There was drafting:
Tout AL
Tout AL
Tout AL
Tout NL
Tout NL
And folks wrote and talked about their auctions (the completed draft sheets are here):
TOUT NL: Kreutzer |
There was drafting:
Tout AL
Tout AL
Tout AL
Tout NL
Tout NL
And folks wrote and talked about their auctions (the completed draft sheets are here):
TOUT NL: Kreutzer |
The festivities kick off Saturday at 9 AM EDT, with Tout AL.
Doug Dennis will be going for his third consecutive AL title. Will he draft a starter this time?
Tout Wars Mixed Auction follows at 2 PM EDT.
Bret Sayre edged Justin Mason last year. They’re both back ready to rumble this year.
Sunday morning at 9 AM EDT Tout NL gets underway.
Derek Carty won handily last year. Eleven teams have him in their sites.
Sunday morning at 10 AM EDT Tout H2H will start it’s auction.
Greg Jewett beat the sitting champ Frank Stampfl in last year’s finals.
You can follow along with the live Google Sheet, here’s the link. If your auction isn’t showing, check the tabs!
SiriusXM will be covering the AL, Mixed Auc, and NL auctions live.
Jason Collette and Tim McLead will be hosting watch parties for the AL, Mixed Auction, and NL auctions on Playback.TV/toutwars. It’s our TW room for you to chat with Tim and/or Jason, talk about how things are going, and pick minds about his year’s expert drafts. Register at Playback.TV to participate in the chat, or click the link to watch (no signup necessary) and listen.
Matt Deutsch will be hosting Watch Party! for the H2H auction on Sunday morning. Click this link to either add the app to your phone or tablet, or if you already have the app the link will take you to our H2H watch party, where you can answer questions about the auction and its participants, gain points, and perhaps win a prize of fantasy baseball information, including Rotoman’s Fantasy Baseball Guide 2024.
The Tout Weekend Party will be Saturday night, from 8pm to 11pm, at Dave and Busters, at 234 42nd Street on the 3rd floor. This year’s Zen and Now award winner will be announced. There will be a buffet for the touts and guests may order off the menu. There will also be a cash bar.
The draft is over but you can still join in. Here’s the order:
1.Seth Trachtman
2. Ryan Bloomfield (and Brian Entrekin) hosted a live stream of the draft on YouTube
3. Adam Ronis
4. D. J. Short
5. Mike Gianella
6. Brian Entrekin
7. Shelly Verougstraete
8. Ray Murphy (and Anthony Aniano, Jason Collette, Todd Zola, and Tim McLeod live stream commentary on the draft on Playback.TV.
9. Dr. Roto
10. Tim McLeod
11. Anthony Aniano
12. Kyle Soppe
13. Garion Thorne
14. Rudy Gamble
15. Scott White
You can follow the draft board at Fantrax. Here’s the link.
SiriusXM will be carrying the draft live on their fantasy sports channel.
And something new this year. Jason Collette will be hosting a Watch Party at playback.tv/toutwars. It’s free and if you register you’ll have access to the chatroom and video stream, where Jason will comment on selections and chat with touts in the draft room and you. Catch the Playback.tv watch party stream here.
Tim McLeod is hosting a watching party for today’s Tout Wars Mixed Draft SOLDS, the league that uses Saves+Holds and Innings Pitched as categories (replacing Saves and Wins).
Join Tim at playback.tv/toutwars at Noon PM Eastern Time. Register at playback.tv to use the chatroom.
You can still watch and listen if you don’t register, but registering allows you to comment.
The league expands this year to 15 teams. The participants, in pick order:
1 | Matt Trussell | Razzball | |
2 | Sara Sanchez | bleedcubbieblue.com | |
3 | Chris Towers | CBS Fantasy | |
4 | Jeff Boggis | Fantasy Football Empire | |
5 | Chris Clegg | Pitcher List | |
6 | Zach Steinhorn | Steinhorn’s Universe on Substack | |
7 | Carlos Marcano | Triple Play Fantasy | |
8 | John Laghezza | The Athletic | |
9 | Derek VanRiper | The Athletic | |
10 | Joe Orrico | Sports Ethos, Fantasy Pros | Tout Rookie |
11 | Ray Flowers | Fantasy Guru | |
12 | Matt Cederholm | Baseball HQ | Tout Rookie |
13 | Ryan Boyer | Rotowire, Baseball Prospectus | Tout Rookie |
14 | Geoff Pontes | Baseball America | |
15 | C.J. Kaltenbach | Fantasy Guru |
You can also follow along on the SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Network.
The first of seven Tout Wars leagues gets underway on Tuesday February 20 at 1 PM with defending champion Alan Harrison making the first pick. There will be 749 more in the 15-team, 50 roster spot Draft and Hold League.
You can follow along HERE.
Here is the draft order.
1. Alan Harrison
2. Fred Zinkie
3. James Anderson
4. Matt Williams
5. Eric Cross
6. Chris Welsh
7. Vlad Sedler
8. Michael Stein
9. Anthony Perri
10. Jorge Montanez
11. Kyle Elfrink
12. Corbin Young
13. Paul Sporer
14. Mike Alexander
15. Dan Strafford
The AL Champion: Doug Dennis
This is Doug’s second AL Championship in a row.
Doug’s and other BaseballHQ insights about Tout Wars can be read here. Mike Podhorzer wonders how he finished third!
The NL Champion: Derek Carty
Peter Kreutzer wrote a little about his season and showed some numbers explaining why Carty won. Read it here.
The Mixed Auction Champion: Bret Sayre
Bret wrote about his team winning. Read it here. Zach Steinhorn wrote about his season here.
The Mixed Draft 15 Champion: Seth Trachtman
Mike Gianella wrote about his season here.
The Head to Head Champion: Greg Jewett
Greg wrote about his winning team at Reliever Recon. Read it here.
The Draft and Hold Champion: Alan Harrison
The Mixed Draft 12 Champion: Andy Behrens
The Tout Daily Champion: Brian Entrekin
You can read recaps of how teams thought they did right after the drafts by following the links on this recap page.
We made it! This is the final FAAB run of the 2023 season. Thank you for checking out the reports throughout the year.
See you in March!
Remember, you can see the standings, rosters and all the moves for each league by clicking on the jump link magically inserted under each league header.
Player | Team | Bid |
TKahnle, NYY | Doug Dennis | 23 |
MPerez, Tex | Jeff Erickson | 10 |
JCaminero, TB | Jason Collette | 3 |
CBethancourt, TB | Patrick Davitt | 2 |
TJankowski, Tex | Eric Samulski | 0 |
JJung, Tex | Mike Podhorzer | 0 |
TLarnach, Min | Mike Podhorzer | 0 |
MStefanic, LAA | Andy Andres | 0 |
TMay, Oak | Rob Leibowitz | 0 |
CGreen, Tor | Andy Andres | 0 |
TNevin, Det | Andy Andres | 0 |
Player | Team | Bid |
MWaldron, SD | Steve Gardner | 9 |
JCuas, ChC | Todd Zola | 9 |
JBerti, Mia | Ian Kahn | 8 |
TKinley, Col | Brian Walton | 7 |
CPriester, Pit | Ian Kahn | 4 |
MLuciano, SF | Ian Kahn | 4 |
JHoffman, Phi | Erik Halterman | 2 |
MMoore, Mia | Erik Halterman | 2 |
JTriolo, Pit | Phil Hertz | 2 |
ABarnes, LAD | Derek Carty | 0 |
CAnderson, Col | Phil Hertz | 0 |
GPerdomo, Ari | Derek Carty | 0 |
Player | Team | Bid |
JLeclerc, Tex | Bret Sayre | 51 |
BDoyle, Col | Scott Chu | 45 |
JAdell, LAA | Justin Mason | 20 |
JGray, Tex | Brent Hershey | 15 |
CBiggio, Tor | Scott Swanay | 13 |
SBieber, Cle | Kev Mahserejian | 10 |
KFarmer, Min | Scott Chu | 10 |
JDonaldson, Mil | Justin Mason | 10 |
JMerryweather, ChC | Justin Mason | 10 |
JMcArthur, KC | Justin Mason | 5 |
MStrahm, Phi | Bret Sayre | 2 |
APuk, Mia | Scott Swanay | 1 |
JHoffman, Phi | Scott Swanay | 1 |
GHampson, Mia | Scott Swanay | 1 |
Player | Team | Bid |
JMcArthur, KC | AJ Mass | 300 |
CBiggio, Tor | AJ Mass | 70 |
NVelazquez, KC | Adam Ronis | 18 |
CPhillips, Cin | Mike Gianella | 8 |
AKnizner, StL | Ryan Bloomfield | 6 |
JCaminero, TB | Scott White | 4 |
MMargot, TB | AJ Mass | 1 |
Player | Team | Bid |
RJeffers, Min | Frank Stampfl | 1 |
AOttavino, NYM | Frank Stampfl | 1 |
AChapman, Tex | Frank Stampfl | 1 |
BRodgers, Col | Greg Jewett | 4 |
JAdell, LAA | Greg Jewett | 4 |
AZerpa, KC | Greg Jewett | 4 |
TMegill, NYM | Greg Jewett | 4 |
JMcArthur, KC | Greg Jewett | 4 |
ROHearn, Bal | Greg Jewett | 4 |
Player | Team | Bid |
OPeraza, NYY | Dylan White | 42 |
LTaveras, Tex | Dylan White | 41 |
MRojas, LAD | Dylan White | 35 |
EFlorial, NYY | Dylan White | 31 |
AHouser, Mil | Brian Entrekin | 6 |
AMarsh, KC | Brian Entrekin | 6 |
JAlvarado, Phi | Dylan White | 3 |
AOttavino, NYM | Dylan White | 3 |
KFarmer, Min | Brian Entrekin | 2 |
KFinnegan, Was | Matt Trussell | 0 |
BRooker, Oak | Brian Entrekin | 0 |
TTaylor, Mil | Brian Entrekin | 0 |
JYoung, Was | Andy Behrens | 0 |
MWaldron, SD | Andy Behrens | 0 |
CPhillips, Cin | Andy Behrens | 0 |
And then there were two. This is the penultimate FAB run. This week’s inventory is a mix of young players and previously dropped players hoping to finish their season strong.
Remember, you can see the standings, rosters and all the moves for each league by clicking on the jump link magically inserted under each league header.
Player | Team | Bid |
JWalsh, LAA | Rick Wolf/Glenn Colton | 77 |
SGipsonLong, Det | Eric Samulski | 60 |
BDalbec, Bos | Jason Collette | 22 |
EduEscobar, LAA | Larry Schechter | 16 |
EFlorial, NYY | Eric Samulski | 9 |
BPhillips, LAA | Jason Collette | 7 |
SHorwitz, Tor | Patrick Davitt | 1 |
KFarmer, Min | Eric Samulski | 1 |
NPivetta, Bos | Andy Andres | 0 |
TClarke, KC | Mike Podhorzer | 0 |
LVarland, Min | Mike Podhorzer | 0 |
TKemp, Oak | Andy Andres | 0 |
JAdams, LAA | Mike Podhorzer | 0 |
Player | Team | Bid |
JDonaldson, Mil | Ian Kahn | 21 |
JCueto, Mia | Ian Kahn | 21 |
MConforto, SF | Erik Halterman | 16 |
JProfar, SD | Ian Kahn | 16 |
PCrowArmstrong, ChC | Brian Walton | 6 |
JLucchesi, NYM | Tristan H. Cockcroft | 5 |
JRutledge, Was | Brian Walton | 2 |
DSmyly, ChC | Phil Hertz | 2 |
MLeiter, ChC | Peter Kreutzer | 0 |
ANardi, Mia | Peter Kreutzer | 0 |
APuk, Mia | Peter Kreutzer | 0 |
ERivera, Ari | Peter Kreutzer | 0 |
AVesia, LAD | Derek Carty | 0 |
PJohnson, Atl | Derek Carty | 0 |
Player | Team | Bid |
ERuiz, Oak | Scott Chu | 105 |
BOber, Min | Kev Mahserejian | 60 |
BNaylor, Cle | Scott Swanay | 56 |
CRafaela, Bos | Scott Chu | 35 |
SLangeliers, Oak | Scott Chu | 30 |
WAbreu, Bos | Kev Mahserejian | 21 |
AHicks, Bal | Bret Sayre | 21 |
SGipsonLong, Det | Jeff Zimmerman | 13 |
EMontero, Col | Brent Hershey | 8 |
RStephenson, TB | Bret Sayre | 6 |
LGarcia, Was | Justin Mason | 5 |
MVierling, Det | Scott Swanay | 3 |
CQuantrill, Cle | Nick Pollack | 3 |
Player | Team | Bid |
SGipsonLong, Det | Shelly Verougstraete | 98 |
KBryant, Col | Adam Ronis | 48 |
JMerryweather, ChC | Adam Ronis | 36 |
JTaillon, ChC | Ryan Bloomfield | 19 |
EMontero, Col | Adam Ronis | 12 |
TKinley, Col | Tim McLeod | 8 |
PBlackburn, Oak | Seth Trachtman | 6 |
ECarter, Tex | Scott White | 6 |
CRafaela, Bos | Scott White | 4 |
AHicks, Bal | Seth Trachtman | 3 |
JHeyward, LAD | Shelly Verougstraete | 2 |
KGibson, Bal | Scott White | 2 |
YMoncada, CWS | Scott White | 2 |
WAbreu, Bos | Scott White | 2 |
JLucchesi, NYM | Mike Gianella | 1 |
CQuantrill, Cle | Tim McLeod | 0 |
Player | Team | Bid |
PBlackburn, Oak | Ariel Cohen | 40 |
TBradley, TB | Ariel Cohen | 35 |
SGipsonLong, Det | Greg Jewett | 16 |
JMerryweather, ChC | Greg Jewett | 9 |
CHolmes, NYY | Frank Stampfl | 6 |
LCampusano, SD | Greg Jewett | 4 |
JButto, NYM | Frank Stampfl | 3 |
RMauricio, NYM | Frank Stampfl | 2 |
RGrossman, Tex | Greg Jewett | 2 |
ECarter, Tex | Frank Stampfl | 1 |
Player | Team | Bid |
MKing, NYY | Sara Sanchez | 14 |
EJulien, Min | Sara Sanchez | 14 |
JHeyward, LAD | Sara Sanchez | 12 |
JMeans, Bal | Dylan White | 4 |
MVierling, Det | Dylan White | 3 |
HKjerstad, Bal | Matt Trussell | 1 |
JAssad, ChC | Matt Trussell | 0 |
AWainwright, StL | Dylan White | 0 |
JAdon, Was | Dylan White | 0 |
CPoche, TB | Andy Behrens | 0 |