FanDuel standout competes against baseball’s best

Aug. 28, 2019

Sioux Falls fantasy sports star player Kristi Metzger tested her skills against the best competitors in fantasy baseball over the weekend  and showed she belongs right up there with them.

In her first live tournament, Metzger finished eighth out of 125 entries.

She qualified for the trip to San Diego based on her strong performances earlier this season with FanDuel.

“I was actually in the top 10 the entire night, and I was in second place quite a bit,” she said. “I was very happy with a top 10 finish, for sure. I talked to a lot of the pros and other people there, and they said it’s unreal that I finished eighth my first time, so I was very happy.”

Metzger brought her brother Tyson Metzger, a fellow fantasy sports fan, with her. She was one of two women in the competition.

“A lot of the participants came up to me and said they wanted to meet me, as they had seen I had been really successful. They wanted to know what my research and process looked like,” she said.

She also got to meet the player who beat her out for a $1 million NFL fantasy prize late last year after a statistical correction.

“He is a professional and has his own company that compiles research for fantasy sports,” Metzger said.

“The FanDuel people were really great, and they made it a first-class experience for sure.  All in all, it was the most memorable experience I have ever had!  It’s been an incredible year.”

Metzger is far from done with fantasy sports competition, though. She’s now switching gears to football and getting busy with her NFL research.

“I pretty much have a list compiled of my top 150 players for football to use in my season-long drafts,” she said. “I hadn’t thought too much about football until this week, but I’m definitely getting excited as this is the sport that really got me started in the fantasy sports area.”

Fantasy sports queen: Sioux Falls woman ranks among the game’s best players

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FanDuel standout competes against baseball’s best

Sioux Falls fantasy sports star player Kristi Metzger tested her skills against the best players in fantasy baseball over the weekend – and showed she belongs right up there with them.

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