Dave Taylor Wins 2016 Auction Championship

[Greg Ambrosius]

CONGRATS to Dave Taylor of Niagara University in New York for winning the 2016 NFBC Auction Championship and the $25,000 grand prize. Dave led for the entire second half of the season and held on for an 82.5 point lead over Shawn Johnson for the overall title. Dave won the title from the New York Friday afternoon Auction League, one of two auctions he participated in during his trip to the Big Apple.

Dave won his New York March 25th 4 pm ET Auction League with 136 points. His big buys were Clayton Kershaw for $39, Buster Posey for $27 and Wade Davis for $19. Jonathan Villar for $2 and Rick Porcello in the Reserve Round were his best buys.

Dave is a veteran NFBC player who is been with us for the last decade. He competed in Las Vegas auctions and drafts each of the last two years, but his schedule worked out better this year for New York. It was a winning choice as he won his auction league title and the overall title.

Here's how he did it:
Team Taylor, March 25th New York Auction League:
1 15 Kershaw, Clayton $39 P Team Taylor
2 1 Posey, Buster $27 C Team Taylor
3 15 Davis, Wade $19 P Team Taylor
4 1 Pujols, Albert $13 1B Team Taylor
5 15 Salazar, Danny $17 P Team Taylor
6 1 Kemp, Matt $16 OF Team Taylor
7 15 Desmond, Ian $16 SS Team Taylor
8 1 Seager, Kyle $18 3B Team Taylor
9 15 Lucroy, Jonathan $14 C Team Taylor
10 1 Tanaka, Masahiro $8 P Team Taylor
11 15 Bruce, Jay $9 OF Team Taylor
12 1 Rodriguez, Francisco $13 P Team Taylor
13 15 Martin, Russell $8 C Team Taylor
14 1 Parra, Gerardo $13 OF Team Taylor
15 15 Darvish, Yu $5 P Team Taylor
16 1 Aoki, Norichika $3 OF Team Taylor
17 15 Buchholz, Clay $2 P Team Taylor
18 1 Estrada, Marco $2 P Team Taylor
19 15 Villar, Jonathan $2 SS Team Taylor
20 1 Phillips, Brandon $6 2B Team Taylor
21 15 Berrios, Jose $2 P Team Taylor
22 1 Marte, Ketel $5 SS Team Taylor
23 15 Cabrera, Melky $3 OF Team Taylor
24 15 Garcia, Avisail $0 OF Team Taylor
25 1 Moss, Brandon $0 OF Team Taylor
26 15 Solarte, Yangervis $0 3B Team Taylor
27 1 Porcello, Rick $0 P Team Taylor
28 15 Duffey, Tyler $0 P Team Taylor
29 1 Arcia, Orlando $0 SS Team Taylor
30 15 O'Day, Darren $0 P Team Taylor

Here were Dave's FAAB pickups for the season:

Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Cessa, Luis $1 B 9/25/2016 10:14 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Lewis, Colby $3 B 9/18/2016 10:14 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Anderson, Tyler $1 B 9/11/2016 10:13 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Davis, Rajai $2 B 9/11/2016 10:13 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Puig, Yasiel $73 B 9/4/2016 10:18 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Nova, Ivan $19 B 8/14/2016 10:25 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Rodney, Fernando $48 B 8/14/2016 10:25 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Phelps, David $23 B 8/7/2016 10:23 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Perez, Hernan $23 B 7/24/2016 10:21 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Davies, Zach $109 B 7/24/2016 10:21 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Taylor, Chris $2 B 7/17/2016 10:23 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Diaz, Edwin $7 B 7/3/2016 10:14 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Pence, Hunter $191 B 7/3/2016 10:14 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Madson, Ryan $204 B 6/26/2016 10:19 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Buchholz, Clay $22 B 6/19/2016 10:14 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Moya, Steven $28 B 6/19/2016 10:14 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Berrios, Jose $8 B 6/12/2016 10:18 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Harris, Will $132 B 6/5/2016 10:28 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Chatwood, Tyler $4 B 5/29/2016 10:20 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Arcia, Orlando $41 B 5/8/2016 10:32 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Ramirez, Jose $17 B 5/1/2016 10:32 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Perez, Martin $3 B 4/17/2016 10:35 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Gausman, Kevin $32 B 4/10/2016 10:18 PM ET
Team Taylor Waiver Pickup Graveman, Kendall $7 B 4/3/2016 10:49 PM ET

Dave now joins an elite group of NFBC Auction Championship title holders:

Jeff Dobies - 2010 NFBC Auction Championship National Champion
Richard Gordon - 2011 NFBC Auction Championship National Champion
Jeff Dobies/Andy Saxton - 2012 NFBC Auction Championship National Champion
Alan Greenberg - 2013 NFBC Auction Championship National Champion
Bob Particelli - 2014 NFBC Auction Championship National Champion
Anson Chan - 2015 NFBC Auction Championship National Champion
Dave Taylor - 2016 NFBC Auction Championship National Champion

[Greg Ambrosius]

Congrats to our Top 5 finishers in the overall competition: Dave Taylor, Shawn Johnson, Corey Parson, Rick Talley and Thomas Warner. Here's a look at the final standings:

2016 NFBC Auction Championship Final Standings:
1 Team Taylor Dave Taylor $1300 Auction Championship New York March 25 4 pm ET 751.0 735.0 1,486.0 +4.5
2 Team Johnson Shawn Johnson $1300 Auction Championship New York March 24 5 ET 694.0 709.5 1,403.5 -1.0
3 TheFanAddict Corey Parson $1300 Auction Championship New York March 24 5 ET 765.5 613.5 1,379.0 +2.0
TheFan Addict
4 Three Little Birds Rick T $1300 Auction Championship New York March 25 4 pm ET 664.0 695.0 1,359.0 -5.5
5 LEATHERNECK V Thomas Warner $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas April 1 10 am PT 755.0 532.0 1,287.0 0.0
6 Bash Bros Zach Bettencourt $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas March 25 10 am PT 629.5 656.0 1,285.5 -13.0
7 Team Wallis michael wallis $1300 Auction Championship New York March 26 6 pm ET 672.5 602.0 1,274.5 -11.0
8 Team Cincotta Tony Cincotta $1300 Auction Championship New York March 24 5 ET 685.5 553.0 1,238.5 +8.0
9 Robins Ariel Cohen $1300 Auction Championship New York March 25 9 am ET 744.0 489.5 1,233.5 -17.5
Reuven Guy
10 The North Remembers Michael Edelman $1300 Auction Championship New York March 25 9 am ET 531.0 691.0 1,222.0 0.0
Scott Kaplan
11 Rickerbockers Rick T $1300 Auction Championship New York March 25 9 am ET 624.5 597.0 1,221.5 -3.5
12 Diversify Yo' Bondz Jason Gill $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas April 1 4 pm PT 593.0 627.0 1,220.0 -9.0
13 Lonede's Mitchell Einhorn $2500 Auction Championship New York March 25 2:30 ET 577.5 636.0 1,213.5 +13.5
14 Lee Barons David Lee $1300 Auction Championship New York March 26 6 pm ET 677.0 502.0 1,179.0 -5.5
15 Balls Deep Jeff Trexler $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas April 1 10 am PT 693.0 484.5 1,177.5 0.0
Kevin Trexler
16 Upton Abbey AC Adrienne Ruvalcba $1300 Auction Championship Chicago March 25 4 pm CT 637.5 532.0 1,169.5 +8.0
Matthew Avramovich
Mike Rothe
17 Ninja squirrels tim short $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas March 25 10 am PT 384.5 773.5 1,158.0 +12.0
18 Low Talkers Dave Potts $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas April 1 10 am PT 563.5 581.0 1,144.5 -16.5
19 Big League Choo Matthew Bruinix $1300 Auction Championship New York March 25 4 pm ET 504.5 636.5 1,141.0 -20.0
Ben Zamfino
20 Glenneration X Glenn Lowy $2500 Auction Championship New York March 25 2:30 ET 767.5 362.5 1,130.0 +5.0
21 Low Talkers Dave Potts $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas March 25 10 am PT 693.5 434.0 1,127.5 +33.5
22 Navel Lint Russel Wyatt $1300 Auction Championship Chicago March 25 4 pm CT 422.5 702.0 1,124.5 +3.5
23 Cue the Duckboats Auction Jason Duponte $2500 Auction Championship New York March 25 2:30 ET 499.0 601.0 1,100.0 -11.0
24 BK Mets Auction Alan Greenberg $1300 Auction Championship New York March 26 6 pm ET 544.0 554.0 1,098.0 +10.5
25 Wellington Blacks Gerry Geurts $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas April 3 10 am PT 748.0 348.0 1,096.0 -6.5
26 TEAM GORDON Richard Gordon $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas March 25 10 am PT 517.5 574.0 1,091.5 +5.5
27 Dutch Mafia John Pausma $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas April 3 10 am PT 460.0 609.0 1,069.0 0.0
28 King Harald Hardrada of Norway Ross Longood $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas April 1 4 pm PT 510.0 557.0 1,067.0 +4.0
29 Badass Ninja Charles Binger $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas April 3 10 am PT 434.5 626.0 1,060.5 +11.5
30 Brody Jim Jeckewicz $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas March 31 6 pm PT 658.5 395.0 1,053.5 +27.5
31 Wiffle Ball Legends AC Mike Rothe $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas April 3 10 am PT 425.5 624.5 1,050.0 +6.5
Matthew Avramovich
Michael Stevens
32 Team Ericson III Roy Ericson $1300 Auction Championship New York March 26 6 pm ET 365.5 684.0 1,049.5 +3.0
33 LEATHERNECK IV Thomas Warner $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas March 31 6 pm PT 588.5 457.0 1,045.5 +7.0
34 Zac Attack 2 Alan Salem $1300 Auction Championship New York March 25 4 pm ET 367.5 671.5 1,039.0 -12.0
35 Tigers Slappy Rob Giese $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas April 1 10 am PT 421.5 614.0 1,035.5 +9.0
36 Perpetual Motion Squad Joe Fraioli $1300 Auction Championship New York March 25 9 am ET 470.5 563.5 1,034.0 -5.5
37 PLAYERS TO BE NAMED LATER Matthew Shepherd $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas April 1 10 am PT 508.5 525.0 1,033.5 -17.5
38 Mudhens Jon Stadtmueller $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas April 1 4 pm PT 379.5 652.0 1,031.5 0.0
39 88'ss Mike Diedrich $1300 Auction Championship Chicago March 25 4 pm CT 522.0 507.5 1,029.5 -12.5
40 Suplex City Bobby Brendler $2500 Auction Championship New York March 25 2:30 ET 484.5 542.5 1,027.0 +13.0
41 The Achievers - AC 1 Michael DeCavalcante $2500 Auction Championship New York March 25 2:30 ET 418.0 606.5 1,024.5 -2.0
42 Darth Vander auction David VanDerStuyf $1300 Auction Championship Chicago March 25 4 pm CT 392.0 632.5 1,024.5 -2.5
43 Texas Connection Jon Stadtmueller $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas March 25 10 am PT 512.5 511.0 1,023.5 -17.5
44 Green Machine Jay Lyons $1300 Auction Championship Chicago March 25 4 pm CT 627.5 392.5 1,020.0 +10.5
45 Joe Vandal Lindy Hinkelman $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas April 1 4 pm PT 650.0 367.0 1,017.0 +4.0
46 Mudhens Jon Stadtmueller $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas March 31 6 pm PT 451.5 562.0 1,013.5 +0.5
47 Big Willy Steven Spatz $1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas March 31 6 pm PT 689.5 320.5 1,010.0 -12.0
48 Price Is Wright Ben Zamfino $1300 Auction Championship New York March 26 6 pm ET 411.5 590.5 1,002.0 -5.0
Matthew Bruinix
49 Team Meich Ante Meich $2500 Auction Championship New York March 25 2:30 ET 679.5 320.0 999.5 -3.5
50 Team Seymour Brian Seymour $1300 Auction Championship New York March 24 5 ET 581.0 417.0 998.0 +9.5

We paid the Top 5 finishers overall:

Place Overall League
1st $25,000 $7,000
2nd $6,500 $3,100
3rd $4,000 $1,300
4th $3,000 -
5th $2,000

[76erfan]

Congrats Dave! Well deserved victory for a great guy! See you in NYC in 2017!

[rickerbockerNFBC]

Dave,

Congrats on winning the auction league as well as our league. You had a hell of season and winning it all well deserved on your part. Hope to battle against you in 2017. Have a great offseason.

Rick