NABO48 w/ MLBPA ... Updated for '26

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- 8 qualified batters league average or above
- Harris & O'Neal - 200+ OPS+
- Ryan Meo - Rookie - called up to replace injured Beverly and Baker - 121 OPS+ in his first week of NABO baseball; will be sent back to 3A when Baker returns in a couple of weeks

- Harris, O'Neal, and Brown - 5+ RC this week
- Harris has his best week of the season and takes home the BOW award for Week 16

- 7 players achieved league average or above so far
- Culbertson and Lombard should reach 2 WAR by the end of season. That would give the team league average or better starters at every position, that's depth baby

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- 3 of 5 SP league average or above this week
- 4 RP league average or above this week

- King takes POW over Harris due to his complete game shutout with 6 K's.

- King - 2.7 aWAR
- Harris - 4 aWAR
- Steward - 2.3 aWAR
- Takiuchi - 1.5 aWAR
- Melchor - 1.0 aWAR
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Rotation = 11.5 aWAR

- Heronemus - 1.4 aWAR
- Wells - 0.7 aWAR
- Fabiaschi - 0 aWAR
- Gauer - 1.3 aWAR
- Skar - 0.65 aWAR
- Angeli - -0.1 aWAR
- Martinez Jr - 0.35 aWAR
- Birley - -0.1 aWAR
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Bullpen = 4.2 aWAR

SP W-L = 56-23
RP W-L = 19-8

Next Up: NABO48 Update for End of July - Big Milestones, even bigger injuries to key players, and trades to gear contenders up for the run at the postseason

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- 13-13 in July, 8-14 since All-Star Break
- DC, despite trending in the wrong direction, maintains a decent division lead over injury-plagued Gotham

- 14-12 in July, 13-9 after the All-Star break
- Indiana, led by MVP favorite, Briseno, pairs a great offense with the EL's best bullpen to lead the division

- An amazing 21-5 record in July, 19-4 after the All-Star break
- The EL's most balanced team is chasing not only its first postseason appearance, but also the alltime single-season record for wins (116)

- 12-13 record in July, 10-13 after the All-Star break
- Ace Mark Birr leads the Hurricanes in pursuit of defending their championship title

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- 17-8 in July, 15-7 after All-Star break
- Even with defending CYA award winner, Suarez, out for the rest of the season, SEA holds onto a decent division lead over Minnesota, who also has been bitten by the injury bug

- 19-8 in July, 16-7 after All-Star break
- Sacramento trying to hold off San Diego, WS winner 2y ago, WS loser last year

- 15-12 in July, 15-9 after the All-Star break
- Windy City with a small division lead, Oklahoma closing the gap, Nebraska on the outside for postseason

- 16-9 in July, 16-7 after All-Star break
- San Antonio relies on its 2nd rated pitching staff to hold the division lead

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INJURIES

- Division leader, DC, loses their ace for the remainder of the season

- Gotham's injury riddled season continues with the loss of Marco Perez for 6-7 weeks

- 2nd place Jacksonville, loses their best player as they try to land a wildcard spot

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TRADES

- DC lost their ace to injury and acquired Ceballos to fill in that role

- Indiana, 2nd best record in the East, adds some quality to their starting rotation

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INJURIES

- Mile High loses 2 key players as they try to chase down a playoff spot

- 2nd place San Diego loses their ace, and the best FA pitcher signed in the offseason

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TRADES

Mexico City acquires 2 months of Jones, before he heads to free agency to sign another big 1y contract with another team

- Oklahoma, trying to chase down Windy City or a wildcard, adds a very good bat to the lineup in Dylan Stewart

- Sacramento adds veteran Yamamoto for the playoff run

- 2nd place San Diego gets monster LF Wright as they focus in om making the postseason. Wright is FA after next season

- Seattle acquires 3 key players, separate deals, for the stretch run

- In the offseason, Carolina's best player SS Erik Adams signed with Ohio
- Now, Carolina trades their remaining best player to Windy City, as the Whitetails look to stay ahead of Oklahoma and make a deep playoff run

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4x MVP, and NABO alltime great, JRod turns it up in July as he tries to lead Montreal to the playoffs

- Tony Harris uses an amazing July, including a 24 IP scoreless streak, to launch himself to the top of the CYA discussion

Interesting: Wright played almost all of July in the East for Miami. He gets traded to San Diego, plays 2 games, and wins Batter of the Month in the West

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- 2-4 week
- Andrade returns

- Andrade, the starting catcher 2 seasons ago, got hurt and was lost for the remainder of the 2035 season. The team signed Jeferson Quero (C) in the offseason and Andrade underwent surgery, missing over a year. Finally, he's healthy and returns to the team. He'll serve as the backup to C Andy Dahl.
- C Jordan Marquez, Rule 5 pick, was assigned (commissioner) to his original team (Miami) instead of being demoted to Birmingham's 3A team.

- 0-3 on the road against 2nd place Gotham
- 2-1 on the road against 5th place Philly

Series W-L: 26-6-2
Season W-L: 76-25
+/- .500: +51 over

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- 7 qualified batters league average or above

- 3 batters 5+ RC
- Roberson takes the BOW award with 5.4 RC

- 7 players with 2+ WAR for the season
- Kevin Brown, likely Top2 in ROY race

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- Harris, the only SP league average or above this week
- 4 RP league average or above

- 0 ER in 7 IP gives Harris the POW award for week 17
- Harris is now a top candidate for the 2037 CYA award

- 3 pitchers league average or above vale (2+ aWAR) for the season

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- 5-2 week
- Justin Smith - INJ - elbow

- Originally out for 8 days, Smith will now be out of action for an additional week
- Javier M Martinez Jr moved into the rotation

- 2-1 at home versus 4th place Ohio
- 3-1 at home versus 4th place New Orleans

Series W-L: 28-6-2
Season W-L: 81-27
+/- .500: +54 over

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- 3 batters with 5+ RC this week
- Culbertson takes home the BOW award with 8.8 RC

- 9 players with league average or above value

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- Javier M Martin Jr with 2 good starts filling in for Smith
- Melchor continues to struggle in his cold streak
- Steward has an outstanding start as he continues to develop into a top SP
- Harris delivers a quality start
- RP Kyle Wells has another productive week
- Takiuchi has a poor start
- Heronemus very good over 4 innings
- Gauer lights out in 3 IP over 2 G, continues his hot streak

- 7 shutout innings leads to Steward being the POW for week 18

- 3 of 5 SP already league average or above
- 3 RP league average or better value for the season

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- Consecutive 5-2 weeks has Birmingham back on track

- 2-1 at home vs 5th place Miami, on an 8g losing streak
- 3-1 at home vs last place Carolina

Series W-L: 30-7-2
Season W-L: 86-39
+/- .500: +47 over

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- 8 qualified batters league average or above this week
- 4 qualified batters with a 150+ OPS+ this week

- 5 batters with 5+ RC this week
- Danny O'Neal takes the BOW award with 8.5 RC in 6 GP

- 7 qualified batters league average or above this season
- 9 players league average or above value (2 WAR) this season