Lindy Hinkelman Wins 2019 Draft Champions & $30,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

NFBC Hall of Famer Lindy Hinkelman added to his impressive list of accomplishments by winning the 2019 NFBC Draft Champions National Championship and the $30,000 grand prize. Lindy has already won TWO NFBC Main Event overall titles and one Rotowire Online Championship overall title. Now he's added the DC National Championship to his resume. Lindy drafted on Jan. 19th for his second DC of the season and he obviously learned the player pool quickly. He won his league title with 134.5 points and won the overall title with 31,311 points or 90.8% of available points as we finished with a record 3,450 teams this year.

John Lymberis finished second to win $7,500 with Todd Macey third ($5,000), Samuel Horton fourth ($4,000) and Keith Willingham fifth ($3,000). The DC paid down 36 spots this year. Great job everyone.

Here's the final standings:

2019 NFBC Draft Champions National Championship Final Standings:
1 Lindy Hinkelman You Know What I Mean $150 Draft Champions #130 31,311.00
2 John Lymberis LYMBO - dc $150 Draft Champions #342 30,488.00
3 Todd Macey Aelopile $150 Draft Champions #60 30,464.00
4 Samuel Horton SRWH-DC150-19 $150 Draft Champions #117 29,995.00
5 Keith Willingham Gates Brown Dogs $150 Draft Champions #563 29,869.00
6 Dave Bristow TBDCE3 $150 Draft Champions #648 29,866.00
7 James Tomony Went Down Swinging $150 Draft Champions #96 29,742.00
8 Fred Moseley kFredInCali14 $150 Draft Champions #474 29,730.00
9 Jason Weir Ocular DC4 $150 Draft Champions #66 29,519.00
10 Ronald Vackar Acuna Baez Synder $150 Draft Champions #86 29,510.00
11 Peter A. Plati III Plati-puses 187 $150 Draft Champions #187 29,463.50
12 Bill Cook Starfishmn $150 Draft Champions #385 29,309.50
13 Bill Cook Cook $150 Draft Champions #503 29,264.00
14 Philippe Dussault Hoof Hearted DC $1,000 Draft Champions #412 29,209.50
15 Dorian Kinman DDK $150 Draft Champions #20 29,203.00
16 Max Ogden Winstons Empire - 1000 $1,000 Draft Champions #72 29,123.50
17 Layne McBeath McBeath $150 Draft Champions #1095 29,068.50
18 Roland Pinto Pinto $400 Draft Champions #599 29,054.00
19 Scott Waggener Cherry Draft $150 Draft Champions #41 29,008.50
20 Nicholas Shlain Shlain IV $150 Draft Champions #183 28,955.50
21 kc cha deadmoneyHH $150 Draft Champions #808 28,911.50
22 David Archambault Archambault $150 Draft Champions #167 28,845.00
23 Matthew Castello Castello $150 Draft Champions #444 28,842.50
24 Rian Lange Mr. Small Sample Size DC2 $150 Draft Champions #744 28,758.50
25 joseph palazzo palazzo2 $150 Draft Champions #259 28,741.00
26 Drew Morris Common Sense Fantasy Baseball4 $150 Draft Champions #29 28,732.00
27 Bill Cook Starfishmn 2014 $150 Draft Champions #1181 28,722.00
28 Brian Slack SLACK_DC1 $150 Draft Champions #21 28,585.50
29 kc cha deadmoneyCC $150 Draft Champions #762 28,519.00
30 Samuel Horton SRWH-DC150-20 $150 Draft Champions #143 28,507.00
31 Michael Mager Bronx Yankees DC1 $150 Draft Champions #130 28,477.00
32 Steven Weimer Something Deeply Terrible $150 Draft Champions #607 28,456.50
33 Mark Srebro rOnIl SiNgH $150 Draft Champions #254 28,447.50
34 Brian Edwards Don Mattinglys Sideburns 4 $150 Draft Champions #266 28,432.50
35 Jimmy Easley Charger Bar 3 $150 Draft Champions #56 28,384.50
36 Julio Moreno Moreno $150 Draft Champions #632 28,355.00
37 kc cha deadmoneyO $400 Draft Champions #416 28,297.00
38 Steven Weimer Jeremy Bearimy $150 Draft Champions #28 28,294.00
39 Dorian Kinman DDK $150 Draft Champions #69 28,293.50
40 Nick Randall Picking Blueberries $150 Draft Champions #377 28,260.00
41 Mark Srebro fRoM rUsSiA wItH lOvE $150 Draft Champions #21 28,256.00
42 Tom Vecchiarelli Vecchiarelli $150 Draft Champions #589 28,237.00
43 Sharon Williams Williams-Dan $150 Draft Champions #704 28,197.00
44 Eric Schaefer Lower Deckers DC4 $150 Draft Champions #519 28,183.00
45 Tom O`Bryan Road Grays 400.2 $400 Draft Champions #148 28,145.50
46 Kirk LeValley LeValley $150 Draft Champions #135 28,124.50
47 James Tomony DontGoBack2Rockville $150 Draft Champions #139 28,079.50
48 kc cha deadmoneyU $150 Draft Champions #613 28,012.50
49 Stephen Sondermann Itsvon $150 Draft Champions #279 27,991.50
50 KEVIN KIRVES Amazonian $400 Draft Champions #694 27,969.00
51 Ryan Collins Collins $150 Draft Champions #202 27,925.00
52 Steven Weimer Embrace the Pandemonium $150 Draft Champions #265 27,921.00
53 kc cha deadmoneyC $400 Draft Champions #148 27,910.50
54 Kyle Estes Dumb and Dumber $150 Draft Champions #743 27,868.00
55 Chad Fleming PYRO7 $150 Draft Champions #35 27,867.50
56 Jesse Severe Severe $150 Draft Champions #577 27,758.00
57 Michael DeCavalcante The Achievers - DC 4 $150 Draft Champions #80 27,756.00
58 Michael Fuchs Lets Go Storm Fast 2 $150 Draft Champions #63 27,706.50
59 David Wiesendanger Wiesendanger $150 Draft Champions #878 27,695.50
60 Michael Edelman A Puig Of Their Own $150 Draft Champions #557 27,667.00
61 Daniel Bronski War With The Eskimos $400 Draft Champions #57 27,659.50
62 kc cha deadmoneyW $400 Draft Champions #628 27,654.00
63 Matthew King King $150 Draft Champions #143 27,638.50
64 MICHAEL TOKARSKI Fake News $150 Draft Champions #735 27,591.00
65 Daniel Finnegan Wang Dang Doodle Gang DC $150 Draft Champions #269 27,584.00
66 James Tomony Little Red Rooster $150 Draft Champions #135 27,583.00
67 Peter Christensen Christensen $400 Draft Champions #242 27,556.00
68 Stephen Snater Snater $150 Draft Champions #47 27,539.50
69 Dorian Kinman DDK-F2 $150 Draft Champions #35 27,493.50
70 ricky watson watson $150 Draft Champions #71 27,464.00
71 kc cha deadmoneyA $150 Draft Champions #136 27,425.50
72 Mike Ballschmiede Ballschmiede $400 Draft Champions #206 27,406.50
73 Peter Christensen Christensen $150 Draft Champions #167 27,398.50
74 Matthew Herman Herman $150 Draft Champions #762 27,394.50
75 Greg Blankenship Bleacher Bums MTM2 $150 Draft Champions #103 27,347.50
76 kc cha deadmoneyZ $400 Draft Champions #694 27,341.00
77 Sal T Passalacqua Scorpions $150 Draft Champions #62 27,314.00
78 Steven Weimer Dance Dance Resolution $150 Draft Champions #76 27,299.00
79 Brian Slack SLACK_DC3 $150 Draft Champions #36 27,297.50
80 Yoram Batner One Tool Player $150 Draft Champions #284 27,230.50
81 James Tomony A Little Honey $150 Draft Champions #174 27,217.50
82 damien passalacqua The prime mover $150 Draft Champions #173 27,213.00
83 Todd Hoppe TulsaHop $400 Draft Champions #57 27,198.50
84 Thomas Warner LEATHERNECK 11 $150 Draft Champions #115 27,196.50
85 Clark Olson Olson $400 Draft Champions #192 27,190.50
86 kc cha deadmoneyAA $150 Draft Champions #708 27,154.00
87 David Dean Elvis Pressley $150 Draft Champions #244 27,120.50
88 David Einhorn Unprepared $1,000 Draft Champions #72 27,105.50
89 Nicholas Schuller Megatron $150 Draft Champions #46 27,102.50
90 Eric Sorensen Sorensen $150 Draft Champions #232 27,055.50
91 Matthew Trussell MattTruss $150 Draft Champions #516 27,028.00
92 Chris Fargis FarGimp $1,000 Draft Champions #111 27,017.00
93 kc cha deadmoneyK $150 Draft Champions #368 27,005.00
94 Harvey Cohen Cohen $400 Draft Champions #192 26,975.00
95 David Dorman smackers 6 $150 Draft Champions #195 26,935.00
96 Paul Granholm Golden Sombreros $150 Draft Champions #61 26,929.50
97 Toby Guevin BatFlip Crazy DC3 $150 Draft Champions #422 26,913.50
98 Brian Bellinger Hoss DC $400 Draft Champions #1060 26,905.00
99 Tyler Jung TytansDC400-2 $400 Draft Champions #633 26,872.00
100 Donald Warner Warner $150 Draft Champions #60 26,832.50

[Greg Ambrosius]

Lindy Hinkelman drafted from the 4th spot in this Jan. 19th 4-Hour DC league and compiled this winning roster:

You Know What I Mean:
4 1 Yelich, Christian OF You Know What I Mean
27 2 Freeman, Freddie 1B You Know What I Mean
34 3 Verlander, Justin P You Know What I Mean
57 4 Rendon, Anthony 3B You Know What I Mean
64 5 Dahl, David OF You Know What I Mean
87 6 Gallo, Joey OF You Know What I Mean
94 7 Morton, Charlie P You Know What I Mean
117 8 Anderson, Tim SS You Know What I Mean
124 9 Ohtani, Shohei UT You Know What I Mean
147 10 Bieber, Shane P You Know What I Mean
154 11 Davis, Wade P You Know What I Mean
177 12 Whitley, Forrest P You Know What I Mean
184 13 Tucker, Kyle OF You Know What I Mean
207 14 McCullers Jr., Lance P You Know What I Mean
214 15 Musgrove, Joe P You Know What I Mean
237 16 Alvarado, Jose P You Know What I Mean
244 17 Marte, Ketel 2B You Know What I Mean
267 18 Gurriel Jr., Lourdes MI You Know What I Mean
274 19 Alonso, Pete CI You Know What I Mean
297 20 Burnes, Corbin P You Know What I Mean
304 21 Hernandez, Kike OF You Know What I Mean
327 22 Allen, Greg OF You Know What I Mean
334 23 Vargas, Jason P You Know What I Mean
357 24 Hirano, Yoshihisa P You Know What I Mean
364 25 Franco, Maikel 3B You Know What I Mean
387 26 Narvaez, Omar C You Know What I Mean
394 27 Suzuki, Kurt C You Know What I Mean
417 28 Brinson, Lewis OF You Know What I Mean
424 29 DeSclafani, Anthony P You Know What I Mean
447 30 Richards, Trevor P You Know What I Mean
454 31 Reddick, Josh OF You Know What I Mean
477 32 Plawecki, Kevin C You Know What I Mean
484 33 Maldonado, Martin C You Know What I Mean
507 34 Peacock, Brad P You Know What I Mean
514 35 Paddack, Chris P You Know What I Mean
537 36 Cahill, Trevor P You Know What I Mean
544 37 Rogers, Taylor P You Know What I Mean
567 38 Strahm, Matt P You Know What I Mean
574 39 Mountcastle, Ryan 3B You Know What I Mean
597 40 Freese, David 3B You Know What I Mean
604 41 Garcia, Leury OF You Know What I Mean
627 42 Rengifo, Luis SS You Know What I Mean
634 43 Oberg, Scott P You Know What I Mean
657 44 Casali, Curt C You Know What I Mean
664 45 Morrison, Logan 1B You Know What I Mean
687 46 Wright, Steven P You Know What I Mean
694 47 Dubon, Mauricio SS You Know What I Mean
717 48 Ferguson, Caleb P You Know What I Mean
724 49 Hamilton, Ian P You Know What I Mean
747 50 Fisher, Derek OF You Know What I Mean

[Greg Ambrosius]

We paid the Top 36 in the NFBC Draft Champions National Championship this year. Here's the listing:

Overall Prizes
1 - $30,000
2 - $7,500
3 - $5,000
4 - $4,000
5 - $3,000
6 - $2,500
7 - $2,000
8 - $1,750
9 - $1,500
10 - $1,250
11 - $1,100
12 - $1,000
13 - $900
14 - $800
15 - $700
16 - $600
17 - $500
18 - $450
19 - $425
20 - $400
21 - $375
22 - $350
23 - $325
24 - $300
25 - $275
26 - $250
27 - $230
28 - $220
29 - $210
30 - $200
31 - $190
32 - $180
33 - $170
34 - $160
35 - $150
36 - $140

[Greg Ambrosius]

Lindy Hinkelman becomes our 9th different champion of the NFBC Draft Champions National Championship since we started this in 2011.

Here's a look at the overall champions in the Draft Champions National Championship:

2011 - Terry Passalacqua
2012 - Steve Wells
2013 - Richard Van Fleet
2014 - Bill Cook
2015 - Eric Sorenson
2016 - Yoram Banter
2017 - Mark Hesters/Dave Vidaver
2018 - Dorian Kinman
2019 - Lindy Hinkelman

[Texas Connection]

Congrats Lindy on another overall championship. Wow.

[Ultrarunner]

Who thought it was a good idea to invite Lindy into the league? Doughboys?

[DOUGHBOYS]

Who thought it was a good idea to invite Lindy into the league? Doughboys?

Whoever coined the line, "Keep your friends close to you and your enemies closer", never played fantasy baseball!
I believe I invited Lindy to three or four drafts last year. I know he won at least two of those leagues along with the Overall Championship.
Lindy is one of the best players in the world.
He has shown that time and time again.
And if given the chance again this year, I'll invite him to more leagues (Said the victim in inviting his slayer into the apartment).
Along with being one of the best at our game, he is also a timely drafter and a heckuva guy.
A great combination.
Way to go, Lindy!

[thepats]

I was just looking at his winning draft. He usually made his choices in seconds rather than minutes. It means I can enjoy drafting with him even though he kicks my butt.

[Gekko]

NFBC Hall of Famer Lindy Hinkelman added to his impressive list of accomplishments by winning the 2019 NFBC Draft Champions National Championship and the $30,000 grand prize. Lindy has already won TWO NFBC Main Event overall titles and one Rotowire Online Championship overall title. Now he's added the DC National Championship to his resume.

Great add to your resume, Lindy!!!

[LTDave]

Another year, another Lindy victory... lol. Congrats, buddy!