Hurr Lee Reyes, Starlight; and 1B Kilometers Davis, The Slog. On the mound, the top contenders for the Vim! Pitcher Award are SP Lonely Gale, Nahant; SP Zack Million, Nahant; SP Jaa Thirtysix, Salem; and SP Doug Creep, Sunshine Tidings.
In the SCA, the contenders for the Nuka Hitter Award are 1B Barker Cocoa, University Point; RF Aesed Hayjen, University Point; 1B/SP Lannie Tykeson, Oberland; and LF Tomas Jones, University Point. On the mound, the top contenders are SP Paul Stains, Diamond City; SP Hry Caje, Egret; SP Heaven Fontenot, Goodneighbor; and SP Scruffy Taguchi, Vault 81.
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