The best players in the world play on NFBC, and the most popular high-stakes contest is the NFBC Main Event with a $1,750 buy-in, a $7,000 league prize and a $200,000 overall prize. Thankfully for everyone, NFBC allows us to see what each team is doing with their FAAB pick-ups on Sunday night.
Each week, I will be looking at the most popular FAAB pick-ups in the NFBC Main Event to see who the best players in the world are picking up and whether we should get them for our own leagues.
The best players in the world play on NFBC, and the most popular high-stakes contest is the NFBC Main Event with a $1,750 buy-in, a $7,000 league prize and a $200,000 overall prize. Thankfully for everyone, NFBC allows us to see what each team is doing with their FAAB pick-ups on Sunday night.
Each week, I will be looking at the most popular FAAB pick-ups in the NFBC Main Event to see who the best players in the world are picking up and whether we should get them for our own leagues.
Week 3 High-Stakes FAAB League (2024 Fantasy Baseball)
Assad was picked up in 34 leagues with a max bid of $115 and a minimum bid of $18. Assad is coming off of a nice first start and gets a two-start week versus the Padres and the Mariners. While I like Assad, he doesn’t get enough strikeouts to take a gamble on in a lot of matchups, including against two good offenses like the Padres and the Mariners.
Green was picked up in 27 leagues with a max bid of $120 and a minimum bid of $3. Green looks like he may be the leading candidate in the Toronto closer committee until Jordan Romano returns from the IL. I like Green as a reliever, but both Erik Swanson and Romano are about a week away from returning as long as they don’t have any setbacks, so this is a short term solution.
Herrera was picked up in 42 leagues with a max bid of $81 and a minimum bid of $2. Herrera is a top catching prospect but he is stuck behind Willson Contreras. He is playing a bit more with Contreras banged up, but that injury isn’t considered serious. I don’t think he is much more than a steamer unless he finds more playing time.
Will Brennan was picked up in 43 leagues with a max bid of $81 and a minimum bid of $2. Brennan is a fine accumulator with the ability to hit for some power and steal some bases, but unless he is playing every day it becomes difficult for him to accumulate.
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