Lead Story - 4/12/2025

Season 5 Best of the Best Budget 1965-Present Draft Tracker

DEADLINE for Team Building:
End of day - Monday April 21st
Opening Day - Tuesday April 22nd

1. New York Mets - (davrogbro62) - Seattle Mariners
2. Baltimore Orioles - (Run4Fun2009) - Minnesota Twins
3. Texas Rangers - (alstro11) - Los Angeles Dodgers
4. Oakland Athletics - (bobueckerrules) - Houston Astros
5. Toronto Blue Jays - (atsanbpinetti) - Milwaukee Brewers
6. Pittsburg Pirates - (disturbed) - Tampa Bay Rays
7. Cleveland Guardians - (wigwamer95) - Kansas City Royals
8. Cincinnati Reds - (larsbullitt) - Washington Nationals
9. San Diego Padres - (jaykuntz18) - Philadelphia Phillies
10. Tampa Bay Rays -(ndekar) - Baltimore Orioles
11. Miami Marlins -(tribetime89) - Boston Red Sox
12. Boston Red Sox -(dukeblues) - San Francisco Giants
13. Chicago White Sox -(joshbonds25) - Cleveland Guardians
14. Detroit Tigers -(glansgruber) - St Louis Cardinals
15. Colorado Rockies -(jimgriddy) - New York Yankees
16. Atlanta Braves -(jrobandsteal) - Los Angeles Angels
17. Philadelphia Phillies -(mrbubbles1967) - Atlanta Braves
18. Minnesota Twins -(sws33) - Oakland Athletics
19. San Francisco Giants - (trulaia) - Detroit Tigers
20. Arizona Diamondbacks -(jpotter14) - Colorado Rockies
21. Chicago Cubs -(bamajoe66) - Texas Rangers
22. Washington Nationals -(davengmusic) - San Diego Padres
23. Kansas City Royals -(fjs) - Toronto Blue Jays
24. Milwaukee Brewers -(sheikyerboudi) - New York Mets
25. Seattle Mariners -(skooler1) - Arizona Diamondbacks
26. Los Angeles Dodgers -(raiderbill33) - Chicago White Sox
27. Los Angeles Angels -(bodell82) - Miami Marlins
28. New York Yankees -(revejb) -Cincinnati Reds
29. St. Louis Cardinals -(kingdude) - Chicago Cubs
30. Houston Astros -(bgj) - Pittsburg Pirates

League Chat Box

Santana's 11-K performance not enough

Johan Santana whiffed 11 batters, but the White Sox managed to beat the Twins, 4-2. | Box

Thome powers Phillies to win over Nationals

Jim Thome blasted 2 homers, lifting the Phillies to a 7-3 win over Washington. Zack Wheeler struckout 9 Washington batters in the contest. | Box

Arrieta whiffs 13 in 6-2 win

Jake Arrieta struckout 13 St. Louis batters in a 6-2 win for the Cubs. | Box

Cole tosses shutout for Astros

Texas is hoping not to see Gerrit Cole again for a long while. Cole went the distance, leading Houston to a 2-0 victory. | Box

Blue Jays ride Stieb to victory over Athletics

Dave Stieb was brilliant last night, allowing just 2 hits over 9 innings, leading the Blue Jays to a 5-1 win over the Athletics. | Box

4/5/2025

SEASON 4 PLAYOFFS

Wild Card games - TBD
Division Round - Sunday, April 6, 3pm (PT)

AMERICAN LEAGUE
1. New York Yankees (109)
2. Houston Astros (101)
3. Kansas City Royals (87)

Wild Card
Los Angeles Angels (93) - Angels advance
Seattle Mariners (90)

Division Round (5 games)
Angels at Yankees - Angels advance
Royals at Astros - Astros advance

ALCS (7 games)
Angels at Astros - Astros advance

NATIONAL LEAGUE
1. Los Angeles Dodgers (91)
2. Milwaukee Brewers (88)
3. Washington Nationals (87)

Wild Card
St. Louis Cardinals (83) - Cardinals advance
Chicago Cubs (82)

Division Round (5 games)
Cardinals at Dodgers - Cardinals advance
Nationals at Brewers - Brewers advance

NLCS (7 games)
Cardinals at Brewers - Cardinals advance

World Series (7 games)
Cardinals at Astros - Astros are Champions

1/26/2025

Backup list - prospective owners

RedHawk (1/26)

12/18/2024

Need Owners - Boards

The BBOTB '65 - 2024 need 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 !!

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