Jason Duponte Wins 2023 NFBC Ultimate Auction & $40,000

[Greg Ambrosius]

Jason Duponte of Natick, Massachusetts won the 2023 NFBC Ultimate Auction league title and the $40,000 prize. This is the first NFBC Ultimate Auction League title for Jason, who LOVES the auction format. He also finished second in the New York $2500 Auction Championship league and third in the NFBC New York Ultimate League to cash in three of his six leagues this year.

The 45-year-old dominated the Las Vegas NFBC Ultimate League as he finished with 130.5 points. Philippe Dussault finished second with 117 points to earn $20,000, while Greg Lathrop finished third with 97 points to earn $7,500. Jason becomes our 13th different champion in the 17 years of the NFBC Ultimate League as we have had only two multi-champions of this event. They are Jon Stadtmueller, who has won four titles, and David Longood, who won three Ultimate Auction League titles.

Jason moved into first place in Week 10 and never left the top spot after that. His lead grew to double digits by Week 22 and he kept it that way over the last five weeks of the season. Dominant performance in this league Jason, so congrats to you.

Great job everyone and congrats to all of the money winners. Here's the final standings:

2023 NFBC Ultimate Auction League Final Standings:
1 Jason Duponte Cue the Duckboats Ultimate 130.5
2 Philippe Dussault The Robot Ultimate 117
3 Greg Lathrop Triple Crown - Ultimate 97
4 Scott Fleming 376 grams 91.5
5 Lindy Hinkelman Beaver Cleaver 87
6 Scott keikoan keikoan 85
7 Jason Anthony Booms Ultimate 84.5

Here's the prize structure for the NFBC Ultimate Auction League:
League Prizes
1 $40,000
2 $20,000
3 $7,500

[Greg Ambrosius]

We have been hosting the NFBC Ultimate Auction League since 2005 and Jason Duponte is the latest new champion to be crowned. He joins a select group of owners who have won the NFBC Ultimate Auction League over the last 17 years. We actually had TWO NFBC Ultimate Auction Leagues in 2013 and 2014, but we also had a two-year hiatus in 2020-21 because of the pandemic. Here's the list of champions:

NFBC Ultimate Auction League Champions:
2005 - David Longood
2006 - Greg Morgan
2007 - David Longood
2008 - Ken Norred
2009 - David Longood
2010 - Will Tyrer
2011 - Kevin Kirves
2012 - Jon Stadtmueller
2013 - Glenn Lowy
2013 - Jeff Dobies/Steve Jupinka (League 2)
2014 - Dave Potts
2014 - Sam Botnick/Todd Zola (League 2)
2015 - Jon Stadtmueller
2016 - Ross Longood
2017 - Jon Stadtmueller
2018 - Jon Stadtmueller
2019 - Matt Modica
2022 - Shawn Johnson
2023 - Jason Duponte

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here is Jason Duponte's winning roster that was started in the auction and continued in the 7-man reserve round:

Cue The Duckboats Ultimate:
C - Keibert Ruiz $7
C - Danny Jansen $5
1B - Tristan Casas $4
2B - Isaac Paredes $2
SS - Nico Hoerner $9
3B - Rafael Devers $30
CI - Spencer Steer $1
MI - Michael Massey $1
UT - Adam Duvall $2
OF - Mookie Betts $33
OF - Tyler O'Neill $17
OF - Christian Yelich $12
OF - Masataka Yoshida $8
OF - Jorge Soler $3

P - Cristian Javier $29
P - Luis Castillo $25
P - Blake Snell $17
P - Ryan Helsley $17
P - Kenley Jansen $14
P - Jordan Montgomery $12
P - Zach Eflin $4
P - Hayden Wesneski $6
P - Ross Stripling $2

R - Brusdar Graterol
R - Enrique Hernandez
R - Brayan Bello
R - Ryne Nelson
R - Seth Lugo
R - Chris Martin
R - Jack Suwinski

[Greg Ambrosius]

Here were Jason's winning FAAB bids throughout the year:

Cue the Duckboats Ultimate:
April 2:
Orlando Arcia 8
Ramon Urias 8

April 9:
Miguel Castro 12
Chris Taylor 13

April 16:
Tyler Wells 33
Joey Gallo 24
Jake Burger 7
Eddie Rosario 2

April 23:
Jarren Duran 138
Ramon Urias 2

April 30:
Trevor Rogers 36
Alan Trejo 2

May 7:
J.P. Crawford 1

May 14:
Christopher Morel 234

May 21:
Hunter Harvey 10

June 4:
Kutter Crawford 47

June 11:
Michael A. Taylor 7

June 18:
J.P. Crawford 2

June 25:
Joey Votto 24
Jose Urquidy 5

July 2:
J.P. Crawford 4

July 9:
Carlos Hernandez 5

July 16:
Kyle Finnegan 37

July 30:
Gregory Santos 23

August 13:
Trevor Story 205

August 27:
Tanner Scott 18
Zack Thompson 13
Joshua Palacios 5
J.P. Crawford 5

September 3:
Ronny Mauricio 45
Jacob Young 7
Christian Bethancourt 1

September 10:
Luis Campusano 6
Will Brennan 2
Brett Phillips 1

September 10:
Ceddanne Rafaela 4
Manuel Margot 1

September 24:
Jose Alvarado 2
Jose Leclerc 1