Congratulations Larry! …and thank you for not letting Chard win another cup in a rebuilding year.
It takes a lot to win a shooter cup in OBFBL – making moves to stay on top or push up in the standings makes it very difficult to maintain a high keeper ranking (or does it).
Wei survived the Fireball punishment and passes it on to Bobby for this year…good luck…might have to rename yourself Fire Poos after draft day.
Some minor tweaks to the ranks this year – last time felt a bit dynasty heavy so I’ve gone with 1 dynasty set (Rotowire) and 3 redraft (Fantrax, Fantasy Pros, ESPN) for the composite rank.
As we head into the 2025 keeper decisions, here’s how our rosters stacked up at years end…
Somehow these are a point better than the previous year, but when Bobby commits to something, he sees it through – and he dedicated his season to wearing the Fireball on Draft Day…Congratulations! I heard Garkos wants some pitching for Dylan Crews…make it happen!
Wei decided to play his team this year and was able to pick up some nice young keepers and RKs…it’s taken a couple years, but looks like this roster is on the right track…young, lots of upside and depth…Wei might be challenging for a money spot sooner than later.
Boy it’d be nice to know where Alonso and Bregman will play wouldn’t it! Is there really a guy on your roster with an X and Z in the same first name? After a couple strong runs for a shooter cup, Kim finds himself with a pretty young roster, but also a lot of decent veterans…will he make one more push or trade the vets for the last pieces of a rebuild?
I have a really good Brenton Doyle card so I’m cheering for him to go to the hall of fame for you. I’d guess this keeper set will shift with some pretty nice players in the lower set in this group…late breakouts or down years forced them down, but they should be better in 2025.
Will this finally be the year Acuna carries Damon to a shooter cup? Lots of players in their prime could break out along with him, but will it happen all this year? I say yes!!
Oh Mike Trout, how I hope we can see a full season again. Jazz looked great in NY last year…hope he can be that fun again too. Bo…please be Bo again…we really need you…I hope the haircut plays the same way Vlad’s did.
The oldest keeper set in the league! I’ll take Mookie and Sale off your hands if you want…please. Oooh, Santander…he’ll repeat his breakout right? RIGHT? No chance this team doesn’t finish 4th.
#1 RK pick…did someone say Roki? Pair him with your top bats and maybe a recovering Shane’O’Mac and this could be a fun team.
I hear someone’s in the market for pitching…I’d take Dylan, but I failed to keep any SP’s on my roster to give you…oops. I predict a Dylan Crews for Corbin Burnes deal. Garkos look primed for a break-out year and talking trade early could make them dangerous.
A lot to like with Wheeler and Clase with power and speed in Tucker and power and power in Riley and Ozuna. I see another run in Cheese this year if the draft goes well. Might be nice if Boston decides what they’re doing with Casas though.
Thank goodness NY didn’t bring Soto back…I’d really like the Martian to actually play at some point. Jackson Merrill really is the best Jackson…could you imagine if someone traded one of the stud Jackson’s from 2024..that would be nuts. Please be healthy Christian Yelich.
Are the Jays ever going to extend Vlad? Wow, that’s a lot of studs in this lineup, nothing to guess on here…Dick Dogs are a contender (as always).
Your 2024 Shooter Cup Champion High Tops! Yep, still good…a perfect mix of pitching and hitting, power and speed. High Tops will try to continue the Dynasty.
The OBFBL expanded to 14 teams in 2023, but the Hindsight Warriors still kicked the league’s ass!
They set a league record with 135 roto points (out of 140 max) and crushed everyone including last year’s winner (who won with a pathetic 128 points).
Our Hindsight Warriors team for 2023 was built from picks in the draft that could have been taken at specific rounds, plus of course a handful of free agent pickups.
Last year’s team is anchored by our MVP, Cody Bellinger (2nd round pick) who put together a huge rebound season, and by Pablo Lopez (3rd round pick) with a massive breakout season.
How about some power? Marcell Ozuna (7th) and his 40 homers , Jake Burger (FA pickup), and catcher Cal Raleigh (8th round) – BOOM!
Need for speed! We’ll go with Nico Hoerner in the 1st round and his 43 bags, Bryson Stott in the 9th, and Ha-Seong Kim in the 13th.
A handful of boring guys – Isaac Paredes (12th), Yandy Diaz (6th), Josh Naylor (4th) and JD Martinez (5th) were nice stat stuffers.
Then some unexpected breakouts round out the batters – Lane Thomas (11th), and some nice FA pickups – Spencer Steer, Yainer Diaz and James Outman.
Do we even need to draft any pitching? Most of the hindsight warriors were taken off the free agent pile, and they swept 1st place in ALL 5 pitching roto categories. Aside from Pablo Lopez, the starting staff is rounded out by Kyle Bradish in the 15th round, Justin Steele in the 16th, and free agent pickups Zach Eflin, Nick Pivetta and Kutter Crawford.
Finally, the Warrior’s bullpen was full of flamethrowers who delivered high K rates, plus tons of vulture wins and saves/holds – Tanner Scott (FA), Matt Brash (FA), Joel Payamps (FA), Colin Poche and his 12 wins – thank you (FA), Bryan Abreu (17th) Trevor Stephan (13th) and Yennier Cano with his 39 saves/holds were very useful.
As we all know, having stud keepers and lots of extra draft picks will greatly increase your odds for winning, BUT hitting on some key draft picks, and making some nice (or lucky?) FA pickups can get you there as well.
The Hindsight Warriors team proves this every year. No need for keepers or rookie keepers, the Warriors are undefeated!
With his 2023 Shooter Cup Championship, Sean Chard has now created the “Half-Dozen Cup Club”. Combine his winning tradition with everything else Sean does to help our league run smooth, there’s no question that he is the undisputed OBFBL GOAT!! Congratulations Chard!
Presenting the 2022 version of the Hindsight Warriors!
The bats are led by power bats with Rowdy Tellez who we’ll take in the 19th round, Daulton Varsho in the 2nd, Nathaniel Lowe in the 9th, Christian Walker in the 12th and Anthony Santander in the 14th. Some power / speed combo bats add to the roster with Adolis Garcia who we’ll take in the 4th round, Andres Gimenez in the 16th, plus Jorge Mateo and Michael Harris II, who we’ll scooped off waivers during the season.
Our pitching staff sweeps all roto categories, led by Justin Verlander who we’ll grab in the 1st round, Triston McKenzie in the 5th and Cristian Javier in the 8th.
Some big waiver grabs also with Kyle Wright who led the league with 21 wins, and of course Spencer Strider and his massive rate.
The bullpen is dominant with Emmanuel Clase, Devin Williams and Paul Sewald drafted, plus big pick ups for Felix Bautista, Ryan Helsley, and everyone’s favourite Blue Jay – Adam Cimber and his 10 wins.
So what does this tell us? Anyone can win any year, even if you’re just joining this season as an expansion team.
Congratulations Kim on your first….wait, what? AGAIN? I guess Sean was insulted by Larry’s attempt to catch up to his record # of titles. Sean held off a serious push from Kim in the last week to capture yet another Shooter Cup! Congratulations Sean, Kim and the other money teams!
As we head into the 2023 keeper decisions, here’s how our rosters stacked up at years end….
There’s only upside from here Wei. Welcome to the league and good luck climbing the ranks!
Bobby finished behind Marko? Now THAT should have a punishment! Hey, at least your team is old too.
Marko, I know the ranks say Heaney isn’t good, but you can still keep him. Please, keep him.
Well, at least you won a cup.
Ouch.
Welcome back Tatis! Better luck on the injury, suspension front this year.
Do you miss Trout yet?
There’s Trout! How fun is that!
Acuna’s back! #1 player and a young team overall, someone’s moving in the right direction!
BOOOOOOO, MANOAH….sweet Jays keepers. Jo Adell is still playing?
Trade me Vlad already, c’mon!
These RK’s could all go off this year…sleeper team! Too bad Rodon is a Yankee, you’ll have to boo him all year.
Well that’s gotta be a mistake…didn’t this guy trade 30 guys just 2 years ago for…oh…2 first rounders. Fun stuff.
How does this guy keep winning and rebuilding at the same time? Kim, I told you to push harder when he was offloading! BOOOOOOOOOOOO Sean, BOOOOOOOOOOOO.
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