2018 Season Roundup: Fasano Don't Dance

Steady Nick Markakis finally made his first all-star game.

FINAL POINTS: 4539.8

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.

2018 Season Roundup: Project Mayhem

No wonder Aaron Nola is so hard to hit!

FINAL POINTS: 4449.2

FINISH: 2nd

REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 9-9

PLAYOFFS: First round: lost to Arbitration Losers 394.5-354.5

MVP: Nolan Arenado (473 points) had a Nolan Arenado season, which is the highest of praise. 37 homers, 38 doubles, 109 RBIs, 103 runs and 72 walks while playing 154 games is a pretty great return on your top draft pick.

CY YOUNG: Aaron Nola (447.3) had his star turn and became a legitimate ace. Nola went 17-6 with 224 strikeouts in 212.1 innings, nearly doubling the point total of any other PM pitcher. Nola will be one of the first pitchers off the board next season after lasting until the end of the second round this year.

PLEASANT SURPRISE: Bill picked up Juan Soto (318.5) when the 19-year-old came up in the spring, and all he got out of him was 18 homers, 22 doubles, 60 RBIs, 70 runs and 73 walks, making him the fourth-highest scoring hitter on the team.

GREAT DRAFT PICKS: Arenado (1st), Nola (2nd).

LESS GREAT DRAFT PICKS: Eric Thames (6th) never really got much chance to start on the suddenly loaded Brewers offense. Dinelson Lamet (5) is a Padres pitcher, so of course he was hurt all year, as was non-Padre Jimmy Nelson (9).

OVERALL: Once Soto became part of the offense and Arenado heated up, Bill's hitting was strong down the stretch. But what made the difference this year was the pitching. Nola stepped up as an ace, Jameson Taillon was a solid No. 2, and Zack Wheeler and Kyle Freeland pitched well later in the season to solidify the rotation. On the downside, Bill did use four different Reds pitchers this year... can anyone even NAME four different Reds pitchers? A big season for Project Mayhem, which will draft 9th in the 2019 FBLG draft.

2018 Season Roundup: Pitch You Blockhead

Miles Mikolas might be in the Mumford and Sons cover band with Daniel Murphy and Charlie Culberson.

FINAL POINTS: 4426.2

FINISH: 3rd

REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 7-11

PLAYOFFS: First round: beat Fasano Don't Dance 416-404.8; semifinals: lost to Misfits 398-378.7.

MVP: Charlie Blackmon (483 points). The hirsute slugger heated up in the summer (never mind August, in which he hit .226) and finished with a great stat line, if a bit down for him: 28 homers, 31 doubles, 118 runs, 12 stolen bases.

CY YOUNG: Miles Mikolas (334) returned from baseball exile to go an astonishing 16-4, striking out 137 in 187 innings for the Cardinals. And he did it with a terrific mustache. Scott drafted a team with terrific hair, is what we're saying.

PLEASANT SURPRISE: Besides Mikolas, we'll go with the late-season dominance of German Marquez, who struck out 92 in 68 innings for Scott while notching 5 wins. Marquez looks like a fairly high draft pick next season, given that he's only 23 and had a 6.2 strikeout:walk ratio after the all-star break.

GREAT DRAFT PICKS: Mikolas (13th round), Mike Foltynewicz (14th).

LESS GREAT DRAFT PICKS: Daniel Murphy (4th) never really got healthy, and Scott dropped him before he heated up briefly late in the season.

OVERALL: Scott's team scuffled through the regular season, but the late emergence of Marquez coupled with the bats getting hot over the summer propelled PYB into the semifinals and third in the points standings. Steady performances from Anthonys Rizzo and Rendon helped keep the boat afloat, plus Ian Desmond and Yasmani Grandal were better than anticipated. A good season for the Blockheads, who will draft 8th in the 2019 FBLG Draft.

2018 Season Roundup: The Misfits

Will u rate this bowtie, @Ken_Rosenthal pic.twitter.com/AAf5HrfJ26

— Cut4 (@Cut4) October 16, 2018

FINAL POINTS: 4314

FINISH: 4th

REGULAR SEASON RECORD: 10-8

PLAYOFFS: First round: beat Stable Geniuses 378.2-310.8; semifinals: beat Pitch You Blockhead 398-378.7; championship: beat BodySuit Man 359-288.5.

MVP: Christian Yelich (560 points). Who better than the presumed league MVP? Yelich was a monster all season, putting up 36 homers, 34 doubles, 109 RBIs, 118 runs, 21 steals and hitting for the cycle twice. This despite missing two weeks with an injury.

CY YOUNG: Top overall pick Clayton Kershaw (292.3) overcame injuries to go 9-5 with 151 strikeouts in 158.1 innings to lead this motely staff.

PLEASANT SURPRISE: Trevor Story (477.5) would have led many other teams in hitting points, as the young shortstop put it all together in a 36-homer, 41-double, 27-steal season.

GREAT DRAFT PICKS: Yelich (2nd), Story (7th), Wade Davis (13th).

LESS GREAT DRAFT PICKS: Evan Longoria (5th) only played 111 games and wasn't great even when he played. Taijuan Walker (6th) pitched a grand total of 13 innings for Reid.

OVERALL: In addition to Yelich and Story, Lorenzo Cain, Eric Hosmer and Gregory Polanco had big years as the Misfits were carried by their offense. Midseason pickup Max Muncy blasted 20 of his homers for Reid's squad as the Misfits blasted 185 homers in total. The pitching was just good enough and the old man cruised through the playoffs to capture the crown. The Misfits will draft 7th in the 2019 FBLG Draft.