DFBC 2013 Preview Part 1: The $10 Qualifiers

by Ethan Haskell (Ethan) Last Updated 2013-07-30 20:15:43

In just 7 days, 45 finalists will compete in Las Vegas for a $200K first place prize in the DFBC. All week long we’ll be previewing the games, finalists and more leading up to our live coverage from Vegas next Saturday. In part 1, we take a look at the qualifiers who beat 2000 others to earn their seats from the $10 games.

$10 Qualifiers

Here are the 15 $10 Qualifiers in order of date qualified:

ang_bri_bre		$10	the_big_lombardi		$10	cmf1994		$10
SP	Homer Bailey	16	SP	Shelby Miller	19	SP	Yu Darvish	21
C	Tyler Flowers	2	C	John Buck	9	C	Ryan Hanigan	-0.75
1B	Adam Dunn	3	1B	Ryan Howard	5.5	1B	Ike Davis	12.5
2B	Brandon Phillips	3.5	2B	Neil Walker	6.5	2B	Daniel Murphy	2.5
3B	Todd Frazier	18.75	3B	Placido Polanco	2.5	3B	David Wright	3.25
SS	Alexei Ramirez	5.5	SS	Alcides Escobar	2.25	SS	Alex Gonzalez	-0.75
OF	Shin-Soo Choo	8.5	OF	Bryce Harper	9.25	OF	Lucas Duda	12.75
OF	Alex Rios	10.25	OF	Dexter Fowler	12.5	OF	Ichiro Suzuki	4.25
OF	Jason Heyward	3.25	OF	Nick Swisher	2.5	OF	David Murphy	3.5
TOTAL		70.75	TOTAL		69	TOTAL		58.25

jlove18		$10	bsablin		$10	dumbthumb		$10
SP	Ryan Dempster	18	SP	Shelby Miller	14	SP	Shelby Miller	26
C	Victor Martinez	8.5	C	Miguel Montero	9.75	C	Jason Castro	-1
1B	Ryan Howard	7.25	1B	Paul Goldschmidt	4.75	1B	Lyle Overbay	15.75
2B	Robinson Cano	3.25	2B	Kelly Johnson	7.25	2B	Robinson Cano	4.25
3B	Miguel Cabrera	6.5	3B	Kyle Seager	8.75	3B	Mike Moustakas	6.5
SS	Starlin Castro	-1	SS	Jed Lowrie	2.5	SS	Jimmy Rollins	6.25
OF	Matt Holliday	6.75	OF	Domonic Brown	5.5	OF	Shin-Soo Choo	5.5
OF	Carlos Beltran	13.5	OF	Andrew McCutchen	7.75	OF	Mark Trumbo	2.25
OF	Matt Tuiasosopo	10.5	OF	Matt Holliday	11.75	OF	Adam Jones	5.25
TOTAL		73.25	TOTAL		72	TOTAL		70.75

jlove18		$10	smadog		$10	alby71		$10
SP	Ubaldo Jimenez	12	SP	Anibal Sanchez	25	SP	Johnny Cueto	18
C	Buster Posey	9.75	C	Matt Wieters	1	C	Jonathan Lucroy	19
1B	Adam LaRoche	13.5	1B	Joey Votto	7.5	1B	Kendrys Morales	6.25
2B	Jason Kipnis	9.5	2B	Brandon Phillips	8.5	2B	Matt Carpenter	0
3B	Ryan Zimmerman	7.5	3B	Manny Machado	3.25	3B	Adrian Beltre	11
SS	Ian Desmond	0.25	SS	J.J. Hardy	7	SS	Erick Aybar	6.5
OF	Andrew McCutchen	9.5	OF	Adam Jones	6.25	OF	Adam Jones	10.75
OF	Carlos Gonzalez	10.5	OF	Don Kelly	7.25	OF	Scott Van Slyke	3.25
OF	Scott Van Slyke	11.5	OF	Melky Cabrera	7.25	OF	Nick Markakis	7.5
TOTAL		84	TOTAL		73	TOTAL		82.25

headchopper		$10	yergsword		$10	duckiesuccumbs		$10
SP	James Shields	11	SP	Chris Sale	22	SP	Gerrit Cole	13.33
C	Salvador Perez	7.5	C	Yorvit Torrealba	5.75	C	Tyler Flowers	-1
1B	Todd Helton	7.5	1B	Paul Konerko	4.75	1B	Paul Goldschmidt	13.5
2B	Jedd Gyorko	10.75	2B	Josh Rutledge	6	2B	Robinson Cano	4.5
3B	Nolan Arenado	7.25	3B	Evan Longoria	3.5	3B	Miguel Cabrera	12
SS	Troy Tulowitzki	6.75	SS	Alexei Ramirez	0.25	SS	Jose Iglesias	6.5
OF	Carlos Gonzalez	11.75	OF	Matt Joyce	7.5	OF	Yasiel Puig	2.5
OF	Kyle Blanks	11.5	OF	Shin-Soo Choo	6.25	OF	Domonic Brown	5.75
OF	Carlos Quentin	10.5	OF	Jay Bruce	6.25	OF	Michael Brantley	2.25
TOTAL		84.5	TOTAL		62.25	TOTAL		59.33

tonyd123		$10	jaydontpay		$10	joeyengland98		$10
SP	Gerrit Cole	10	SP	Nick Tepesch	14	SP	John Lackey	14
C	Russell Martin	0.75	C	Matt Wieters	7.75	C	Joe Mauer	3.75
1B	Prince Fielder	10.75	1B	Paul Goldschmidt	4.5	1B	Prince Fielder	2.5
2B	Alexi Amarista	5.25	2B	Ian Kinsler	5.75	2B	Rickie Weeks	1.5
3B	Miguel Cabrera	17	3B	Adrian Beltre	9.75	3B	Evan Longoria	-1
SS	Andrelton Simmons	5	SS	Jose Reyes	8.75	SS	J.J. Hardy	7.5
OF	Mike Trout	5.5	OF	Nelson Cruz	9	OF	Raul Ibanez	14.75
OF	Andrew McCutchen	10.5	OF	Jose Bautista	8.75	OF	Giancarlo Stanton	8.25
OF	Starling Marte	9.5	OF	Desmond Jennings	8.5	OF	Adam Jones	12.75
TOTAL		74.25	TOTAL		76.75	TOTAL		64

$10 Qualifier Fun Facts

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RG Grind Down+ and Daily Plays Author, HeadChopper, has now qualified for the last 3 main events on FanDuel (FFFC, DFBBC and DFBC)
Headchopper also tallied the highest score among $10 qualifiers with an 84.5 thanks in part to the Coors Field Factor.
Grinder Jlove18 posted the second highest qualifier score AND was the only player to earn 2 entries via the $10 games.
Todd Frazier massive 18.75 point performance was the 2nd largest from any hitter on a qualifying team, and it came in the early going from Ang Bri Bre. The largest belonged to Jonathan Lucroy on Alby71’s qualifying team with a 19 point night.
Tournament specialist TheBigLombardi had three teams in the top 10 when he qualified.
Dumbthumb took the biggest contribution from a pitcher, behind Shelby Miller 26 fantasy point performance. Smadog, who always seems to find his way into these big events, followed closely behind with a 25 point outing from Anibal Sanchez.
5 of the 15 qualifiers were able to advance despite having a negative score from one of their players.
The “all-highest scoring players” team would look like this:

SP – Shelby Miller – 26 points (dumbthumb)
C – Jonathan Lucroy – 19 points (alby71)
1B – Lyle Overbay – 15.75 points (dumbthumb)
2B – Jedd Gyorko – 10.75 points (headchopper)
3B – Todd Frazier – 18.75 points (AngBriBre)
SS – Jose Reyes – 8.75 (jaydontpay)
OF – Raul Ibanez – 14.75 (joeyengland98)
OF – Carlos Beltran – 13.5 (jlove18)
OF – Lucas Duda – 12.75 (cmf1994)

I just did the math fairly quickly in my head but that totaled an obscene 140 points (and actually looks like a lineup you could build under the salary cap at FD)

Alright well that does it for part 1. In a day or two we’ll post the $25 qualifiers followed by the $109’s. Then later in the week look for some more strategy-specific posts as we get closer to the main event!

DFBC 2013 Preview Part 1: The $10 Qualifiers

$10 Qualifiers

$10 Qualifier Fun Facts

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