Lead Story - 7/29/2025

SEASON 7 DRAFT TRACKER

Deadline to Build Teams - Saturday, Aug. 9th
Season Begins - Sunday, Aug. 10th

1. Los Angeles Angels (mrbubbles1967) - St. Louis Cardinals
2. Washington Nationals (raiderbill33) - Los Angeles Dodgers
3. Chicago Cubs (rosilver) - Philadelphia Phillies
4. Arizona Diamondbacks (bodell82) - New York Yankees
5. San Diego Padres (brettphillips35) - Houston Astros
6. Seattle Mariners (expatbama) - Cleveland Guardians
7. Minnesota Twins (acecannon) - Los Angeles Angels
8. Texas Rangers (skooler1) - San Francisco Giants
9. Baltimore Orioles (dukeblues) - Oakland Athletics
10. Chicago White Sox (ndekar) - Boston Red Sox
11. Cleveland Guardians (fantasytease) - Pittsburg Pirates
12. Miami Marlins (revejb) - Chicago Cubs
13. San Francisco Giants (tribetime89) - Chicago White Sox
14. Oakland Athletics (followthesun) - Atlanta Braves
15. Atlanta Braves (dalpho8) - Seattle Mariners
16. Tampa Bay Rays (larsbullitt) - Detroit Tigers
17. New York Mets (joshbonds25) - Baltimore Orioles
18. Cincinnati Reds (bamajoe66) - Miami Marlins
19. Detroit Tigers (yankeebb) - Arizona Diamondbacks
20. Kansas City Royals (glansgruber) - Cincinnati Reds
21. Colorado Rockies (atsanbpinetti) - Texas Rangers
22. Toronto Blue Jays (bgj) - Minnesota Twins
23. Milwaukee Brewers (sws33) - San Diego Padres
24. Los Angeles Dodgers (sheikyerboudi) - New York Mets
25. New York Yankees (jpotter14) - Washington Nationals
26. St. Louis Cardinals (jimgriddy) - Tampa Bay Rays
27. Philadelphia Phillies (kingdude) - Milwaukee Brewers
28. Houston Astros (jrobandsteal) - Kansas City Royals
29. Pittsburgh Pirates (wisely1300) - Toronto Blue Jays
30. Boston Red Sox (fjs) - Colorado Rockies

League Chat Box

Hendricks baffles Padres, Cubs win

Kyle Hendricks struckout 11 San Diego batters in a 6-1 win for the Cubs. | Box

Blue baffles Mariners, Athletics win

Vida Blue struckout 8 Seattle batters in a 3-0 win for the Athletics. | Box

Thome blasts off, leads Twins to win

Jim Thome blasted 2 homers, lifting the Twins to a 9-8 win over Baltimore. | Box

Mitchell blasts off, leads Reds to win

Kevin Mitchell blasted 2 homers, lifting the Reds to a 9-5 win over Philadelphia. | Box

Verlander baffles Brewers, Tigers win

Justin Verlander struckout 11 Milwaukee batters in a 4-1 win for the Tigers. | Box

7/21/2025

SEASON 6 BOTB BUDGET PLAYOFFS

Playoffs start: 12 noon (PT) Tuesday, July 22
Note: The division winner takes precedence with regard to seeding.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Seeding
#1 Houston Astros (96) - won tie breaker vs Yankees
#2 New York Yankees (96)
#3 Detroit Tigers (85)
#4 Toronto Blue Jays (89)
#5 Boston Red Sox (88)
#6 Kansas City Royals (85)

Wild Card (3 games, 1-1-1) Start at 12 noon (PT) Tuesday, July 22
(6 at 3) Royals at Tigers - Royals advance
(5 at 4) Red Sox at Blue Jays - Red Sox advance

Round 2 (5 games) Starts at 10am (PT) Wednesday, July 23
(1 vs 4/5) Red Sox at Astros - Astros advance
(2 vs 3/6) Royals at Yankees - Yankees advance

ALCS (7 games)
Yankees at Astros - Astros advance

NATIONAL LEAGUE Seeding
#1 St. Louis Cardinals (104)
#2 Philadelphia Phillies (94)
#3 Los Angeles Dodgers (93)
#4 Milwaukee Brewers (93)
#5 Colorado Rockies (87)
#6 Cincinnati Reds (83)

Wild Card - (3 games, 1-1-1) Start at 12 noon (PT) Tuesday, July 22
(6 at 3) Reds at Dodgers - Dodgers advance
(5 at 4) Rockies at Brewers - Brewers advance

Round 2 (5 games) Starts at 10am (PT) Wednesday, July 23
(1 vs 4/5) Brewers at Cardinals - Cardinals advance
(2 vs 3/6) Dodgers at Phillies - Phillies advance

NLCS (7 games)
Phillies at Cardinals - Phillies advance

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