Read about this week’s next-to-last gasps.
Category: About Tout Wars
Steve Gardner: The Choice Is Yours
USA Today’s Steve Gardner acknowledges that he isn’t always right, and appraises his results and chances in LABR and Tout Wars.
Doubt Wars Mixed! Looking backward.
Top 10Â 12 Most Coveted Tout Wars Mixed Buys
Josh Johnson ($9): Thirteen teams jumped on the Josh Johnson bandwagon for less than a dime, and paid the price. BUST
Salvador Perez ($11): Thirteen teams thought Salvador Perez would beat expectations, but he has slowly risen to meet them. MEH
Ernesto Frieri ($8): Theoretically supplanted out of spring training, nine teams saw in Frieri’s low price and Madson’s fragility the makings of a bargain. Instead they got par support and a little agita. MEH
Julio Teheran ($6): Nine teams said the Tout Price was too low, and have been rewarded solidly by Teheran’s emergence. HIT
Casey Janssen ($7): More closer indecision led to eight teams jumping on Janssen, and scoring big for less. HIT
Jon Lester ($13): Eight teams had a feeling about Lester, call it an itch they weren’t able to scratch. MEH
Emilio Bonifacio ($7): Any of the eight teams in mixed leagues that snatched up this bargain-priced Bonifacio would have bailed long ago, though since his trade to Kansas City he’s run as was hoped and is starting to approach expectations for the year as a whole. BUST MEH
Mike Moustakas ($10): The low batting average last year scared down his Tout Wars price, and those who seized on the fire of his power potential in Doubt Wars got burned. BUST
Paul Konerko ($14): Sometimes a player looks like he’ll never get old, and eight teams see a falling price and buy. In this case, appearances were deceiving. BUST
Alcides Escobar ($7): Inexpensive middle infielders were valued, and eight teams took a chance on Escobar, whose 2012 BA was a big surprise. This year there was a correction. BUST
Domonic Brown ($7): A hot spring was the tip off and eight Doubt Wars teams jumped. While he’s missed time because of injuries, and he started slowly, when he’s been hot he’s been one of the top power hitters in the National League. BIG HIT
Matt Harvey ($8): He was consistently the best pitcher in the National League for the first four months of the season, delighting his eight Doubt Wars Mixed owners. GIANT HIT
Mastersball September 9 FAAB Report
One report, four leagues, lots of Vickrey. Read all about the ups and downs here.
September 2nd Mastersball FAAB Report
This week’s notes on all four Tout leagues’ FAAB buys. Read it here.
Mastersball FAAB report: August 26, 2013
The fellows at Mastersball.com take a look at this week’s FAAB in the four Tout Wars leagues. Read it here.
Spoiling For A Trade in Tout NL.
Brian Walton found himself with too much pitching, and tried to trade for hitting. Then wrote about what happened.
Mastersball FAAB report at the quarter pole
To see who the AL, NL, Mixed Auction and Mixed Draft Tout Warriors picked up for the home stretch, click HERE.