Blowout's AL/NL Challenge

[Eckstein197]

Big quarterfinals week. Here’s how the combinations work out

Crossdog and Hollywood are both locked into a highest score of 8 with having double byes to the semis

Myself and Lyle each secured 1 bye and have 1 QF matchup, our highest scores are 9

Statysk is the belle of the ball with 2 QF matchups. Controls his own destiny, to have any hope of top 3 he has to walk away with at least 1 win. If Staysk loses both he will secure a score of 10 and finish in 5th

Myself and Lyle have a lot at stake, a QF loss in our QF matchup gives us a possible lowest score of 6 at best (5th and then at best 1st). Which would most likely give us best case scenario of third

Hollywood and Crossdog in the drivers seat that’s for sure

[Hollywood42]

Consolation bracket update

[Eckstein197]

Updating for heading into the semifinals

Jstasyk picked up huge wins in both AL and NL, giving him an excellent shot at cracking the top 3. Myself and Chris losing in our respective QFs hampers our chances of being top 3

Now myself and Chris Lyle potential scores are capped at 6-9 range (5th and then 1-4). While Jstasyk, Crossdog and Hollywood remain at 2-8

Huge semifinal matchups this week:
AL: Crossdog versus Jstasyk and Hollywood versus Chris Lyle
NL: Myself versus Jstasyk and Hollywood versus Crossdog

That NL Hollywood versus Crossdog is the biggest matchup on the board in terms of fighting for first. Hollywood beating Chris in AL and Jstasyk beating me in NL would essentially knock both Chris and I out of the running for top 3. Chris and I are basically in the mode of needing to win the remaining league we have left to potentially crack the top 3

[Eckstein197]

Also doing a further points based analysis, if Crossdog wins both of his semifinal matchups, he’s essentially a lock to finish first.

Chris and I both winning our semifinal matchups with Crossdog going 2-0 would be best case scenario if you’re rooting for ultimate last week chaos.

That would lock Crossdog into first and then create 4 players competing for slots 2 and 3 with all 4 players having the point combination of 6-7

Also obviously playoff points play a huge factor but the general ranking in terms of points in the regular season is
Crossdog
Hollywood
Myself
Chris
Jstasyk

[Chris Lyle]

My NL team fought and fought this year, just decided to come up short at the worst time, but that how it goes.

AL not a good start with -20 to start out the week...

[Hollywood42]

Setting up to be an interesting finish, a poor week for me against Crossdog in the NL and he'll be moving on to the finals on that side. But if I can hold a 30 point lead in my AL matchup, which after knocking on all the wood that is nearby me, I feel good about with Crochet and Kirby starting today, I could get to the AL finals

Crossdog is currently down 40 in his AL semis matchup with no SPs slated today, so if both of those results hold, both of us would be in the finals in one league and the third place game in another

But hold the phone, JST is leading both of his semis matchups and looks likely to make the finals in both leagues, which would give him the best chance of any of us to finish 1st overall

With Chris and Eckstein both locked into a 5th place finish in one league and both currently losing their semis matchup in the other league, they would be on the outside looking in for a top 3 finish, and probably not mathematically possible to finish top 3 if results hold today and off the top of my head, JST would have a max final score of 4, and Crossdog/Hollywood's max would be 6, whereas Chris/Eck's best possible finish with a loss this week would be 8. But we'll break down much more after today's slate is finalized

[Hollywood42]

Reminder of this week's consolation bracket matchups to determine the first half of the draft order

Heading out early today, but will post some scenarios for the final standings tonight if someone else doesn't beat me to it

[jstasyk1121]

didnt see this coming...late season charges in both to either hold on or to snag the last spot...win round 1...only to have to play #1 seed in both leagues...and beat them both? cmon...its a cinderella story at this point!! (cue me scoring like 107 pts in each league this week and getting smashed! lol)

[Chris Lyle]

Originally Posted by jstasyk1121

didnt see this coming...late season charges in both to either hold on or to snag the last spot...win round 1...only to have to play #1 seed in both leagues...and beat them both? cmon...its a cinderella story at this point!! (cue me scoring like 107 pts in each league this week and getting smashed! lol)

Lol. Definitely a late charge cinderella story and the beauty of why I do fantasy. I'm really disappointed in my teams though. AL team decided to have my worst week in awhile just when I didn't need it.

Good luck to all that are left.

[Hollywood42]

Ranking based on best possible outcome:

Team / Min / Max

1. JST (2, 4)
2. Crossdog (4, 6)
3. Hollywood (4, 6)
4. Chris (8, 9)
5. Eck (8, 9)

Nobody else is still in the running for the money as these 5 teams were the playoff teams in both leagues. And we actually know our three money winners this year already, as the worst outcomes for JST, Crossdog, and Hollywood are all already locked in to be better than the best possible outcomes for Chris and Eck

JST can clinch a 1st overall finish if he wins the title in either league. That would give him a max possible points of 3 (1st + 2nd), which Crossdog and Hollywood both can not beat

Crossdog and Hollywood have the same possible outcomes, just in opposite leagues. In order to force tiebreakers with JST for the #1 position, either of us would have to win the championship in one league and the third place round in the other league, while JST loses both finals matchups. Funnily, it is possible for this one to go down to a 3-way tie, since Crossdog and I are have mirrored outcomes in the two leagues. Either of us losing either of our matchups would lock us into the #2 or #3 positions no matter what. And then it just comes down to what happens in the other league

[Eckstein197]

Very sad to be ending up outside of the money. Man this sucks

[jstasyk1121]

just felt like finally looking up a guys stats who has been pretty dreadful for a while now it seems...to the point where I dont even start him some days in a NL Only league!

guy was an All Star and at the break this was his line:

95 Games
420 PA
356 AB
19 2B
24 HR
69 RBI
59 RUN
59 BB
116 K
.278/.381/.534/.915

basically a STUD across the board

since the AS Break:

53 Games
230 PA
206 AB
17 2B
3 HR
19 RBI
23 RUN
23 BB
93 K!! in 206 at bats...clocking in at like 45% K Rate
.214/.296/.340/.635

basically a complete dumpster fire of a player

Is James Wood one of the worst split seasons we have ever seen?? Geez...first half he showed what everyone kind of expected...breakout monster player...2nd half he is (insert horrible hitter name here)

his pace over 162gm in this stretch would be 284 strikeouts!!! since the break he has 17 games with at least 3 K's...just shocking numbers

[Chris Lyle]

Good luck to everyone still in the hunt. So disappointed in my drop off at the worst possible time.

[Hollywood42]

I will be back tomorrow to wrap this league and all the others up, but I believe the final standings will be JST on top, followed by myself and then Crossdog. I always love the uniqueness of how the final standings in this league plays out. Hope everyone had another fun season no matter where you finished!

[jstasyk1121]

went back and looked...and I always want to win Blowout Keepers more than this league...but now my last 3yrs in this league have gone like this:

2023: 1st/1st--overall 1st
2024: 3rd/4th--overall 2nd
2025: 1st/1st--overall 1st

i dont know how it happened but man my team got hot at the right times in both this year!!

Was another fun season and now I have to start figuring out who to keep and who to try and trade and all that

[chittychitty844]

Congrats on the wins @jstasyk1121. Thanks for not winning keepers league also

[Hollywood42]

2025 season recap. First up, final standings. Places 1-5 determined by playoff bracket results, places 6-10 determined by final regular season results:

AL
1. Jstasyk1121
2. Hollywood42
3. Chris Lyle
4. Crossdog
5. Eckstein197
6. Cornerstore
7. Todderfield
8. Chittychitty844
9. Dbacksbaseball
10. Ray27Ray52

NL
1. Jstasyk1121
2. Crossdog
3. Hollywood42
4. Eckstein197
5. Chris Lyle
6. Cornerstore
7. Todderfield
8. Ray27Ray52
9. Dbacksbaseball
10. Chittychitty844

Putting those together, here are our official final standings for the 2025 season:

1. Jstasyk1121 (2)
2. Hollywood42 (5)
3. Crossdog (6)
4. Chris Lyle (8)
5. Eckstein197 (9)
6. Cornerstore (12)
7. Todderfield (14)
8. Dbacksbaseball (18, 3963 + 4074 = 8037 total points)
9. Chittychitty844 (18, 3722 + 3780 = 7502)
10. Ray27Ray52 (18, 3432 + 3643 = 7075)

This makes our final payouts as follows:

1st - $200 - Jstasyk1121
2nd - $150 - Hollywood42
3rd - $100 - Crossdog
AL regular season best record - $25 - Crossdog
NL regular season best record - $25 - Eckstein197

And finally, our 2026 draft orders. Picks 1-5 are based on the consolation bracket results, and picks 6-10 will be the reverse of the playoff bracket finishes. Which leads to:

AL
1. Ray27Ray52
2. Todderfield
3. Cornerstore
4. Chittychitty844
5. Dbacksbaseball
6. Eckstein197
7. Crossdog
8. Chris Lyle
9. Hollywood42
10. Jstasyk1121

NL
1. Dbacksbaseball
2. Ray27Ray52
3. Todderfield
4. Cornerstore
5. Chittychitty844
6. Chris Lyle
7. Eckstein197
8. Hollywood42
9. Crossdog
10. Jstasyk1121

Finally, FA adds have been disabled for the offseason. Trades are fair game again now, but we'll need to process them manually until ESPN opens back up for 2026. Any other questions or such, please let me know. Thanks for another fun season!