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

[Greg Ambrosius]

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 Draft Champions league immediately after the 2025 MLB regular season concluded.

So, are you ready for some baseball? We will be drafting every day between now and Thursday, March 26th, so hold on and let's have some fun!!

The NFBC Draft Champions National Championship returns after setting a record last year with 5,130 teams as we offered a $40,000 grand prize. The Draft Champions is a favorite contest of so many players because there is no FAAB involved. These are 15-team, 50-round drafts with no FAAB. What you draft is what you get for the season. Your job after Draft Day is to set the right starting lineup every week for 27 weeks. You manage the 50-man roster you drafted with no trades and no free agent pickups. Sound like fun?

We are shooting for just over 5,000 teams this year as the overall prizes are based on those numbers. But we wouldn't be surprised if we topped 5,100 teams again this year. We are also returning with a $40,000 grand prize while paying the Top 45 teams overall. The Top 3 teams in each league will also earn prize money.

We have price ranges of $150 per team, $400 per team, $1,000 per team, $2,500 per team and even $5,000 per team. We added the $5,000 price level four years ago and filled one league. The league prizes are different for each price point, but each league pays exactly the same amount ($300) to the overall prize pool, so everyone is eligible to compete for the $40,000 grand prize and the overall prizes from each of the different price points. Live Scoring and Live Standings will include teams from every price point as they battle for thousands of points in each of the 10 scoring categories.

We also offer two forms of drafts: Express leagues and slower drafts. The Express Leagues start and finish in one night at 1 minute per pick. They usually take around 3+ hours to complete all 50 rounds. The slower formats allow 30 minutes per pick, 1 hour per pick, 2 hours per pick and 4 hours per pick. The clock will be cut in half for the 2 hour and 4 hour drafts starting in Round 31 and these can get done anywhere from 7 to 17 days. Our goal is to get through 3-4 rounds per day no matter the format.

We have also extended the overnight pause time by 2 hours for the fourth straight year, giving an extra hour at the front and at the back. The clock pauses between 1 am ET and 9 am ET, but owners can still make picks during the pause. The software has multi-round auto-pick features and multiple round queues to help you keep the drafts rolling even if you aren't near a computer. Use those tools if you can.

Also, KDS runs 15 minutes after the league sells out and the draft starts 30 minutes after the league sells out. Always set your KDS preferences in advance and be ready to draft once the league is full.

For more details on the Draft Champions contests, go here (these links will be updated once the 2026 site rolls over in early November):

https://nfc.shgn.com/gametypes/baseball/492
https://nfc.shgn.com/rules/2322
https://nfc.shgn.com/lobby#492

Let's use this thread to keep up with the latest openings. Good luck all and enjoy.

NFBC $150 NFBC Draft Champions
4-Hour League 3
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1. Matt Strickler
2. Matthew Mcguire
3. Casey Vercruysse
4. Wayne Smith
5. Zachary Waxman
6. Harvey Thurn
7. Jared Radbel
8. Tim Sansome
9. Chris Cole
10. Richard Thomas Jr.
11. Richard Zito
12. Michael Secor
13. Jason Jablonski

NFBC $150 NFBC Draft Champions
2-Hour League 3
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1. Brian Edwards
2. Anthony Cichella
3. Adam Najemy

[Greg Ambrosius]

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 Pumilia
8 Dane Nelson
9 @catfishpaul
10 Carl Knutsen
11 Russell Sturtz
12 Kelly Uganski
13 John Berry
14 Matt Dozier
15 Giles Krill

NFBC $150 Draft Champions
4-Hour League 1
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 @smada
2 Erich Schmitt
3 Stephen Marshall
4 Josh Baker
5 Jeff Tudor
6 Giles Krill
7 Jacob Maish
8 Bryan Vogel
9 Kelly Uganski
10 Thomas Nelson
11 Bill McRae
12 John Lamping
13 Anthony Cichella
14 Jason Griffin
15 David Branick

NFBC $150 Draft Champions
4-Hour League 2
Draft Starts 30 Minutes After League Fills:
1 @smada
2 Michael DeCavalcante
3 James Ferretti
4 Joe McHugh
5 Jason Weir
6 Zach Charpentier
7 Stephen Coleman
8 @317
9 Jason Griffin
10 Anthony Cichella
11 Bradley Heles
12 Bill McRae
13 @LynchMob
14 Zachary Waxman
15 Mike Massotto

[Greg Ambrosius]

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 Benjamin Dolven
14 Max Hogan
15 Michael Burgoyne