Baseball is officially back and so is the Chicago Beef League. With an extended Week 1, we review current matchups and primarily criticize the Brute squad. We then jump right into MLB predictions by division where Mike and Aleks make the most boring takes. At least Chip offered some spicy ones. We proceed into Mike and Chip's Power rankings of the Beef teams. As expected, Vishnu's team now has company in bottom tier with Jay and Zavo. We shall see how it all shakes out!

For those that don't know, the Chicago Beef League draft is the greatest day of the year. And its largely spent online for 2 hours, usually during Zavo's mom's birthday. Anywho, the draft happened this past Sunday and we recapped it in detail. Aleks even did prep work! We recap each teams draft, the positives and negatives, and close with Aleks' outlook for 2025. Give it a spin!

We chatted for well over an hour discussing and predicting what will happen (and not happen) in the first 2 rounds of our upcoming Chicago Beef League draft. We picked players based on positional needs as well as draft history. This wasn't a draft of what WILL happen, as we all know guys will go WILD CARD and pick a random player in that 1st round that will throw everyone off. We did our best. Enjoy

Well, we did it. We finally wrapped the positional series with the pitchers segment. We touch on the state of the positions, how many will be kept and which are tough choices for teams. For relievers, we specifically note some draft tactics and look outs, like (not surprisingly) Chip's terrible memory of when he drafted them in years past. With the final cuts deadline next Sunday, draft is coming up quickly.

We finally get to the big guys. The mashers, the ones who can't run much, who get platooned with another bum who can't hit lefties. Its a rough positional set where most players are kept every year. We wrap the discussion with a brief review of some of CBS' 2025 projections and notably their outliers. There are a bunch of terrible ones, be careful!

We continue this year's positional series with the OF position. OF is enormous and we comb* thru the tiers like the finest brush you got. Buckle up, we got feisty.

* Apologies, we recorded this 3 weeks ago and forgot to upload.

We continue this year's positional series with the Middle Infield positions: 2B and SS. In previous years, they were of massive importance to your annual fantasy baseball success. In 2025? Maybe not, as we discussed. We close by weaving in "fond" recollections like the 2021 White Sox, which were ruined by Tony La BOOM BOOM and initiated the downfall of the franchise...but 2B/SS was a fun topic today!

We kick off the new year discussing Mike's family move into a house with mice and showcasing a potential sponsor. We introduce our Beef League positional series, this week on Catchers and DH (Utility position). Things like which are keepers, how the position will get drafted in 2025, and some interesting names to think about ahead of the draft. We close on Wins category, the pros & cons of the stat, and ramble about if changing is worth it.

Cambodia Flying Canucks are 2024 champions and everyone else gets to look ahead to 2025. We briefly recap the championship and move on to honoring the Beef League managers of the 2024 season, the worst and the best. Mostly just the worst though (*cough* Suneel *cough*). Trade season is now upon us, let Aleks' offers commence!

FINALS WEEK! Its finally here, and The Brute Squad is facing the juggernaut, Cambodia Flying Canucks, for the bobblehead and crown as 2024 Champion. But first, we recap the semi-finals and lament what apparently had to be. We outline what to expect with the Finals and spend a generous amount of time on the Chicago Bears, a team who routinely fails to develop star quarterbacks. Oh well.