NABO48 w/ MLBPA ... Updated for '26

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Vancouver continues to play good ball, and ascends to the top of the division.

San Diego and Los Angeles still at the top.

StL pitches themselves back into contention with an 8-2 run.

Mexico City falters a bit and Texas takes advantage to jump them in the standings.

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3-Game Series vs. Seattle

[G11] - Webb 0 R, 7 IP

[G12] - Nola 3 ER, 5.1 IP.

[G13] - Scherzer - 0 R, 7.1 IP. Gonzalez 2-Run HR.

3-Game Series vs. Windy City

[G14] - Musgrove 2 ER, 6 IP. Anthony 4-4, Arenado go ahead 2-Run double in 8th.

[G15] - Bello 2 ER, 5.1 IP. Carlson walk off single in 9th.

[G16] - Webb 5 ER, 6.1 IP. Anthony 2-run double in 4th completes the comeback.

3-Game Series @ Mexico City

[G17] - Nola - 1H, 0 R, 7.1 IP. Ortiz RBI double all the offense needed.

[G18] - Scherzer - 1 ER, 6.1 IP. Carlson 3-4 2 RBI.

[G19] - Musgrove - 1 ER, 5.1 IP. C.Schmidt blanks StL over 6.2 IP.

3-Game Series vs. Salt Lake

[G20] - Bello, 1 ER, 3 H, 7 IP. 3-Run 1st all StL needed.

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Alvarez injury does allow for more PA for Gonzalez, Palacios, etc.

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Attendance is climbing along with the wins.

Goal completion looks possible.

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New pitching coach paying early dividends.

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Philly keeps playing winning baseball, pull to within a game of division leading Baltimore.

Free agent Kyle Tucker keeps Montreal ahead of a red hot Toronto team.

New Orleans, the only team in the division with a positive RunDiff pulls into a 1st place tie with Carolina.

Santo Domingo finally slips, opening up the division for some serious competition.

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Vancouver stays hot, 14-6 over last 20g, extending their divisional lead.

SD opens it up a bit over LA.

StL goes 7-3 to jump into 1st place, while Windy City shockingly occupies last place.

Texas holds off surging Monterrey.

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Winker produces for Santo Domingo as Yordan is paying off at the top of the HR leaders. Familiar names, Julio Rodriguez and Ohtani are at the top of the MVP race.

Bobby Witt Jr continues to be the most valuable player in the West, with 2025 ROY Roman Anthony emerging as a future star in the league.

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Roki Sasaki emerges as an early leader for the CYA in the East

Bryan Woo surprises as the early CYA favorite in the West, as StL Shire pitchers start to trickle up the leaderboard.

If you don't know who Bryan Woo, Baseball Bits has a video for you.

https://youtu.be/ZCvD4_iSOzI?si=NSWODBQR-4TU7W82

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One of the team's major goals is to have a winning record in each month, no backward steps. So far, so good.

As long as the team stays in the middle for runs scored, the team should be alright. Any significant slipping could create a major problem.

Team defense is much improved, highlighting just how poor it was last season.

Bullpen slipped a bit, still very effective.

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Wrapping up a 3-game series vs Salt Lake

[G21] - Webb - 2 R, 0 ER, 6.1 IP. StL = 1 gosh darn hit.

[G22] - Nola - 0 R, 2 H, 8 IP. Gonzalez bases cleaning double in 1st.

3 Game series vs Vancouver

[G23] - Scherzer - 3 ER, 5 IP. Arenado game tying 2-run HR in 6th. StL's Kerkering allows 3 runs, 2-run HR.

[G24] - Musgrove - 0 R, 2 H, 6 IP. Carlson HR in 7th.

[G25] - Bello - 2 ER in 5.2 IP, bullpen struggles, but holds on. Trey Berrera 2-run HR in 3rd for StL.

3 Game series vs Oklahoma

[G26] - Webb CG SHO as StL unloads on the Outlaws, Anthony 2-4, 4 RBI.

[G27] - Nola 0 ER, 6 IP. Anthony RBI single triggers 4-run StL 7th inning.

[G28] - Scherzer 0 ER, 6.1 IP. Gonzalez and Romo big HR for the Shires.

St Louis outscores Oklahoma 23-3.

3 Game series @ last place Nebraska

[G29] - Musgrove - 2 ER, 6 IP. Tim Tawa, 2-4, 2 RBI.

[G30] - Bello - 4 ER, 5 IP. Nebraska slams the door on StL's RP Duvall implodes, 4 ER, 0.2 IP.

I've been requesting scouting reports for my main talent .... if they don't project to be useful in ML, I'll move them.

1B Armando Alvarez set to return to the lineup.

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5th in Attendance is very positive.

Still on track to meet all goals, so far none of the goals have been counter productive.

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Albies and Arenado are killing me. I traded Betts, so I suppose I shouldn't be hesitant to consider moving them, despite the high it might cause in fan interest. We'll let some more time go by and see if production improves.

SP's are hot!

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DC moves into a tie with Baltimore, we'll see if they can eclipse the Bombers or if Baltimore is able to weather off another challenge.

Teams get closer, but never surpass the defending champions of the East, Montreal.

That's a heckuva standings shuffle in the Smokey Mountain division.

Santo Domingo still in 1st place, for what seems like the 1,567th week in a row.

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Vancouver continues to play solid baseball, 14-6, while everyone else in their division ... is not.

It's still SD and LA, with it being mostly SD.

StL remains in first, and the challenges are not coming from Oklahoma or Windy City .... but Wisconsin.

This division was like this last year, and will probably be like this in '26.

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The much anticipated Shohei Ohtani v Cody Mayo MVP showdown?

Witt has now taken his other worldly production and turned it into WPA success.

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SP remain hot, carry the team.

Well, we can beat lefties now .... after something like 5-15 in 2025.

Still positive W-L in each month.

Offense is mid-pack, which is acceptable given that we're focused on defense primarily at 3 positions, C, SS, CF.

Arenado and Albies are killin' us. The under performance, the big negative WPA, the negative WAR.

Losing the series to last place Nebraska was unexpected, Then dropped the series to suffering KC, scraped together a single close win at LA, and at least we started the big series with Windy City with a bang.