Mike Dirkman Wins 2020 NFFC Cutline Title & $75,000

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Mike Dirkman Wins 2020 NFFC Cutline Title & $75,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Sep 28, 2020 12:52 pm

Mike Dirkman of Elk River, Minnesota won the 2020 NFBC Cutline Championship overall title and the $75,000 grand prize as he bested a record 1,960 teams in this Best Ball format. The Cutline Championship was a total points Sprint through 10 weeks with two FAAB periods as Dirkman drafted the best team. He finished with 6,440 points to finish 166 points ahead of Aaron Jones for the title.

Mike entered nine Cutline Championship teams and won four league titles and finished 1st, 3rd and 25th overall. He had four teams in the Top 100 and all nine of his teams finished 5th or better in his leagues. Mike started playing in the NFBC in 2013 and transitioned to the Cutline Championship exclusively in 2017, with this season being his best season to date.

Mike drafted from the 5th spot in this March 23rd league and he started out with five straight hitters, including Cody Bellinger, Freddie Freeman, J.D. Martinez, Charlie Blackmon and Kris Bryant. He started out with nine of his first 10 picks being hitters, but then found some pitching values later to win the overall title. Well done.

Dirkman becomes our fifth different NFBC Cutline Championship winner in five seasons, joining Bob Ctsiroumpas in 2019, John Magnozzi in 2018, Rian Lange in 2017 and Jon Stadtmueller in 2016. The $75,000 grand prize in this Best Ball format is the largest ever for the Cutline Championship.

Here's the final standings:

2020 NFBC Cutline Championship Final Standings:
1 Mike Dirkman VERNDAWG 7 6,440
2 Aaron Jones Jones 6,274
3 Mike Dirkman VERNDAWG 6 6,260
4 Tim Sansome Sansome 6,237
5 Aaron Jones Jones 6,236
6 Chris Celi Celi 6,223
7 Michael Christie Two Coaches and a Ball 5 6,222
8 Rian Lange Como Se Dice Yeehaw CL 6,209
9 KJ Duke Duke S4 6,206
10 Michael Terry Terry 6,195
11 Kyle Matusevic Matusevic 6,173
12 Jason Kufs Kufs Family Cutline 14 6,161
13 Christopher Kaltenbach SeigeCut13 6,144
14 KJ Duke Duke A10 6,125
14 Tom Zarogiannos Yelich Devers Combo 6,125
16 Michael Martin Martin-Cutline-5 spot 6,124
17 Bryan Bevis Schonfish BB Cut5 6,123
18 Aaron Jones Jones 6,115
19 Bob Catsiroumpas omega 6,107
20 Tom Zarogiannos Lindor Freeman Combo 6,106
21 Tim Sansome Sansome 6,097
22 Jason Kufs Kufs Family Cutline 11 6,085
23 KJ Duke Duke A9 6,083
24 Bob Catsiroumpas zeta -s 6,081
25 Mike Dirkman VERNDAWG 8 6,074
25 Amanda Kelley Kelley 6,074
27 KJ Duke Duke M6 6,070
28 Colin Weatherwax Weatherwax 6,069
29 Curtis Jones JonesCurtisW CL16 6,068
30 Frank Sandomenico Three Eyed Raven 6,067
31 John Pausma JP CUT2 6,051
32 Aaron Jones Jones 6,048
33 Bob Catsiroumpas alpha 6,044
33 Ben Klein CL02 Klein 2 6,044
35 Jaimes Salvi Salvi Cutline 3-25-20 6,040
36 Curtis Jones JonesCurtisW CL18 6,033
37 Bob Catsiroumpas gamma 6,031
38 KORY SUTTER SUTTER 6,020
39 Paul Granholm Golden Sombreros 6,019
40 John Pausma JP CUT1 6,017
41 Eric Albright EA Sports C5 6,012
42 Tom Zarogiannos Mookie Trea Combo 6,009
43 John Pausma JP CUT3 6,006
44 Bruce Dahl Wesleys Hammers CUT 3 6,002
45 Jeffrey Rubenstein Rubenstein 5,999
46 Eric Albright EA Sports C6 5,995
46 Bob Catsiroumpas delta 5,995
48 Michael Martin Martin-Cutline-10 spot 5,989
49 mark hesters 9/10/2010 5,985
49 Aaron Jones Jones 5,985
51 Tom Zarogiannos Betts Freeman Combo 5,984
52 Bryan Daniels Daniels 5,982
53 Dave Taylor Taylor 5,981
54 robert cramutola BB25 5,980
54 mark hesters scared hitless 5,980
56 Bruce Carlson Quest Called Tribe 0208 5,977
57 Ben Klein CL04 Klein 4 5,974
58 Tim Sansome Sansome 5,968
59 Scott Feschuk Feschuk 5,965
60 Christopher Chaloux Now and Never 5,958
61 Adam MacLean MacLean 5,957
62 Michael O`Brien WAR Games CL1 5,956
62 Michael Christie Two Coaches and a Ball 3 5,956
64 Duane Hotkevich Hotkevich 5,953
65 John Riccio Longjohns 5,948
66 George Kleemann GeorgeTheDog 5,947
67 KEVIN KIRVES AMZN 5,946
68 Eric Heberlig BB Soto 5,928
69 Douglas Roth Roth CUT3 5,925
70 Jason Kufs Kufs Family Cutline 15 5,924
71 Geoff Ferenc Big Wood 5,920
71 Aaron Jones Jones 5,920
73 Matthew Shepherd DRAFTOHOLICS ANONYMOUS 5,916
74 Curtis Jones JonesCurtisW CL13 5,915
75 TIMOTHY JOHNSON Catchers in the Rhys 5,907
76 Christopher Kaltenbach SeigeCut8 5,906
77 Bill Strickler Lou Brown 5,901
77 Gary Durbin 8 Buzz 1 Honey 5,901
79 Christopher Chaloux The Employee Is Not Afraid 5,900
80 Bob Catsiroumpas iota 5,897
80 Christopher Chaloux Buses No Buses 5,897
80 James Mehall Mehall Cutline 5,897
80 Joseph Camp Feeling a Little Hitterish 5,897
84 Tom Zarogiannos Arenado Freeman Combo 5,893
84 Tom Zarogiannos Bellinger JRamirez Combo 5,893
86 Aaron Jones Jones 5,888
87 Ben Klein CL06 Klein R2 5,886
88 Jeremy Melo Melo 5,885
88 George Kleemann OpenWithCare 5,885
90 Andrew Summers Schonfish Cut A4 5,884
90 Jason Kufs Kufs Family Cutline 17 5,884
90 Steve Kiel Rons Mustangs 5,884
93 Bruce Carlson Quest Called Tribe 0211 5,882
94 Christopher Chaloux Myage 5,881
95 Jack Kitchen Sloppy Seconds 5,876
95 Christopher Chaloux Campfire 5,876
97 Mike Dirkman VERNDAWG 1 5,874
98 Curtis Jones JonesCurtisW CL14 5,873
99 John Pausma JP CUT11 5,871
99 John Pausma JP CUT5 5,871
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Re: Mike Dirkman Wins 2020 NFFC Cutline Title & $75,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Sep 28, 2020 12:59 pm

Here was the revamped prizes for this year's Cutline Championship:

2020 NFBC Cutline Championship Overall Prize Pool:
1 - $75,000
2 - $25,000
3 - $15,000
4 - $10,000
5 - $7,500
6 - $5,000
7 - $4,000
8 - $3,000
9 - $2,500
10 - $2,000
11 - $1,500
12 - $1,400
13 - $1,300
14 - $1,250
15 - $1,200
16 - $1,100
17 - $1,000
18 - $950
19 - $900
20 - $850
21 - $800
22 - $750
23 - $600
24 - $500
25 - $400
26 - $300
27 - $200
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Re: Mike Dirkman Wins 2020 NFFC Cutline Title & $75,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:41 pm

Mike Dirkman becomes our 5th different Cutline champion in 5 years. Here's the past champions:

2016 - Jon Stadtmueller
2017 - Rian Lange
2018 - John Magnozzi
2019 - Bob Catsiroumpas
2020 - Mike Dirkman
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Re: Mike Dirkman Wins 2020 NFFC Cutline Title & $75,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:47 pm

Mike Dirkman drafted from the 5th spot in this March 24th NFBC Cutline Championship league. Here's his winning draft:

VERNDAWG 7:
Bellinger, Cody 1 5 1B VERNDAWG 7
Freeman, Freddie 2 16 CI VERNDAWG 7
Martinez, J.D. 3 25 OF VERNDAWG 7
Blackmon, Charlie 4 36 OF VERNDAWG 7
Bryant, Kris 5 45 3B VERNDAWG 7
Kershaw, Clayton 6 56 P VERNDAWG 7
Muncy, Max 7 65 2B VERNDAWG 7
Abreu, Jose 8 76 CI VERNDAWG 7
McNeil, Jeff 9 85 OF VERNDAWG 7
Contreras, Willson 10 96 C VERNDAWG 7
Gray, Sonny 11 105 P VERNDAWG 7
Anderson, Tim 12 116 SS VERNDAWG 7
Conforto, Michael 13 125 OF VERNDAWG 7
Polanco, Jorge 14 136 MI VERNDAWG 7
Perez, Salvador 15 145 C VERNDAWG 7
Ryu, Hyun Jin 16 156 P VERNDAWG 7
Urias, Julio 17 165 P VERNDAWG 7
Maeda, Kenta 18 176 P VERNDAWG 7
Lowe, Brandon 19 185 UT VERNDAWG 7
Gregorius, Didi 20 196 SS VERNDAWG 7
Stroman, Marcus 21 205 P VERNDAWG 7
Anderson, Brian 22 216 OF VERNDAWG 7
McCutchen, Andrew 23 225 OF VERNDAWG 7
Renfroe, Hunter 24 236 OF VERNDAWG 7
Diaz, Yandy 25 245 1B VERNDAWG 7
Chirinos, Robinson 26 256 C VERNDAWG 7
Urquidy, Jose 27 265 P VERNDAWG 7
Happ, Ian 28 276 OF VERNDAWG 7
Dickerson, Corey 29 285 OF VERNDAWG 7
Samardzija, Jeff 30 296 P VERNDAWG 7
Gonzales, Marco 31 305 P VERNDAWG 7
Wood, Alex 32 316 P VERNDAWG 7
Shaw, Travis 33 325 3B VERNDAWG 7
Chirinos, Yonny 34 336 P VERNDAWG 7
Gausman, Kevin 35 345 P VERNDAWG 7
Bailey, Homer 36 356 P VERNDAWG 7
Kim, Kwang Hyun 37 365 P VERNDAWG 7
Hill, Rich 38 376 P VERNDAWG 7
Newcomb, Sean 39 385 P VERNDAWG 7
Lewis, Kyle 40 396 OF VERNDAWG 7
Stallings, Jacob 41 405 C VERNDAWG 7
Frazier, Adam 42 416 2B VERNDAWG 7
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Re: Mike Dirkman Wins 2020 NFFC Cutline Title & $75,000

Post by Greg Ambrosius » Mon Sep 28, 2020 1:49 pm

Here were his two FAAB period pickups:

July 28th:
Corbin Burnes 146
Merrill Kelly 146
Spencer Turnbull 146

August 25th:
Framber Valdez 278
Ryan Pressly 278
Kyle Freeland 2
Ty Buttrey 2
Triston McKenzie 2
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Re: Mike Dirkman Wins 2020 NFFC Cutline Title & $75,000

Post by Texas Connection » Mon Sep 28, 2020 4:23 pm

Congrats Mike on your big win.

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