Lead Story - 5/29/2025

SEASON 6 DRAFT TRACKER

Deadline for Team Builds: Tuesday, June 10th
Opening Day: Wednesday, June 11th

1. Toronto Blue Jays (tribetime89) - San Francisco Giants
2. St. Louis Cardinals ( jrobandsteal ) - Houston Astros
3. Minnesota Twins (mrbubbles1967) - Los Angeles Angels
4. Oakland Athletics (jimgriddy) - St Louis Cardinals
5. Chicago White Sox (sheikyerboudi) - Los Angeles Dodgers
6. Kansas City Royals (jpotter14) - New York Yankees
7. San Francisco Giants (cardac00) - Boston Red Sox
8. New York Mets (followtheson) - Oakland Athletics
9. Miami Marlins (bodell82) - Arizona Diamondbacks
10. Cincinnati Reds (dalbpho8) - Atlanta Braves
11. San Diego Padres (skooler1) - Texas Rangers
12. Washington Nationals (bamajoe66) - Cincinnati Reds
13. Milwaukee Brewers (expatbama) - Seattle Mariners
14. Seattle Mariners (sws33) - Milwaukee Brewers
15. New York Yankees (dukeblues) - Baltimore Orioles
16. Cleveland Guardians (raiderbill33) - Washington Nationals
17. Houston Astros (rosilver) - Chicago Cubs
18. Tampa Bay Rays (acecannon) - Minnesota Twins
19. Atlanta Braves (fantasytease) - Cleveland Guardians
20. Colorado Rockies (kingdude) - Philadelphia Phillies
21. Philadelphia Phillies (larsbullitt) - Tampa Bay Rays
22. Texas Rangers (yankeebb) - Detroit Tigers
23. Chicago Cubs (davengmusic) - Pittsburgh Pirates
24. Detroit Tigers (ndekar) - Chicago White Sox
25. Baltimore Orioles (revejb) - Miami Marlins
26. Boston Red Sox (joshbonds25) - New York Mets
27. Pittsburg Pirates (bgj) - Toronto Blue Jays
28. Los Angeles Dodgers (GlansGruber) - Kansas City Royals
29. Arizona Diamondbacks (atsanbpinetti) - Colorado Rockies
30. Los Angeles Angels (brettphillips35) - San Diego Padres

League Chat Box

Big game for Hamelin lifts Royals to victory

Bob Hamelin drove in 5 runs, carrying Kansas City to a 6-5 victory over the Angels. | Box

Padres fall to Giants despite Paddack's efforts

Chris Paddack whiffed 11 batters, but the Giants managed to beat the Padres, 4-3. | Box

Foltynewicz's 9-K performance not enough

Michael Foltynewicz whiffed 9 batters, but the Cubs managed to beat the Braves, 5-3. | Box

Hunter blanks Seattle with 1-0 shutout

Seattle is hoping not to see Catfish Hunter again for a long while. Hunter went the distance, leading Oakland to a 1-0 victory. Felix Hernandez struckout 11 Oakland batters in the contest. | Box

Scherzer baffles Brewers, Mets win

Max Scherzer struckout 8 Milwaukee batters in a 4-2 win for the Mets. | Box

5/22/2025

SEASON 5 BOTB BUDGET PLAYOFFS

Playoffs start: 12 noon (PT) Friday, May 23
Note: The division winner takes precedence with regard to seeding.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Boston Red Sox (98)
#2 Detroit Tigers (91)
#3 Los Angeles Angels (90)
#4 Baltimore Orioles (94)
#5 Texas Rangers (88)
#6 Tampa Bay Rays (83)

Wild Card (3 games, 1-1-1) Start at 12 noon (PT) Friday, May 23
(6 at 3) Rays at Angels - Angels advance
(5 at 4) Rangers at Orioles - Orioles advance

Round 2 (5 games) Starts at 10am (PT) Saturday, May 24
(1 vs 4/5) Orioles at Red Sox - Red Sox advance
(2 vs 3/6) Angels at Tigers - Angels advance

ALCS (7 games)
Angels at Red Sox - Angels advance

NATIONAL LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Pittsburg Pirates (98)
#2 Arizona Diamondbacks (95)
#3 Philadelphia Phillies (86)
#4 Chicago Cubs (89)
#5 Colorado Rockies (84)
#6 Atlanta Braves (83)


Wild Card - (3 games, 1-1-1) Start at 12 noon (PT) Friday, May 23
(6 at 3) Braves at Phillies - Phillies advance
(5 at 4) Rockies at Cubs - Cubs advance

Round 2 (5 games) Starts at 10am (PT) Saturday, May 24
(1 vs 4/5) Cubs at Pirates - Pirates advance
(2 vs 3/6) Phillies at Diamondbacks - advance

NLCS (7 games)
Diamondbacks at Pirates - Diamondbacks advance

World Series (7 games)
Angels at Diamondbacks - Angels are Champions !!