Lead Story - 5/8/2026

SEASON12 DRAFT TRACKER

Pre-ranking for the draft will be turned on 1 day prior to the draft room opening to give all owners time to rank. Once the draft goes live, all owners will have 2 hours to draft if they have not ranked or wish to pick live. As always, if an owner is ranked and wants a commish to make the pick, post that it in the draft chat, otherwise owners will have a 2 hour time slot. We will still pause the Draft Clock from 9pm (PT) - 6am (PT) - this doesn't mean that you can't pick during that time period, just that the Clock is paused.

Draft Clock starts: Sunday, May 10th at 6am (PT)
Deadline to Build Teams - Monday , May 18th
Season, Begins -

1. St. Louis Cardinals - (disturbed) - Detroit Tigers
2. Miami Marlins - (midget) - Los Angeles Dodgers
3. Tampa Bay Rays - (revejb) - St Louis Cardinals
4. Detroit Tigers - (bamajoe66) - Houston Astros
5. Kansas City Royals - (expatbama) - Chicago White Sox
6. Milwaukee Brewers - (run4fun2009) - Seattle Mariners
7. Los Angeles Dodgers - (rosilver) - Toronto Blue Jays
8. Los Angeles Angels - (ndekar) - Baltimore Orioles
9. Toronto Blue Jays - (fantasytease) - Chicago Cubs
10. Washington Nationals - (kingdude) - New York Yankees
11. Cleveland Guardians - (jimgriddy) - Los Angeles Angels
12. Chicago White Sox - (sws33) - Oakland Athletics
13.Philadelphia Phillies - (yankeebb) - Boston Red Sox
14. San Diego Padres - (joshbonds25) - Cincinnati Reds
15. Arizona Diamondbacks - (jrobandsteal) -Washington Nationals
16. Baltimore Orioles - (followtheson) - Arizona Diamondbacks
17. Atlanta Braves - (raiderbill33) - Pittsburg Pirates
18. Texas Rangers - (glansgruber) - San Francisco Giants
19. Seattle Mariners - (skooler1) - Kansas City Royals
20. New York Yankees - (coachpappy17) - Atlanta Braves
21. Minnesota Twins - (atsanbpinetti) - New York Mets
22. Chicago Cubs - (mrbubbles1967) - Cleveland Guardians
23. San Francisco Giants - (wisely1300) - Philadelphia Phillies
24. Pittsburg Pirates - (shp73256) - Minnesota Twins
25. Boston Red Sox - (tribetime89) - San Diego Padres
26. Cincinnati Reds - (fjs) - Tampa Bay Rays
27. New York Mets - (jpotter14) - Texas Rangers
28. Oakland Athletics - (NO OWNER) - Miami Marlins
29. Colorado Rockies - (sheikyerboudi) - Milwaukee Brewers
30 Houston Astros - (bodell82) - Colorado Rockies

League Chat Box

Diamondbacks can't contain Ohtani, fall 6-5

Shohei Ohtani was on his game, knocking in 3 runs in Los Angeles's 6-5 victory over the Diamondbacks. Ohtani also had 3 hits in the game. Tony Gonsolin struckout 8 Arizona batters in the contest. | Box

Skenes's 12-K performance not enough

Paul Skenes whiffed 12 batters, but the Rockies managed to beat the Pirates, 2-0. | Box

Big game for Utley lifts Phillies to victory

Chase Utley drove in 4 runs, carrying Philadelphia to a 11-6 victory over the Marlins. | Box

Pomeranz whiffs 9 in 1-0 win

Drew Pomeranz struckout 9 San Francisco batters in a 1-0 win for the Padres. | Box

Smoltz baffles Mets, Braves win

John Smoltz struckout 9 New York batters in a 2-1 win for the Braves. | Box

5/1/2026

SEASON 11 BOTB BUDGET PLAYOFFS

TURN OFF INJURIES !! - DONE
Playoffs start: Saturday, May 2nd at 7am (PT)
Note: The division winner takes precedence with regard to seeding.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Houston Astros (96)
#2 Boston Red Sox (90)
#3 Minnesota Twins (85)
#4. New York Yankees (84) *
#5 Seattle Mariners (84)
#6 Texas Rangers (83)
* Won Tie Breaker

Wild Card (3 games, 1-1-1)
(6 at 3) Rangers at Twins - Rangers advance
(5 at 4) Mariners at Yankees - Yankees advance

Round 2 (5 games)
(1 vs 4/5) - Yankees at Astros - Astros advance
(2 vs 3/6) - Rangers at Red Sox - Rangers advance

ALCS (7 games)
Rangers at Astros - Astros advance

NATIONAL LEAGUE Seeding
#1 New York Mets (98)
#2 Colorado Rockies (93)
#3 Cincinnati Reds (91)
#4 Pittsburg Pirates (89)
#5 Chicago Cubs (87) *
#6 San Francisco Giants (87)
* Won Tie Breaker

Wild Card - (3 games, 1-1-1)
(6 at 3) - Giants at Reds - Reds advance
(5 at 4) - Cubs at Pirates - Cubs advance

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

NLCS (7 games)
Rockies at Mets - Rockies advance

World Series (7 games)
Rockies at Astros - Astros are Champions !!

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 - 2024 needs 1 owner. 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 !!