BPP 2025: In the words of the great philosopher Pike, "hit it"

Hell yeah, here we go.

Welcome back to the old heads, welcome in to the new kids -- 42 total slates (love that number), our largest group yet. That's a princely $294 to first place, $84 to second place, and $42 to third. 

And somehow, only one duplicate slate in this bunch, so we'll see how that works out for Les Arbour.

Here's the field*.

*I will say this daily, so get used to it: if you see any mistakes, the math isn't mathing, whatever -- let me know. bunting at tomatonation dot com or leave a comment. Might take me a sec in the early going but I will get to it!

Heaviest action is on Big Dumper, unsurprisingly (16 picks), with Kyle Schwarber close behind (14) and Ohtani and Julio Rodríguez right behind him. 

Seattle is the most widely represented (8 different players), although all teams did get picked, which means we won't have to do an amnesty re-pick come the World Series. Lightest action on Cincinnati, I think correctly.

And this is the first year when I felt like I could reeeeally see people trying to read the Victorino tea leaves and pick a Cinderella. (If you're new here, the Shane Victorino "Flyin' Hawaiian" Memorial Award is given to the player nobody picked who's racking dozens of TB. I should tweak the name -- the guy's not dead AFAIK -- but in ten days when we're all like "how did nobody pick Trent Grisham??", well, that right there is a Victorino.) 

We've got a few past Victorini that people clearly vowed never to miss out on again (Rozie)...aaaaand we've got a few past pick leaders that people got burned on last year (all-rise-y).

...This wild rumpus starts in Cleveland at 1:08 PM ET tomorrow, followed by SD/CHC at 3ish, BOS/NYY at 6ish, and the CIN/LAD nightcap at 9ish. Semi-long workday for me, so you may not get the first score update until dinnertime Eastern.

Good luck, all!