BNN Report
News from the CBO, Minors, CCBL, and CYL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
1 May 2318
The May 1 Super Post, Part 2
CCBL Analysis
There are no teams officially in the playoffs, and only one team--Rivier University--officially out. With 13 games left in the 2318 season, we have some ideas of which teams may be good enough to win it all, but we have a lot more questions marks. At 33-14, the Roxbury Tigers possess the CCBL's best record. In just their third season as part of the CCBL, that would be a hell of a coup to win it all. We won't predict that. What we will look at is the current conference leaders and the standings overall and which players were April's best.
Conference leaders (with ties):
BCAC - Mass Bay and Tufts
MassCon - UMass-Lowell
NoComm - Acadia College
SoComm - Salve Regina
Atlantic Sound - Narragansett
MCC - Roxbury College
NEAC - Franklin Pierce
It is also worth noting that both Independents, Maine Maritime and Elms College, are currently in if the playoffs were to start today.
CCBL Players of the Month
Hitting - Not known for his offensive prowess, Old Blue Sandoval set the league afire in April and took home the Commonwealth Collegiate Baseball League Batter of the Month award.
The Narragansett right fielder posted a steady .442 batting average, 14 home runs, 29 RBIs and 33 runs.
For the season, Sandoval is hitting .417, batted in 57 runs with 25 home runs and 52 runs scored.
Pitching - This month the Commonwealth Collegiate Baseball League spotlight fell on pitcher Colton Julien of the ECSU Warriors.
What a April he had!
A fine 7-1 won-lost record, 2.22 ERA, 9 starts, 69 innings pitched and 64 strikeouts -- good enough to get him the CCBL Pitcher of the Month.
To date this year, the freshman Julien has compiled a 11-1 mark with a 1.85 ERA in 15 starts.
CYL Analysis
Like the CCBL, the CYL season is winding down. Yet, still no teams have clinched one of the 48 spots in the 2318 playoffs. We do know the leaders of the divisions and what that will mean if they hold on.
Division leaders:
NR Franklin - Worcester
NR Emerson - Marblehead and Gloucester
NR Fuller - Beerthirty and Lexington
NR Revere - CIT Academy
NR DuBois - Newburyport
NR Longfellow - Kittery
NR Allen - Bennington
SR Adams - Coventry*
SR Alcott - West Quincy
SR Morse - Brockton
SR Attucks - Truro
SR Hancock - Foster
SR Bradberton - Chicopee
SR Mayhew - Oak Bluffs
CYL Players of the Month
NR Hitter - It's perhaps an award he'll win many more times through his career, as at age 17 Worm Sanders has a lot of baseball ahead of him.
But for now the young North Charles Bank Goonies star can enjoy the numbers he put up in April, which have garnered him the nod as the North Region Batter of the Month.
His breakout month featured a .500 average with 21 home runs, 57 RBIs and 37 runs scored.
To date this season, Sanders is hitting .476 with 29 home runs.
SR Hitter - Terrance Phillip has a lot going for him. The Brockton first baseman just broke into the majors this year and now the South Region has just picked him as its top hitter for April.
In 24 games last month this outstanding rookie batted .436 with 21 home runs, 54 RBIs and 31 runs scored.
This season, Phillip is batting .398 with 49 hits, 30 home runs, 78 RBIs, 45 walks, .561 OBP and has scored 44 runs. He has played in 37 games.
NR Pitcher - When Rhubarb Coombs took the hill in April, he was in charge. The Gloucester starter never let the North Region batters get a foothold against him. For his peerless performance, he came away with an impressive 7-0 record and the Pitcher of the Month award.
The talented Dog Trainers hurler made 9 starts, worked 67.2 innings, permitted 54 base hits, and struck out 115 while putting up a 1.33 ERA.
This season, Coombs has worked 100.2 innings with 170 strikeouts en route to a 10-1 record and a 1.25 ERA.
SR Pitcher - In April Chatham starter Edik Musatov mystified South Region hitters and carried off the Pitcher of the Month honors by chalking up a 6-0 record in 8 starts.
The 17-year-old Musatov added 79 strikeouts in 61.2 innings and 32 walks to his season record and compiled a 1.61 ERA. Opposing batters hit .165 against him.
Checking out his stats for the season, Musatov has racked up 6 wins and 2 losses in 12 starts, posted a 3.13 ERA, and struck out 108 batters in 83.1 innings.
