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Shawn Johnson won the NFBC Diamond Auction League for the second straight time and third time in four years enroute to this year's $75,000 league prize. Shawn used a strong second half to win the title with 125.5 points, 11.5 points ahead of anyone else. Glenn Schroter finished second to win $35,000, Mark Srebro was third and won $20,000 and Patrick Longood was fourth and won $10,000. Great job everyone and congrats to all of the money winners.

Here's the final standings:

2019 NFBC Diamond Auction League Final Standings:
1 Shawn Johnson Johnson 125.5
2 Glenn Schroter King of Queens 114
3 Mark Srebro tEeNaGe WaStElAnD DIAMOND 101
4 Patrick Longood Harmodius & The Tyrannicides 100
5 Andy Robinson Swiss Family Robinson. 95
6 JimJ Ferrari Ferrari 89
7 Nick Cassavetes Chill and Crash 74.5

NFBC Diamond Auction League Prizes:
League Prizes
1 $75,000
2 $35,000
3 $20,000
4 $10,000

Here was Shawn's original roster through the auction and the 7-man reserve round:

C- JT Realmuto $24
C - Jorge Alfaro $2
1B - Luke Voit $13
2B - Jeff McNeil $3
SS - Francisco Lindor $31
3B - Miguel Andujar $18
CI - Tyler White $1
MI - Chris Taylor $2
UT - Nelson Cruz $14
OF - Byron Buxton $14
OF - Andrew McCutchen $15
OF - Nick Markakis $1
OF - Randal Grichuk $6
OF - Trey Mancini $1

P - Justin Verlander $39
P - Jack Flaherty $29
P - Jose LeClerc $11
P - Masahiro Tanaka $12
P - Matt Barnes $8
P - Chris Archer $12
P - Domingo German $2
P - Trevor Richards $1
P - Jake Junis $1

R - Lewis Brinson
R - Josh Harrison
R - Frankie Montas
R - Hanley Ramirez
R - Mark Melancon
R - Dylan Moore
R - J.B. Wendelken

Shawn Johnson has now won three of the five NFBC Diamond Auction League titles since we've started this contest. Here's the list of winners:

2015 - Glenn Schroter
2016 - Shawn Johnson
2017 - Bill Phipps & Eric Kesselman
2018 - Shawn Johnson
2019 - Shawn Johnson

Shawn also won the Las Vegas $2,500 Auction Championship league and finished 16th overall in the Auction Championship standings. Nice job this year once again Shawn.

Wow Shawn! Pure Domination. I think I am going to go Shawn plus 1 until I run out of money. Congrats on another strong year. 3 out of last 4 in highest auction competition in country is pretty incredible.

Congrats Shawn!