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Anyone who is paying for their Classic, NFBC XII or Auction league via check or money order is eligible to receive FREE insurance on one player. If that player meets the criteria assigned by Fantasy Sports Insurance of missing 60 games in 2013 and you have insurance on that player, you will receive 20% of your entry fee for that team back as damage. Several NFBC owners unfortunately cashed on that policy last year.

We will try to set this up on your team page and you don't have to select a player until after your draft. We hope to get all players in before Opening Day, but we'll do our best to get the word out right after Draft Day how you do this. Last year I was inundated with 200+ emails and we weren't as efficient as we'd like. We'll create a link this year that helps you post that player's name online, hopefully.

Anyway, see the player list below if you are getting insurance this year:

We are pleased to offer Fantasy Sports Insurance to the 2013 NFBC participants!!

Fantasy Sports Insurance (FSI) – With a successful 2012 MLB season FSI is pleased to offer coverage for the 2013 NFBC participants. FSI paid out more then $15k in losses due to injuries to key players…

Jacoby Ellsbury – 88 games missed Chase Utley – 79 games missed Lance Berkman – 130 games missed
Evan Longoria – 88 games missed Troy Tulowitzki – 115 games missed Michael Pineda – Season

2013 FSI Eligible Players:

Miguel Cabrera
Edwin Encarnacion
Ben Zobrist
Elvis Andrus
Ryan Braun
Hanley Ramirez
Chris Sale
Yovani Gallardo
Mike Trout
Adam Jones
Yu Darvish
Kris Medlen
Robinson Cano
Bryce Harper
Brandon Phillips
Asdrubal Cabrera
Matt Kemp
Cole Hamels
Aramis Ramirez
Alex Gordon
Joey Votto
Matt Cain
Roy Halladay
Jordan Zimmermann
Andrew McCutchen
Adrian Gonzalez
Joe Mauer
Matt Wieters
Carlos Gonzalez
Cliff Lee
Jason Kipnis
Austin Jackson
Prince Fielder
Jay Bruce
Mark Teixeira
Anthony Rizzo
Justin Verlander
Matt Holliday
Ian Desmond
Aroldis Chapman
Clayton Kershaw
Jacoby Ellsbury
Johnny Cueto
Jonathan Papelbon
Giancarlo Stanton
Yoenis Cespedes
Brett Lawrie
Matt Moore
Josh Hamilton
Jered Weaver
Mat Latos
Victor Martinez
Stephen Strasburg
Starlin Castro
Aaron Hill
Jose Altuve
Evan Longoria
Billy Butler
Pablo Sandoval
Carlos Beltran
Adrian Beltre
Zack Greinke
Michael Bourn
Jason Motte
Justin Upton
Paul Goldschmidt
Alex Rios
Mark Trumbo
David Price
Madison Bumgarner
Freddie Freeman
Ike Davis
David Wright
Craig Kimbrel
Max Scherzer
David Freese
Jose Reyes
Gio Gonzalez
Carlos Santana
Eric Hosmer
Buster Posey
B.J. Upton
Desmond Jennings
Martin Prado
Dustin Pedroia
R.A. Dickey
Shin-Soo Choo
Ian Kennedy
Felix Hernandez
Adam Wainwright
Jimmy Rollins
Paul Konerko
Ian Kinsler
Allen Craig
James Shields
Josh Johnson
Jason Heyward
Chase Headley
Yadier Molina
Brandon Morrow

Please contact Greg Ambrosius for coverage eligibility.

If you wish to purchase additional coverage on your NFBC player or additional players please contact Henry Olszewski: Email: [email protected] Phone: 631-421-2424 ext. 300

The money making play of having Tulo carry your fantasy team or being good for a $250 rebate have disappeared.

I guess you know a guy is injury prone when he is ineligible for the free fantasy insurance.

Bronx Yankees wrote:I guess you know a guy is injury prone when he is ineligible for the free fantasy insurance.

Utley was insurable and was slated to miss the beginning of the season. On average he was picked after the 20th round and later in other events and paid off.

Money wrote:

Bronx Yankees wrote:I guess you know a guy is injury prone when he is ineligible for the free fantasy insurance.

Utley was insurable and was slated to miss the beginning of the season. On average he was picked after the 20th round and later in other events and paid off.

So, basically, Utley already was hurt last year, was going to miss at least the beginning of the season, and he still was more insurable than a "healthy" Tulo is this year?

I'm sorry, I'm not criticizing the fantasy insurance and I think this is a great benefit provided by the NFBC, but for some reason I find the uninsurability of Tulo funny. He was my first pick on one of my draft championship teams last year and I finished either second or third in that league. Can't help but think I would've won that one with a healthy Tulo. Not coincidentally, he is not on any of my teams this year. (Which probably guarantees he'll get 600 ABs this year!)

Mike

I've cashed on Ellsbury twice and Utley once...not exactly a great track record to say I'm approaching the 4 figure mark in player insurance payouts.

My guess is that Tulo was an accidental oversight. I am sure Greg will confirm this.

Ando wrote:My guess is that Tulo was an accidental oversight. I am sure Greg will confirm this.

Maybe, but out of curiosity I counted and there currently are 100 players listed (assuming I can count accurately). Tulo just might be too big a risk to insure.

You would think that if Ellsbury is on the list, then Tulo would be on the list. Similar injury problems.. both have been risky. I believe Ellsbury has missed more games than Tulo.

I think the general consensus here is that you need to insure one of your most valuable players, that who injured would derail your season.

I think you insure the player most likely to get hurt. I won leagues and cashed in on Berkman and Utley. I'm not saying you look for a guy to cash in on, you simply do not insure Cabrera or Braun when their history is such that they play all year. You insure the guy who is insurable and most likely to miss time. I hope that makes sense.

Ando wrote:My guess is that Tulo was an accidental oversight. I am sure Greg will confirm this.

I don't make this list up, the insurance company does. If they think Tulo resides in a flood area, who am I to argue with them. All I know is that he cost FSI a lot of money last year, so I don't blame them for not putting him back on there. If he's not on, then he's not insurable this year.

Bump

Well I guess that Mark Teixeira should be a shoo-in to collect this year.He's not due back until mid-May,nearly 6 weeks into the season and wrist injuries for a power hitter could easily send him back to the DL for at lease one more trip. That would be nearly 60 days right there.

Just a heads up on insurance: Mark Teixeira will NOT be included in the Top 100 now that he has suffered his wrist injury. He will be replaced shortly by another player. More details soon. Plan accordingly.

Just another heads up involving the free insurance this year: Players do not collect on suspensions, just injuries. We had a few folks ask about a 50-game suspension being covered and that's not the case here. It's for injuries, so plan accordingly when picking your players for this.

We'll also give you details on how we're going to handle the insurance this year. With any luck, we'll have it automated in some way. Thanks all and good luck in drafts.

Is this list final or will there be a new list on opening day? Curious about guys like Hanley

No mention of insurance lately. Will you be addressing this soon?

Nevadaman wrote:No mention of insurance lately. Will you be addressing this soon?

We were hoping to set this up on your team pages instead of going via email, but I think we'll have to do it the old fashioned way.

Just send an email with your leagues and the player you want insured to [email protected] by the end of the week. We'll set your insurance that way and you have a few days to give me your players as long as none of them get hurt before you send me the list.

We give free insurance for anyone who paid via check or money order in:

NFBC Main Event
NFBC XII
NFBC Auction Championship

thanks all and good luck. Now let the emails explode to me!!

is hanley still on the list?

Bump

Wolfpac wrote:is hanley still on the list?

I just finalized the list with Fantasy Sports Insurance and the three players who have come off the list since we first posted this are:

Mark Teixeira
Chase Headley
Hanley Ramirez

Anyone who submitted a pick with any of these three players must re-submit their insured player. Thanks all.

Remember, send an email to me at [email protected] or to Tom at [email protected] by Friday at the latest. We'll send the list to Fantasy Sports Insurance on Monday. Thanks and good luck all.

Please make sure you send me your insurable players by the weekend. I'm sending the list to Fantasy Sports Insurance on Monday. Email them to me at [email protected]. Thanks all.