Fallout 4's Commonwealth Baseball Organization

[ayaghmour2]

Happy Opening Day! Excited to see how the new expansion teams do. Might be a tough one for the Radscoprions as they don't seem too interested in improving the lineup. At least not much depth should've kept them mostly unscathed in the expansion draft lol

[StLee]

BNN Report

News from the CBO, Minors, CCBL, and CYL

by Nat Wright-Kawolski

12 April 2320

Atom with Best Start; NCA Looks Balanced

The Atom Cats are the team with the best start, while their fellow Minutemen League mates, Quincy, has the CBO's worst record with just one win. Providence has been the best of the expansion teams, starting out at a CBO-best 6-1 before dropping their last two. Cape Cod has lost a CBO-worst seven straight. Here are the current team power rankings for Commonwealth Baseball Organization:

Teams (Total Points, Tendency):
1) Atom Cats (148.0, o)
2) Jamaica Plain Red Rockets (129.1, ++)
3) Lexington Synths (127.1, ++)
4) Vault 81 Dwellers (125.1, ++)
5) Glowing Sea Radscorpions (124.1, --)
6) The Slog Ghouls (124.1, ++)
7) Concord Radstags (122.1, ++)
8) FHE Yao Guai (121.1, ++)
9) Providence Super Mutants (121.1, -)
10) Oberland T-51s (103.1, --)
11) Southie Brews (103.1, ++)
12) Egret Ninjas (102.1, ++)
13) Fort Hagen Silver Shroud (102.1, ++)
14) Salem Witch Hats (102.1, ++)
15) Malden Grognaks (100.1, --)
16) Nordhagen Beach Party Boys (100.1, ++)
17) Goodneighbor Hancocks (80.9, +)
18) Cambridge Coursers (79.9, ++)
19) County Crossing Bloodbugs (79.9, --)
20) Bunker Hill 75ers (77.9, ++)
21) Easy Town Assaultrons (77.9, --)
22) Far Harbor Fog (77.9, --)
23) Roxbury Rad Sox (77.9, --)
24) Starlight Killers (77.9, --)
25) Nuka World Thrills (74.9, --)
26) Nahant Celtics (57.9, +)
27) Sunshine Tidings Chemists (57.9, --)
28) Diamond City Swatters (55.9, +)
29) University Point Deathclaws (54.9, --)
30) Spectacle Island Reapers (52.9, --)
31) Cape Cod Mirelurks (28.0, --)
32) Quincy Granites (11.0, o)

Brotherhood League

The Slog has a one game lead over Salem, Nordhagen Beach, and Malden. Easy Town, Far Harbor, and County Crossing are two back, while Nahant takes up the rear at three back. No team in the NCA has better than a 6-3 record or worst than a 3-6 record.

For the Ghouls, winning is an expectation. After winning the Sole Survivor Series in 2314, The Slog has missed the playoffs two of the past five seasons. That includes last season when the bottom fell out on the way to a 59-71 finish, their words season since 2311.

This season, the Ghouls have started out fast, thanks in part to scoring runs and holding their opponents down. The Slog is tied for 2nd in runs scored (43) and 4th in runs allowed (29). For hitters, SS Zap mast has started out hitting .333 to lead the team 2nd in team average (.268). LF Hammer Longball (.219/3/9) leads in homers and RBI. On the mound, SP Buzzcut McDonald (3-0, 1.64) has had an excellent start, winning all three times he started a game. The starters have the best ERA (2.47) with Maverick Rizzy (0-1, 2.31) and Chemmix Tailorman (1-0, 2.63) also below 3.00.



Institute League

With a four-game winning streak, Lexington is now tied with Concord atop the IL. Fort Hagen is a game back as the only other team above .500. Bunker Hill, Starlight, Nuka World, and Cambridge are all two back in a tie for 4th place, while Sunshine Tidings is alone in 7th.

The Chemists are expected to be one of the best teams in the CBO this season, a step up from being the 6th seed in 2318. Instead, they are off to a poor start in all areas of the team. Sunshine Tidings are 12th in runs scored (29) and tied for 10th in runs allowed (39). One player not struggling is 2B Johnboy Zikmund (.406/3/9). Rookie LF Pepper Spicer (.270/2/4) has also contributed on offense. On the mound, ace McRicky McWilliams (0-2, 6.88) has struggled. Second-year pitcher, Eta Candy (2-0, 2.63) has been the best pitcher.



Minutemen League

As mentioned, the Cats are the CBO's top team at 7-2, while the ML is also host to the two worst teams in the CBO. Jamaica Plain is a game back of Atom, followed by Southie at two back. Goodneighbor is alone in 4th place at 4-5, while University Point and Spectacle Island are each tied for 5th. The Mirelurks and Granites round out 6th and 7th place.

The Cats are absolutely dominating on the mound, giving up just two runs per game (18) to lead in runs allowed and Starters ERA (1.95). Offense is tied for 3rd in runs scored (42). 3B Zeke Zoonatik (.345/1/5) is the team leader in average, with RF Candy Kline (.270/3/8) is the homers and RBI leader. The top three pitchers all have an ERA below 3.00 with K-9 Creep (1-1, 1.20) and Melvin Terminator (2-0, 1.12) with ERAs below 2.00.



Railroad League

This is the one league without a solo 1st place team at nine games into the season. All of Vault 81, Glowing Sea, Providence, and FHE are tied at 6-3. Oberland and Egret are each a game back, with Roxbury two back, and Diamond City in last place at three back.

The Swatters have bee successfully, including winning the Sole Survivor Series just two seasons ago, on their dominant starting pitching. While the pitching staff is not doing that bad, tied for 5th in runs allowed (28) and 5th in Starters ERA (2.91), the offense is extremely poor. Diamond City is dead last in the CBO in runs scored (14 or 1.56 per game), 8 back of the next worst team, Spectacle Island. LF Ready Freddy Mobley (.323/1/5) is the only player hitting above .300. The return of SS Alex Bragman (.300/0/0) should help. But the rest of the offense has been atrocious. On the mound, everyone but ace Macho Lopez (0-2, 4.24) have an ERA below 4.00. Fourth-starter, Buffalo Jung (2-0, 1.20), has been the best and has two of the Swatters' three wins.



CBO Standings



CBO Players of the Week

April 12 - Paul Stains capped off a phenomenal week on the hill by nailing down North Charles Association Player of the Week honors today.

The 31-year-old Witch Hats hurler tossed a total of 18 innings last week, collecting 2 wins, 21 strikeouts and a 0.50 earned run average. he has pitched a complete game in all three starts.

It's always a thrill for fans of the team and students of the game alike when a superstar in the making shows what he's got. Ditcher Doyle Cobbler, the Southie Brews 23-year-old center fielder, put himself in the spotlight last week making him the clear-cut choice for South Charles Association Player of the Week honors.

He ripped 8 hits in 25 at-bats, compiling a .320 average with 4 home runs and 6 RBIs.

CBO Noteworthy News

April 2 - The season is about to start, so it's time to publish the annual BNN Top 100 Prospects list. This year, 20 year-old 2B Pond LeHockey of the County Crossing Bloodbugs is the #1 prospect overall.

Here is the top 10:
1) 2B Pond LeHockey, 20, County Crossing Bloodbugs
2) C Rad Malina, 20, Glowing Sea Radscorpions
3) 1B Bear Jones, 22, County Crossing Bloodbugs
4) RF Shalvey O'Doherty, 19, Sunshine Tidings Chemists
5) LHP Eye Anson, 22, Nordhagen Beach Party Boys
6) SS Qing Baker, 20, University Point Deathclaws
7) RHP Graham Cracker Fontenot, 20, Nuka World Thrills
8) LHP Stlee Jensen, 23, Providence Super Mutants
9) C Sash Minakir, 23, Roxbury Rad Sox
10) 1B JaRussell Marcus, 21, Far Harbor Fog

April 3 - Matt Bowman is known as one of the hardest workers in Commonwealth Baseball Organization, but that body of work will come to a close at season's end.

"I'm going to hang up the spikes," the 37-year-old Nahant Celtics reliever confirmed today. "I've busted my butt for years for this sport and I'm grateful for all that I've accomplished in baseball."

In his career, Bowman has registered 101 wins and 140 losses with 24 saves. His lifetime ERA stands at 4.81 with 1216 strikeouts and 652 walks in 2142.2 innings.

April 7 - Matt Bowman is known as one of the hardest workers in Commonwealth Baseball Organization, but that body of work will come to a close at season's end.

"I'm going to hang up the spikes," the 37-year-old Nahant Celtics reliever confirmed today. "I've busted my butt for years for this sport and I'm grateful for all that I've accomplished in baseball."

In his career, Bowman has registered 101 wins and 140 losses with 24 saves. His lifetime ERA stands at 4.81 with 1216 strikeouts and 652 walks in 2142.2 innings.

[StLee]

Originally Posted by ayaghmour2

Happy Opening Day! Excited to see how the new expansion teams do. Might be a tough one for the Radscoprions as they don't seem too interested in improving the lineup. At least not much depth should've kept them mostly unscathed in the expansion draft lol

They are off to a decent start but it is still early. Alex Language (3-0, 0.87) and Black Red (0-1, 1.26) have had a great start. The offense is struggling a lot with only two player hitting over .200: Stormin Normin MacDonald (.333) and Enigma Montgomery (.206). They will need to start hitting for there to be any chance to make the playoffs.

Amazingly, they swept Jamaica Plain to start the season, winning 3-2, 2-0, 4-3.

[ayaghmour2]

Originally Posted by StLee

They are off to a decent start but it is still early. Alex Language (3-0, 0.87) and Black Red (0-1, 1.26) have had a great start. The offense is struggling a lot with only two player hitting over .200: Stormin Normin MacDonald (.333) and Enigma Montgomery (.206). They will need to start hitting for there to be any chance to make the playoffs.

Amazingly, they swept Jamaica Plain to start the season, winning 3-2, 2-0, 4-3.

Yeah the offense continues to hold them back. Hopefully Saw can have a nice rookie breakout to give Enigma some support. The pitching is built for the playoffs