NALB - 2014 Regular Season Ends

K. Fields
2015-10-09T16:40:22-04:00
Baseball

The Brooklyn Knights claimed another division title as well as the best record in North American League Baseball. The Luisville Beasts overtook the Nashville Firecats as they delivered an impressive worst to first transformation from last season. The NALB defending champion Key West Corals came up a bit short by losing its division by two games to the Quebeck Sky Chiefs. The Sky Chiefs will make their second playoff appearance in franchise history, the last being in 2002. The Richmond Slam were the only team team to repeat as division champions.

The League Series match-ups:
Luisville Beasts (84-78) vs. Brooklyn Knights (105-57)
Quebeck Sky Chiefs (90-72) vs. Richmond Slam (85-77)

Head to head:
The Knights were 15-9 against the Beasts this season.
The Sky Chiefs were 14-9 against the Slam this season.

Playoff injury report:
The Knights have been playing without LF Fernando Canales for some time. He tore his PCL in late July. Likewise, star pitcher José Arisa has been on the DL with shoulder inflammation since late July. The Beasts are pretty healthy. However, they will miss the defensive wizardry of SS Joshua Ridings in the League Championship Series. The Sky Chiefs have three players on the disabled list: SP José Sandoval, LF Bruno Payton, and MR Mário Reyes. The Slam also have three players on the DL: CF Aramis Jáquez, MR Carl O’Mullen, and MR Tim Fisher. Jáquez, a young star from Venezuela, is a particularly big loss for Richmond. He ruptured his Achilles tendon back in June.