Lead Story - 9/2/2026

SEASON 14 DRAFT TRACKER

Team Build Deadline: Sept. 14, 9pm (PT)

1. Los Angeles Angels (bamajoe66) - St. Louis Cardinals
2. Colorado Rockies (bodaddy) - Arizona Diamondbacks
3. Pittsburgh Pirates (jrobandsteal) - New York Yankees
4. Toronto Blue Jays (glansgruber) - Houston Astros
5. Seattle Mariners (atsanbpinetti) - Oakland Athletics
6. Miami Marlins (boness) - San Francisco Giants
7. Tampa Bay Rays (jpotter14) - Los Angeles Dodgers
8. Atlanta Braves (jimgriddy) - Seattle Mariners
9. New York Yankees (run4fun2009) - Chicago White Sox
10. San Francisco Giants (disturbed) - Atlanta Braves
11. St. Louis Cardinals (dukeblues) - Boston Red Sox
12. San Diego Padres (revejb) - Cleveland Guardians
13. Kansas City Royals (wisely1300) - Milwaukee Brewers
14. Milwaukee Brewers (followtheson) - Los Angeles Angels
15. Washington Nationals (bodell82) - Chicago Cubs
16. Texas Rangers (mrbubbles1967) - Washington Nationals
17. Baltimore Orioles (skooler1) - Cincinnati Reds
18. Los Angeles Dodgers (tribetime89) - Kansas City Royals
19. Arizona Diamondbacks (ndekar) - Minnesota Twins
20. Houston Astros (fantasytease) - Tampa Bay Rays
21. Chicago White Sox (kingdude) - Miami Marlins
22. New York Mets (sws33) - Detroit Tigers
23. Minnesota Twins (joshbonds25) - Pittsburg Pirates
24. Chicago Cubs (coachpappy17) - Baltimore Orioles
25. Boston Red Sox (fjs) - Toronto Blue Jays
26. Cincinnati Reds (sheikyerboudi) - Philadelphia Phillies
27. Oakland Athletics (raiderbill33) - Colorado Rockies
28. Cleveland Guardians (yankeebb) - New York Mets
29. Philadelphia Phillies (shp73256) - Texas Rangers
30. Detroit Tigers (jaykuntz18) - San Diego Padres

League Chat Box

Hidalgo delivers in clutch, Astros win

Richard Hidalgo drove in 4 runs, carrying Houston to a 12-3 victory over the Padres. Gerrit Cole struckout 8 San Diego batters in the contest. | Box

Goldschmidt blasts off, leads Diamondbacks to win

Paul Goldschmidt blasted 2 homers, lifting the Diamondbacks to a 5-4 win over St. Louis. George Watkins knocked home 4 runs for the Cardinals. | Box

Giles powers Pirates to win over Rockies

Brian Giles blasted 2 homers, lifting the Pirates to a 9-8 win over Colorado. Troy Tulowitzki hit 2 homers in the game for the Rockies. | Box

York powers Tigers to win over Yankees

Rudy York blasted 2 homers, lifting the Tigers to a 6-5 win over New York. | Box

Rays can't contain Thome, fall 7-1

Jim Thome was on his game, knocking in 3 runs in Philadelphia's 7-1 victory over the Rays. Thome also had 3 hits in the game. | Box

8/26/2026

SEASON 13 BOTB BUDGET PLAYOFFS

TURN OFF INJURIES !! - DONE
Playoffs start: Thursday Aug. 27th at 7am (PT)
Note: The division winner takes precedence with regard to seeding.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Oakland Athletics (98)
#2 Cleveland Guardians (93)
#3 Boston Red Sox (90)
#4 Minnesota Twins (89)
#5 Chicago White Sox (88)
#6 Houston Astros (87)

Wild Card (3 games, 1-1-1)
(6 at 3) Astros at Red Sox- Red Sox advance
(5 at 4) White Sox at Twins - Twins advance

Round 2 (5 games)
(1 vs 4/5) Twins at Athletics - Athletics advance
(2 vs 3/6) Red Sox at Guardians - Guardians advance

ALCS (7 games)
Guardians at Athletics - Guardians advance

NATIONAL LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Philadelphia Phillies (94)
#2 Cincinnati Reds (92)
#3 Arizona Diamondbacks (84)*
#4 New York Mets (89)*
#5 Chicago Cubs (89)
#6 Los Angeles Dodgers (84)
* Won Tie Breaker

Wild Card - (3 games, 1-1-1)
(6 at 3) Dodgers at Diamondbacks - Dodgers advance
(5 at 4) Cubs at Mets - Mets advance

Round 2 (5 games)
(1 vs 4/5) Mets at Phillies - Phillies advance
(2 vs 3/6) Dodgers at Reds - Dodgers advance

NLCS (7 games)
Dodgers at Phillies - Phillies advance

World Series (7 games)
Guardians at Phillies - Phillies are Champions !!

7/6/2026

SEASON 13 DRAFT TRACKER

BUILD DEADLINE IS: Friday, July 17th
SEASON STARTS: Sunday, July 19th at approximately 7am (PT)

You have 3 days to RANK. Once the Draft starts, Its TWO HOURS per pick - so take advantage of the time and RANK !!

Draft goes live Thursday, July 9th at 6am (PT)

1. Chicago Cubs (fantasytease) - Houston Astros
2. San Diego Padres (tribetime89) - Los Angeles Dodgers
3. Los Angeles Dodgers (midget) - Detroit Tigers
4. Miami Marlins (dukeblues) - St Louis Cardinals
5. Pittsburgh Pirates (raiderbill33) - Oakland Athletics
6. Seattle Mariners (run4fun2009) - New York Yankees
7. Washington Nationals (jrobandsteal) - Pittsburgh Pirates
8. Detroit Tigers (disturbed) - San Francisco Giants
9. Arizona Diamondbacks (followtheson) - Milwaukee Brewers
10. Los Angeles Angels (jimgriddy) - Atlanta Braves
11. Tampa Bay Rays (fjs) - Boston Red Sox
12. Atlanta Braves (coachpappy17) - Chicago Cubs
13. Boston Red Sox (yankeebb) - Cleveland Guardians
14. Kansas City Royals (skooler1) - Baltimore Orioles
15. Houston Astros (bamajoe66) - Los Angeles Angels
16. New York Mets (atsanbpinetti) - Seattle Mariners
17. Cleveland Guardians (mrbubbles1967) - Texas Rangers
18. Minnesota Twins (shp73256) - Philadelphia Phillies
19. Cincinnati Reds (joshbonds25) - Minnesota Twins
20. Texas Rangers (jpotter14) - Tampa Bay Rays
21. Colorado Rockies (bodell82) - Washington Nationals
22. Oakland Athletics (sws33) - New York Mets
23. New York Yankees (kingdude) - Chicago White Sox
24. Philadelphia Phillies (wisely1300) - Kansas City Royals
25. Milwaukee Brewers (sheikyerboudi) - Cincinnati Reds
26. San Francisco Giants (glansgruber) - Toronto Blue Jays
27. Baltimore Orioles (ndekar) - Arizona Diamondbacks
28. St. Louis Cardinals (revejb) - San Diego Padres
29. Chicago White Sox (luckyguy73) - Miami Marlins
30. Toronto Blue Jays (BoDaddy) - Colorado Rockies

4/11/2026

Win Total Leaders

Through the 1st 10 seasons:

1. 883 - Joshbonds25
2. 882 - Kingdude
3. 874 - Sheikyerboudi
4. 863 - Yankeebb
5. 862 - sws
6. 845 - bodell
7. 844 - jpotter14
8. 840 - revejb
9. 829 - raiderbill
10. 823 - ndekar

9/30/2025

Need Owners - Boards

The BBOTB 1901 - 2025 needs 2 owners. We are currently Drafting Franchises for the upcoming season. We use a variety of rules designed to level the playing fields for the "Lesser Franchises", with Budget adjustments. We also use historically accurate Ballpark options for each franchise. If you like Budget, and you want to compete with best managers on PC, this league is for you.
Message sheikyerboudi or respond to this post and join the Best of the Best !!