CHICAGO BEEF LEAGUE

Been a couple of weeks, but we return with a red-hot Battle of Evermore running up to 9 in a row while the rest of us flail blindly. Trade deadline comes and go with several small moves and 1 reasonably impactful trade to discuss. 4 weeks to go for Ferni Willow to finish a supremely incredible collapse on the 2026 season. Hooray.

7 weeks later....we've hit the midpoint on the year. There's a bunch of teams vying for 1st/2nd, and its enough to make each week exciting. Dave is already selling (as should Z!) but we've got 4 more weeks until the actual trade deadline. Week 14 came to a thrilling finish (live!) and reminded us that RP are terrifying to roster.

We somehow wrapped 3 weeks of matchups in 1 hour. But somehow we also found time to talk about May trades, and how 1 team, as an example, should definitely be entertaining offers. Or making offers. (editors note: not necessarily Aleks). Anyway, after 7 weeks, we barely have seen much separation in any way. 7 Teams are now tied at 4-3! Its really anyones year.

We got busy and decided to recap week 3 and 4 together. Luckily we got our picks in, but boy does making the right pick remain a challenge. Chip even took Suneel, and was right! Anyway, we recapped week 3 and week 4 and focused a bit too much on how Brute Squad pitching will be his downfall, and speaking of downfalls, Cambodia Flying Canucks is finally spending time near the cellar. Please lock the door and throw away the key.

Week 2 came and went and I'm not sure what the hell happened. A bunch of upsets, lots of terrible pitching, and Brian and Aleks somehow remain undefeated. What to make of it all? Occam's Razor suggests that randomness is at play here, but the emergence of Brian simply illustrates that we have a lot of parity, which suggests a very competitive year for us.

We discussed spring break, WBC and the start of the MLB season including the weird Netflix opening day thing. Otherwise, we jump into reviewing the extended Week 1. It starts off with the huge upset, but is it really an upset if "David" is pretty good? We end with a brief overview of Week 2 and a super quick glance at Team Runs Scored after the initial 6-8 games.

The greatest day of the year commenced and joy was had. And then we picked players and it all came crashing down. Some teams did well, others spent the entire 2 min for their pick. But it was a grand ol' time picking our teams for the 2026 season. We also took a sneak peak at the 1st week for our predictions.

We return, fresh and ready to talk Chicago Beef keepers and the upcoming 2026 season. While Aleks isn't returning, we will miss his presence and insightful thoughts. We blast into the offseason, ABS upcoming impact on 2026 in MLB, and spend the majority of the time outlining everyone's pending decisions for keepers prior to 3/14's draft, according to Jay, The Happiest Day of the Year. Sorry we went long, we're still warming up.

Another season is over, another champion. Chicago Beef League in seemingly the 27th year of operation. Congrats to John and his Cambodia Flying Canucks in winning their 8th championship. Makes me realize he's good at this thing. Or a witch. Yea, a witch. One of those two things. Anyway, we discuss the incredibly close matchup and briefly ramble on learnings/takeaways plus a moment on 2026 favorites (not Suneel).

We're leaving togetherBut still it's farewellAnd maybe we'll come backTo Earth, who can tell?I guess there is no one to blameWe're leaving ground (leaving ground)Will things ever be the same againIts the final countdown4 teams went in, 2 came out. Alas, one matchup was so close it came down to the OBP of the last batter of the NYY v BOS matchup. The other matchup wasn't as close but still leads us to a finals where we all think there's some sort of Winnetka Wicken thing going on, and basically David v Goliath. Go David!