2016 DraftKings FBWC Recap
11:15 pm Toronto time – FINAL standings
It’s official. CashMonet just won the 2016 DraftKings Fantasy Baseball World Championship, with a score of 193.05. KKHS_Maz finished second, and Rotomania was third. Here are the lineups of the top 3 finishers:
CashMonet:
KKHS_Maz:
Rotomania:
Standings of the top 40 finishers:
Congratulations to all of the finalists. The prize payouts are as follows:
10:45 pm Toronto time – scoreboard update
The Reds/Diamondbacks game just ended. MitchFinancial has 3 Cleveland hitters about to bat in the top of the 8th inning. The only game still going on is the Indians/Rangers game.
10:20 pm Toronto time – CashMonet’s team
Adam Duvall recently homered to push the Reds stacks even further away from the pack. A Neil Walker homer plus the win points for David Price moved CashMonet into 2nd place. Six games are completed and the final four are winding down.
9:45 pm Toronto time – scoreboard update
Things are tight at the top of the scoreboard. Gunz4hire is hoping a couple of extremely low-owned Oakland batters can move him into 1st place. The high-scoring night continues, with the Mets and Reds leading the way with 11 runs apiece so far.
9:10 pm Toronto time – KKHS_Maz’s lineup
Mookie Betts, Hanley Ramirez, and Zack Cozart all just went deep. At 5.6% ownership, the Cozart homer was huge for KKHS_Maz because Cozart is not part of Rotomania’s Reds stack. KKHS_Maz already has three homers from players who are less than 10% owned.
8:45 pm Toronto time – runs aplenty
Through 2 innings, the Reds have scored 9 runs already! Scott Schebler has gone yard twice, Joey Votto has a homer and a double, and the Reds stacks are at the top of the leaderboard. Rotomania is in front with a full Cincinnati stack. A lot of the early games are now in the 5th inning. The White Sox have put up 7 runs through 4 innings, and the Pirates and Brewers are tied at 6 in the 4th.
8:20 pm Toronto time – ChipotleAddict in the lead
Milwaukee’s Hernan Perez has two home runs in his first two at-bats and four runs batted in. At only 2.5% ownership, he’s the highest-scoring player so far. ChipotleAddict has a Brewers/Mets team in first place. Asdrubal Cabrera was a popular value play for only $2900. Aside from Cabrera, all of the hitters on the leader’s team are very low-owned. So far, the most expensive pitching options are doing well.
8:15 pm Toronto time – ownership percentages
Here are the 10 highest-owned players in the FBWC:
Dallas Keuchel – 69.4%
Noah Syndergaard – 55.0%
Josh Bell – 38.1%
A.J. Pollock – 23.8%
Asdrubal Cabrera – 22.5%
Jason Kipnis – 22.5%
Brandon Moss – 21.3%
Francisco Lindor – 20.6%
David Price – 20.0%
Alex Reyes – 18.1%
7:30 pm Toronto time – NDfan’s lineup
The first home run of the night belongs to Ian Kinsler. Three minutes later, Jose Abreu goes deep, too, vaulting NDfan into the early lead. With eight games now in progress, it’s clear that most of the finalists spent a good chunk of salary on starting pitchers. Dallas Keuchel is an amazing 69.4% owned and Noah Syndergaard is 55% owned. At $10,000 David Price was used on 20% of FBWC rosters. Alex Reyes has a price tag of $7,400.
7:15 pm Toronto time
The DraftKings Fantasy Baseball World Championship is officially underway. The late game tonight, Atlanta at San Francisco, is not part of this slate, leaving 20 other MLB teams for the finalists to choose from. The Cardinals and Tigers are the only teams on this slate with projected team totals of at least 5 runs. Noah Syndergaard headlines the starting pitching options. He is the most expensive pitcher on DraftKings tonight, with a salary of $12,300. Here’s hoping for an exciting slate as we wait to see who the next fantasy baseball millionaire will be!