I was so confused today when I thought I was in need of writing a monthly report. Sometimes dealing with alternative universes is confusing! I was ready to write all about the Players of May. . . .
BNN Weekly Report
This Week in the CBO, BMU, and GBRL
by Nat Wright-Kawolski
21 April 2302
Week's Results
Players of the Week
NCA - 3B Terry O'Dell, The Slog, 10/22 (.455), 3 HR, 9 RBI
SCA - LF Danny Honeycutt, Goodneighbor, 10/22 (.455), 5 HR, 11 RBI
Daily Top Players
4/15 - SS Knud Bather, Vault 81, 4/5, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
4/16 - 3B Terry O'Dell, The Slog, 3/4, HR, 5 RBI, R
4/18 - 3B Hubris McBride, Starlight, 4/4, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 3 R
4/19 - LF Young Goodman, Roxbury, 4/4, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 2 R
4/20 - 1B Oren Gep, Diamond City, 3/6, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 2 R
Transactions
Monday, April 21st , 2302
Starlight Lady Killers: Placed SP Ray Human on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 04/20/2302.
Finch Farm Four Leafs: Placed RP Jason Niederer on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 04/20/2302.
The Slog Ghouls: Activated CF Chris Eakle from the injured list.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Signed SP Joe Hanson.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Signed RP Curt Tauntman.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Signed RP Matt Hotel.
Warwick Mirelurks: Signed free agent RP Josh Sisco to a minor league contract.
The Slog Ghouls: Signed free agent 1B Jackie Shepherd to a minor league contract.
Oberland T-51s: Signed free agent CF Sharkey Lurkfodder to a minor league contract.
Starlight Lady Killers: Signed SP Justin Rubano.
Starlight Lady Killers: Signed SP Gene Olson.
Starlight Lady Killers: Signed CL Alex Acevedo.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Released RP Matt Hotel.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Released RP Zachery Battle.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Released RP Curt Tauntman.
The Jamaica Plain Red Rockets traded 23-year old
1B Cody Flatt, 18-year old minor league LHP Corey Ware, and a 4th round draft pick to the Warwick Mirelurks, getting 23-year old LF Bobby Thesea, 20-year old minor league RHP Shoestring Caravelli, and 19-year old minor league C Jackob Blacke in return.
The Atom Cats traded 25-year old 3B Shane Stabb and 23-year old LHP Han Nerfherder to the Lexington Synths, getting 22-year old 3B Chase Bridge and 23-year old minor league
LHP Jaa Thirtysix in return.
Sunday, April 20th , 2302
Warwick Mirelurks: SP Dobbie Radoncis returns from his rehab assignment.
Oberland T-51s: Activated RP Billy Faulkner from the injured list.
Oberland T-51s: Released RP Matt Duck.
Oberland T-51s: Released SP David Orangeman.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Signed RP Mitch Keymaker.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Signed RP John Bayers.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Signed RP Colin DePuy.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Released RP John Bayers.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Released RP Colin DePuy.
Saturday, April 19th , 2302
Concord Radstags: Placed RP Bell Franklin on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 04/16/2302.
Nordhagen Beach Party Boys: Activated SP Julian Shed from the injured list.
Nordhagen Beach Party Boys: Sent SP Julian Shed to Triple A Greentop Nursery for injury rehab.
Nordhagen Beach Party Boys: Released RP Josh Sisco.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Signed RP Danny Knightman.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Signed RP Zachery Battle.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Signed RP Joey Calhoun.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Released SP Joe Hanson.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Released SP Spurs Yu.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Released RP Joey Calhoun.
Friday, April 18th , 2302
Quincy Gunners: Activated SP Greg Hudgens from the injured list.
Wednesday, April 16th , 2302
University Point Deathclaws: Placed 2B Jason Harris on the 60-day injured list.
Concord Radstags: Released 1B Jackie Shepherd.
Lexington Synths: Activated SP Jaa Thirtysix from the 60-day injured list.
Lexington Synths: Sent SP Jaa Thirtysix to Triple A Union Hope for injury rehab.
Lexington Synths: Released RP Right Overby.
Warwick Mirelurks: Placed SP Jayden Fleming on the 7-day injured list, retroactive to 04/15/2302.
Sunshine Tidings Chemists: Released CF Sharkey Lurkfodder.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Signed RP Josh Copley.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Signed RP Justin Amidon.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Signed RP Danny Schopp.
University Point Deathclaws: Signed SS Gil Admiral.
University Point Deathclaws: Signed RP Cameron Aguilar.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Released RP Adam Froggatt.
Fort Hagen Silver Shroud: Released RP Danny Schopp.
Tuesday, April 15th , 2302
Finch Farm Four Leafs: Released RF Mop Lopez.
Diamond City Swatters: Signed free agent RF Mop Lopez to a minor league contract.
Standings
Team Power Rankings
Weekly Team Power Rankings: Here are the current team power rankings for Commonwealth Baseball Organization:
Analysis
We are 15 games into the 2302 season, and there is some distance starting to take place already. In the Minutemen League, the University Point Deathclaws (#1) are already 8 games up on the Warwick Mirelurks (#24). Six of the 24 teams have won 10 or more, with the Claws leading the way with a two game lead on the other five 10-game winners. Four teams have already dropped 11 games. Now, let's take a look at the Power Rankings.
#1 University Point - With a 5-0 week and a current six-game winning streak, the Deathclaws are already starting to flex their muscles. UP won two games at FHE (#3) in the midweek and then opened league play by sweeping Quincy (#18). Kory Richardson (.367/4/12), Tomas Jones (.327/4/14), and Barker Cocoa (.277/5/14) are all hitting well. While the starting lineup has not been great so far, the bullpen has the top ERA in the SCA (2.72).
#2 Atom - The Cats were 4-1 on the week, splitting at Diamond City (#7) and then sweeping Warwick (#24) on the road. Atom's top three pitchers are dominant--Scruff Taguchi (3-1, 2.89), Deedee Martinson (2-1, 2.52), and Pete Pembroke (2-0, 1.32). Hitting is not spectacular, but do not tell that to SS Jake Doucette (.414/3/12).
#3 FHE - The Yao Guai are consistently winning most of their games each week on their way to a 10-5 record. Atfer being swept in two games by the Deathclaws, FHE answered with a league-opening Railroad League sweep of Vault 81 (#19). Interestingly, the Radbears are middle of the pack in both hitting and pitching statistics, but they are pulling out wins. Pistol Schmidt (.293/5/14) leads the team overall in hitting, while Bow Rome (1-0, 1.44) is getting a lot of no decisions.
#4 Nordhagen Beach - The Boys are atop the NCA right now, tied with both Abernathy (#6) and Concord (#5) with a 10-5 record. On the week, Nordhagen Beach went 3-2 with a road split at Sunshine Tidings (#16) and a 2-1 series win at Finch Farm (#17), but they probably hoped they would have an even better week. Hitting has been pretty low in the NCA, but LF Michael Fogcrawler (.340/5/12) and CF Maxx Murtagh (.283/5/9) have shown their star power. Beachboy Nut (3-0, 2.25) and Matt Ranger (2-0, 2.25) are both undefeated and pitching well, while Tommy Beach (1-0, 5.47) is undefeated and not pitching well. Chet Arthur (1-3, 3.04) is pitching well but not finding enough run support to win.
#5 Concord - After two 4-1 weeks, the Stags came back down, dropping 3 of 5 games on the week to move from 1st to 5th in the Power Rankings. The Radstags started the week with a split versus County Crossing (#10) and then losing 2 of 3 at home against the Adamantium. Concord is still a good around team that hits--led by LF Dan Erb (.370/3/15)--and pitches--led by Emperry Alizm (3-1, 2.42).
Highs: Abernathy (#6) - We stated that the Adamantium would start to fall since their wins have been statistical anomalies. Instead, they went 4-1 on the week, only dropping their Sunday game to Concord to break up their 5-game winning streak.
Lows: Diamond City (#7) - They are not really low, just below PAM's 15-game mark prediction by three games. PAM feels that the Swatters should currently hold the CBO's best record. Instead, they currently sit at a game behind FHE for the RL lead and three games behind University Point.
Who Is This Guy? - Roxbury LF Young Goodman is in his 5th season as a member of the Rad Sox, but some people may still not know him. The former 3rd-round pick of the 2296 Rookie Draft, Goodman is atop several statistical categories in the CBO, including Slugging (.833), OPS (1.296), WAR (1.3), Total Bases (50), Extra-Base Hits (13), and OPS+ (231).
Who Is That Guy? - He's in his second year as a starter on a bad team so his win totals may not reflect it, but Finch Farm SP Trolley Dodge is looking great early in the 2302 season. With a 2-2 record and a 2.01 ERA in four starts, Dodge has shown so far that he can pitch with the best of them. Originally chosen in the 5th round of the 2297 Rookie Draft by Diamond City, Dodge has worked his way up through the minors before getting his shot last season. The only statistic in the CBO is currently leads is K/9 (10.9), but the Four Leafs hope they have seen glimpses of something special in Dodge.
Minor League Report
BMU
Standings
Players of the Week
CA: RF Curtis Yellallot, Taffington Boathouse (Easy Town), 9/14 (.643), 2 HR, 5 RBI, 4 R
MA: RF Judgie Williams, Bunker Hill (Quincy), 7/14 (.500), 3 HR, 7 RBI
GBRL
Standings
Players of the Week
NL: 3B Legend Jurenka, Walden Pond (Nordhagen Beach), 5/11 (.455), 6 RBI, 4 R
SL: SP Ray Rowe-Varone, South Boston (Concord), 1-0, 0.00, 4 H, BB, 7 K