BNN Report
News from the CBO, Minors, CCBL, and CYL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
1 April 2317
The April 1 Super Post
CCBL Analysis
We are 1/3 of the way, 20 games, into the 2317 season, and eight teams have a .800 or better winning percentage. One of those teams is Northeastern University, currently on an 11-game winning streak.
Conference leaders are Harvard (BCAC), Greenfield College (MassCon), New Hampshire (NoComm), Narragansett (SoComm), Endicott College (ASC), and Sturbridge (MCC).
Wildcards at this moment in tiers of record are:
17-3: Commonwealth
16-4: Northeastern, UMass, and Yale
15-5: Coastal and Holy Cross
14-6: Providence College, Revere College, RISD, UMass-Lowell, and Winthrop College
13-7: Boston College, Bunker Hill, Curry College, and Stonehill College
CCBL Players of the Month
Hitter - Harvard Crimson fans may just have witnessed a star player blossoming before their eyes in March.
Ewald Kujawa put up a remarkable month at the age of 20 and has been named the Commonwealth Collegiate Baseball League Batter of the Month.
For the month, Kujawa hit .535 with 12 home runs, 35 RBIs and 30 runs scored.
Pitcher - Angry Al Higgins really tore up the Commonwealth Collegiate Baseball League this past month. He went 6-0 in March and won the Pitcher of the Month award.
In 6 starts he struck out 43 in 49 innings with a 1.10 ERA.
CYL Analysis
With 12 games down and 38 to play, the CYL is still in its early stages, including no official players of the month selected. The Diamond City Newsboys of the NR's Paul Revere Division has the CYL's best record of 11-0-1, but they still have a lot of games to win to be in great shape.
Division leaders are:
NR Franklin - Wellesley
NR Emerson - Marblehead
NR Fuller - Covenant and Lexington
NR Revere - Diamond City
NR DuBois - Haverhill
NR Longfellow - Bangor, Far Harbor, and Portland
NR Allen - Bennington and Nashua
SR Adams - Coventry
SR Alcott - Jamaica Plain
SR Morse - Weymouth
SR Attucks - Sandwich
SR Hancock - Putnam
SR Bradberton - Collegetown
SR Mayhew - New Bedford
CYL's Best Hitter (Stats leader) - 2B Alvin Dark, Sandwich: .604, 13 HR, .698 OBP, 1.479 SLG, 2.5 WAR, 29 H, 25 R, 71 TB, 389 OPS+, 2.29 WPA, .831 wOBA
CYL's Best Pitcher (Stats leader) - SP Chad Church, Taunton: 4 W, 35.0 IP, 3 CG, 2 SHO, 4 QS