Whitestone's Waiver Watch: NFBC Main Event (7/1)

Strike Package

MLB Counter = 51.9% of the season complete

Well folks, we’re halfway home (actually just about 52% based on games played), so this week let’s turn to a Main Event focus – starting pitchers. We all realize that starting pitchers impact four of the 10 rotisserie scoring categories – Wins, Strikeouts, ERA and WHIP. But I submit to you, dear reader, that two of those four categories are a bit, shall we say, mercurial (that’s a fancy word for you just can’t predict them too well). But in this 855-team contest, they do affect scoring in a very reliable way in the two others. So I’m tabbing those two more reliable categories, Strikeouts and WHIP, as the Strike Package, because a quality starter gives you plenty of firepower..

Below you can see the top-15 strikeout pitchers through June 29. But the table below isn’t sorted by strikeouts. It combines strikeouts and WHIP according to the formula strikeouts plus two minus WHIP to get approximately equal weighting for each in a total score. In this way, a pitcher with a high strikeout total but a high WHIP would not be ranked at the top of the chart. The top score for the season thus far is Tyler Glasnow, who grades out at a 244, with the No. 1 strikeout total and an impressive WHIP. However, Michael King, who has a solid 115 strikeouts, only gets a 188 because his 1.27 WHIP drags him down to 14th (admittedly, all 15 of these players are great assets to have in fantasy). Similarly, Cole Ragans has the fourth-highest strikeout total (120), but his score of 203 is only 10th due to his higher WHIP. Alternatively, Logan Gilbert’s outstanding WHIP makes up for a slightly lower strikeout total – he is 8th with a 214 despite only 102 K’s this season.

Strikeout Leaders Ranked by K’s and WHIP (season):

	Starting Pitcher	Strikeouts	WHIP	SCORE
1	Glasnow	136	0.92	244
2	Crochet	130	0.93	237
3	Sale	118	0.91	227
4	Cease	125	1.06	219
5	Skubal	112	0.94	218
6	Flaherty	115	1.00	215
7	Wheeler	112	0.98	214
8	Gilbert	102	0.88	214
9	S. Gray	109	0.99	210
10	Ragans	120	1.17	203
11	Bibee	109	1.08	201
12	P. Lopez	110	1.14	196
13	Peralta	112	1.17	195
14	King	115	1.27	188
15	H. Greene	103	1.17	186

Well, what about the last 30 days, you ask? (Well, nobody asked, but here it is anyway.) There are some familiar names below but with some new additions. Over the last month, Tanner Bibee has been outstanding (as you can see below) with the highest strikeout total and a tremendous 0.84 WHIP. Who are the other strong June performers? Hunter Brown, who started out very poorly, is 4th; Justin Steele, who can’t buy a win, is 9th; Paul Skenes is 10th, and look at Chris Bassitt – he is 15th (Again, this list is first created from the top 15 strikeout totals and then adding in the WHIP. It would not be the same if I ranked all starting pitchers).

Strikeout Leaders Ranked by K’s and WHIP (Last 30 days):

	LAST 30 DAYS
	Starting Pitcher	Strikeouts	WHIP	SCORE
1	Bibee	47	0.84	163
2	Crochet	45	0.98	147
3	S. Gray	42	0.98	144
4	H. Brown	36	0.94	142
5	Glasnow	41	1.00	141
6	Sale	40	1.07	133
7	P. Lopez	41	1.09	132
8	Ragans	43	1.12	131
9	Steele	39	1.08	131
10	Skenes	40	1.12	128
11	Houck	36	1.09	127
12	Cease	43	1.26	117
13	King	41	1.24	117
14	Webb	35	1.27	108
15	Bassitt	35	1.27	108

NFBC Main Event FAAB #15: A Surge in Spending

In FAAB #15 on June 30, spending spiked. The top-10 widest acquisitions this week are in the chart below, and it was a festival for Main Event owners (see below) as David Festa (who was added in all 57 leagues) led the way. It actually seemed like this festival was Christmas themed (more on this later), as Jhonkensy Noel was next, picked up in 56 leagues. Then another Noel(vi) – third baseman Noelvi Marte (CIN) – returned from his suspension, and he was added in 51 leagues, before we broke the Christmas trend with Davis Daniel (LAA) who found his way onto 50 Main Event rosters. Among the widest 10 pickups, Marte held the highest average winning bid at about $271. Festa (MIN) came next at approximately $47, and Noel checked in at about $41. Luis Matos (SF) and Xander Bogaerts (SD) were in the $20-29 range, and everyone else was below $20. Only three additional players (outside the widest adds) were picked up in more than five leagues and attracted relatively high $30+ average winning bids. They were Colton Cowser (average of $62 from 5 bids), Heston Kjerstad (average of $76 from 15 bids) and Jake Meyers (average $38 from 5).

NFBC Main Event – Most Added this Week: Festival of Lights

Player	Leagues Added	Highest Winning Bid	Average Winning Bid	Reason
David Festa	57	$133	$46.74	MIN Rookie in the rotation
Jhonkensy Noel	56	$99	$41.36	Christmas comes early
Noelvi Marte	51	$509	$270.92	The big target
Davis Daniel	50	$45	$16.46	Looked good first outing
Hayden Wesneski	49	$38	$8.24	Two starts this week
Luis Matos	44	$72	$26.70	Getting regular PT
Stuart Fairchild	34	$22	$9.71	3 steals last week
Hunter Renfroe	33	$23	$9.85	.389 with 2 homers last week
Xander Bogaerts	30	$101	$29.27	Taking batting practice
Edward Cabrera	29	$42	$12.03	4 scoreless in the minors

Winning Bids over $100 and $200

Bidding Stock Market GIF by Pudgy Penguins

I’m also keeping tabs on players attracting the highest individual FAAB bids. In the 15th run on June 30 (see below), there were 46, the largest number since May 5, $200-plus successful bids. In addition, there were 23 more winning bids between $100-199. In the seven previous FAAB runs from May 12 through June 23, there were only 36 winning bids over $200. This week, the 46 winning bids over $200 were driven by Noelvi Marte, who attracted one bid over $500, two $400-499; 18 $300-399 and 20 $200-299. Ten more Main Event owners won Noelvi for less than $200, with the lowest successful bid totaling $128. The other $200+ winning bids were for Michael Harris ($313), Mike Trout ($281), George Springer ($273), Nolan Arenado ($252), and Christian Scott ($207).

FAAB Date	Winning Bids (< $200)	Winning Bids ($100-$199)
3/24	1	9
3/31	58	43
4/7	1	23
4/14	13	80
4/21	14	80
4/28	8	75
5/5	48	95
5/12	10	58
5/19	11	24
5/26	3	6
6/2	4	37
6/9	3	6
6/16	1	7
6/23	4	7
6/30	46	23
YTD	225	573

The Wow Bid of the Week: The First Noel(vi)

SNL gif. Chris Farley in the Schmitts Gay Beer sketch lifts the sunglass portion of his double lenses in stunned surprise.

The highest overall bid in FAAB Week 15 – you might have already guessed – was for Noelvi Marte of the Reds, who dominated the proceedings in a Christmas spirit, along with his kindred spirit, Jhonkensy Noel (who was also picked up this week). Marte was unowned in 46 Main Event leagues, and is now (of course) 100% rostered. It was the third-highest Wow bid out of the 15 registered so far in 2024, which easily beat out the unsuccessful runner-up bid of $136.

The Wow Bids of 2024

3/24: Nolan Schanuel $200 (#15)
3/31: Jason Foley $479 (#4)
4/7: James McArthur $225 (#14)
4/14 Brandon Nimmo $578 (#2)
4/21 Wilyer Abreu $350 (#10)
4/28 Pete Crow-Armstrong $355 (#9)
5/5 Christian Scott $677 (Highest)
5/12 Taj Bradley $444 (#5)
519 Reed Garrett $420 (#6)
5/26 Wyatt Langford $248 (#13)
6/2 Ben Brown $366 (#7)
6/9 Blake Snell $360 (#8)
6/16 Ryne Stanek $261 (#12)
6/23 Michael Harris $281 (#11)
6/30 Noelvi Marte $509 (#3)

FAAB Summary: Noelvi Leads the Way

In the 15th FAAB week, Main Event owners successfully made 1,755 winning bids (about 6% less than last week) but the Noelvi Marte bids made the overall spending surge. Because of this, Main Event owners have now spent exactly $674 of their $1,000 allocation. However, even with this week’s spending, the overall FAAB that has left Main Event owners’ wallets remains significantly lower than the last three years at the 15-week mark. In contrast, the three previous years (as you can see below) were well over $700 spent. This year’s Week 15 had spending of about $47 per team, significantly more than the previous three years (all three previous years were within $17-$29 spent in Week 15). But there is still more money available in the Main Event – much more than in the previous three years. Since Main Event owners are still able to aggressively bid (still about $27 left to spend per week), you should anticipate other higher spending in the weeks to come.

Total Spent: Main Event Through 14 FAAB Periods

2024: $674
2023: $823
2022: $747
2021: $732

FAAB Spending Summary 2024

2024 FAAB Week	Total # of Winning Bids	Total FAAB $ Spent	Average Winning Bid	Average Amount Spent (per team)	Cumulative FAAB Spent (per team)
1	310	$4,929	$15.90	$5.76
2	1460	$46,330	$31.73	$54.19	$59.95
3	1728	$34,480	$19.95	$40.33	$100.28
4	1825	$52,908	$28.99	$61.88	$162.16
5	2029	$57,486	$28.33	$67.24	$229.40
6	1929	$51,835	$26.87	$60.63	$290.02
7	1925	$64,251	$33.38	$75.15	$365.17
8	1875	$45,824	$24.44	$53.60	$418.76
9	1718	$35,076	$20.42	$41.02	$459.79
10	1728	$28,757	$16.64	$33.63	$493.42
11	1774	$35,327	$19.91	$41.32	$534.74
12	1594	$23,880	$14.98	$27.93	$562.67
13	1668	$26,333	$15.79	$30.80	$593.47
14	1864	$28,321	$15.19	$33.12	$626.59
15	1755	$40,534	$23.10	$47.41	$674.00
TOTAL	25182	$576,271	$22.88	$674.00

Average Weekly Spending Per Team (21-24):

FAAB Period	2024	2023	2022	2021
1	*$5.76*	*$8.46*	*$11.29*	*$9.89*
2	*$54.19*	*$63.55*	*$51.24*	*$86.71*
3	*$40.33*	*$70.01*	*$65.29*	*$85.95*
4	*$61.88*	*$86.51*	*$62.57*	*$67.98*
5	*$67.24*	*$67.77*	*$53.82*	*$67.41*
6	*$60.63*	*$77.52*	*$71.32*	*$66.39*
7	*$75.15*	*$93.31*	*$83.64*	*$47.16*
8	*$53.60*	*$75.35*	*$65.81*	*$42.71*
9	*$41.02*	*$51.57*	*$51.68*	*$46.22*
10	*$33.63*	*$46.77*	*$46.93*	*$59.57*
11	*$41.32*	*$43.38*	*$42.24*	*$40.12*
12	*$27.93*	*$65.35*	*$39.90*	*$28.44*
13	*$30.80*	*$28.23*	*$32.51*	*$28.44*
14	*$33.12*	*$28.31*	*$39.74*	*$32.99*
15	*$47.41*	*$17.00*	*$29.50*	*$21.90*

The Colosseum

Four Widest ME Pickups from 3 weeks ago	LGS Added	First three weeks stats after wide pickup
Jack Suwinski	47	.139 BA 1 HR 0 SB (6/5 R:RBI)
Cade Povich	46	21.1 IP (15/6 K:BB) 1 W 2.53 ERA 1.12 WHIP
Spencer Horwitz	40	.333 BA 2 HR 0 SB (9/6 R:RBI)
Justyn-Henry Malloy	36	.170 BA 2 HR 0 SB (5/5 R:RBI)

Each week during the season, I’ll 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. We’re focusing on the first three weeks after the pickup, when players can earn their new owners some good stats (as they are generally in the active lineup) or underperform badly, leading to an angry drop soon after they are added to the roster.

Three weeks ago, we had our 12th FAAB run, and we had two fairly good pickups. Cade Povich (see above) produced some nice ratio stats, is still in the rotation and has a good K:BB ratio plus one win. In a 15-teamer, that’s a good addition. Spencer Horwitz gets a thumbs up as well, with a fine batting average and some decent counting stats. Unfortunately, there were two wide pickups that did not deliver. Jack Suwinski still hasn’t gotten out of his funk and has hit just .139 over the three weeks. Justyn-Henry Malloy did provide two homers (including an inside-the-park homer Sunday), but his .170 average doesn’t cut it for our purposes. That’s two thumbs up and two thumbs down this week.

The two thumbs up week keeps the Main Event pickup record for 2024 at a good level, with 20 thumbs up (42%), 21 thumbs down and seven pushes, and the thumbs up percentage is about equal to 2023 (44%). This is about the same neighborhood as the 2022 good pickups mark of 39% but better than 2021, which was 24%.

Colosseum Thumbs Up Record

2024 thus far: 42%
2023: 44%
2022: 39%
2021: 24%

2024 Colosseum Thumbs Up Players

Running Total	Date Added	THUMBS UP
1	3/26	Spencer Turnbull
2	3/26	Ronel Blanco
3	3/26	Yimi Garcia
4	3/26	Daniel Hudson
5	3/31	Jason Foley
6	4/7	Blaze Alexander
7	4/14	Blake Perkins
8	4/14	Jose Soriano
9	4/21	Andy Pages
10	4/21	Albert Suarez
11	4/28	Simeon Woods Richardson
12	4/28	Jo Adell
13	5/12	Robert Gasser
14	5/12	Abraham Toro
15	5/26	David Hamilton
16	5/26	Mark Vientos
17	5/26	Spencer Schwellenbach
18	5/26	David Peterson
19	6/9	Cade Povich
20	6/9	Spencer Horwitz

Overall Leaderboard: Schroter Won’t Gloat(er)

Unlike the gentleman above, Glenn Schroter refuses to gloat over his dominating performance in the Main Event this year. Instead, the 2015 overall Main Event champ is focused on his vow after his initial win that he would “win every 10 years.” However, he is planning on “rubbing it in” in early October (see my reaction above) when this contest goes final. I’m not sure I am looking forward to that…

Main Event Leaders in 2024

*Week*	*Date*	*Fantasy Owner*	*Overall Points*	*Margin Over Second*	*Current Overall Place*
1	*3/31*	*Jenny Butler*	*7501.5*	*48.5*	*424th*
2	*4/7*	*Nelson Sousa*	*7468.5*	*22.0*	*32nd*
3	*4/14*	*Nelson Sousa*	*7646.0*	*13.0*	*32nd*
4	*4/21*	*Greg Diehl*	*7501.5*	*134.5*	*82nd*
5	*4/28*	*Glenn Schroter*	*7481.0*	*63.0*	*1st*
6	*5/5*	*Glenn Schroter*	*7673.0*	*255.5*	*1st*
7	*5/12*	*Robert Cramutola*	*7731.0*	*105.5*	*23rd*
8	*5/19*	*Glenn Schroter*	*7538.0*	*35.0*	*1st*
9	*5/26*	*Glenn Schroter*	*7585.5*	*182.5*	*1st*
10	*6/3*	*Glenn Schroter*	*7523.0*	*129.0*	*1st*
11	*6/10*	*Clark Olson*	*7294.0*	*55.5*	*4th*
12	*6/17*	*Glenn Schroter*	*7391.0*	*152.5*	*1st*
13	*6/24*	*Glenn Schroter*	*7454.0*	*117.0*	*1st*
14	*7/1*	*Glenn Schroter*	*7429.5*	*28.0*	*1st*

So I am contractually obligated to point out that even though Glenn Schroter leads for the eighth time out of the last 10 weeks, his margin is the smallest it has ever been – a slim 28.0 points. This is giving some hope to his nearest rivals, led by the fresher Eric Drescher, who famously took a short respite from the competition and now is moving ever closer to the top of the leaderboard. Beck’s beer proponent Robert Beckman is surging as well, now third overall (he was sixth last week), and Clark the Shark Olson is currently circling in prime position in fourth place. However, The Liberator, Bradley Libros, is solidly in fifth and claims he will still liberate the masses of downtrodden Main Event owners (and he also has a Main Event team ranked #31 overall). Real Neil Petersen sits in sixth, charging all the way from 13th last week, and the impressive Knute Rockne aficionado Nicholi Knutson is the last player above 7,000 overall points, although he dropped back slightly from fifth place last week.

Then there’s the Amazin’ Jason Santeiu, who not only is in eighth place this week, but he also has – get this – the 10th and 17th ranked overall teams. C’mon Jason, let someone else have some fun! The very tough guy to get rid of, Dave Rhydderch, sits in ninth, Marvelous Peter Marrero is now 11th (17th last week) and the magnanimous Brian Magnani is 12th (down one spot from 11th).

Chris (UR A Monster) Uram is 13th, Jackson The Price is Right is 14th and FTN Fantasy stalwart Jason Anthony is 15th. Everyone’s favorite winery king, Chris Boudreaux, is 16th, My Favorite Martin, Gregg Martin, is holed up in 19th and the Pull Hitter Robert DiPietro is in solid position in 20th.

A few other notables in the top 31 (the top 31 are paid an overall prize at the end of the season – see below table) – Alan Mitchell is 21st and 29th, Drummer Griffin Benger is 22nd, 2022 Main Event Overall Champ Robert Cramutola is 23rd, the one true King Brandon King is 24th and man at the cliff’s edge Kyle Brinkmann is 26th.

But all 31 of these fantasy managers are in the hunt for sure, and in a big 855-team contest like the Main Event, that’s all you can ask after a couple of months. We’re past the halfway mark of the season (51.9%), but there’s still plenty of games to be played before October.

Top 31: Main Event 2024

Overall Rank	Overall Prize Money	Fantasy Manager	Overall Points	Points Behind 1st Place
1	*$200,000*	*Glenn Schroter*	*7429.5*	*0.0*
2	*$50,000*	*Eric Drescher*	*7401.5*	*28.0*
3	*$30,000*	*Robert Beckman*	*7398.0*	*31.5*
4	*$25,000*	*Clark Olson*	*7256.0*	*173.5*
5	*$20,000*	*Bradley Libros*	*7201.5*	*228.0*
6	*$15,000*	*Neil Petersen*	*7081.0*	*348.5*
7	*$12,500*	*Nicholi Knutson*	*7035.5*	*394.0*
8	*$10,000*	*Jason Santeiu*	*6945.5*	*484.0*
9	*$9,000*	*Dave Rhydderch*	*6924.5*	*505.0*
10	*$8,000*	*Jason Santeiu*	*6912.0*	*517.5*
11	*$7,500*	*Peter Marrero*	*6878.5*	*551.0*
12	*$7,000*	*Brian Magnani*	*6846.0*	*583.5*
13	*$6,500*	*Chris Uram*	*6806.0*	*623.5*
14	*$6,000*	*Jackson Price*	*6759.0*	*670.5*
15	*$5,500*	*Jason Anthony*	*6735.0*	*694.5*
16	*$5,000*	*Chris Boudreaux*	*6694.0*	*735.5*
17	*$4,000*	*Jason Santeiu*	*6673.0*	*756.5*
18	*$3,500*	*Rich Barry*	*6668.0*	*761.5*
19	*$3,000*	*Gregg Martin*	*6665.0*	*764.5*
20	*$2,500*	*Robert DiPietro*	*6642.0*	*787.5*
21	*$2,400*	*Alan Mitchell*	*6596.0*	*833.5*
22	*$2,300*	*Griffin Benger*	*6580.5*	*849.0*
23	*$2,200*	*Robert Cramutola*	*6578.5*	*851.0*
24	*$2,100*	*Brandon King*	*6537.5*	*892.0*
25	*$2,000*	*Matt Leahy*	*6502.0*	*927.5*
26	*$1,950*	*Kyle Brinkmann*	*6496.0*	*933.5*
27	*$1,900*	*Brody John*	*6454.0*	*975.5*
28	*$1,850*	*Darren Wasny*	*6648.0*	*781.5*
29	*$1,800*	*Alan Mitchell*	*6435.5*	*994.0*
30	*$1,750*	*Peter Christensen*	*6425.5*	*1004.0*
31	*$1,700*	*Bradley Libros*	*6409.0*	*1020.5*
	*Average Top 31 Overall Score*	*Average Top 31 Overall Score*	*6794.0*

League of Legends

Here are the 57 Main Event leagues with the current top three in the standings as of the morning of July 1st!

Top Three: 2024 Main Event League Leaders

NFBC League #	LEADER – $7,000 prize	2nd Place – $3,500 prize	3rd Place – $1,750 prize
1190	Kyle Brinkmann	Ryan Welborn	Gregg Martin
1194	Nicholi Knutson	Kyle Brinkmann	Michael Alloca
1232	Ray Murphy	Joe Anthony	Bob Casale
1233	Andrew Kopicz	Danny Bronski	Andrew Sullivan
1337	Daniel DaSilva	Steven Heffernan	Phillippe Dussault
1380	Joseph Martens	Philippe Dussault	Scott Waggener
1381	Jackson Price	Michael Mager	David Clum
1418	Neil Petersen	Stephen Prepas	David Lightfoot
1419	Brody John	Bill Gaffney	Michael Brophy
1427	Robert Cramutola	James Anderson	Ian Peterson
1438	Chris Uram	Abdulaziz Madani	James Anderson
1443	Jason Santeiu	Nelson Sousa	Clark Olson
1460	Erik Sviggum	Kristopher Reed	David Hinkel
1479	Robert Beckman	Dave Rhydderch	Jordan Rosenblum
1484	James Anderson & Todd Whitestone	Matthew Shepherd	Adam Warner
1485	John Pausma	Donald Warner	Ashley Ainsworth
1487	Brian Magnani	Dan Thompson	Mike Ballschmiede
1488	Brandon King	James Gabal	Scott Davis
1489	Ben Tidd	Joe Green	James Hyler
1493	Alan Mitchell	Robert Cramutola	Ian Hubbard
1516	Dustin McComas	Andrew Deninno	Matthew Davis
1517	Dominic Rello	Bill Macey	Eddie Gillis
1518	Greg Smith	Leonard Ringle	Rusty Clark
1519	Robert Cramutola	Scott Waggener	Kevin Hasting
1520	Peter Christensen	Bill Gaffney	Steven Weimer
1521	Griffin Benger	Carter Gill	Dave Shovein
1522	Stephen Jupinka	Tony DiVincenzo	Glenn Schroter
1523	Clark Olson	Jacob Halusker	James Tomony
1528	Richard DiMondo	David Einhorn	Josh Pettersen
1539	Bradley Libros	Dominic Rello	Scott Masel
1566	Matt Leahy	Greg Diehl	Mark Srebro
1585	Leonard Ringle	Lane McVey	Erik Konyk
1586	Rich Barry	Scott Gilbert	Mike Massotto
1587	Zachary Waxman	James Maples	Eric Albright
1598	Eric Drescher	Robert DiPietro	Robert Cramutola
1605	Peter Marrero	Nelson Sousa	James Maples
1615	Eric Karlovic	Matthew Anderson	Ken O’Brien
1634	Bradley Libros	Michael Lins	Rian Lange
1645	Stephen Ciepiela	Bradley Beckman	Dominic Rello
1646	David DiDonato	Tony Messer	Ned Donohue
1647	Matthew McDonough	Dominik Alexander	Jon Stadtmueller
1648	Dustin Wagner	Darren Wasny	Jeffrey Biddle
1649	Jason Anthony	Chris Fessler	Ross Berg
1650	Dalton Del Don	Mark Kieffer	Scott Waggener
1653	Steve Brunn	Anthony Palavis	Scott Fleming
1658	Chris Uram	Andrew Kaplan	Matthew Dugan
1676	Jason Santeiu	Matt Modica	Todd Hoppe
1680	Jeff Freeman	David McDonald	Michael DeCavalcante
1685	Shawn Gidley	Dohn Terrell	Abdulaziz Madani
1692	Glenn Schroter	Leonard Ringle	Andrew McQuiston
1707	Pat Tremaglio	Zachary Viglianco	Brandon King
1714	Chris Boudreaux	Anthony Donisch	Christopher Vaccaro
1778	Tyler Jung	Bryan Shorstein	Andy Saxton
1817	Gregg Martin	Matthew Dugan	Tristan Hills
1820	Tom Rodriguez	James Hyler	Danny Bronski
1831	Jason Santeiu	Zachary Waxman	Tim Wagner
1837	Robert Cramutola	Michael O’Brien	Alan Mitchell

Shout-outs

The 27 players listed below account for 16 of the 57 first-place positions (28%) and 60 of the 171 total cashing positions (35%). So far, the most outstanding performance across the Main Events belongs to Robert Cramutola with three, count ‘em, three first-place positions plus two seconds! The next three are not too shabby either: Jason Santeiu has three firsts, Scott Waggener has the across-the-board positions of one first, one second and one third and Matthew Dugan has three thirds. Congratulations! But see below, as there are several other fantasy managers doing terrific work!

Notables include:

Three first, two seconds – Robert Cramutola
Three first – Jason Santeiu
One first, one second, one third – Scott Waggener
Three thirds – Matthew Dugan
Two firsts – Bradley Libros
One first; one second – Alan Mitchell, Chris Uram, Leonard Ringle
One first; One third – Gregg Martin, Clark Olson, Kyle Brinkmann, Tony DiVincenz
Two seconds – Bill Gaffney, Nelson Sousa, Tyler Jung
One second, one third – Danny Bronski, David Miller, Dave Rhydderch, Michael Mager, Mike Ballschmiede, Joe Green, Anthony Palavis, Dominic Rello, Jeff Mitseff
Three thirds – Dalton Del Don, James Tomony, James Maples

Good luck to all the competitors in Week 16!