AND THAT’S A WRAP!

Congratulations on a great season, everyone.

As is always the case with this competition, it comes down to injuries. In 2023, that meant withstanding Aaron Judge’s time off in the middle of the season or Shohei Ohtani’s sad ending to the year.

Or maybe you had to withstanding picking C.J. Cron, Dalton Varsho, Hunter Renfroe, Byron Buxton or one of the other disappointments.

Len Nuzback, our mid-season leader, suffered both of those dilemmas, as Ohtani got shut down early with his elbow injury and Cron, in Colorado most of the year, had a measly 12 bombs. The good news for Len is he still finished fourth.

That was good news for Evan Bean and Ryan Duncan, our Co-Champions with 249 home runs each. With only two players in common (Matt Olson and Julio Rodriguez), it required precision to get to a tie. When it comes down to the last weekend with big sluggers and playoff pictures still shifting, you never know how things will finish. This year was a tight one. Congratulations to all our winners.

Evan Bean: $1,500 (half the $3,000 for first and second combined)
Ryan Duncan: $1,500 (half the $3,000 for first and second combined)
Carl Bleich: $775
Len Nuzback: $500
Nick Bradick: $300
Sam Co/ok: $100
David Michnovicz: $100
Larry Bestwick: $100
Bill Drish: $100
Cory Tilley/Matt Sarver: $50/$50 (half each of the $100 10th place money)