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| Steady Nick Markakis finally made his first all-star game. |
FINISH: 1st
REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 12-6
PLAYOFFS: First round: lost to Pitch You Blockhead 416-404.8
MVP: Nick Markakis (425.5 points). The undrafted outfielder had a career year despite cooling off after making his first all-star team. He finished with 13 homers, 41 doubles, 87 RBIs, 73 runs and 67 walks while playing every game for the surprising Braves.
CY YOUNG: Jacob deGrom (468) had one of the most amazing and unique seasons in baseball history. He struck out 269 and allowed 41 earned runs in 217 innings, which would make you think he won 18-20 games, right? Well, he's a Met, so he went 10-9. He may still win the real Cy Young, but holy crap, Mets.
PLEASANT SURPRISE: Ronald Acuna Jr. (335.5) was a late draft pick and started the season in the minor leagues. So the fact that he was the team's second-leading hitter is both good and bad. The rookie star had 26 homers, 25 doubles, 15 steals and 77 runs in 102 games and looks like he'll be a stud for years to come.
GREAT DRAFT PICKS: deGrom (2nd), Acuna Jr. (11th).
LESS GREAT DRAFT PICKS: Nearly every pick aside from those two, really. Seven of the eight hitters drafted to be starters for this team were benched, suspended or hurt by the end of the year. Stephen Strasburg (1st) was good the few times he was on the mound, Robbie Ray (3rd) was only good after being cut. It was a brutally bad draft with two superstars in it.
OVERALL: Because of the terrible draft, it took the commissioners' team a while to get going. The team used 33 (!) different hitters trying to find the right combination. Free agent pickups like Markakis, Brian Anderson and Johan Camargo eventually bolstered the offense, and young Jack Flaherty was a welcome addition to the rotation. FDD cruised through the summer before running into the PYB juggernaut in the playoffs, but still capture the overall points title. The commissioners will draft 10th in the 2019 FBLG draft.
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