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NFBC Online Championship: Every Pick & Every Pickup

A couple weeks ago, I took a look back at my TGFBI team.

I wanted to do the same with my 2018 NFBC Online Championship team, which tied for eighth in the overall, mainly because I was curious myself about my later-round picks and in-season pickups.

1.8 Bryce Harper

2.17 Francisco Lindor

3.32 Jose Ramirez

4.41 Kenley Jansen

5.56 Aaron Nola

6.65 Carlos Martinez

7.80 James Paxton

8.89 Eric Hosmer

9.104 Trevor Story

10.113 Ian Happ

11.128 Miguel Sano

12.137 Blake Treinen

13.152 Carlos Santana

14.161 Wilson Ramos

15.176 Blake Snell

16.185 Brett Gardner

17.200 Aaron Hicks

18.209 Cameron Maybin

19.224 Michael Wacha

20.233 Jose Martinez

21.248 Jordan Montgomery

22.257 Yoshihisa Hirano

23.272 Scott Kingery

24.281 Walker Buehler

25.296 Stephen Piscotty

26.305 David Robertson

27.320 Brandon Belt

28.329 Keone Kela

29.344 Mike Minor

30.353 James McCann

APRIL 1

Add: Joe Musgrove ($56)

Drop: Yoshihisa Hirano

Add: Kevin Pillar ($44)

Drop: Cameron Maybin

APRIL 8

Add: Jacob Barnes ($91)

Drop: Joe Musgrove

APRIL 15

Add: Franchy Cordero ($219)

Drop: Mike Minor

Add: Ivan Nova ($22)

Drop: David Robertson

APRIL 22

Add: Miguel Andujar ($65)

Drop: Ivan Nova

APRIL 29

Add: Tyler Mahle ($59)

Drop: Jacob Barnes

MAY 13

Add: Mike Minor ($44)

Drop: Jordan Montgomery

MAY 20

Add: Seranthony Dominguez ($29)

Drop: Scott Kingery

Add: Joe Musgrove ($16)

Drop: Stephen Piscotty

MAY 27

Add: Juan Soto ($305)

Drop: Tyler Mahle

JUNE 17

Add: Andrew Suarez ($3)

Drop: Mike Minor

JUNE 24

Add: Brent Suter ($9)

Drop: Franchy Cordero

JULY 1

Add: Avisail Garcia ($6)

Drop: Miguel Sano

JULY 8

Add: Matt Adams ($10)

Drop: Brent Suter

JULY 22

Add: Omar Narvaez ($1)

Drop: Kevin Pillar

AUGUST 5

Add: Trevor Richards ($13)

Drop: Keone Kela

AUGUST 12

Add: Blaine Hardy ($2)

Drop: Michael Wacha

AUGUST 19

Add: Matthew Boyd ($1)

Drop: Blaine Hardy

Add: Marco Estrada ($1)

Drop: Carlos Martinez

AUGUST 26

Add: Jace Fry ($2)

Drop: Matt Adams

SEPTEMBER 23

Add: Jason Vargas ($2)

Drop: Joe Musgrove

My biggest takeaway here: what could have been! I shot myself in the foot quite a bit early on, taking players like Carlos Martinez, Eric Hosmer, Ian Happ and Miguel Sano in my top 11 picks.

The Two Blakes (Treinen and Snell) offset those losses and then some, but I'm surprised looking back at just how not great the top half of my draft was. I see that there's quite a bit of room for improvement in my game.

Juan Soto was obviously the huge in-season pickup here, and I got him at a relative bargain compared to what he went for in a lot of leagues. Miguel Andujar was also a big difference-maker, and Omar Narvaez was a significant plus as a $1 pickup in a two-catcher league.

Keep putting in the time to know the player pool and the market. Know that you're not going knock every pick out of the park, but if you do the homework, you will out-draft the majority of your opponents, particularly in the 15-30 round range. That's where winning owners really separate themselves.