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by Greg Ambrosius
Wed Oct 08, 2025 12:07 pm
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: SOLD OUT: Win $20,000 In The 2025 NFBC Post-Season Contest
Replies: 7
Views: 657

Re: SOLD OUT: Win $20,000 In The 2025 NFBC Post-Season Contest

We are adding Loyalty Rewards credits in the 2025 NFBC Post-Season Contest this way:

$1,000 to the Points Leader After Round 1
$2,000 to the Points Leader After Round 2

These prizes will be in credits for future signups, so best of luck to everyone with prizes now after each round. Good luck.
by Greg Ambrosius
Wed Oct 08, 2025 12:04 pm
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: 2nd Annual "Godfather Games" Returns To New Jersey
Replies: 4
Views: 6074

Re: 2nd Annual "Godfather Games" Returns To New Jersey

When are the Godfather games open for registration? All 2026 contests will be open for Registration shortly after the World Series concludes. We need to pay off our 2025 NFBC Post-Season Contest winners first and then we'll roll over the site from 2025 to 2026. Look for Registration to open at that...
by Greg Ambrosius
Tue Oct 07, 2025 8:13 am
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: 2nd Annual "Godfather Games" Returns To New Jersey
Replies: 4
Views: 6074

Re: 2nd Annual "Godfather Games" Returns To New Jersey

We are returning to the Hampton Inn & Suites in Robbinsville, New Jersey for the second straight year of Live Events on the East Coast. Thanks to Mike Massotto for finding this location and this hotel as it was a big hit last year with the participants. This year we are going to try for a third day ...
by Greg Ambrosius
Mon Oct 06, 2025 2:43 pm
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: Hotel Room Blocks Are Available NOW For Rio & New Jersey
Replies: 1
Views: 155

Re: Hotel Room Blocks Are Available NOW For Rio & New Jersey

We are returning to the Hampton Inn & Suites in Robbinsville, New Jersey for the second straight year of Live Events on the East Coast. Thanks to Mike Massotto for finding this location and this hotel as it was a big hit last year with the participants. This year we are going to try for a third day ...
by Greg Ambrosius
Mon Oct 06, 2025 2:33 pm
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: Hotel Room Blocks Are Available NOW For Rio & New Jersey
Replies: 1
Views: 155

Hotel Room Blocks Are Available NOW For Rio & New Jersey

While the 2025 NFBC season is almost in the rearview mirror, the 2026 NFBC season is right in front of us and clear as can be!!! :D The Online draft room is already open and drafts are filling up regularly, while our venues are booked for the East Coast and Las Vegas already!!! Play Ball!!! Okay, he...
by Greg Ambrosius
Mon Oct 06, 2025 12:29 pm
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: 2026 Position Eligiblity
Replies: 4
Views: 234

Re: 2026 Position Eligiblity

Here's the NFBC Position Eligibility for the following players in 2026: Jorge Mateo - 11 games at SS and OF (Outfield, 5 games in the minors at OF) Carter Jensen - 10 games at C and DH (Catcher, 77 games in the minors at C) Ryan Fitzgerald - 9 games at 2B and SS (SS, 58 games in the minors at SS) Tr...
by Greg Ambrosius
Mon Oct 06, 2025 12:05 pm
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: 2 Spots Left: NFBC $150 Draft Champions 2-Hour League 5
Replies: 2
Views: 75

Re: 11 Spots Left: NFBC $150 Draft Champions 4-Hour League 5

One more from the last week: NFBC $150 Draft Champions 2-Hour League 2 Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills: 1 @smada 2 Michael Armstrong 3 @longood 4 Brian Welch 5 Kevin Fethke 6 Daniel Ellmer 7 Brian Edwards 8 Michael Trewin 9 Zach Charpentier 10 @317 11 Stephen Coleman 12 Carter Gill 13 Ben...
by Greg Ambrosius
Mon Oct 06, 2025 11:59 am
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: 2 Spots Left: NFBC $150 Draft Champions 2-Hour League 5
Replies: 2
Views: 75

Re: 11 Spots Left: NFBC $150 Draft Champions 4-Hour League 5

We got a couple of SOLD OUT NFBC $150 Draft Champions leagues last week. Let's catch up with those participants: NFBC $150 Draft Champions 2-Hour League 1 Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills: 1 @smada 2 Erich Schmitt 3 Andrew McQuiston 4 Josh Baker 5 Zach Charpentier 6 Jon Clairmont 7 Anthony...
by Greg Ambrosius
Mon Oct 06, 2025 11:53 am
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: 2 Spots Left: NFBC $150 Draft Champions 2-Hour League 5
Replies: 2
Views: 75

2 Spots Left: NFBC $150 Draft Champions 2-Hour League 5

The 2025 Major League Baseball season ended on Sunday, September 28th and by the next morning we already had the 2026 NFBC draft room open for business. Yes, we've heard the requests to open the draft room earlier and earlier each year and this year we responded by opening the NFBC $150 and $50 Draf...
by Greg Ambrosius
Mon Oct 06, 2025 9:36 am
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?
Replies: 10
Views: 136

Re: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?

Out of 108 NFBC Cutline Championship league winning teams, here's the most common players on those first place teams: 2025 NFBC Cutline Championship Common Players On League Winning Teams: Jeremy Pena 30 Aaron Judge 26 George Springer 24 Gleyber Torres 23 JP Sears 22 Chris Bassitt 22 Merrill Kelly 2...
by Greg Ambrosius
Mon Oct 06, 2025 9:34 am
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?
Replies: 10
Views: 136

Re: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?

Of the 342 league champions from the 2025 NFBC Draft Champions National Championship, here were the most common players on 10 or more league championship teams: 2025 NFBC Draft Champions National Championship Common Players on League Winning Teams: George Springer 68 Geraldo Perdomo 66 Cal Raleigh 6...
by Greg Ambrosius
Mon Oct 06, 2025 9:33 am
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?
Replies: 10
Views: 136

Re: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?

Here's a look at the FAAB pickups on the 234 Rotowire Online Championship rosters at season's end and those players on 10 or more league winners: 2025 Rotowire Online Championship FAAB Pickups On League Championship Rosters: Caleb Durbin 89 Ha-Seong Kim 88 Brett Baty 77 Jake Mangum 74 Abner Uribe 72...
by Greg Ambrosius
Mon Oct 06, 2025 9:31 am
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?
Replies: 10
Views: 136

Re: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?

We can also look at the NFBC Main Event Championship rosters and see how many common players were added through Free Agency. Some of these might seem like minor adds, but here's a look at all of the FAAB pickups that were on the 57 Main Event league championship rosters at season's end: 2025 NFBC Ma...
by Greg Ambrosius
Mon Oct 06, 2025 9:30 am
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?
Replies: 10
Views: 136

Re: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?

We can dive a little deeper into the auction data with our fifth annual NFBC Online Auction Championship. We had 68 leagues in this format, and Dansby Swanson was likely the best draft value of the season. He was on 14 of 68 first place league teams (20.6%), with George Springer and Drew Rasmussen n...
by Greg Ambrosius
Mon Oct 06, 2025 9:27 am
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?
Replies: 10
Views: 136

Re: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?

There were 234 league champions in the 2025 Rotowire Online Championship and Cal Raleigh was on 47 first place teams (20%). Drew Rasmussen was also on 47 Rotowire OC championship league teams. Garrett Crochet was next on 46 championship teams, followed by Nick Pivetta on 45 teams. Here were the comm...
by Greg Ambrosius
Mon Oct 06, 2025 9:24 am
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?
Replies: 10
Views: 136

Re: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?

Nathan Eovaldi was drafted by 13 of the 57 NFBC Main Event league champions in 2025, a solid 23 percent of all league championship rosters. But he wasn't the only common player on these championship rosters as George Springer and Dansby Swanson were on 12 first place teams. Check out the players tha...
by Greg Ambrosius
Mon Oct 06, 2025 9:21 am
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?
Replies: 10
Views: 136

Re: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?

We had 8 private high-stakes leagues in 2025. Here's where each winning team drafted from and their first 3 picks: Platinum League - Clark Olson, champion 15th pick (Kyle Tucker Jr., Fernando Tatis Jr., Josh Hader) Diamond League - Philippe Dussault, champion 13th pick (Blake Snell, Zach Wheeler, Em...
by Greg Ambrosius
Mon Oct 06, 2025 9:12 am
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?
Replies: 10
Views: 136

Re: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?

After looking at all 58 Main Event league championship teams (there was one league with a tie for first place), there were only 15 different players who were selected in the first round on these championship teams. Garrett Crochet was on the most championship teams (11) as he was drafted in the seco...
by Greg Ambrosius
Mon Oct 06, 2025 8:31 am
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?
Replies: 10
Views: 136

Re: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?

Since the Main Event is the best data from all of our contests in 2025, let's look at all 57 league winners (actually 58 since one league ended in a tie) and see where they drafted from and how they started out in the first three rounds. I'll break down the first three rounds shortly after posting t...
by Greg Ambrosius
Mon Oct 06, 2025 8:14 am
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?
Replies: 10
Views: 136

Where Did 2025 NFBC League Champions Draft From?

I posted this in our Multiple Main Event League champions thread, but I'll dive a little deeper into the league champions' teams in this thread. So here is the starting data again: This year we finished with a record 57 Main Event leagues and the 58 league champions (we had one tie) were spread out ...
by Greg Ambrosius
Mon Oct 06, 2025 7:47 am
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: Jason Gill & Craig Enochs Win NFBC 2025 AL & NL Titles
Replies: 7
Views: 171

Re: Jason Gill & Craig Enochs Win NFBC 2025 AL & NL Titles

sethpoppel wrote:
Mon Oct 06, 2025 2:40 am
Greg...you can sign me up for the NL-only 2026 Auction League. Thank you
Will do once Registration is open for the 2026 Live Events. That will happen after the World Series/NFBC Post-Season Contest as we'll flip the site over from 2025 to 2026. Enjoy the playoffs first.
by Greg Ambrosius
Sun Oct 05, 2025 7:35 am
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: SOLD OUT: Win $20,000 In The 2025 NFBC Post-Season Contest
Replies: 7
Views: 657

Re: SOLD OUT: Win $20,000 In The 2025 NFBC Post-Season Contest

SOLD OUT: We finished with 426 teams for the 2025 NFBC Post-Season Contest!!! Great job everyone and look for an update on prizes this week. Good luck and enjoy.
by Greg Ambrosius
Fri Oct 03, 2025 1:17 pm
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: Multiple NFBC Main Event League Champions: 2004-25
Replies: 7
Views: 164

Re: Multiple NFBC Main Event League Champions: 2004-25

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by Greg Ambrosius
Fri Oct 03, 2025 1:07 pm
Forum: General NFBC Discussion/Contest Info
Topic: Multiple NFBC Main Event League Champions: 2004-25
Replies: 7
Views: 164

Re: Multiple NFBC Main Event League Champions: 2004-25

One last data point: The average winning margin in the NFBC Main Event in 2024 was 9.61 points, down 0.24 points per league from 2024 as there were more closer finishes this year. This is the second straight year that the winning margin has lowered from the year before. And for the first time in fou...