Today we are opening the Draft Room for the 2024 NFBC season!!That's right, the 21st anniversary of the National Fantasy Baseball Championship opens today!!! Registration is now open for the 2024 NFBC $150 and $400 Draft Champions leagues and the $50 Draft Champions leagues. All three have 1-Hour, 2-Hour and 4-Hour leagues available and drafts will start 30 minutes after each league fills. There are no rule changes for these contests and the 2024 NFBC Draft Champions National Championship will again guarantee a $40,000 grand prize. All prize money in the $50 DCs will stay within each league.
Here's the contest links for each contest:
https://nfc.shgn.com/rules/1973
https://nfc.shgn.com/rules/1974
https://nfc.shgn.com/rules/1981
Now, here's the details on the draft room that has just been launched:
** We are using the 2023 NFBC Draft Room with the player default list using the final DC ADPs. We did move some players around to help out, but the players are not in the order that you'll see when we launch the draft room again after the World Series. This was the fastest way to get the draft room up and running, so use the Search tool for players that you want and draft accordingly. When we launch the draft room again in November, we'll have an updated player default list and the ADPs from early drafts will default over rather quickly.
** We have over 3,000 players listed in the draft room, but we likely are missing some minor-leaguers who will be drafted this year. Draft a Placeholder, post in the Chat room who you selected and email Darik at [email protected] and we'll get the player added. Once we launch in November, we'll have all of these players in the new draft room.
** Position eligibility for each player in the draft room during October will show 2023 position eligibility; NOT 2024 POSITION ELIGIBILITY. If you have questions about what position a player qualifies at, look it up to see for yourself or feel free to email one of us. We will have every player correct once the new draft room launches in November, but for now please look up the number of games played in 2023 for yourself and realize that it might be different from what you see in the draft room. Per the rules: Any position in which a player appeared at 20 games in 2023 qualifies at that position; OR if not reaching 20 at any position in the MLB in 2023, then he qualifies at the position he appeared at MOST; OR if only a minor leaguer in 2023, the ONE position they played most.
** Drafts will start 30 minutes after the league fills. The pause time is now 1 to 9 am ET. You can still draft during the pause, so enjoy.
We will announce all of our 2023 national championship winners shortly and we'll announce the new prize structures for all of our 2024 contests shortly as well. We are VERY EXCITED about the upcoming 2024 NFBC season and just couldn't wait for the '23 season to end. Look for prize money on all of your Player Accounts next Thursday and then make sure to keep some of that money on account to use for the upcoming season. It's the easiest and most economical way to pay for your '24 teams. Congrats to all of this year's winners and let's do it again in '24.
Enjoy the MLB playoffs, get your Cheat Sheets ready earlier this year and then be ready for the 21st anniversary season of the NFBC. It's going to be one to remember. Thanks all.