Almost a month since the start of the Cinco De Mayo Tournament, the Elite RBO teams are set to take to the field for bragging rights. 11 Elite Teams registered for the Memorial Day Tournament which will take place tonight at 9 EST/6 PT. Defending champion T.Tech looks to continue their search for RBO kudos and stay on top of the power rankings for this tournament. Most of the elite teams made changes to their rosters after the Cinco De Mayo tournament, in the previews, I will highlight some of the most notable acquisitions and moves around the RBO community.
Rotowire NL vs T.Tech
T.Tech returns the same team that won the Cinco De Mayo Tournament. The MVP of the tournament, WCKDPERK, looks to build on his growing reputation as a big game pitcher. The silver slugger award winner, gatyopin2, looks to provide that incredible offense T.Tech has maintained. Throughout the community, you hear discussions on the elite teams and it has become evident that T.Tech has stepped up as a team to be taken quite seriously. Was T.Tech just a team that caught fire at the right time? Well Manny, ABSMOKE, Baptiste, and that T.Tech offense will have to remain as hot as they were in order to prove their win wasn't a fluke. In preparation for league, all you have to go by is tournament play, and T.Tech has certainly proven to be a big game tournament contender.
Only in RBO does the 1 seed play the 4 in the opening round. Nevertheless RotowireNL introduces a new roster loaded with talent. Scooter, BlindMan, and TunaGob join RotowireNL in an attempt to bring RWNL to the elite forefront. Scooter a former member of the Storm organization, bring a winning attitude to RWNL. BlindMan a veteran, looks to provide a solid bat to a RWNL team that has struggled to score runs. The exceptional fielding of TunaGob should be useful for the RWNL pitching staff. RotowireNL lost 12-1 to Bombers in their only game of the Cinco De Mayo Tournament. They failed both hitting wise and pitching wise. In order to beat Tech, RWNL needs their best hitter, HaZeD, to hit like he does in PUG. Arguably one of the best hitters in the game, HaZeD has faltered mightily in league and tournament play. It is important for RotowireNL to get going as a unit and score a lot of runs. NubXpress is handed the pitching duties again most likely, as he looks to rebound from a tough Cinco De Mayo Tournament.
Melky's Prediction: T.Tech 11 , RWNL 5
Melky's Players To Watch: Baptiste , Scooter
Newbert's Prediction: T.Tech 6, RW NL 8
Newbert's Players To Watch: gatyopin2, HaZeD
FlightAL vs Hybrids
FlightAL has basically the same team from the Cinco De Mayo tournament in which they lost 9-6 to Carnage. Pitching wise, ConMan or DrDeath has to discover their respective grooves and hold opposing teams to about 1 run an inning. FlightAL is pretty much an unknown team, as the reconstruction of the Flight organization has seen little success. Offensively, FlightAL is a pretty good team. ZachAtack and ClarkKent are the only two active hitters in PUG from FlightAL, but i doubt 96 or Puddles forgot how to hit. Hopefully the time away from RBO does not hurt the rest of the FlightAL offense. DrDeath and Conman the 2 potential pitchers have been inactive as well. The biggest problem for AL might just be their activity, and if their pitchers fail to pitch well, the offense has to pick up the slack.
New Manager. New Players. Same Mentality. HAVERFORD has taken the reigns from ToyBoy as Hybrids Manager. ToyBoy had a very successful run and the Chronicle would like to acknowledge the amazing job he did. The 8 man roster that made it to the Cinco De Mayo finals added 3 more solid players. Masterpai, Killerboy, and 2Nice4Dis look to add some pop and an arm to the Hybrids lineup. Masterpai is an average hitter, who hits around .608 in pug and averages a homerun every 12 at bats. Killerboy is a similar hitter, with his PUG average around .600 and a homerun every 15 or so at bats. The most controversial acquisition has to be 2Nice4Dis. With him, Hybrids add another hurler who might bring more harm than good. If he is able to stay away from controversy, 2Nice4Dis might be a pretty good pickup. HAVERFORD has a difficult job ahead of him to see what works. Look for ToyBoy, Gawd and SniperX to perform.
Melky's Prediction: FlightAL 8 , Hybrids 5
Melky's Player's To Watch: ClarkKent , ToyBoy
Newbert's Prediction: FlightAL 6, Hybrids 11
Newbert's Player's To Watch: ZachAttack, SniperX
FlightNL vs Bombers
Papi and FlightNL made one change over the break. After 2Nice4Dis left Flight, they recruited POGO/Ebola. Other than that, FlightNL is basically the same team that lost to the Bombers 6 to 3. Flight could not generate any offense, and as I mentioned previously, the reconstruction of Flight has shown few plus signs. Nevertheless, Papi is an experienced Elite manager, and should find a way to remain competitive. Yardog, Papi, Pogo and company should score some runs. The question, as always for Flight, is pitching. Against a solid Bombers team in the Cinco De May Tournament, Flight allowed only 6 runs. They would take that every time out. The boatload of innings will fall on SmokeOut with Papi providing relief most likely.
Bombers lost to Hybrids in the Cinco De Mayo Tournament in a pitcher's duel between IPWN and KMAN. IPWN and KMAN have been sharing pitching duties and have proven to be one of the best 1-2 punches in the game today. IPwn and KMAN both pitched complete games in every one of their starts, and IPWN dominated to the tune of an ALL-Aces award. In an unofficial tournament, Bombers won the Saturday Blast behind the hot bat of d1nonly2. Looking to continue his hot hitting, the Bombers CF will be looking to capitalize on Flight's pitching. The rest of the key hitters for Bombers include TheMan, Jiraiya, Frogger, EduaNYC, and ThePope. The question of a win or loss lies on the arm of either IPWN or KMAN.
Melky's Prediction: Bombers 10, FlightNL 3
Melky's Player's To Watch: KMAN , Papi
Newbert's Prediction: Bombers 12, FlightNL 4
Newbert's Player's To Watch: Jiraiya, Corv
Starfire vs Rage
JCornett, maico, VladBomb, GATech, HRPower, wagon, DHarp. Can you find three players from that list that have been active in PUG, and will show up for this tournament. No? Well Starfire shocked the world in the Cinco De Mayo Tournament, showing 3 and losing miserably. If Rage somehow loses this game....
Her0 needs to basically show up 5 players. If a game does go on, look for it to be a long ugly 5v3 affair.
Melky's Prediction: Starfire 5 , Rage 4
Melky's Player's To Watch: HrPower, Nataliamo
Newbert's Prediction: Starfire 10, Rage 3
Newbert's Player's To Watch: HrPower, JP
Rejected vs Empire
Rejected surprised many people in the community scoring 14 runs off of Mega and Carnage in the Cinco De Mayo Tournament. The offense might be what has to show up most against Empire, as LuckyMe89 and Ensferum have been incredible hitters in PUG. ReJected is slowly becoming a contender, with an offense that rivals any and a developing pitching staff. Pili will probably be given the ball, and will try to find some type of success against a tough Empire ball club.
Empire lost to Hybrids in the first round 7 to 6 behind the arm of BrianR. No longer on the roster, Empire turns to ElDuque to help the team rebound. Offensively Empire should not have problems scoring, with Pete998, Revoke, Big123, KidNasty, BigMarc, KidNub, and the rest of the Empire hitters. The big question mark might just be who takes over for ElDuque if he gets into trouble. Empire needs a second pitcher to pick up the slack and who that is is an unknown.
Melky's Prediction: Empire 9 , ReJeCTed 4
Melky's Player's To Watch: Big123 , Luckmy89
Newbert's Prediction: Empire 18, ReJected 8
Newbert's Player's To Watch: Pete998, Ensferum
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