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The MLB season is flying into the heart of June. Below you’ll find insight into the minds of NFBC managers as the season pushes onward.
SAVE YOUR RATIOS LIKE HORATIO
MLB COUNTER = 40.5% of the season complete
We are now just about 40% through the MLB season, and it’s time to talk about pitching ratios. This discussion reminded me of the first ratio fighter – Horatio – Horatius Cocles – the Roman hero of the late 6th century – who first with two companions and finally alone defended the Sublician bridge in Rome against Lars Porsena (similar to Lars Nootbaar?) and the entire Etruscan army, thereby giving the Romans time to cut down the bridge. You remember the Etruscans, don’t you? I believe they were the predecessors to the Kansas City Athletics back in the day…good offense, no pitching.
In any case, according to the legend, Horatio had worries about his pitching ratios, and took it out on the Etruscans in heroic fashion. Sometimes we can all feel a little like that when our starter goes one-third of an inning and gives up seven earned runs. Am I right, friends?
In examining the trend of pitching ratios in recent years (but after the 6th century), you can see that pitching ratios were improving – both from 2019 to 2021 AND from 2021 to 2022 as pitchers continued to get more and more of an upper hand.
Categories | 2022 MLB | 2021 MLB | 2021-2022 Percent Change | 2019 MLB | 2019-2021 Percent Change |
ERA | 3.96 | 4.26 | 7.60% | 4.49 | 5.40% |
WHIP | 1.266 | 1.297 | 2.40% | 1.334 | 2.90% |
DO YOU HAVE RATIOS OF 3.71 AND 1.21? (THEN YOU ARE AT THE MAIN EVENT 80% OVERALL TARGET LEVELS)
But how do these ratio levels compare to 2023? Over the years I have examined the 80% level (achieving a total that provides 80% of the contest points for that category), since achieving the 80% threshold in your fantasy baseball contest not only will give you a strong level of rotisserie points in your fantasy baseball league, but in the case of the NFBC will place you in contention for the overall prizes as well (assuming you can achieve this for all ten roto categories).
Below are the 80% ratio targets for the past few seasons: it took a 3.85 ERA and 1.20 WHIP to be at 80% in the rabbit ball year of 2019. Those levels improved to 3.65 and 1.16 by the next full year of 2021, and then jumped again to 3.38 and 1.14 last year. But what is the correct level in 2023? This year, fantasy owners – thus far – need an ERA and WHIP of 3.71 and 1.21 to hit the 80% mark. If so, ERA would be 9.6% worse than 2022, 1.6% worse than 2021 and just 3.6% better than the heavy offense year of 2019. And WHIP would be 5.5% worse than 2022, 3.5% worse than 2021 and virtually even with 2019. If you’re in a 15-team league, I’d suggest comparing your ratios to these new levels to see if you are running ahead or behind in these categories.
Categories | 80% Level: 2022 Main Event | 80% Level: 2021 Main Event | 2021-2022 Percent Change | 80% Level: 2019 Main Event | 2019-2021 Percent Change |
ERA | 3.382 | 3.649 | 0.079 | 3.845 | 0.054 |
WHIP | 1.143 | 1.165 | 0.019 | 1.202 | 0.032 |
Here are the up-to-date targets for the categories we’ve gone over to date – on the left is the current amount to be at 80% and on the right is the projected straight-line value if the current pace continues for the remainder of 2023.
Categories | 80% Level: 2023 Main Event YTD | 80% Level: 2023 Main Event PROJECTED FINAL |
Runs | 436 | 1077 |
HRs | 119 | 294 |
RBIs | 423 | 1044 |
Steals | 76 | 188 |
Average | 0.2601 | 0.2607 |
Strikeouts | 581 | 1435 |
Wins | 39 | 96 |
Saves | 30 | 74 |
ERA | 3.708 | 3.708 |
WHIP | 1.206 | 1.206 |
I’ve also updated the runs scored, home runs and batting average for this year (through Sunday, June 11th), and they are shown below compared to the 2017-2022 period. There’s been no real movement over the past week, but you can see that offensive stats are up and stolen bases are up to .72 per game from the much lower .51 per game last year. In the second chart below, the only change over the past week was that that strikeouts edged down to 8.56 per game from 8.59 (but strikeouts and walks are still up sharply from last season).
MLB HITTING STATS | RUNS/GAME | HOME RUNS | BATTING AVERAGE | STOLEN BASES/GAME | SB SUCCESS RATE |
2023 YTD | 4.54 | 1.14 | 0.247 | 0.72 | 0.8 |
2022 | 4.28 | 1.07 | 0.243 | 0.51 | 0.75 |
2021 | 4.53 | 1.22 | 0.244 | 0.46 | 0.76 |
2020 | 4.65 | 1.28 | 0.245 | 0.49 | 0.75 |
2019 | 4.83 | 1.39 | 0.252 | 0.47 | 0.73 |
2018 | 4.65 | 1.15 | 0.248 | 0.51 | 0.72 |
2017 | 4.65 | 1.26 | 0.255 | 0.52 | 0.73 |
MLB PITCHING STATS | MLB WHIP | STRIKEOUTS/GAME | UNINTENTIONAL WALKS/GAME | K:BB RATIO |
2023 YTD | 1.31 | 8.56 | 3.3 | 2.59 |
2022 | 1.27 | 8.4 | 3.06 | 2.75 |
2021 | 1.3 | 8.68 | 3.25 | 2.67 |
2020 | 1.33 | 8.68 | 3.39 | 2.56 |
2019 | 1.33 | 8.81 | 3.27 | 2.69 |
2018 | 1.3 | 8.48 | 3.32 | 2.55 |
2017 | 1.34 | 8.25 | 3.26 | 2.53 |
Most Common FAAB Pickups in the Main Event: Cruzin’ With Elly
The 10 widest acquisitions are in the chart below, and Elly De La Cruz was the big story – even though he was held in 7 Main Event leagues before Sunday. Nevertheless, he was added in the remaining leagues at some mind-boggling amounts – particularly considering that owners were already looking at reduced FAAB levels before the weekend. Elly cruised to a high of $650 and the lowest successful winning bid was a still-substantial $258. De La Cruz attracted 11 bids over $500; 20 between $400-499; and 14 more between $300-399. But he wasn’t the only one attracting attention. His teammate Andrew Abbott, was added in all 53 leagues for a high of $375, and AJ Smith-Shawver – newly appointed to the Atlanta rotation – was added in all 53 leagues for a high of $229.
ADDED IN MOST MAIN EVENT LEAGUES | Leagues Added | Reason | Highest Winning Bid | Lowest Winning Bid |
Andrew Abbott | 53 | Tell me if you’ve heard this: New rookie pitcher | 375 | 43 |
AJ Smith-Shawver | 53 | New Rookie Pitcher | 229 | 17 |
Scott McGough | 47 | Closing in AZ? | 57 | 2 |
Elly De La Cruz | 46 | The Cincinnati Kid | 650 | 258 |
Tommy Pham | 45 | Hitting well for NYM | 42 | 1 |
Kerry Carpenter | 39 | Back from IL | 54 | 4 |
Trevor May | 37 | Closing in OAK? | 47 | 1 |
Yonny Chirinos | 36 | Two starts for TB | 54 | 1 |
Michael A. Taylor | 34 | Hitting well for MIN | 48 | 1 |
Mauricio Dubón | 33 | Full-time role? | 37 | 1 |
THE CENTURY CLUB
In the 12th FAAB run (see below), there were 58 $200-plus successful bids (up from 29) – with 46 of these 58 for Elly De La Cruz (9 were for Abbott and 2 were for Smith-Shawver). As you can see below, we’ve now had 524 total winning bids over $200 (and 1180 total $100+ winning bids) in the first twelve weeks of FAAB.
Weekly Summary (FAAB DATE) |
Winning Bids Over $200 |
Winning Bids Over $100 |
3/26 |
2 |
13 |
4/3 |
24 |
80 |
4/10 |
27 |
98 |
4/17 |
66 |
149 |
4/24 |
37 |
102 |
4/30 |
79 |
151 |
5/7 |
86 |
147 |
5/14 |
61 |
117 |
5/21 |
11 |
75 |
5/28 |
44 |
66 |
6/4 |
29 |
59 |
6/11 |
58 |
123 |
YTD |
524 |
1180 |
The Wow Bid of the Week
So, who attracted the highest single bid of the week? Of course it is no surprise that the highest winning bid was for Elly De La Cruz. And against all odds the winning bid for Elly was the highest bid of the year – a tidy $650. This easily beat the $352 second place bid in that league. Wow. Just wow.
- 3/26: Darick Hall $221
- 4/2: Dany Jiménez $363
- 4/9 Oscar Colás $372
- 4/16 Taj Bradley $557
- 4/23 José Alvarado $399
- 4/30 Tanner Bibee $504
- 5/7 Bryce Miller $468
- 5/14 Eury Pérez $415
- 5/21 Bobby Miller $329
- 5/28 Bobby Miller $412
- 6/4 Royce Lewis $429
- 6/11 Elly De La Cruz $650
Rookie Starting Pitcher Update
I’m just fascinated by the regularity and amounts spent on rookie starting pitchers this year – so I updated the chart of high-profile free agent adds in this category (please note the stats are not the full season stats but the ones generated since they passed their NFBC pickup date). The best of the bunch thus far appears to be Bobby Miller and Eury Pérez – but there are several solid adds – Taj Bradley; Louie Varland; Tanner Bibee; Logan Allen; and Bryce Miller. This is contrasted, however, with Brandon Pfaadt; Mason Miller; and Matthew Liberatore – who left something to be desired…
ROOKIE STARTING PITCHERS |
Date Added |
IP |
K |
BB |
ERA |
WHIP |
Performance Grade |
3/26 |
23.2 |
18 |
8 |
8.37 |
1.65 |
D |
|
3/26 |
10.0 |
5 |
7 |
14.40 |
3.00 |
F |
|
4/16 |
33.2 |
44 |
11 |
4.01 |
1.28 |
B |
|
4/23 |
17.0 |
17 |
6 |
3.18 |
0.94 |
Dropped Out |
|
4/30 |
45.2 |
42 |
13 |
4.70 |
1.27 |
B- |
|
4/30 |
38.2 |
34 |
12 |
3.26 |
1.14 |
B |
|
4/30 |
40.2 |
35 |
12 |
3.54 |
1.48 |
B- |
|
5/7 |
26.1 |
18 |
4 |
6.15 |
1.22 |
B- |
|
5/14 |
24.1 |
23 |
11 |
1.85 |
1.19 |
A- |
|
5/21 |
9.0 |
4 |
4 |
8.00 |
1.78 |
D+ |
|
5/28 |
18.0 |
18 |
6 |
0.50 |
0.78 |
A+ |
|
6/11 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Incomplete |
|
6/11 |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Incomplete |
|
? |
0.0 |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
Incomplete |
FAAB Summary
In the first 12 FAAB weeks, Main Event owners have had 18,819 winning bids (so each Main Event team has won 23.7 bids on average YTD – roughly two per week) and spent – get this – about $750 of their $1,000 allocation. Comparing that to the last two years at the 8-week mark, that’s more than the $646 spent in 2022 AND the $648 spent two years ago. You can see in the chart below (the average amount spent per team column) that there was $65.35 spent per team this week – much higher than the past three weeks (thanks Elly). I CONTINUE TO BELIEVE that this will drop precipitously in the but who knows anymore? But with 27 FAAB periods and $750 spent in 12 weeks, owners who have an average amount left are going to have to average $16.67 per week for ALL their winning bids over the final 15 weeks of the campaign. Anyone have some FAAB coupons?
MAIN EVENT: 2023 FAAB PERIOD | TOTAL NUMBER OF MAIN EVENT WINNING BIDS | TOTAL FAAB DOLLARS SPENT MAIN EVENT | AVERAGE WINNING BID MAIN EVENT | AVERAGE AMOUNT SPENT PER TEAM | CUMULATIVE FAAB SPENT PER TEAM |
1 | 341 | $6,722 | $19.71 | $8.46 | |
2 | 1410 | $50,519 | $35.83 | $63.55 | $72.00 |
3 | 1793 | $55,661 | $31.04 | $70.01 | $142.02 |
4 | 1822 | $68,776 | $37.75 | $86.51 | $228.53 |
5 | 1725 | $53,876 | $31.23 | $67.77 | $296.29 |
6 | 1748 | $61,632 | $35.26 | $77.52 | $373.82 |
7 | 1902 | $74,183 | $39.00 | $93.31 | $467.13 |
8 | 1775 | $59,903 | $33.75 | $75.35 | $542.48 |
9 | 1659 | $40,999 | $24.71 | $51.57 | $594.05 |
10 | 1501 | $37,183 | $24.77 | $46.77 | $640.82 |
11 | 1524 | $34,488 | $22.63 | $43.38 | $684.20 |
12 | 1619 | $51,953 | $32.09 | $65.35 | $749.55 |
TOTAL | 18819 | $595,895 | $31.66 | $749.55 |
The Colosseum
Each week during the season, I take a look at the four widest Main Event pickups from three weeks ago and evaluate whether it was a good addition based on the early stats (thumbs up), a bad idea (thumbs down) or simply a push. In the chart below, you can see the results from the 9th FAAB period. Matthew Liberatore leads us off and has faltered a bit; stumbling to a 8.00 ERA – he gets a thumbs down from the emperor of course. Then we have one of the best pickups of the season – Matt McLain. He’s hitting a lusty .372 with 2 homers, 2 steals and plenty of counting stats. He gets a thumbs up for sure. Brandon Williamson though has not worked out – as his ERA and WHIP are almost at Liberatore territory – so he is sent to the thumbs down pile. Then we have the curious case of Edouard Julien. The average is OK but he hasn’t really gotten the at bats because he was sent down. We could argue that many owners that added him dropped him but maybe a few held on? Anyway, the jury is still out on Edouard as he’s back up for the Twins now. Maybe he will catch fire this time around. He is awarded a Push for this confusing situation.
This now gives us 14 thumbs up for the season thus far (39%), 16 down (44%), and 6 pushes (17%). That’s about even with 2022, which registered a 39% thumbs up on these weekly pickups, and well ahead of 2021 (24%).
53 |
9.0 IP (4/4 K:BB) 0 W 8.00 ERA 1.78 WHIP |
Thumbs Down |
|
53 |
.372 BA 2 HR 2 SB (17/9 R:RBI) |
Thumbs Up |
|
47 |
21.0 IP (15/11 K:BB) 1 W 6.43 ERA 1.62 WHIP |
Thumbs Down |
|
40 |
.273 BA 2 HR 1 SB (5/4 R:RBI) |
PUSH |
Overall Leaderboard: One if By Kurland; Two if By Sea
Well lookee here! In first place overall we find that great Revolutionary War buff Michael Kurland – who reported to me that the history books have the Paul Revere saying incorrectly recorded (the correct saying is above). We may have to double check this statement, but in any case Mike jumped from 4th place into the overall lead and even though his cushion is a relatively small 68.0 points I for one am highly impressed with Mike’s performance and commitment (rumor has it that he is riding though Boston this weekend yelling “John Pausma is coming! John Pausma is coming!”).
Overall Leader |
Standings Through This Date |
Fantasy Owner |
Overall Points |
Margin Over Second Place |
Current Overall Place |
1 |
4/2 |
Robert Henke |
7065.0 |
82.5 |
38th |
2 |
4/9 |
John Pausma |
6694.0 |
7.0 |
16th |
3 |
4/16 |
Michael Mager |
7254.5 |
545.0 |
7th |
4 |
4/23 |
Michael Mager |
6820.0 |
168.5 |
7th |
5 |
4/30 |
Michael Mager |
7056.0 |
338.5 |
7th |
6 |
5/7 |
Michael Mager |
7038.0 |
230.0 |
7th |
7 |
5/14 |
Jeff Tudor |
6791.0 |
158.0 |
5th |
8 |
5/21 |
Steve Maier |
6786.0 |
158.0 |
2nd |
9 |
5/28 |
Steve Maier |
6945.0 |
233.5 |
2nd |
10 |
6/4 |
Steve Maier |
6902.5 |
172.5 |
2nd |
11 |
6/11 |
Michael Kurland |
6745.0 |
68.0 |
1st |
In the overall top thirty standing below, we find Steve Maier looming in second place (and not happy about losing his grip on first), and a meteoric rise for Gregg Martin (17th last week – now 3rd overall!). Eric Christenson has been VERY consistent – and moves slowly but surely up the leaderboard (now he’s 4th from 5th last week). Jeff Tudor (who led after week 7) is in 5th; Clark Olson is 6th (and 26th!); Michael Mager is 7th AND 8th place (great job Michael). My hero Brandon King moved from 10th to 9th; and Ari Benjamin jumped into the top 30 at 10th overall!
Among the other top-30 contenders, I have my eye on experienced professionals Mark Srebro (11th) and Andrew Geller (12th); Mr. Pitching Dalton Del Don in 13th; Stephen Fiore in 14th; and David Hubbard in 15th. John Pausma – the great John Pausma – holds down 16th AND 17th AND 21st – just waiting for the opportune moment to swoop up even higher. Ned Donohue is also biding his time in 18th and 28th – we know he is a real threat for the title! However, all of these thirty are doing fantastic work and should be commended for their performance thus far!
Overall Rank |
Overall Prize Money |
Fantasy Owner |
Overall Points |
Points Behind First Place |
1 |
$200,000 |
Michael Kurland |
6745.0 |
0.0 |
2 |
$50,000 |
Steve Maier |
6677.0 |
68.0 |
3 |
$30,000 |
Gregg Martin |
6625.0 |
120.0 |
4 |
$25,000 |
Eric Christenson |
6557.0 |
188.0 |
5 |
$20,000 |
Jeff Tudor |
6532.5 |
212.5 |
6 |
$15,000 |
Clark Olson |
6498.0 |
247.0 |
7 |
$12,500 |
Michael Mager |
6458.0 |
287.0 |
8 |
$10,000 |
Michael Mager |
6444.0 |
301.0 |
9 |
$9,000 |
Brandon King |
6404.0 |
341.0 |
10 |
$8,000 |
Ari Benjamin |
6353.5 |
391.5 |
11 |
$7,500 |
Mark Srebro |
6310.5 |
434.5 |
12 |
$7,000 |
Andrew Geller |
6307.5 |
437.5 |
13 |
$6,000 |
Dalton Del Don |
6255.0 |
490.0 |
14 |
$5,500 |
Stephen Fiore |
6238.5 |
506.5 |
15 |
$5,000 |
David Hubbard |
6150.0 |
595.0 |
16 |
$4,000 |
John Pausma |
6127.5 |
617.5 |
17 |
$3,500 |
John Pausma |
6117.0 |
628.0 |
18 |
$3,000 |
Ned Donohue |
6108.0 |
637.0 |
19 |
$2,500 |
Bob Catsiroumpas |
6107.0 |
638.0 |
20 |
$2,400 |
Kellen Arneson |
6073.0 |
672.0 |
21 |
$2,300 |
John Pausma |
6052.5 |
624.5 |
22 |
$2,200 |
Robert Mirshak & Ian Kahn |
6041.5 |
583.5 |
23 |
$2,100 |
Danny Bronski |
6018.5 |
538.5 |
24 |
$2,000 |
David Einhorn |
5998.0 |
534.5 |
25 |
$1,950 |
Scott Gilbert |
5974.0 |
524.0 |
26 |
$1,900 |
Clark Olson |
5957.0 |
501.0 |
27 |
$1,850 |
Scott Slezak |
5944.0 |
500.0 |
28 |
$1,800 |
Ned Donohue |
5942.5 |
461.5 |
29 |
$1,750 |
Dave Clum |
5941.5 |
412.0 |
30 |
$1,700 |
Joe Meyer |
5931.5 |
379.0 |
Average Top 30 Overall Score |
Average Top 30 Overall Score |
6229.6 |
Champions Update
I like to keep tabs on our recent Overall Champions, because they have proven their mettle over long, difficult campaigns and therefore MUST be threats to do so again.
Philippe Dussault: After weeks of insults, Philippe is now serious. First he shot up to 201st from 275th place (out of 795 total) two weeks ago, then last week to 187th! This week? It’s 160th overall. He is repeating his mantra that he is dedicating this season to “defending the integrity of his spreadsheet,” and says anyone that mocks it is due for a rude awakening. Yikes.
Robert Cramutola: Bob had a rough week – dropping from 56th to 206th. Wow. Bob reports that he is STILL SURE that he will win the overall championship again this season. But when I asked why he is dropping down the standings instead of moving up, he changed the subject and said that fantasy football is really a great game…
League of Legends
NFBC League No. |
LEADER $7,500 prize |
2nd PLACE $3,500 prize |
3rd PLACE $1,750 prize |
1220 |
Michael Mager |
Dave Smith |
Nelson Sousa |
1221 |
Ned Donohue |
Brian Edwards |
Brian Ambos |
1228 |
John Pausma |
Jeremy Brader |
Tom O’Bryan |
1229 |
Clark Olson |
Chris Uram |
Danny Bronski |
1230 |
Todd Whitestone |
Kyle Brinkmann |
Chas Nelson |
1244 |
David Einhorn |
Jason Anthony |
Joe Green |
1276 |
Gregg Martin |
Andrew Geller |
Bradley Libros |
1282 |
Danny Bronski |
Jenny Butler |
Kyle Brinkmann |
1412 |
Mark Srebro |
Dalton Del Don |
Paul Hong |
1417 |
Danny Bronski |
Leonard Ringle |
Bob Catsiroumpas |
1418 |
Graham Dawick |
Scott Slack |
Dominic Rello |
1419 |
Kyle Brinkmann |
Thomas Warner |
Stephen Goodwin |
1420 |
Joe Green |
Aaron Jones |
Steven Heffernan |
1426 |
Steve Maier |
Clark Olson |
Jody Ryan |
1427 |
John Pausma |
Michael O’Brien |
Bill Gaffney |
1428 |
James Anderson |
Scott Waggener |
Glenn Schroter |
1429 |
Markus Sultan |
Rick Davis |
Dave Anderson |
1443 |
Jeff Tudor |
Brian Slack & Nickolaus Sackett |
Eric Albright |
1444 |
Michael Mager |
Clark Olson |
Michael O’Brien |
1445 |
John Pausma |
Vic Tafur |
Tony DiVincenzo |
1446 |
Dave Clum |
Jason Anthony |
Chris Fessler |
1447 |
Ari Benjamin |
Joe Meyer |
James Anderson & Todd Whitestone |
1448 |
David Ehansipoor |
Zachary Waxman |
Mark Northan |
1449 |
Stephen Fiore |
Matt Strickler |
Steve Maier |
1450 |
Steve Puntenney |
James Tomony |
Emmett Ruland |
1469 |
Eric Heberlig |
Griffin Benger |
Daniel Prepas |
1488 |
Michael Kurland |
James Gabal |
Dale Morgan |
1489 |
Brandon King |
John Pausma |
Mike Ballschmiede |
1513 |
Benjamin Graff |
Dave Rhydderch |
Brent Grooms |
1520 |
Bob Catsiroumpas |
Mark DiMondo |
Bradley Libros |
1521 |
Mike Cameron |
Nelson Sousa |
Eric Price |
1555 |
Rob Silver |
David Miller |
Steven Weimer |
1567 |
John Pausma |
Al Williams |
Samuel Horton |
1569 |
Eric Christenson |
David Hubbard |
David Miller |
1571 |
Scott Feschuk |
Tom O’Bryan |
Eric Albright |
1572 |
Robert Mirshak & Ian Kahn |
Michael Mager |
James Maples |
1573 |
Charles Sommer |
David Hubbard |
William McAleer |
1574 |
Hunter Dorbandt |
Mark Srebro |
Rey Diaz |
1575 |
Bryan Fitzgerald |
Scott Waggener |
Mark Northan |
1576 |
Stephen Marshall |
Scott Waggener |
Bob Mazur |
1577 |
Todd Whitestone |
Michael Noakes |
Andrew Sullivan |
1578 |
Andrew Geller |
Kellen Arneson |
Douglas Gruber |
1579 |
Scott Slezak |
Robert Henke |
Travis Sawchick |
1589 |
Ned Donohue |
Sammy Reid |
Seth Trachtman |
1604 |
Scott Gilbert |
Ned Donohue |
Nelson Sousa |
1613 |
Jarrett Greco |
Theodore Kristek |
Usman Ahmad |
1614 |
Jordan Rosenblum |
Kyle Pantalone |
Joseph Martens |
1646 |
Charles Holleman |
Dave Rhydderch |
Jeffrey Bryl |
1663 |
Gregg Martin |
Brad Solander |
Brian Slack & Nickolaus Sackett |
1673 |
Jody Ryan |
John Thompson |
Chris Oliver |
1677 |
Andrew McQuiston |
Brian Magnani |
Jason Santeiu |
1717 |
Vlad Sedler |
Douglas Roth |
Zach Bettencourt |
1737 |
Eddie Gillis |
John Fish |
James Rodriguez |
Shout-Outs
BRANDON KING IS STILL OUR HERO! Brandon is the ONLY fantasy player able to lead John Pausma in the Main Event – so Mr. Pausma is therefore ONLY leading four Main Event leagues out of five (and he is second in the fifth – pretty embarrassing, right John?). Michael Mager and Ned Donohue both have two first place Main Event positions and one second place. And Danny Bronski is also leading two leagues and third in another. In addition, the quartet of Clark Olson, Kyle Brinkmann, Nelson Sousa and Scott Waggener each have three teams in cashing positions. Those eight fantasy players have 12 first place positions; 10 second place; and 4 third place – wow. Excellent job gentlemen!
Eighteen other players are in two cashing spots, with Gregg Martin and flash-in-the-pan Todd Whitestone (who?) holding two first place positions. In fact, these 26 Main Event stars below have a combined 22 first place positions (42%) and 62 cashing spots (39% of the 159 total available). There’s a long way to go of course, but right now the story of the season in the Main Event is Pausma, Mager, Donohue, Bronski and Olson – even if the North Church is showing one light (right Michael?). So let’s all sit back and watch Paul Revere ride through town as we ponder how to make $250 last for 15 more weeks of FAAB!
SHOUT OUTS |
FIRST PLACE |
SECOND PLACE |
THIRD PLACE |
TOTAL CASH POSITIONS |
John Pausma |
4 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
Michael Mager |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
Ned Donohue |
2 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
Danny Bronski |
2 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
Clark Olson |
1 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
Kyle Brinkmann |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
Nelson Sousa |
0 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Scott Waggener |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Gregg Martin |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Todd Whitestone |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Andrew Geller |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Mark Srebro |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Joe Green |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
Bob Catsiroumpas |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
Steve Maier |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
Jody Ryan |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
Dave Rhydderch |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
David Hubbard |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
Jason Anthony |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
David Miller |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Tom O’Bryan |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Brian Slack & Nickolaus Sackett |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Michael O’Brien |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Bradley Libros |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Eric Albright |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
Mark Northan |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
TOTAL |
22 |
22 |
18 |
62 |
Good luck during Week 13!