Congrats To All 2016 NFBC Main Event Champions

[Greg Ambrosius]

Congrats to everyone who earned an NFBC Main Event league title in 2016 because we know how tough it is to win one of these titles in a 15-team league. The only way to win an NFBC Main Event title is to EARN IT! Kudos to everyone who came through in 2016.

This is the 13th year of the NFBC Main Event and each year the competition gets tougher and tougher. It's not easy to win one of these league titles. To win an NFBC Main Event league title in our very tough 15-team league format you have to draft well, constantly pick up the right free agents and make the right lineup decisions. It wasn't easy this year, that's for sure.

Congrats again to all of our league champions this year. Here's a few quick facts and then a list of our league champs:

** KC Cha was the only owner to win multiple league titles, winning Las Vegas League 5 on April 2nd and Online March 30th League 2. KC had three Main Event teams this year and he finished with two league titles and a second place finish. All three teams finished in the Top 8 overall, an amazing accomplishment. I don't think anyone has ever done that with three teams before. Great job KC. Oh, and he drafted from the 6th, 12th and 13th spots.

** 14 of the 15 draft spots produced league champions this year in our 30 leagues. Only No. 5 failed to produce a league champion this year.

** 12 of the Top 31 league champions (we had one tie) came from the Top 5 spots. Nos. 1 and 4 produced the most league champions with four each. However, the league champions were evenly mixed as you can see below:

2016 NFBC Main Event League Champions By Draft Spot:
No. 1 - 4 Main Event league champions
No. 2 - 2 Main Event league champions
No. 3 - 2 Main Event league champions
No. 4 - 4 Main Event league champions
No. 5 - 0 Main Event league champions
No. 6 - 2 Main Event league champions
No. 7 - 2 Main Event league champions
No. 8 - 2 Main Event league champions
No. 9 - 1 Main Event league champion
No. 10 - 2 Main Event league champions
No. 11 - 2 Main Event league champions
No. 12 - 3 Main Event league champions
No. 13 - 2 Main Event league champions
No. 14 - 1 Main Event league champion
No. 15 - 2 Main Event league champions

League Champions From:
Nos. 1-5: 12 Main Event league champions
Nos. 6-10: 9 Main Event league champions
Nos. 11-15: 10 Main Event league champions

** Five league champions started their teams with Mike Trout, the top player on the most league championship teams. Three owners picked Trout 1st overall, while the other league champions got Trout with the 2nd pick and the 3rd pick. Max Scherzer, Anthony Rizzo and Paul Goldschmidt were each the first picks of three different Main Event league champions.

Here's a look at the league champions along with their draft spots and first picks). Congrats all:

Main Event Chicago March 26 League 1 1 6500 Eric Albright (3rd pick, Paul Goldschmidt)
Main Event Chicago March 26 League 2 1 6500 David Geisinger (13th pick, Jose Altuve)
Main Event Las Vegas April 2 League 1 1 6500 Jason Gill (9th pick, Mookie Betts)
Main Event Las Vegas April 2 League 2 1 6500 Stephen Fiore (10th pick, Miguel Cabrera)
Main Event Las Vegas April 2 League 3 1 6500 Lindy Hinkelman (8th pick, Miguel Cabrera)
Main Event Las Vegas April 2 League 4 1 6500 Mark Srebro (14th pick, Jose Altuve)
Main Event Las Vegas April 2 League 5 1 6500 kc cha (12th pick, Max Scherzer)
Main Event Las Vegas April 2 League 6 1 6500 michael sanicola (7th pick, Manny Machado)
Main Event Las Vegas March 26 League 1 1 6500 David Potts (12th pick, Andrew McCutchen)
Main Event Las Vegas March 26 League 2 1 6500 Scott Keikoan (8th pick, Anthony Rizzo)
Main Event Las Vegas March 31 5 pm PT 1 6500 john lemke (11th pick, Andrew McCutchen)
Main Event New York March 24 6 pm ET 1 6500 Michael Edelman (4th pick, Clayton Kershaw)
Main Event New York March 26 League 1 1 6500 Marc Perlmutter (3rd pick, Mike Trout)
Main Event New York March 26 League 2 1 6500 Glenn Lowy (11th pick, Anthony Rizzo)
Main Event New York March 26 League 3 1 6500 Michael Mager (1st pick, Paul Goldschmidt)
Main Event Online April 2 League 1 1 6500 Douglas Kuberski (2nd pick, Mike Trout)
Main Event Online April 2 League 2 1 6500 Robbie Brown (4th pick, Manny Machado)
Main Event Online April 2 League 3 1 6500 Ron Spurgeon (10th pick, Nolan Arenado)
Main Event Online April 2 League 4 1 6500 Kelly Uganski (1st pick, Mike Trout)
Main Event Online March 24 6 pm ET 1 4850 Jonathan Izenstark (6th pick, Anthony Rizzo)
Main Event Online March 24 6 pm ET 1 4850 Matthew Anderson (4th pick, Bryce Harper)
Main Event Online March 26 1 pm ET League 1 1 6500 Patrick Gallagher (7th pick, Josh Donaldson)
Main Event Online March 26 1 pm ET League 2 1 6500 Thomas Warner (12th pick, Nolan Arenado)
Main Event Online March 28 8 pm ET League 1 1 6500 Rob Silver (15th pick, Kris Bryant)
Main Event Online March 28 8 pm ET League 2 1 6500 Ronny Mor (1st pick, Mike Trout)
Main Event Online March 30 8 pm ET League 1 1 6500 Dohn Terrell (13th pick, Max Scherzer)
Main Event Online March 30 8 pm ET League 2 1 6500 kc cha (6th pick, Carlos Correa)
Main Event Online March 31 8 pm ET League 1 1 6500 Ray Murphy (2nd pick, Paul Goldschmidt)
Main Event Online March 31 8 pm ET League 2 1 6500 Brian Slack (4th pick, Clayton Kershaw)
Main Event Online March 31 8 pm ET League 3 1 6500 Chris Fessler (1st pick, Mike Trout)
Main Event Online March 31 8 pm ET League 4 1 6500 chris king (15th pick, Max Scherzer)

[Greg Ambrosius]

We had 15 different $1500 and $750 Rotowire Online Championship Leagues, featuring our 12-team format. Three owners won league titles in the Online Championship Plus and a league title in the Main Event. They were Lindy Hinkelman, Scott Keikoan and Steve Fiore. Congrats to each for the rare accomplishment of dominating in the 15-team format and dominating in this 12-team format.

Here are the league champions from that format, the draft spot and the first player they selected:

$750 OC Plus Las Vegas April 1 1 pm PT 1 4000 Lindy Hinkelman (12th spot, Mookie Betts)
$750 OC Plus Las Vegas April 1 10 am PT 1 4000 Ross Longood (7th spot, Manny Machado)
$750 OC Plus Las Vegas March 25 4 pm PT 1 4000 Scott Keikoan (6th spot, Nolan Arenado)
$750 OC Plus Online April 2 7 pm ET 1 4000 damien passalacqua (2nd spot, Paul Goldschmidt)
$750 OC Plus Online April 3 1 pm ET 1 4000 Andrew Eckert (11th spot, Jose Altuve)
$750 Rotowire Online Championship Plus March 20 8 ET 1 4000 Douglas Jaffe (12th spot, Anthony Rizzo)
$750 Rotowire Online OC Plus March 27 8 pm ET 1 4000 Jeff Butler (10th spot, Jose Altuve)

$1500 OC Plus Las Vegas April 1 4 pm PT 1 9000 Stephen Fiore (10th spot, Miguel Cabrera)
$1500 OC Plus Las Vegas-Chicago March 26 1 9000 David Van Der Stuyf (1st spot, Paul Goldschmidt)
$1500 OC Plus Online April 1 1 pm ET 1 9000 Michael Badlam (1st spot, Mike Trout)
$1500 OC Plus Online April 1 7 pm ET 1 9000 Aaron Smith (8th spot, Giancarlo Stanton)
$1500 OC Plus Online April 2 7 pm ET 1 9000 Steven Slye (3rd spot, Bryce Harper)
$1500 OC Plus Online March 31 9 pm ET 1 9000 Scott Kaplan (6th spot, Nolan Arenado)
$1500 Online OC Plus April 3 1 pm ET 1 9000 Thomas McDevitt (8th spot, Mookie Betts)
$1500 Rotowire Online Championship Plus March 25 7 pm ET 1 9000 Brent Grooms (2nd spot, Mike Trout)

[Greg Ambrosius]

Our Auction Championship again had 11 full leagues and a record 165 teams this year as we gave away a $25,000 grand prize. Congrats to Dave Taylor for winning that overall title. We also had full AL and NL Auction Leagues, a full Ultimate Auction League and a full Diamond Auction League. Here's a look at our auction winners:

$1300 Auction Championship Chicago March 25 4 pm CT 1 7000 Adrienne Ruvalcaba
$1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas April 1 10 am PT 1 7000 Thomas Warner
$1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas April 1 4 pm PT 1 7000 Jason Gill
$1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas April 3 10 am PT 1 7000 Gerry Geurts
$1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas March 25 10 am PT 1 7000 Zach Bettencourt
$1300 Auction Championship Las Vegas March 31 6 pm PT 1 7000 Thomas Warner
$1300 Auction Championship New York March 24 5 ET 1 7000 Shawn Johnson
$1300 Auction Championship New York March 25 4 pm ET 1 7000 David Taylor
$1300 Auction Championship New York March 25 9 am ET 1 7000 Ariel Cohen
$1300 Auction Championship New York March 26 6 pm ET 1 7000 Michael Wallis

$1300 NL Auction April 1 10 am PT 1 7400 Brian Ogan
$1300 AL Auction April 1 4 pm PT 1 7400 Glenn Lowy

Ultimate Auction April 2 5 pm PT 1 40000 Ross Longood

Diamond Auction April 3 4 pm PT 1 75000 Shawn Johnson