CHAMPION CROWNED · 2026 FINAL EDITION · SEPTEMBER 21, 2026
NESBOMB IS THE 2026 SCHLITZING CHAMPION · 387 TO 302.5 · FINAL MARGIN 84.5
★ NESBOMB WINS THE 2026 TITLE 387-302.5 ★ THE FINAL MARGIN IS 84.5 ★ MONDAY'S 80-POINT OPENING PUNCH ACCOUNTED FOR 94.7% OF THE FINAL MARGIN ★ FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE TEAMS WERE SEPARATED BY ONLY 4.5 POINTS ★ NESBOMB WINS HITTING 266-168.5 ★ BUY ME TOYS WINS PITCHING 134-121 ★ BOTH TEAMS USE ALL 63 HITTER GAMES AND ALL 6 SP STARTS ★ NESBOMB'S 387 IS THE HIGHEST CHAMPIONSHIP SCORE IN THE 2022-2026 SAMPLE ★ WAATZOO TAKES THIRD 338.5-294.5 ★
NesBomb Is the 2026 Schlitzing Champion
Won Monday. Defended It For Six Days.
The final score says 387-302.5. The story says 89.5-9.5 on Monday. NesBomb landed an 80-point punch on opening night, then spent the rest of the week refusing to give enough of it back. Buy Me Toys won three of the next five days and made the Finals feel alive again more than once, but the title never escaped the crater that Monday created.
FINAL: NESBOMB 387 · BUY ME TOYS 302.5 · MARGIN 84.5 · 2026 SEASON COMPLETE
🏆 Final Score
#1NesBomb
387
#3Buy Me Toys
302.5
NesBomb wins the 2026 Schlitzing Championship by 84.5
266-168.5Hitting, NesBomb
134-121Pitching, BMT
80Day 1 lead
The Probability Ride
Pregame editorial lean, then the same Finals Monte Carlo used throughout the week, ending where all models eventually end.
NesBomb title probability: 55% pre-Finals to 100% final
The week never became a true coin flip again. BMT's best recovery point came after Wednesday, when the NesBomb share fell to 92.6%. Even after BMT won Saturday and got one last deGrom bullet for Sunday, the model still had NesBomb at 94.1% entering the final day.
The Entire Finals In One Stat: 80 Became 84.5
NesBomb led by 80 after Monday and won the championship by 84.5. From Tuesday through Sunday, NesBomb scored 297.5 and BMT scored 293.0. Six days of lineup choices, pitching caps, comeback runs and Sunday drama moved the championship margin by only 4.5 points. Monday's lead represented 94.7% of the final margin.
80.0NesBomb lead after Monday
4.5NesBomb edge from Tue-Sun
84.5Final championship margin
📈 The Seven-Day Fight
Daily scoring and cumulative championship margin
Green: NesBomb. Red: Buy Me Toys.
109Largest lead of the Finals, after Tuesday. BMT then ripped 44.5 off it on Wednesday.
64.5Closest BMT got after Monday, at the end of Wednesday.
4-3Days won by NesBomb. BMT won Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. NesBomb won Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday.
Day
NesBomb
BMT
Day Edge
NES Cum
BMT Cum
Lead
MON
89.5
9.5
NES +80.0
89.5
9.5
80.0
TUE
68.5
39.5
NES +29.0
158.0
49.0
109.0
WED
36.5
81.0
BMT +44.5
194.5
130.0
64.5
THU
51.0
10.0
NES +41.0
245.5
140.0
105.5
FRI
33.5
55.0
BMT +21.5
279.0
195.0
84.0
SAT
72.0
83.0
BMT +11.0
351.0
278.0
73.0
SUN
36.0
24.5
NES +11.5
387.0
302.5
84.5
💣 The Championship Formula: The Bats
Both teams used the same hitter volume. One lineup simply scored almost 100 more points.
NesBomb Offense
266
Hitting fantasy points
NesBomb won the offensive side 266-168.5, a massive 97.5-point edge. That is larger than the final 84.5-point margin by itself. The title was not a pitching-volume accident. It was an offensive beating.
BMT Won The Mound
+13
BMT pitching advantage
Buy Me Toys actually outscored NesBomb 134-121 in pitching. From Tuesday forward, BMT's pitching advantage was even larger. It simply could not overcome what happened at the plate.
Equal Volume
63 / 6
Hitter games / SP starts, both teams
Both finalists used all 63 hitter games and all six SP starts. BMT also used all five RP appearances. NesBomb used only three relief appearances. There is no meaningful volume excuse hiding in the final score.
🔫 Final Pitching Ledger
The Day 3 ammunition board, closed for the season
NesBomb
SP
123456
6 used / 0 left
RP
12345
3 used / 2 unused
NesBomb maxed the six-start SP bank but never needed to empty the bullpen. The active pitching line still produced 121 points.
Buy Me Toys
SP
123456
6 used / 0 left
RP
12345
5 used / 0 left
BMT emptied both pitching banks and won the mound 134-121. It was a good pitching week. It was not enough.
The cap story ended cleanly: both teams reached six starts. BMT reached all five relief appearances. NesBomb left two RP appearances unused. Despite using two fewer pitcher appearances, NesBomb still finished only 13 pitching points behind because its big starts landed early enough to protect the scoreboard.
42Tarik Skubal's two-start total for NesBomb, including the 35-point Day 1 start that helped create the opening crater.
55Trevor Rogers plus Cam Schlittler on Saturday for BMT. The biggest one-day two-start counterpunch of the Finals.
-3Jacob deGrom's final-day fantasy line. BMT entered Sunday with one last SP bullet and got a negative score.
⚾ The Arms That Shaped The Final
Active fantasy pitching points across the championship week
NesBomb Pitching
Pitcher
Finals FP
T. Skubal
+42
Y. Yamamoto
+35
T. Bradley
+28
J. Hader
+15
M. McGreevy
+5
D. Bednar
+0
D. Cease
-4
Total
121
Buy Me Toys Pitching
Pitcher
Finals FP
S. Imanaga
+31
T. Rogers
+31
C. Schlittler
+24
J. deGrom
+16
N. Martinez
+14
L. Varland
+8
T. Scott
+8
A. Muñoz
+2
Total
134
🔔 Sunday: The Knockout Never Came
NesBomb 36, Buy Me Toys 24.5
No Pitching Needed
36
NesBomb Sunday points
NesBomb entered Sunday with no SP starts left and finished with 36 hitting points and zero pitching points. The offense that carried the week simply made BMT's required 73-point swing even harder.
The Last Bullet Misfired
-3
Jacob deGrom fantasy points
BMT's final clean SP start was Jacob deGrom. Toronto beat Texas 7-2, and deGrom took the loss after 4 1/3 innings, three earned runs and two strikeouts. The fantasy result was -3.
Final Day
+11.5
NesBomb Sunday edge
BMT needed a historic Sunday swing. Instead NesBomb won the day 36-24.5 and stretched the final margin from 73 to 84.5. No photo finish. No tie-break math. Just the trophy.
deGrom's MLB line and Toronto's 7-2 win were checked against MLB.com's September 20 game story.
🛣️ Road To The Trophy
The #1 seed finished the regular season on top, then backed it up in October-style baseball
Regular Season
17-5
#1 seed, 7,757.0 points
NesBomb finished the regular season tied for the league's best record and led the league in total points. The playoff bracket did not create the favorite. It merely gave the favorite a chance to prove it.
Semifinal
422-327
NesBomb over Dougie
The semifinal was not close. NesBomb put up 422, won by 95, and entered the championship having already shown the exact mix of offensive depth and ace-level pitching that would decide the Final.
Championship
387-302.5
NesBomb over Buy Me Toys
The #1 seed completed the run with the highest championship score in the 2022-2026 Finals sample. Regular-season points leader. Semifinal winner by 95. Champion by 84.5.
📚 Where 2026 Lands In Recent Finals History
Championship results, 2022-2026
Year
Champion
Pts
Runner-Up
Pts
Margin
2022
THE ALL CAPS
306.5
Dougie's Going Deep Tonight
305.5
1.0
2023
Papa Roach Motel
361.5
Toilet Babies
354.5
7.0
2024
Dougie Finally Went Deep....
347.5
Hawk Tuah
261.5
86.0
2025
The Boomsticks
382.5
No Talent Ass Clowns
175.5
207.0
2026
NesBomb
387.0
Buy Me Toys
302.5
84.5
387Highest championship-winning score in the 2022-2026 sample, 4.5 points above the 2025 Boomsticks.
84.5Third-largest Finals margin in the five-year sample, barely behind Dougie's 86-point win in 2024.
689.5Combined Finals points. Second-highest in the sample, behind the 716-point 2023 final.
🥉 Third Place: Waatzoo Finishes The Job
Waatzoo 338.5, Dougie 294.5
Waatzoo
338.5
Dougie
294.5
Waatzoo wins third place by 44.0
Dougie entered Sunday with the better remaining SP inventory and scored 50 on the final day. Waatzoo answered with 52.5 and closed the week at 338.5. Bronze secured. No backdoor finish.
Chaz's Final Word, 2026
There will be plenty of time this week for the autopsy, the Schlitzies, the season review, the trades we need to litigate again, and the ridiculous statistics nobody knew they needed. The last TSR of the season gets to be simpler than that. NesBomb was the best regular-season scoring team. NesBomb survived the playoff bracket. NesBomb opened the championship with an 80-point haymaker, watched BMT keep getting off the canvas, and never let the belt leave the building. 387-302.5. NesBomb is the 2026 Schlitzing champion.