Daniel Thompson Wins NFBC Memorial Day Championship

[Greg Ambrosius]

Daniel Thompson of Port St. Lucie, Florida won our debut NFBC Memorial Day Second Chance Championship and the $10,000 that goes with that title. Daniel beat 179 other teams in this contest, finishing with 1,625.5 points to finish with 90.3% of all available points. He won his league title with 115 points and won the overall by 98.5 points. Bill Strickler finished second to win $4,000, while Alex O'Connor finished third ($2,500), Zachary Viglianco was fourth ($2,000) and Victor Werny was fifth ($1,500). Great job everyone and thanks for supporting this debut contest, which definitely will return in 2020.

Here's the final standings:

2019 NFBC Memorial Day Second Chance Championship Final Standings:
1 Daniel Thompson Red Foxes Memorial Day Second Chance #1253 1,625.50
2 Bill Strickler Harmon Chug a Brew 2 Memorial Day Second Chance #1259 1,527.00
3 Alex OConnor Spaceman Spiff Memorial Day Second Chance #1257 1,507.50
4 Zachary Viglianco Warden of the *NL* East Memorial Day Second Chance #1262 1,490.50
5 Victor Werny Werny Memorial Day Second Chance #1262 1,412.50
6 Richard Kulaski RRK & Koko & Qs White Sox Memorial Day Second Chance #1251 1,401.50
7 Rob Silver Silver Memorial Day Second Chance #1252 1,370.00
8 Aaron Jones Jones Memorial Day Second Chance #1261 1,360.00
9 Colin Weatherwax Second Chance Weatherwax Memorial Day Second Chance #1250 1,336.00
10 Philippe Dussault Hoof Hearted 2C Memorial Day Second Chance #1256 1,330.00
11 Ben Fils Fils Memorial Day 2 Memorial Day Second Chance #1254 1,315.50
12 Zachary Hooker Roger Dorn Rookie Card Memorial Day Second Chance #1247 1,312.50
13 Nathan Chart Chart Memorial Day Second Chance #1256 1,309.00
14 ryan gorman Neo Memorial Day Second Chance #1249 1,304.50
15 Dave Koebele Koebele Memorial Day Second Chance #1252 1,297.00
16 Brad Lape Lape Memorial Day Second Chance #1255 1,289.50
17 Matthew Shepherd Shepherd Memorial Day Second Chance #1261 1,286.00
18 TERRY LEWIS CBD CEO Memorial Day Second Chance #1262 1,284.50
19 scott vetter vetter Memorial Day Second Chance #1263 1,281.00
20 Brent Franey Franey Memorial Day Second Chance #1247 1,267.50
21 Michael Wallis Wallis Memorial Day Second Chance #1249 1,265.00
22 Mike Rothe Wiffle Ball Legends Memorial Day Second Chance #1259 1,249.50
23 Bill Strickler Harmon Chug a Brew Memorial Day Second Chance #1260 1,240.50
24 Matthew Shepherd Shepherd Memorial Day Second Chance #1251 1,239.50
25 Joseph Reagor The Game is Going Younger Memorial Day Second Chance #1257 1,235.00
26 Dave Taylor Taylor Memorial Day Second Chance #1253 1,212.50
27 David Miller Miller Memorial Day Second Chance #1254 1,190.50
28 Timothy Klawitter Klawitter Memorial Day Second Chance #1250 1,181.50
29 Jeffrey Cook Cook Memorial Day Second Chance #1249 1,180.50
30 Larry DeLuca GrandSlam Memorial Day Second Chance #1263 1,166.00
31 Daniel Seeberger Clap-Having Jezebel Memorial Day Second Chance #1260 1,163.50
32 Aaron Metcalf Heat Memorial Day Second Chance #1254 1,162.00
33 Daniel Iverson Charlie and the Butt Butts Memorial Day Second Chance #1255 1,161.00
33 Marc Baker Baker Memorial Day Second Chance #1254 1,161.50
35 Jeremy Brader Brader Memorial Day Second Chance #1260 1,157.00
36 Rick Bay Panda2ndOL Memorial Day Second Chance #1249 1,152.00
37 Richard Kulaski Mack & Bella Mighty Attackers Memorial Day Second Chance #1250 1,149.00
37 Bradley Willis Davey Johnson Express Memorial Day Second Chance #1252 1,149.00
39 Greg Blankenship Blankenship Memorial Day Second Chance #1249 1,148.50
39 Michael Miranda BOMBERS Memorial Day Second Chance #1255 1,148.00
41 Stephen Ruschak The Eamus Catulis 2nd Chance Memorial Day Second Chance #1255 1,143.00
42 Ken Magner Sack & Luny VI Memorial Day Second Chance #1259 1,135.50
43 David Harris Roller Odyssey Memorial Day Second Chance #1247 1,122.00
44 Joel Gullo Gullo Memorial Day Second Chance #1249 1,114.50
45 Samuel Horton SRWH-MDSC-3 Memorial Day Second Chance #1263 1,105.50
45 Daniel Bronski Yellow Ledbetter Memorial Day Second Chance #1251 1,105.50
47 Adam Hackel Judgement Day Memorial Day Second Chance #1252 1,099.50
48 Bradley Beckman Beckman 2 Memorial Day Second Chance #1260 1,080.00
49 Scott Kotchek Kotchek Memorial Day Second Chance #1257 1,077.50
50 paul obrien I AM SPARTACUS Memorial Day Second Chance #1259 1,068.00

[Greg Ambrosius]

Daniel Thompson drafted from the 5th spot in our final draft on Memorial Day and came up with this winning roster:

Red Foxes:
5 1 Story, Trevor SS Red Foxes
20 2 Cole, Gerrit P Red Foxes
29 3 Altuve, Jose 2B Red Foxes
44 4 Strasburg, Stephen P Red Foxes
53 5 Judge, Aaron OF Red Foxes
68 6 Chapman, Aroldis P Red Foxes
77 7 Hand, Brad P Red Foxes
92 8 Haniger, Mitch OF Red Foxes
101 9 Tatis Jr., Fernando MI Red Foxes
116 10 Escobar, Eduardo 3B Red Foxes
125 11 Price, David P Red Foxes
140 12 Santana, Domingo OF Red Foxes
149 13 Encarnacion, Edwin 1B Red Foxes
164 14 Narvaez, Omar C Red Foxes
173 15 Gibson, Kyle P Red Foxes
188 16 Braun, Ryan OF Red Foxes
197 17 LeMahieu, DJ CI Red Foxes
212 18 Bassitt, Chris P Red Foxes
221 19 Gray, Sonny P Red Foxes
236 20 McNeil, Jeff OF Red Foxes
245 21 Diaz, Yandy UT Red Foxes
260 22 Mahle, Tyler P Red Foxes
269 23 Tapia, Raimel OF Red Foxes
284 24 Kingery, Scott SS Red Foxes
293 25 Strop, Pedro P Red Foxes
308 26 Samardzija, Jeff P Red Foxes
317 27 Reddick, Josh OF Red Foxes
332 28 Walker, Christian UT Red Foxes
341 29 Barnes, Austin C Red Foxes
356 30 Calhoun, Willie OF Red Foxes

[Greg Ambrosius]

We paid the Top 6 in this debut contest. Here's the prize structure:

NFBC Memorial Day Second Chance Championship:
1 $10,000
2 $4,000
3 $2,500
4 $2,000
5 $1,500
6 $1,000

Overall Prize Winners:
2019 - Daniel Thompson

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here are Daniel Thompson's Free Agent pickups this season:

September 22nd (Player Won, $, Player Dropped):
Sam Hilliard 2 Todd Frazier Won

September 15th:
Zach Plesac 1 Domingo Santana Won
Mike Leake 1 Mitch Haniger Won

September 8th:
Johnny Cueto 2 Cal Quantrill Won
Rich Hill 2 Adam Wainwright Won
Joe Musgrove 1 Zach Plesac Won

September 1st:
Jurickson Profar 7 Luis Urias Won
Edwin Encarnacion 5 Mike Tauchman Won
Adam Wainwright 3 Kyle Gibson Won

August 25th:
Nick Solak 11 Tommy Edman

August 18th:
Mallex Smith 72 Edwin Encarnacion Won
Luis Urias 21 Ender Inciarte Won
Tommy Edman 14 Fernando Tatis Jr. Won

August 4th:
Ender Inciarte 13 Teoscar Hernandez Won
Mike Tauchman 13 Yandy Diaz Won
Archie Bradley 12 Yoshihisa Hirano Won
Cal Quantrill 8 Jose Urquidy Won

July 28th:
Will Smith 121 Chance Sisco Won
Jose Urquidy 28 Jakob Junis Won
Yoshihisa Hirano 13 Sam Dyson Won
Teoscar Hernandez 4 Josh Reddick Won

July 21st:
Zach Plesac 107 Scott Oberg Won
Jakob Junis 27 Tyler Mahle Won
Sam Dyson 6 Clint Frazier Won

July 7th:
Dinelson Lamet 79 Jameson Taillon Won

June 30th:
Keston Hiura 176 Kolten Wong Won
Scott Oberg 76 Pedro Strop Won
Jameson Taillon 2 Dylan Bundy Won

June 23rd:
Clint Frazier 41 Raimel Tapia Won
Tyler Mahle 1 Jeff Samardzija Won

June 16th:
Kolten Wong 61 Willie Calhoun Won
Dylan Bundy 6 Tyler Mahle Won

June 9th:
Chance Sisco 51 Matt Wieters Won

June 2nd:
Matt Wieters 10 Austin Barnes