NFBC Draft the Drafter's League

[KJ Duke]

Updated standings - @ two months:
1 Alan Greenberg - 31
2 KJ Duke - 28
3 Mike McElroy - 26
4 Rick Thomas - 25
5 Shawn Childs - 24
6 Jon Stadtmueller - 23
7 David Rimel - 19
8 Jeff Erickson - 18
9 John Hogan - 18
10 Dave Shovein - 13
11 Steve Jupinka - 13
12 George Kleemann - 10
13 Mike Massotto - 8
14 Michael Lins - 7
15 Roger Martin - 7
16 Scott Keikoan - 2

• Alan takes the lead with an avg 3,000 pts per team and the second best score among drafted teams with RT's 7th-ranked roundtrippers! team.
• I have the highest ranked team with Madcow and Bama in 2nd place overall, but continue to be sabotaged by Alan's BK Mets Main team (he swears he's not tanking it!)
• Jon Stadtmueller fell from the top spot to 6th as 3 of his teams Quahogs, Spartacus and the Professional are now in the middle of the pack.
• Scott Keikoan drafted the lowest ADP team by far based on career rank. He is in dead last.
• Rick Thomas has rocketed from 15th place last month to 4th place. And all three of his personal teams are still top 50.
• Mike McElroy has jumped up to 3rd place, with all but his Cocktails and Dreams team near the top.
• In my side bet with KOQ, he now has 8 of the top 10 teams (up one) with his "field bet", inlcuding Dobies undrafted #1 ALL-IN. I have the #2 and #7 teams with Semsel/Norred and RT teams.

[Outlaw]

List to refresh our memories

DRAFT COMPLETE!

1.01 Jeff Erickson - Quahogs ME NY (#1 Stephen Jupinka) - NY Mar30 Lg.3
1.02 George Kleemann - Sackofpotatoes 2013 (#3 Ken Magner) CHI Mar30 Lg.2
1.03 Jon Stadtmueller - Quahogs ME LV (#1 Stephen Jupinka) LV Mar23 Lg.3
1.04 Michael Lins - Quahogs ME OL (#1 Stephen Jupinka) OL Mar27 Lg. 3
1.05 Roger Martin - Cocktails and Dreams (#55 Chad Schroeder) LV Mar23 Lg.5
1.06 Alan Greenberg - Bob Enzyte (#6 Lindy Hinkleman) LV Mar23 Lg.6
1.07 KJ Duke - Team Thomas (#10 Rick Thomas) LV-OL Mar27 8pm
1.08 Shawn Childs - The Pale King I (#36 Bob Particelli) LV Mar23 Lg.5
1.09 Dave Shovein - Zefurs LV.1 (#9 KJ Duke) LV Mar30 Lg.1
1.10 Scott Keikoan - Metsmezmerizers 2 (#246 Gregg Janoff) LV Mar30 Lg.2
1.11 Steve Jupinka - DOUGHBOYS (#7 Dan Kenyon) OL Mar30 Lg.1
1.12 Rick Thomas - gigglin at the DOUGHBOYS (#7 Dan Kenyon) LV Mar23 Lg 4
1.13 Mike McElroy - SportsDraftDaily.com (#5 Shawn Childs) LV Mar30 Lg.1
1.14 John Hogan - Stevieland On-Deck (#2 Nolan-Stephenson) OL Mar30 Lg.2
1.15 David Rimel - Teedee's Tanks (#165 Rusty Clark) CHI Mar30 Lg.2
1.16 Mike Massotto - Incredible Hulking Us OL1 (#12 Michel Edelman) OL Mar23 Lg.2

2.01 Mike Massotto - Low Talkers (#30 Dave Potts) LV-OL Mar27 8pm
2.02 David Rimel - Mudhens (#94 Jon Stadtmueller) LV Mar30 Lg.2
2.03 John Hogan - CC's Desperados (#5 Shawn Childs) OL Mar27 Lg.3
2.04 Mike McElroy - Schwartzstops (#392 Cory Schwartz) NY Mar30 Lg.2
2.05 Rick Thomas - Dutch Mafia (#89 John Pausma) OL Mar23 Lg.3
2.06 Steve Jupinka - Incredible Hulking Us NY (#12 Michael Edelman) NY Mar30 Lg.1
2.07 Scott Keikoan - Metsmezmerizers 2 (#246 Gregg Janoff) LV Mar.23 Lg.7
2.08 Dave Shovein - The Carnage and the Chip LV (#39 Christie, #3 Magner) LV Mar23 Lg.3
2.09 Shawn Childs - PACO THYME (#76 Paul Weber) CHI Mar30 Lg.1
2.10 KJ Duke - FFBL's Finest (#13 Kevin Kirves) OL Mar30 Lg.3
2.11 Alan Greenberg - RoundTrippers! (#10 Rick Thomas) LV-OL Mar30
2.12 Roger Martin - Glenneration X (#24 Glenn Lowy) LV Mar23 Lg.6
2.13 Michael Lins - Blades n Bones (#107 Joseph Anello) OL Mar23 Lg.3
2.14 Jon Stadtmueller - Spartacus (#17 Bob Mazur) LV Mar23 Lg.3
2.15 George Kleemann - Chico Lind's Hermanos - Main O (#27 Anthony Palavis, Eric Burd) OL Mar30 Lg.3
2.16 Jeff Erickson - Team Ravitz (#152 Nate Ravitz) NY Mar30 Lg.2

3.01 Jeff Erickson - Welcome to Stevieland (#2 Nolan-Stephenson) LV Mar23 Lg.6
3.02 George Kleemann - Las Vegas Ratpack (#18 Steve Wells) LV Mar23 Lg.5
3.03 Jon Stadtmueller - Team Yu (#32 Gino Yu) LV Mar30 Lg.1
3.04 Michael Lins - Anchormen (NR Jin Chun, NR Andrew Park) NY Mar30 Lg.4
3.05 Roger Martin - Team Brady (#162 Don Brady) OL Mar30 Lg.1
3.06 Alan Greenberg - Team Haney (#38 Terrence Haney) NY Mar30 Lg 5
3.07 KJ Duke - Madcow & Bama (#217 Dan Semsel, #60 Ken Norred) LV Mar23 Lg.7
3.08 Shawn Childs - MORONS (NR Matthew Shepherd) OL Mar30 Lg.4
3.09 Dave Shovein - Cocktails and Dreams (#55 Chad Schroeder) OL Mar30 Lg.1
3.10 Scott Keikoan - Queen Team (NR Will Bach) OL Mar30 Lg.4
3.11 Steve Jupinka - HARRY CRUMB NY (#82 Joe Anthony) NY Mar30 Lg.5
3.12 Rick Thomas - Chicks Dig The Long Ball (#23 Kevin Schiller) OL Mar23 Lg.4
3.13 Mike McElroy - Layin' the Smack Down (#129 Jaime Baird) OL Mar30 Lg.2
3.14 John Hogan - bluebloods (#8 David Deterra) NY Mar30 Lg.3
3.15 David Rimel - Team Miller (#200 Tim Miller ) LV Mar23 Lg.1
3.16 Mike Massotto - Yesterday's News (#20 David DiDonato) LV Mar23 Lg.3

4.01 Mike Massotto - Triple A (#154 Artie Rastelli) LV Mar23 Lg.4
4.02 David Rimel - Yesterday's News II (#20 David DiDonato) OL Mar30 Lg.1
4.03 John Hogan - MGBS2 NY (#15 Martin Bedell) NY Mar30 Lg.5
4.04 Mike McElroy - Cocktails and Dreams (#55 Chad Schroeder) OL Mar27 Lg.1
4.05 Rick Thomas - Sharks (#165 Rusty Clark) OL Mar23 Lg.4
4.06 Steve Jupinka - Nickelodeon (#182 Joshua Coleman #88 Michael Leone) NY Mar30 Lg.1
4.07 Scott Keikoan - Martians (#219 James Stanard) LV Mar23 Lg.2
4.08 Dave Shovein - Gigglin for CC's (#5 Childs-Schinker) LV Mar23 Lg.4
4.09 Shawn Childs - Sultans of Smack (#52 Stephen Fiore) LV Mar30 Lg.2
4.10 KJ Duke - BK Mets Main (#198 Alan Greenberg) NY Mar30 Lg.3
4.11 Alan Greenberg - Powerball (#16 Jason Duponte) OL Mar23 Lg.1
4.12 Roger Martin - Round 2 (Main NY) (#316 Ante Meich) NY Mar30 Lg.1
4.13 Michael Lins - The Really Rottens (#176 Patrick Raney) OL Mar23 Lg.1
4.14 Jon Stadtmueller - Pollos Hermanos (#192 Ronny Mor) LV Mar30 Lg.1
4.15 George Kleemann - BROCKPORT BULLIES (NR Hal Goldstein) NY Mar30 Lg.1
4.16 Jeff Erickson - Oaktown (#238 Scott Jenstad) LV Mar23 Lg.5

[BK METS]

KJ, I will keep up with my New York team, until the end. It will feel bittersweet, winning this contest with my own team losing, helping me.

I know you are just kidding, but I just want everyone to know now, so if they see that my team stopped KJ from winning, it wasn't by tanking or disregarding my team.

I have no chance of winning in New York. My hitting is just too weak. But, I will do my best to compete and if I lose this contest, in the meantime, so be it.

[KJ Duke]

KJ, I will keep up with my New York team, until the end. It will feel bittersweet, winning this contest with my own team losing, helping me.

I know you are just kidding, but I just want everyone to know now, so if they see that my team stopped KJ from winning, it wasn't by tanking or disregarding my team.

I have no chance of winning in New York. My hitting is just too weak. But, I will do my best to compete and if I lose this contest, in the meantime, so be it.

I'm gonna ride you 'til you break into the top half Alan! Funny thing is, you're now just spot below my second weekend team that started strong but has been pummeled with injuries ... who Shovein drafted here. I do have Wacha and Wheeler on the way, though. Meanwhile, my "good" team is up to #44, but no one wanted that one - how quickly things change.

[KJ Duke]

Updated standings - @ mid-season:
1 KJ Duke - 32
2 Alan Greenberg - 30
3 Mike McElroy - 25
4 Jeff Erickson - 24
5 Rick Thomas - 22
6 Jon Stadtmueller - 22
7 George Kleemann - 20
8 John Hogan - 17
9 David Rimel - 17
10 Roger Martin - 15
11 Shawn Childs - 14
12 Steve Jupinka - 11
13 Dave Shovein - 10
14 Mike Massotto - 6
15 Michael Lins - 5
16 Scott Keikoan - 2

• My team jumps ahead of Alan this month, leading both categories.
• Jeff Erickson is up to 4th place from middle of the pack last month. His final pick, Oaktown, is 10th overall.
• George Kleemann's team also jumped into contention, up from 12th to 7th place with two teams now in the top 50.
• Scott Keikoan, who drafted the lowest ADP team, continues to have a solid hold on last place.

• In the side contest, KOQ leads with the #1 team from KC Cha going undrafted, and he has 7 (down from 8) of the top ten. Drafted teams in the top ten include #2 Madcow & Bama, #6 Dutch Mafia and #10 Oaktown.

[Cocktails and Dreams]

My apologies for those drafting my teams. You will notice I am still battling, usually making them worse in the process though:). Will keep trying to move them up.

[Sebadiah23]

I'm very interested in seeing if anyone ends up performing better than random chance.

[knuckleheads]

Hey KJ,

Could you show the breakdown of the two categories? Thanks,.

[KJ Duke]

Avg Pts
2905 KJ Duke
2863 Alan Greenberg
2765 Mike McElroy
2715 Jon Stadtmueller
2673 David Rimel
2670 Jeff Erickson
2608 George Kleemann
2600 John Hogan
2572 Rick Thomas
2565 Shawn Childs
2427 Dave Shovein
2330 Steve Jupinka
2317 Mike Massotto
2210 Roger Martin
2035 Michael Lins
1857 Scott Keikoan

Highest Team
3865 KJ Duke
3568 Alan Greenberg
3553 Rick Thomas
3396 Jeff Erickson
3228 Roger Martin
3226 Mike McElroy
3149 George Kleemann
3122 Jon Stadtmueller
2949 John Hogan
2940 Shawn Childs
2912 Steve Jupinka
2861 David Rimel
2856 Dave Shovein
2734 Michael Lins
2595 Mike Massotto
2325 Scott Keikoan

[KJ Duke]

ALL-STAR BREAK UPDATE
1 KJ Duke - (32) - 2875 avg pts
2 Rick Thomas - (30) - 2528
3 Alan Greenberg - (28) - 2789
4 Jeff Erickson (26) - 2758
5 Mike McElroy - (24) - 2789
6 Roger Martin - (22) - 2172
7 Steve Jupinka - (20) - 2573
8 John Hogan(18) - 2685
9 George Kleemann (16) - 2589
10 Shawn Childs - (14) - 2545
11 Jon Stadtmueller (12) - 2702
12 Dave Shovein - (10) - 2337
13 David Rimel - (8) - 2664
14 Michael Lins - (6) - 2102
15 Mike Massotto -(4) - 2500
16 Scott Keikoan - (2) - 1755

[KJ Duke]

I'm very interested in seeing if anyone ends up performing better than random chance.

Thirteen out of sixteen drafters have an average team score above the overall average.

[KJ Duke]

ONE MONTH TO GO UPDATE
1 KJ Duke (32) - 2999 avg pts
2 Jon Stadtmueller (27) - 2825
3 Mike McElroy (27) - 2801
4 Rick Thomas (26) - 2687
5 Jeff Erickson (26) - 2708
6 David Rimel (20) - 2745
7 Alan Greenberg (19) - 2682
8 John Hogan (18) - 2638
9 George Kleemann (17) - 2551
10 Mike Massotto (14) - 2653
11 Shawn Childs (13) - 2515
12 Steve Jupinka (11) - 2593
13 Roger Martin (8) - 2103
14 Dave Shovein - (6) - 2190
15 Michael Lins - (6) - 2116
16 Scott Keikoan - (2) - 1827

[KJ Duke]

For the side bet with KOQ, I am in position to win for now with Madcow & Bama leading the overall competition.

I also have the #8 and #9 teams on my roster (Dutch Mafia and FFBL's Finest), while KOQ's field bet has the remaining 7 out of the top 10.

[KJ Duke]

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS
League Pts and Avg pts for all teams drafted:
32 KJ Duke - 2983
28 Jeff Erickson - 2807
26 Jon Stadtmueller - 2824
26 Mike McElroy - 2742
24 Rick Thomas - 2639
23 David Rimel - 2858
20 George Kleemann - 2618
18 John Hogan - 2551
15 Shawn Childs - 2525
15 Alan Greenberg - 2605
13 Mike Massotto - 2597
09 Steve Jupinka - 2462
09 Michael Lins - 2176
06 Roger Martin - 2221
06 Dave Shovein - 2256
02 Scott Keikoan - 1926

There's one game to go, but unless Madcow/Bama get knocked off and Jeff's teams outscore mine by 176+ points each tomorrow, the top spot is decided. Three of my four picks finished in the top 30 overall - Semsel/Norred, Kirves and RThomas. Thanks all for participating. Likewise, KOQ loses the side wager because of Madcow/Bama's team overall win.

Among the top 10 finishers, 5 teams were drafted by DD particpants, an impressive finish since only 64 of 435 teams were drafted. Assuming random odds, one would have expected only 1.5 in the top 10 would be drafted, helping prove the point that this is a game of skill.

[KJ Duke]

ALL DRAFTED TEAM PTS
PTS - DD DRAFTER - TM NAME - TM OWNER - LGE
2574 Alan Greenberg - Bob Enzyte Lindy Hinkleman LV Mar.23 Lg.6
2939 Alan Greenberg - RoundTrippers! Rick Thomas LV-OL Mar30
2148 Alan Greenberg - Fat Tub of Goo Terrence Haney NY Mar30 Lg 5
2759 Alan Greenberg - Powerball 3/23 Jason Duponte OL Mar23 Lg.1
2430 Dave Shovein - || Zefurs Lv.1 || KJ Duke LV Mar.30 Lg.1
2161 Dave Shovein - The Carnage and the Chip LV Christie, Magner LV Mar23 Lg.3
2658 Dave Shovein - Cocktails and Dreams Chad Schroeder OL Mar30 Lg.1
1774 Dave Shovein - Gigglin for CC's Childs-Schinker LV Mar23 Lg.4
2725 David Rimel - Teedee's Tanks Rusty Clark CHI Mar30 Lg.2
3024 David Rimel - Mudhens Jon Stadtmueller LV Mar30 Lg.2
2658 David Rimel - Team Miller Tim Miller LV Mar23 Lg.1
3027 David Rimel - Yesterday's News II David DiDonato OL Mar30 Lg 1
2422 George Kleemann Sackofpotatoes 2013 Ken Magner CHI Mar.30 Lg.2
1858 George Kleemann Chico Lind's Hermanos - Main O Palavis, Burd OL Mar30 Lg.3
3174 George Kleemann Las Vegas Ratpack Steve Wells LV Mar23 Lg.5
3017 George Kleemann BROCKPORT BULLIES Hal Goldstein NY Mar30 Lg.1
2644 Jeff Erickson Quahogs ME NY Stephen Jupinka NY Mar.30 Lg.3
1980 Jeff Erickson Colton/Ravitz Nate Ravitz NY Mar30 Lg.2
2993 Jeff Erickson Welcome to Stevieland Nolan-Stephenson LV Mar23 Lg.6
3611 Jeff Erickson Oaktown Scott Jenstad LV Mar23 Lg.5
3007 John Hogan Stevieland On-Deck Nolan-Stephenson OL Mar30 Lg.2
3181 John Hogan CC's Desperados Shawn Childs OL Mar27 Lg.3
2190 John Hogan bluebloods David Deterra NY Mar30 Lg.3
1829 John Hogan MGBS2 Martin Bedell NY Mar30 Lg. 5
3311 Jon Stadtmueller Quahogs ME LV Stephen Jupinka LV Mar.23 Lg.3
2554 Jon Stadtmueller Spartacus Bob Mazur LV Mar23 Lg.3
2896 Jon Stadtmueller Professional Gino Yu LV Mar30 Lg.1
2535 Jon Stadtmueller Pollos Hermanos Ronny Mor LV Mar30 Lg.1
3109 KJ Duke - RoundTrippers! Rick Thomas LV-OL Mar.27 8pm
3363 KJ Duke - FFBL's Finest Kevin Kirves OL Mar30 Lg.3
3940 KJ Duke - Madcow & Bama Semsel, Norred LV Mar23 Lg.7
1522 KJ Duke - BK Mets Main Alan Greenberg NY Mar30 Lg.3
2493 Michael Lins - Quahogs ME OL Stephen Jupinka OL Mar.27 Lg. 3
2422 Michael Lins - Blades n Bones Joseph Anello OL Mar23 Lg.3
846 Michael Lins - Anchormen Jin Chun, Andrew Park NY Mar30 Lg.4
2944 Michael Lins - The Really Rottens Patrick Raney OL Mar23 Lg.1
2314 Mike Massotto - Incredible Hulking Us OL1 Michel Edelman OL Mar23 Lg.2
2889 Mike Massotto - Low Talkers Dave Potts LV-OL Mar27 8pm
2619 Mike Massotto - Yesterday's News David DiDonato LV Mar23 Lg.3
2568 Mike Massotto - Triple A Artie Rastelli LV Mar23 Lg.4
2848 Mike McElroy - SportsDraftDaily.com Shawn Childs LV Mar.30 Lg.1
2848 Mike McElroy - Schwartzstops Cory Schwartz NY Mar30 Lg.2
3531 Mike McElroy - Layin' the Smack Down Jaime Baird OL Mar30 Lg.2
1741 Mike McElroy - Cocktails and Dreams Chad Schroeder OL Mar27 Lg.1
2105 Rick Thomas - DOUGHBOYS Dan Kenyon LV Mar.23 Lg 4
3428 Rick Thomas - Dutch Mafia John Pausma OL Mar23 Lg.3
1990 Rick Thomas - Chicks Dig The Long Ball Kevin Schiller OL Mar23 Lg.4
3032 Rick Thomas - Sharks Rusty Clark OL Mar23 Lg.4
2088 Roger Martin - Cocktails and Dreams Chad Schroeder LV Mar.23 Lg.5
2710 Roger Martin - Glenneration X Glenn Lowy LV Mar23 Lg.6
2287 Roger Martin - Team Brady Don Brady OL Mar30 Lg.1
1800 Roger Martin - Round 2 (Main NY) Ante Meich NY Mar30 Lg.1
1697 Scott Keikoan - Metsmezmerizers 2 Gregg Janoff LV Mar.30 Lg.2
2154 Scott Keikoan - Metsmezmerizers-1 Gregg Janoff LV Mar.23 Lg.7
2107 Scott Keikoan - Queen Team Will Bach OL Mar30 Lg.4
1749 Scott Keikoan - Martians James Stanard LV Mar23 Lg.2
1973 Shawn Childs - The Pale King I Bob Particelli LV Mar.23 Lg.5
3165 Shawn Childs - PACO THYME Paul Weber CHI Mar30 Lg.1
2270 Shawn Childs - MORONS Matthew Shepherd OL Mar30 Lg.4
2691 Shawn Childs - Sultans of Smack Stephen Fiore LV Mar30 Lg.2
2502 Steve Jupinka - DOUGHBOYS Dan Kenyon OL Mar.30 Lg. 1
2279 Steve Jupinka - Incredible Hulking Us NY Michael Edelman NY Mar30 Lg.1
2282 Steve Jupinka - HARRY CRUMB NY Joe Anthony NY Mar30 Lg.5
2788 Steve Jupinka - Nickelodeon Coleman-Leone NY Mar30 Lg.1