Delmarva Emus
Benjamin Pereboom
“The Emus own the league's best all-time record at 48-37 and have made the playoffs three times — yet a championship has remained elusive, which may be the most maddening story in the league. Like the Aaron Boone Yankees, Ben has mastered the art of regular season dominance and playoff heartbreak with an efficiency that borders on performance art. Shohei Ohtani — nearly 3,000 fantasy points and counting, the single most dominant player in Continental Breakfast Alliance history — gives him a weapon no other manager can match. And yet. The trophy case remains empty, the vibes remain frustrated, and the question hanging over every Emus season is the same one Yankees fans have been asking since 2009: can Ben actually get over the hump, or does something need to change at the highest level before the ceiling finally breaks?”
All-Time Record
48W - 37L
Championships
0
Playoff Appearances
3
Saccko Finishes
0
Avg Finish
3.3
Strengths
Shohei Ohtani is the most valuable fantasy asset in league history — a near-automatic 1,000 points every season — and owning him gives the Emus an advantage that is genuinely unfair: elite hitting numbers and starter innings out of a single roster slot, effectively two first-round players for the price of one. The league's best all-time record is not an accident: this roster is built with real depth at every position, not just a star propped up by wishful thinking. Ben is also one of the sharper waiver managers in the league, consistently avoiding the prolonged dead zones that quietly sink other franchises while they are busy admiring their own keepers.
Weaknesses
Three playoff appearances without a title is the league's most confounding underachievement. The most likely culprit, two words: swag pick. When Ben drafts, he drafts for aura, and that aesthetic instinct, charming as it is in March, has a way of leaving holes in October when the bracket stops caring about vibes. There is also a structural question worth asking about whether a team optimized for consistency can run out of ceiling fast when a opponent shows up and dares them to match fire with fire. Ben has the regular season formula down cold. The playoffs require a different kind of ruthlessness, and that adjustment remains the one thing the Emus have not yet figured out
Top Players All-Time
Shohei Ohtani
UTIL
Rafael Devers
3B
Framber Valdez
SP
Aaron Nola
SP
Nick Castellanos
UTIL
2025 Roster
Season History
Head-to-Head Records
| Opponent | W | L | T | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ft. Meade Folksy Ferrets | 11 | 1 | 0 | Leads |
| West Virginia Pepperoni Rolls | 8 | 2 | 0 | Leads |
| North Georgia Fuzzy Bottoms | 10 | 3 | 0 | Leads |
| Ghent Whistlepigs | 5 | 3 | 0 | Leads |
| Manhattan Mega Rats | 5 | 4 | 0 | Leads |
| Portland Chinook | 4 | 4 | 0 | Even |
| Sugar Land Space Cowboys | 5 | 8 | 0 | Trails |
| Syracuse Sky Chiefs | 3 | 9 | 0 | Trails |
| Bristol Banshees | 0 | 2 | 0 | Trails |