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Yoram Batner of Toronto, Ontario won the 2016 NFBC Draft Champions National Championship and the $28,000 grand prize as he bested a record number of 2,910 teams. Yoram has competed in the NFBC every year since 2011 in limited fashion and this year he had only three Draft Champions teams. But he won one league title and finished second in the two other DCs for a fantastic season.

Yoram's winning team was drafted on Jan. 19th and he won that league title with 141 points. He edged the team of Bill & Todd Macey by 497 points to win the overall title. Sarah Smith finished third, followed by Paul Granholm and Dave Taylor.

This was a draft 'n hold format, so here's a look at Yoram's draft from the 10th spot:

1 10 Altuve, Jose 2B Aubrey Huff's Comeback
2 6 Encarnacion, Edwin DH Aubrey Huff's Comeback
3 10 Kluber, Corey P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
4 6 Braun, Ryan OF Aubrey Huff's Comeback
5 10 Jansen, Kenley P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
6 6 Gonzalez, Adrian 1B Aubrey Huff's Comeback
7 10 Ellsbury, Jacoby OF Aubrey Huff's Comeback
8 6 Tanaka, Masahiro P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
9 10 Tolleson, Shawn P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
10 6 Odorizzi, Jake P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
11 10 Realmuto, J.T. C Aubrey Huff's Comeback
12 6 Bruce, Jay OF Aubrey Huff's Comeback
13 10 Murphy, Daniel 2B Aubrey Huff's Comeback
14 6 Trumbo, Mark OF Aubrey Huff's Comeback
15 10 Hammel, Jason P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
16 6 Norris, Derek C Aubrey Huff's Comeback
17 10 Peralta, Jhonny SS Aubrey Huff's Comeback
18 6 Rodriguez, Alex DH Aubrey Huff's Comeback
19 10 Cabrera, Asdrubal SS Aubrey Huff's Comeback
20 6 Buchholz, Clay P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
21 10 Aoki, Norichika OF Aubrey Huff's Comeback
22 6 Hernandez, David P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
23 10 Santana, Ervin P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
24 6 Lowrie, Jed 3B Aubrey Huff's Comeback
25 10 Jennings, Desmond OF Aubrey Huff's Comeback
26 6 Miley, Wade P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
27 10 Villar, Jonathan SS Aubrey Huff's Comeback
28 6 Kela, Keone P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
29 10 Chisenhall, Lonnie OF Aubrey Huff's Comeback
30 6 Joseph, Caleb C Aubrey Huff's Comeback
31 10 Crawford, J.P. SS Aubrey Huff's Comeback
32 6 Roark, Tanner P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
33 10 Saladino, Tyler 3B Aubrey Huff's Comeback
34 6 Graveman, Kendall P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
35 10 Upton Jr., Melvin OF Aubrey Huff's Comeback
36 6 Gonzales, Marco P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
37 10 Dyson, Sam P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
38 6 Bourjos, Peter OF Aubrey Huff's Comeback
39 10 Saltalamacchia, Jarrod C Aubrey Huff's Comeback
40 6 Hatcher, Chris P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
41 10 Fulmer, Michael P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
42 6 Tapia, Raimel OF Aubrey Huff's Comeback
43 10 Lee, Dae-Ho 1B Aubrey Huff's Comeback
44 6 Villanueva, Carlos P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
45 10 Lincecum, Tim P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
46 6 Petit, Yusmeiro P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
47 10 Shaffer, Richie 1B Aubrey Huff's Comeback
48 6 Banuelos, Manny P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
49 10 Shipley, Braden P Aubrey Huff's Comeback
50 6 Alcantara, Arismendy 2B Aubrey Huff's Comeback

Yoram joins a select group of NFBC Draft Champions National Champions:

Terry Passalacqua - 2011 NFBC Draft Champions National Champion
Steve Wells - 2012 NFBC Draft Champions National Champion
Richard Van Fleet - 2013 NFBC Draft Champions National Champion
Bill Cook - 2014 NFBC Draft Champions National Champion
Eric Sorensen - 2016 NFBC Draft Champions National Champion
Yoram Batner - 2016 NFBC Draft Champions National Champion

Here's the Top 100 teams in the 2016 NFBC Draft Champions National Championship:

1 Aubrey Huff's Comeback Yoram Batner $150 Draft Champions Jan 19 1:00 pm Lg.3600 10 13,723.5 12,609.0 26,332.5 -104.5
Andrew Bonham
2 Tiltowait Todd Macey $150 Draft Champions Nov 27 1:00 pm Lg.3548 1 12,053.5 13,782.0 25,835.5 +65.0
Bill Macey
3 Bambino's Guacamole Chuck D $150 Draft Champions Feb 09 1:00 pm Lg.3672 14 14,274.0 10,802.0 25,076.0 +348.0
Sarah Smith
4 Golden Sombreros Paul Granholm $150 Draft Champions Mar 12 1:00 pm Lg.3894 14 12,975.5 12,048.5 25,024.0 +40.5
5 Team Taylor Dave Taylor $400 Draft Champions Jan 09 1:00 pm Lg.3586 12 12,642.5 12,347.5 24,990.0 +27.5
6 PTBNLs Michael Crescenzi $150 Draft Champions Mar 11 1:00 pm Lg.3884 15 13,730.5 11,172.0 24,902.5 +21.5
7 Las Vegas Ratpack 3 Steve Wells $150 Draft Champions Feb 16 1:00 pm Lg.3712 9 11,467.5 13,384.5 24,852.0 -68.0
8 UnfreakingRealmuto Gabe Donnelly $150 Draft Champions Dec 06 1:00 pm Lg.3559 13 13,519.0 11,226.5 24,745.5 +74.0
9 Dynamic Inertia DC Express David Shovein $150 Draft Champions Express Mar 11 8:00 pm Lg.3880 1 12,316.0 12,361.0 24,677.0 -94.5
10 CocoCrispies Coco Crispies $150 Draft Champions Jan 24 1:00 pm Lg.3622 14 12,483.5 12,106.5 24,590.0 +158.5
11 Thebeau 6 Matt Thebeau $150 Draft Champions Feb 03 1:00 pm Lg.3651 12 13,553.5 11,010.5 24,564.0 -118.5
12 Thebeau 3 Matt Thebeau $150 Draft Champions Jan 13 1:00 pm Lg.3589 3 13,557.5 10,936.5 24,494.0 -39.0
13 Trout Sale Bum Ron Vackar $150 Draft Champions Nov 27 1:00 pm Lg.3549 1 11,566.0 12,926.0 24,492.0 +171.0
14 Golden Sombreros Paul Granholm $150 Draft Champions Feb 12 1:00 pm Lg.3685 3 13,624.5 10,837.0 24,461.5 +210.0
15 This Year's Bums Greg Morgan $150 Draft Champions Mar 05 1:00 pm Lg.3826 6 10,615.5 13,790.5 24,406.0 -171.5
Dale Morgan
16 Team JP3 Jon Pierce $150 Draft Champions Feb 05 1:00 pm Lg.3656 1 11,733.0 12,603.0 24,336.0 -83.0
17 You Know What I Mean Lindy Hinkelman $150 Draft Champions Jan 18 1:00 pm Lg.3598 14 13,068.5 11,134.0 24,202.5 -50.0
18 Lucky # 7 Tom Stevens $150 Draft Champions Express Feb 28 7:00 pm Lg.3755 2 13,685.0 10,487.5 24,172.5 +81.5
19 O-Qua Tangin Wann Brian Brickley $150 Draft Champions Mar 03 1:00 pm Lg.3815 13 13,250.0 10,878.0 24,128.0 -83.5
20 Thing 8 Jeffrey Rubenstein $150 Draft Champions Mar 03 1:00 pm Lg.3813 7 12,361.0 11,747.5 24,108.5 +305.0
21 DEAD PUPPIES EXPRESS John Pacca $150 Draft Champions Express Jan 31 7:00 pm Lg.3643 2 11,393.0 12,588.5 23,981.5 +305.5
22 Tsunami's Waivers Jonathan Iosim $150 Draft Champions Express Mar 31 8:00 pm Lg.4131 3 12,222.0 11,712.0 23,934.0 +30.5
Ash Cruzin
23 Millertime David Miller $150 Draft Champions Jan 05 1:00 pm Lg.3581 15 11,387.5 12,459.5 23,847.0 +15.0
24 Walking Deadpool Keith Tonsager $150 Draft Champions Feb 20 1:00 pm Lg.3736 1 11,967.0 11,880.0 23,847.0 +96.5
25 Elks Baby Elks 2 Jay Hommes $150 Draft Champions Feb 17 1:00 pm Lg.3719 12 11,263.0 12,544.0 23,807.0 -95.0
26 Big Boy James Koon $150 Draft Champions Jan 30 1:00 pm Lg.3635 6 12,849.5 10,938.5 23,788.0 -68.5
27 Blue Sam Jeffrey Rubenstein $150 Draft Champions Express Feb 14 7:00 pm Lg.3707 12 11,294.0 12,413.5 23,707.5 -78.5
28 Mojo Masters Mojo Master $150 Draft Champions Mar 02 1:00 pm Lg.3811 1 12,110.5 11,590.5 23,701.0 -53.5
29 Team king Chris King $150 Draft Champions (4 hour) Mar 10 1:00 pm Lg.3868 13 10,854.0 12,782.0 23,636.0 -71.0
30 PACO THYME Paul Weber $150 Draft Champions Nov 27 1:00 pm Lg.3548 7 11,184.0 12,385.5 23,569.5 -113.5
31 YITBOAT Tuesday MorningBear $150 Draft Champions Feb 22 1:00 pm Lg.3747 7 10,770.0 12,769.0 23,539.0 -59.0
James Coler
32 Coates/Moo Brad Coates $150 Draft Champions Express Mar 27 7:00 pm Lg.3863 11 13,151.5 10,387.0 23,538.5 -17.0
Luke MacMaster
33 Elmore James GoCubsGo . $150 Draft Champions Mar 07 1:00 pm Lg.3847 3 10,799.0 12,735.0 23,534.0 +54.5
34 Kicky McSquirmy Steven Gibson $150 Draft Champions Dec 06 1:00 pm Lg.3559 3 12,854.0 10,636.5 23,490.5 -107.0
35 The Terrible Tygers Tyler Jung $150 Draft Champions Mar 06 1:00 pm Lg.3840 11 11,726.5 11,744.0 23,470.5 -187.5
36 The Incredibles David Boyce $150 Draft Champions Dec 16 1:00 pm Lg.3564 2 11,432.5 11,937.5 23,370.0 -19.0
37 Team Robinson Andrew Robinson $1000 Draft Champions Max's League Feb. 22 5 10,295.5 13,071.0 23,366.5 -68.0
38 Gooden Plenty 2 Marc Winokur $150 Draft Champions (4 hour) Feb 21 1:00 pm Lg.3738 5 11,123.5 12,199.5 23,323.0 +68.0
39 Tomb of the Boom Dan Hutchinson $150 Draft Champions (4 hour) Feb 25 1:00 pm Lg.3765 3 9,744.5 13,569.0 23,313.5 +103.5
dan setlock
40 Team Bloom Matt Bloom $150 Draft Champions Feb 04 1:00 pm Lg.3653 6 12,266.5 11,018.5 23,285.0 -28.0
41 Don Mattingly's Sideburns Brian Edwards $150 Draft Champions Jan 24 1:00 pm Lg.3620 12 12,583.0 10,699.5 23,282.5 -130.5
42 Books Jeremy Rudel $150 Draft Champions Feb 25 1:00 pm Lg.3768 4 10,442.5 12,818.0 23,260.5 +51.5
43 Lincoln Lumberjacks Nick Schuller $150 Draft Champions Jan 07 1:00 pm Lg.3583 2 13,317.0 9,927.5 23,244.5 -160.0
Matt B
44 1000 Forms of Fear Paul Spradling $150 Draft Champions Jan 21 1:00 pm Lg.3611 1 12,442.5 10,762.5 23,205.0 -237.5
45 Slow Horse Bill Brickley $150 Draft Champions Jan 26 1:00 pm Lg.3627 3 11,286.5 11,854.5 23,141.0 -110.0
46 Spartacus DC1 Bob Mazur $150 Draft Champions (4 hour) Feb 25 1:00 pm Lg.3765 11 12,330.5 10,768.0 23,098.5 -262.5
47 SEMPER FI 9 Thomas Warner $150 Draft Champions Dec 24 1:00 pm Lg.3571 3 10,431.5 12,661.5 23,093.0 +77.5
48 GimmieDat Dat Zach Olszewski $150 Draft Champions Feb 23 1:00 pm Lg.3750 13 11,147.0 11,908.0 23,055.0 +3.5
49 Pickle Rookies Chris Read $150 Draft Champions Jan 04 1:00 pm Lg.3579 12 13,559.5 9,464.0 23,023.5 -101.0
50 MPG16D Karl M $150 Draft Champions (4 hour) Mar 10 1:00 pm Lg.3868 3 11,388.5 11,581.5 22,970.0 -91.0
51 JerseyJacks Jack Bentley $150 Draft Champions Mar 03 1:00 pm Lg.3815 11 9,307.0 13,657.5 22,964.5 +14.5
52 SEMPER FI 10 Thomas Warner $150 Draft Champions Express Jan 22 8:00 pm Lg.3610 12 13,231.5 9,716.5 22,948.0 -67.0
Jason Kaiser
53 Black Star Don Chris Carmody $150 Draft Champions Feb 07 1:00 pm Lg.3668 5 13,602.0 9,311.5 22,913.5 +164.5
Gary Cutler
54 DC Dogo 3 Nickolaus Sackett $150 Draft Champions Jan 19 1:00 pm Lg.3599 2 12,930.5 9,977.0 22,907.5 +55.5
55 Team Fernandez John Fernandez $150 Draft Champions Express Mar 27 7:00 pm Lg.3657 7 10,902.0 11,968.5 22,870.5 +152.0
Johnny Fernandez
56 Baxter's in Milwaukee Buck Murdock $150 Draft Champions Feb 15 1:00 pm Lg.3704 14 13,667.0 9,202.0 22,869.0 -94.0
57 WV PED Power Chris Milan $150 Draft Champions Jan 30 1:00 pm Lg.3637 3 11,451.0 11,407.5 22,858.5 -49.0
58 Thebeau 8 Matt Thebeau $150 Draft Champions Feb 25 1:00 pm Lg.3762 10 11,847.0 10,949.0 22,796.0 -183.0
59 Mary Ann's Hammocks Todd Macey $150 Draft Champions Express Feb 19 8:00 pm Lg.3733 13 13,753.0 9,041.0 22,794.0 +341.0
Bill Macey
60 Swinging Centaurs Jerold Drake $150 Draft Champions Jan 13 1:00 pm Lg.3592 1 12,424.0 10,361.5 22,785.5 -113.5
61 Team Conlon Scott Conlon $150 Draft Champions Mar 03 1:00 pm Lg.3813 13 11,128.0 11,652.0 22,780.0 -289.0
62 Betts On The Pollock Kyle Estes $150 Draft Champions Mar 08 1:00 pm Lg.3861 15 11,717.5 11,050.0 22,767.5 -10.0
63 Corleone 5 Marty Strege $150 Draft Champions (4 hour) Feb 29 1:00 pm Lg.3801 5 13,789.0 8,933.5 22,722.5 -165.5
64 Ocular Keratitis DC3 Jason Weir $150 Draft Champions Jan 17 1:00 pm Lg.3597 1 11,327.0 11,384.0 22,711.0 -58.0
65 Team Hurd Josh Hurd $150 Draft Champions Feb 21 1:00 pm Lg.3739 11 10,624.0 12,085.5 22,709.5 +121.5
66 Knights Russ Peters $150 Draft Champions Jan 29 1:00 pm Lg.3633 6 10,950.0 11,753.0 22,703.0 -18.0
67 Danger Manger Pepper Smith $150 Draft Champions Dec 17 1:00 pm Lg.3566 10 11,422.5 11,277.5 22,700.0 +115.0
68 SEMPER FI 6 Thomas Warner $150 Draft Champions Dec 13 1:00 pm Lg.3562 3 12,674.0 9,981.5 22,655.5 -192.0
69 The Killchain Mike King $150 Draft Champions Feb 13 1:00 pm Lg.3689 8 11,103.0 11,549.5 22,652.5 -69.5
70 Fido's Bowl Fydoe Barks $150 Draft Champions Jan 17 1:00 pm Lg.3597 5 11,380.0 11,267.5 22,647.5 +41.5
71 Fresh Ripe Peaches Kristopher Reed $400 Draft Champions Mar 06 1:00 pm Lg.3837 3 11,589.5 11,022.0 22,611.5 +157.5
72 Art of the Rifle Clint Bankus $150 Draft Champions Express Feb 14 7:00 pm Lg.3707 3 9,430.0 13,166.0 22,596.0 +212.0
Mark Srebro
73 Team Price Brandon Price $150 Draft Champions Mar 11 1:00 pm Lg.3889 1 13,438.0 9,154.0 22,592.0 +104.0
74 Team Lambach Matthew Lambach $150 Draft Champions Feb 25 1:00 pm Lg.3768 14 11,073.0 11,513.0 22,586.0 -65.0
75 The Powers of Painwright Heavy POV $150 Draft Champions Jan 18 1:00 pm Lg.3598 10 10,781.0 11,793.0 22,574.0 +27.5
76 LONG GONE Kelly Uganski $150 Draft Champions Mar 06 1:00 pm Lg.3832 10 10,531.0 12,021.0 22,552.0 +46.5
77 The Amazins Aaron Markowitz $150 Draft Champions (4 hour) Mar 15 1:00 pm Lg.3919 7 11,367.5 11,175.0 22,542.5 +27.5
78 DOUGHBOYS Dan Kenyon $150 Draft Champions Jan 15 1:00 pm Lg.3594 3 11,745.5 10,793.0 22,538.5 +186.5
79 The Force Awakens Frank Sandomenico $150 Draft Champions Feb 19 1:00 pm Lg.3727 11 10,232.0 12,270.0 22,502.0 +70.0
80 Filthy Nasty and Verly Larry Parks $150 Draft Champions Feb 08 1:00 pm Lg.3669 3 10,139.0 12,361.5 22,500.5 -188.5
81 Thebeau 2 Matt Thebeau $150 Draft Champions Jan 09 1:00 pm Lg.3587 10 11,513.0 10,985.0 22,498.0 -95.0
82 Prime Spiral Joel Vetter $150 Draft Champions Jan 29 1:00 pm Lg.3633 1 13,893.0 8,593.5 22,486.5 +25.0
83 Hulk SMASH Michael Edelman $150 Draft Champions Express Feb 21 7:00 pm Lg.3746 3 11,855.0 10,587.0 22,442.0 +153.5
84 Sophomore Spring Squatters Kevin Price $150 Draft Champions Feb 01 1:00 pm Lg.3642 3 9,741.0 12,696.5 22,437.5 +34.5
85 Inspector BABIP David Riechmann $150 Draft Champions Jan 15 1:00 pm Lg.3594 2 13,725.5 8,676.0 22,401.5 -5.0
86 kirksmax Max Kirshblum $150 Draft Champions Feb 29 1:00 pm Lg.3800 12 12,674.0 9,727.0 22,401.0 +199.5
87 GoldnMoles Chuck D $150 Draft Champions Jan 26 1:00 pm Lg.3627 2 9,189.0 13,176.5 22,365.5 +66.5
Sarah Smith
88 Mr. Cee's Crew Too Carl Borgatti $150 Draft Champions (4 hour) Mar 14 1:00 pm Lg.3912 1 12,829.5 9,475.5 22,305.0 -82.5
89 Windmills Ron Marien $150 Draft Champions Feb 01 1:00 pm Lg.3642 11 11,113.5 11,186.5 22,300.0 +67.5
90 Remember the Tytans Tyler Jung $150 Draft Champions Feb 29 1:00 pm Lg.3793 4 11,148.0 11,149.5 22,297.5 -217.5
91 deadmoneyK kc cha $400 Draft Champions Mar 06 1:00 pm Lg.3837 13 10,917.5 11,363.0 22,280.5 -53.0
92 Charlotte Thunder Sir Gladiator $150 Draft Champions Jan 01 1:00 pm Lg.3576 1 8,197.5 14,078.5 22,276.0 +9.5
93 SEMPER FI 12 Thomas Warner $150 Draft Champions Express Feb 26 8:00 pm Lg.3774 6 13,100.0 9,175.5 22,275.5 +104.0
94 PsychOs DC2 William Voorhees $150 Draft Champions Express Mar 29 8:00 pm Lg.3923 8 10,062.0 12,196.0 22,258.0 +169.0
95 GLG20s Brian Slack $150 Draft Champions Feb 24 1:00 pm Lg.3753 1 10,808.5 11,434.0 22,242.5 +46.5
96 Team Rotolo Alex Rotolo $150 Draft Champions Express Mar 20 7:00 pm Lg.3914 15 10,801.0 11,433.5 22,234.5 -89.5
97 Doc Martens Matt Martens $150 Draft Champions Express Mar 28 7:00 pm Lg.4063 1 12,300.5 9,932.0 22,232.5 -88.0
98 Peculiar People Clint Bankus $150 Draft Champions Feb 12 1:00 pm Lg.3688 3 10,992.0 11,215.0 22,207.0 +31.5
Mark Srebro
99 Timbers Ryan Bloomfield $150 Draft Champions Jan 25 1:00 pm Lg.3624 3 11,289.0 10,915.0 22,204.0 -37.5
100 August Legion II Chris Hill $150 Draft Champions Feb 26 1:00 pm Lg.3770 11 12,009.5 10,166.5 22,176.0 +115.0

Congrats to the Top 25 finishers who earned the following:

Place Overall League
1st $28,000 $1,000
2nd $7,000 $375
3rd $5,000 $125
4th $4,000 -
5th $3,000 -
6th $2,000 -
7th $1,500 -
8th $1,250 -
9th $1,000 -
10th $900 -
11th $800 -
12th $700 -
13th $600 -
14th $500 -
15th $450 -
16th $400 -
17th $375 -
18th $350 -
19th $325 -
20th $325 -
21st $300 -
22nd $300 -
23rd $275 -
24th $275 -
25th $250