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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

1Shohei Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

UTIL

3,448 pts
2Rafael Devers

Rafael Devers

3B

2,239 pts
3Framber Valdez

Framber Valdez

SP

2,068 pts
4Aaron Nola

Aaron Nola

SP

1,508 pts
5Nick Castellanos

Nick Castellanos

UTIL

1,437 pts

2025 Roster

The Shohei Box
Shohei OhtaniOhtani910
DH
Teoscar HernandezHernandez430
BULLPEN
Shea Langeliers
Langeliers473
C
Framber Valdez
Valdez456
SP
Rafael Devers
Devers592
3B
Jacob Wilson
Wilson488
SS
Maikel Garcia
Garcia612
2B
Spencer Torkelson
Torkelson491
1B
Jarren Duran
Duran549
OF
Taylor Ward
Ward511
OF
Riley Greene
Greene504
OF
Ronny Henriquez
Henriquez324
RP1
Spencer Schwellenbach
Schwellenbach317
RP2
Bullpen
Edward Cabrera3.Cabrera310
Will Vest4.Vest265
Adrian Houser5.Houser263
Rotation
Nick Lodolo2.Lodolo422
Drew Rasmussen3.Rasmussen371
Edwin Diaz4.Diaz358
Trevor Rogers5.Rogers356
Noah Cameron6.Cameron325

Season History

2026
Record: 0W - 0L
Finish: #5
PF: 0.0
PA: 0.0
2025
Playoffs
Record: 13W - 9L
Finish: #3
PF: 9560.0
PA: 9116.3
Top Player
Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani
UTIL910.0 pts
Keepers
Rafael DeversDevers
Framber ValdezValdez
Shohei OhtaniOhtani
Carlos CorreaCorrea
Ketel MarteMarte
2024
Playoffs
Record: 13W - 9L
Finish: #3
PF: 9424.5
PA: 8676.0
Top Player
Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani
UTIL928.3 pts
Keepers
Rafael DeversDevers
Framber ValdezValdez
Shohei OhtaniOhtani
Aaron NolaNola
George SpringerSpringer
2023
Record: 10W - 11L
Finish: #5
PF: 8990.8
PA: 9008.5
Top Player
Shohei Ohtani
Shohei Ohtani
UTIL1080.8 pts
Keepers
Shohei OhtaniOhtani
Aaron NolaNola
Rafael DeversDevers
Nick CastellanosCastellanos
Joe MusgroveMusgrove
2022
Playoffs
Record: 12W - 8L
Finish: #2
PF: 8752.3
PA: 8785.5
Top Player
Framber Valdez
Framber Valdez
SP594.0 pts

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