Chad Schroeder Wins 2015 NFBC Primetime: $80,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

Congrats to Chad Schroeder of Omaha, Nebraska and his partner Joe Berg as they dominated the NFBC Primetime and won the $80,000 grand prize. They also won the Rotowire Fantasy Baseball Online Championship overall contest to earn another $80,000 grand prize. We also had a $75,000 cash bonus if anyone could win both overall titles, so they have earned that prize as well. Congrats guys on a job masterly done in the 12-team formats.

Chad's April 2nd Primetime Online League team won the overall title with 1,865 points (91.4% of available points) and it won the league title with 112 points (93.3% of available points).

Chad went All In on the 12-team format as he had 16 teams in the Primetime and 3 in the Online Championship. He won six Primetime League titles outright and tied for a 7th league title. He also finished 2nd in two other leagues, so he cashed in 9 of 16 Primetime Leagues. He also had four of the Top 6 teams in the Primetime overall standings and 6 of the Top 10. Pretty amazing.

Here's a look at the overall prize winners:

1st Chad Schroeder, $80,000
2nd Scott Waggener, $15,000
3rd Eric Heberlig, $7,500
4th Chad Schroeder, $4,000
5th Chad Schroeder, $2,500
6th Chad Schroeder, $2,000
7th Lindy Hinkelman$1,750
8th Chad Schroeder, $1,500
9th Derek Pierson, $1,500

NFBC Primetime Top 100 Teams In 2015:
1 Cocktails and Money XI Chad Schroeder Primetime Online April 2 9 pm ET 7 949.0 916.0 1,865.0 +5.0
Joe Berg
2 Prime Waggener Scott Waggener Primetime Las Vegas March 27 1 pm PT 1 942.0 847.5 1,789.5 +6.0
3 Home Run Derbies Eric John Primetime Online April 3 9 pm ET 12 918.5 827.0 1,745.5 +2.0
4 Cocktails and Money XVI Chad Schroeder Primetime Online April 5 1 pm ET 7 837.5 873.5 1,711.0 -4.5
Joe Berg
5 Cocktails and Money Chad Schroeder Primetime Online March 26 9 pm ET 6 833.5 861.0 1,694.5 +17.0
Joe Berg
6 Cocktails and Money XII Chad Schroeder Primetime Online April 3 7 pm ET 7 995.5 696.0 1,691.5 +4.5
Joe Berg
7 Too Many Dodgers Lindy Hinkelman Primetime Las Vegas March 27 5 pm PT 9 715.0 903.5 1,618.5 +15.5
Vlad Sedler
8 Cocktails and Money XIV Chad Schroeder Primetime Online April 4 7 pm ET 6 720.0 859.0 1,579.0 -2.5
Joe Berg
9 MustSeeTV314{PT2} Derek Pierson Primetime Online March 27 1 pm ET 5 703.0 867.5 1,570.5 +14.0
10 Cocktails and Money VI Chad Schroeder Primetime Las Vegas March 28 4 pm PT 9 863.0 698.5 1,561.5 +9.0
Joe Berg
11 THE GST Christopher Vaccaro Primetime Online March 31 8 pm ET 2 655.0 906.0 1,561.0 +13.5
12 Team Warner XII Don Warner Primetime Las Vegas March 28 4 pm PT 4 697.5 860.5 1,558.0 +6.0
13 Darth Vander Prime David VanDerStuyf Primetime Chicago April 4 6 pm CT 1 726.0 797.5 1,523.5 +2.0
14 Tea and Sea Emmett Ruland Primetime Online March 31 8 pm ET 5 670.0 840.0 1,510.0 -8.0
Andrew Edenbaum
15 Cocktails and Money XIII Chad Schroeder Primetime Online April 3 9 pm ET 2 756.5 741.0 1,497.5 -15.0
Joe Berg
16 Mr. Plow Andrew Moody Primetime Online April 2 9 pm ET 4 672.5 816.5 1,489.0 +2.5
Rob Venrose
17 EM 33 BO Jeff Butler Primetime Online March 27 1 pm ET 12 884.5 603.5 1,488.0 +3.5
18 Cocktails and Money VII Chad Schroeder Primetime Online March 28 7 pm ET 7 877.5 603.0 1,480.5 +9.5
Joe Berg
19 JK ALL THE WAY PRIME Kyle Brinkmann Primetime Chicago April 4 6 pm CT 5 876.5 592.0 1,468.5 +10.0
20 Shamrockers Michael O'Brien Primetime Las Vegas April 4 4 pm PT 5 613.5 849.5 1,463.0 +1.5
Randall O'Brien
21 Bas Lag Slake Moths Dominic Cirigliano Primetime Online April 1 7 pm ET 7 707.5 738.0 1,445.5 -6.5
22 Cocktails and Money XV Chad Schroeder Primetime Las Vegas April 4 4 pm PT 2 576.5 857.0 1,433.5 +2.5
Joe Berg
23 Piggy Dohn Terrell Primetime Online April 5 1 pm ET 8 597.5 830.5 1,428.0 +3.5
24 High Cheese Michael O'Brien Primetime Online March 29 8 pm ET 11 799.5 625.0 1,424.5 +41.5
25 Low Talkers Dave Potts Primetime Las Vegas March 27 5 pm PT 5 585.5 834.5 1,420.0 -14.0
26 Dos Gringos Dos Patrick Gagne Primetime Online April 3 7 pm ET 10 617.0 794.5 1,411.5 +8.0
Emmett Ruland
27 GasCanShenanigans Chas Nelson Primetime Online April 2 9 pm ET 3 809.5 600.0 1,409.5 -10.0
28 Big Mac Attack Phillip McDonald Primetime Online April 4 7 pm ET 4 842.5 563.5 1,406.0 +9.5
29 Team Johnson Shawn Johnson Primetime Online March 28 7 pm ET 1 649.0 754.5 1,403.5 -7.0
30 The Promise Land Todd Levy Primetime Online April 4 7 pm ET 8 851.5 539.5 1,391.0 +36.5
31 The Weasel Peckers Rob Silver Primetime Las Vegas March 27 1 pm PT 10 883.5 495.5 1,379.0 -4.5
32 Pete's Picks Peter Lukowicz Primetime Online March 28 7 pm ET 11 733.0 630.5 1,363.5 -1.5
33 The Herd Greg Morgan Primetime Online March 28 7 pm ET 9 439.5 903.5 1,343.0 +0.5
Dale Morgan
34 Guinness Stingers Jim McGough Primetime Online March 27 1 pm ET 1 699.5 641.0 1,340.5 -21.0
35 Red Kettle Season Joseph Lecak Primetime Las Vegas March 27 10 am PT 12 597.5 723.5 1,321.0 +7.0
36 Midnight Express Glenn Giro Primetime Online March 29 8 pm ET 1 682.5 638.5 1,321.0 -3.0
Joe Morrison
37 Bama in Primetime Ken Norred Primetime Las Vegas April 4 4 pm PT 4 938.0 382.5 1,320.5 +22.0
38 Cocktails and Money IV Chad Schroeder Primetime Las Vegas March 27 1 pm PT 6 618.5 700.5 1,319.0 +28.0
Joe Berg
39 Ashley Bears Dave Clum Primetime Las Vegas March 28 4 pm PT 1 647.5 658.5 1,306.0 +5.0
40 Hinko d Mayo Gabe Hinkelman Primetime Las Vegas March 27 1 pm PT 9 701.5 595.5 1,297.0 +12.5
Lindy Hinkelman
41 BoobAtron Tony Wilhelm Primetime Online April 3 7 pm ET 4 563.5 733.0 1,296.5 +15.5
Chris Oliver
42 MENIBU 33 Jeff Butler Primetime Online March 28 7 pm ET 12 765.0 512.0 1,277.0 -17.5
43 Cocktails and Money IX Chad Schroeder Primetime Online March 31 8 pm ET 3 848.0 426.0 1,274.0 +9.5
Joe Berg
44 BROCKPORT BULLIES Hal Goldstein Primetime Online March 26 9 pm ET 8 631.5 634.5 1,266.0 +13.0
45 Tabasco Reid Landry Primetime Online April 1 7 pm ET 10 867.0 387.0 1,254.0 +18.0
Brad Thibodeaux
46 Big Mac Attack Phillip McDonald Primetime Online April 3 9 pm ET 4 468.0 767.5 1,235.5 -3.5
47 Pine Tar Pros- Prime3 T Parsons Primetime Online March 29 8 pm ET 4 638.5 589.0 1,227.5 -31.5
Gregory Headrick
48 Cocktails and Money V Chad Schroeder Primetime Las Vegas March 27 5 pm PT 11 592.5 634.0 1,226.5 -10.5
Joe Berg
49 Back to the future David DiDonato Primetime Online April 1 7 pm ET 5 587.0 633.0 1,220.0 +27.5
50 Home Run Derbies Eric John Primetime Online March 28 7 pm ET 8 407.0 808.0 1,215.0 +8.0
51 Mudhens Jon Stadtmueller Primetime Las Vegas April 4 4 pm PT 10 554.0 658.0 1,212.0 +40.0
52 Pine Tar Pros- Prime2 T Parsons Primetime Online March 28 7 pm ET 2 380.0 830.0 1,210.0 -6.5
Gregory Headrick
53 Ron Gant's biceps Jeff Bryl Primetime Online March 29 8 pm ET 3 806.0 401.0 1,207.0 -1.5
54 Pine Tar Pros- Prime1 T Parsons Primetime Online March 26 9 pm ET 5 530.0 674.5 1,204.5 -2.0
Gregory Headrick
55 BARtoochies Mike Diedrich Primetime Las Vegas April 4 4 pm PT 9 556.0 641.0 1,197.0 -7.5
56 Black Diamond Baseball David Penrice Primetime Online April 3 9 pm ET 1 689.0 503.0 1,192.0 -9.5
57 Team Vogel Bryan Vogel Primetime Las Vegas March 27 10 am PT 5 588.5 601.5 1,190.0 +26.5
58 Skayas No Limit Matt C Primetime Online April 1 7 pm ET 8 439.0 751.0 1,190.0 -6.5
59 Cocktails and Money III Chad Schroeder Primetime Las Vegas March 27 10 am PT 3 465.0 719.5 1,184.5 +28.5
Joe Berg
60 Joe Vandal Lindy Hinkelman Primetime Online March 29 8 pm ET 8 569.0 605.0 1,174.0 +0.5
61 The Justice Berrys Matthew Bredin Primetime Online March 26 9 pm ET 9 629.0 540.0 1,169.0 -11.0
62 Bad Ass Labradoodles Marc Ewing-Chow Primetime Online April 5 1 pm ET 11 421.5 746.5 1,168.0 +24.0
63 Incendiary Hammakers I Jason Magoon Primetime Las Vegas March 27 5 pm PT 8 477.5 688.5 1,166.0 +10.0
64 Sultans of Smack Stephen Fiore Primetime Las Vegas March 27 5 pm PT 2 649.0 511.5 1,160.5 +7.0
65 Rog & Dough Dan Kenyon Primetime Las Vegas March 27 10 am PT 10 635.5 518.0 1,153.5 -7.5
Roger Martin
66 Oak PT Scott Jenstad Primetime Las Vegas March 27 10 am PT 6 688.5 464.5 1,153.0 +11.5
67 The Airport Lounge James Milkowski Primetime Online April 5 1 pm ET 4 926.5 225.0 1,151.5 -2.5
68 Cocktails and Money X Chad Schroeder Primetime Online April 1 7 pm ET 4 600.0 550.0 1,150.0 -1.0
Joe Berg
69 Broken Arms Michael Makula Primetime Chicago April 4 6 pm CT 11 688.0 457.0 1,145.0 +21.0
70 Cali Cartel Ronny Mor Primetime Las Vegas March 27 1 pm PT 4 492.0 640.5 1,132.5 +5.5
Russ Prentice
71 MGBS12 Martin Bedell Primetime Online March 27 1 pm ET 9 539.5 591.5 1,131.0 -15.5
72 QUAHEXAS PRIME Stephen Jupinka Primetime Online April 2 9 pm ET 11 558.5 568.5 1,127.0 -12.5
Dustin Wagner
73 Spartacus XII Bob Mazur Primetime Las Vegas March 27 10 am PT 4 661.5 465.0 1,126.5 -15.5
Dan Dolan
74 Briarwood Latchkey Generation Steven Kalfaian Primetime Online April 3 9 pm ET 11 696.5 429.0 1,125.5 -5.5
75 SEMPER FI Thomas Warner Primetime Online March 26 9 pm ET 10 397.0 724.5 1,121.5 -16.0
76 Rescue Dogs Rock! Stephen Ciepiela Primetime Online April 3 7 pm ET 1 463.5 645.0 1,108.5 -2.0
77 Home Run Derbies Eric John Primetime Online April 4 7 pm ET 3 242.5 865.5 1,108.0 -11.5
78 ALL-IN PRIME II Jeffrey Dobies Primetime Online March 31 8 pm ET 4 534.5 573.5 1,108.0 +1.0
79 Worst Russians Ever Gregory Glukhovsky Primetime Las Vegas April 4 4 pm PT 1 594.0 511.5 1,105.5 -8.5
80 Doug's Dawgs Doug Gruber Primetime Chicago April 4 6 pm CT 6 391.0 706.0 1,097.0 -5.0
81 Speed and Velocity Diego Hootenanny Primetime Las Vegas March 28 4 pm PT 12 385.0 711.5 1,096.5 -21.5
82 Whaddup My Nyjer? david longood Primetime Online March 27 1 pm ET 3 627.5 467.5 1,095.0 +31.0
83 Sack & Luny Prime Ken Magner Primetime Chicago April 4 6 pm CT 4 732.0 361.5 1,093.5 -9.5
Jim Christie
84 Townies John Rundle Primetime Online March 26 9 pm ET 11 547.0 535.5 1,082.5 -21.0
85 Dutch Mafia John Pausma Primetime Las Vegas March 28 4 pm PT 2 419.0 659.5 1,078.5 +22.5
86 Top Hats Paul Spiteri Primetime Online April 1 7 pm ET 9 520.0 556.0 1,076.0 -15.0
87 The Notorious C.O.Z. - PT Apr. 5 Christopher Cosley Primetime Online April 5 1 pm ET 6 627.0 442.5 1,069.5 +29.5
88 Home Run Derbies Eric John Primetime Online April 3 7 pm ET 9 304.0 760.5 1,064.5 +2.5
89 Team enfield kenny enfield Primetime Las Vegas March 27 5 pm PT 1 541.0 518.0 1,059.0 +20.5
90 The Pale King XII Bob Particelli Primetime Las Vegas March 27 5 pm PT 3 598.0 451.0 1,049.0 -9.5
91 Low Talkers Dave Potts Primetime Online April 2 9 pm ET 8 355.5 693.0 1,048.5 +33.0
92 Luvuvhu River Cane Rats Steven Kraut Primetime Online April 4 7 pm ET 10 371.0 677.0 1,048.0 -15.0
93 Sleep Napnea Jeffrey Mitz Primetime Online April 4 7 pm ET 5 657.5 381.5 1,039.0 +16.0
94 The Alaska Guys Dean DeCuir Primetime Online April 2 9 pm ET 2 555.5 482.0 1,037.5 -11.5
Al Aspen
95 The Practical Guy Scott Newman Primetime Online April 4 7 pm ET 12 278.5 757.5 1,036.0 -17.5
Seth Trachtman
96 The Weasel Peckers Rob Silver Primetime Las Vegas March 27 10 am PT 11 490.5 542.0 1,032.5 -17.5
97 Home Run Derbies Eric John Primetime Online March 29 8 pm ET 10 434.0 596.0 1,030.0 +12.0
98 Home Run Derbies Eric John Primetime Online April 5 1 pm ET 10 264.5 764.5 1,029.0 -3.0
99 The Notorious C.O.Z. - PT Mar. 31 Christopher Cosley Primetime Online March 31 8 pm ET 10 249.0 778.0 1,027.0 -6.5
100 Sweats Joseph Martens Primetime Chicago April 4 6 pm CT 3 742.0 283.5 1,025.5 +0.5
Matt Liesman

I'll post Chad's winning team next. But congrats to all of the league champions, overall prize winners and especially CONGRATS to Chad and Joe for a job well done.

[Greg Ambrosius]

Chad drafted from the 7th spot in the NFBC Primetime Online April 2nd League. Here's how he built his winning team:

Cocktails & Dreams, NFBC Primetime April 2nd, 9 pm ET League
7th Draft Spot
1 7 Goldschmidt, Paul 1B Cocktails and Money XI
2 6 Strasburg, Stephen P Cocktails and Money XI
3 7 Harper, Bryce OF Cocktails and Money XI
4 6 Chapman, Aroldis P Cocktails and Money XI
5 7 Hamels, Cole P Cocktails and Money XI
6 6 Kinsler, Ian 2B Cocktails and Money XI
7 7 Gattis, Evan C Cocktails and Money XI
8 6 Arrieta, Jake P Cocktails and Money XI
9 7 Martin, Leonys OF Cocktails and Money XI
10 6 Wong, Kolten 2B Cocktails and Money XI
11 7 Polanco, Gregory OF Cocktails and Money XI
12 6 Trumbo, Mark 1B Cocktails and Money XI
13 7 Kennedy, Ian P Cocktails and Money XI
14 6 Machado, Manny 3B Cocktails and Money XI
15 7 Hutchison, Drew P Cocktails and Money XI
16 6 Escobar, Alcides SS Cocktails and Money XI
17 7 Casilla, Santiago P Cocktails and Money XI
18 6 Werth, Jayson OF Cocktails and Money XI
19 7 Grandal, Yasmani C Cocktails and Money XI
20 6 Pompey, Dalton OF Cocktails and Money XI
21 7 Tillman, Chris P Cocktails and Money XI
22 6 Byrd, Marlon OF Cocktails and Money XI
23 7 Lackey, John P Cocktails and Money XI
24 6 Miller, Andrew P Cocktails and Money XI
25 7 Eovaldi, Nathan P Cocktails and Money XI
26 6 Graveman, Kendall P Cocktails and Money XI
27 7 Castellanos, Nick 3B Cocktails and Money XI
28 6 Peterson, Jace 2B Cocktails and Money XI
29 7 Gibson, Kyle P Cocktails and Money XI
30 6 Stubbs, Drew OF Cocktails and Money XI

[Greg Ambrosius]

Cocktail & Dreams Free Agent Pickups:

April 5th:
Cocktails and Money XI Mark Teixeira (1B) 5 1

April 12th:
Cocktails and Money XI Mark Canha (1B) 22
Cocktails and Money XI Bartolo Colon (SP) 1

May 17th:
Cocktails and Money XI Brett Anderson (SP) 11

June 7th:
Cocktails and Money XI Carson Smith (MR) 77 75
Cocktails and Money XI Maikel Franco (3B) 54 32

June 21st:
Cocktails and Money XI Byron Buxton (CF) 132 1
Cocktails and Money XI Marlon Byrd (LF) 28 6

July 5th:
Cocktails and Money XI Steven Matz (SP) 237 180
Cocktails and Money XI Miguel Sano (3B) 24 9

July 12th:
Cocktails and Money XI Carson Smith (MR) 22 1

July 26th:
Cocktails and Money XI Steven Matz (SP) 22

Aug. 8th:
Cocktails and Money XI Luis Severino (SP) 38 15

Sept. 27th:
He still picked up four guys in the last week:
Cocktails and Money XI Mike Morin (MR) 1
Cocktails and Money XI C.J. Cron (DH) 1
Cocktails and Money XI Kelby Tomlinson (2B) 1
Cocktails and Money XI Rajai Davis (CF) 1

[Bob Enzyte]

Great win for Chad and Joe. You two dominated the Prime Time and topped it off with an On Line Championship.

[DOUGHBOYS]

Congrats Chad and Joe.
Overpowering year!

[Cocktails and Dreams]

Thanks guys. Scott Waggener deserved to win. He did a great job in a tough league. Very fortunate to beat him and it took all 16 teams to do so. No way I could have beat him one on one.

[Spartacus]

Very impressive gentlemen. kudos to you!

[COZ]

6 of top 11 teams. Plus Online Championship. Incredible. Dominant performance.

COZ

[Money]

What an incredible ride this has been. Chad mentioned Scott, who's team we thought would win most of the season. Lindy was always part of our thought process and Eric has had an incredible history of dominating the 12 team format and we knew he was always going to be there. Chad is headed to the " Hall of Fame" and in my book Eric should be going as well. Great job Scott, Eric and Lindy you each could have won this thing with the right breaks.

My partnership with Chad has been the ultimate experience in Fantasy that I could have ever imagined. The best thing about having a partner is that someone cares as much as you do about the ups and downs, lets face it no one else cares. Chad is the majority partner and had the final say in all decisions. He is a master at the FAAB process and is relentless in his pursuit of perfection. I drove him a bit crazy the last month and in my defense I was pretty excited about what was happening. I want to thank Scott Tomko who has always been there for me at the drafts and is my voice of reason, thanks Scott!

I am truly humbled by all of the success but this was Chad's show. Congratulations Chad, I'm honored to call you my partner and more proud to call you my friend.

[Doctor Who]

Congrats Chad and Joe. Dominating the event and also getting the bonus must have been really exciting. Here's to a well deserved kudos!