Category: About Tout Wars

Mixed Draft: Touts Talking About Their Teams

Ray Guilfoyle – Mike Podhorzer – Grey Albright (written by Rudy Gamble) –

Others talk too…

Mark “Dr. Roto” Bloom and new RotoExperts weekend host Gregg Sussman talk about Scott Engel‘s team.

Text Transcript: The Tout Mixed Draft Live Blog

Hosted by Jason Collette. This isn’t the prettiest presentation, but it’s easy to search.

[Mar 10 2013, 5:19 PM] toutwars: The live chat will begin at 5:30pm on March 11!
[Mar 10 2013, 6:58 PM] Tim Vermeulen: EST, I presume?
[Mar 10 2013, 9:40 PM] Jason Collette: you presume correctly
[Mar 11 2013, 7:34 PM] Scott Gilroy: Go Tim Mcloud!!
[Mar 11 2013, 9:50 PM] SiberianJay: Tim McLeod’s barmy army are here!
[Mar 11 2013, 9:50 PM] Scott Gilroy: Evening fellas
[Mar 11 2013, 9:50 PM] JeffErickson: Greetings everyone.
[Mar 11 2013, 9:52 PM] Scott Gilroy: Is Sirius Fantasy sports radio covering the draft?
[Mar 11 2013, 9:52 PM] Jason Collette: The radio is covering the 1st 2 hours
[Mar 11 2013, 9:52 PM] JeffErickson: Thanks to all the touts drafting, and everyone hear to check out the results. We hope this league takes off like the three live drafts.
[Mar 11 2013, 9:56 PM] Scott Gilroy: The winner of this league could get a shot at one of the Live auction leagues the next season. Make it a battle to move up
[Mar 11 2013, 9:57 PM] Jason Collette: and with that win comes the costs of travel to NYC 🙂 Continue reading “Text Transcript: The Tout Mixed Draft Live Blog”

Huh, TOUT, What is it good for?

navel-gazing-at-canadaLord Zola and his merry band discuss why there is a LABR and why there is a Tout Wars, and the ways both leagues of so-called experts can better serve their followers. Follow the fun at KFFL.com.

Announcing the new Tout Wars Mixed Draft league!

On March 11th Tout Wars Mixed Draft will launch its inaugural season with an online windshield wiper draft. The league will play with the same rules as Tout Mixed Auction, apart from the method of player acquisition.

Follow the draft here at toutwars.com in the live blog and via live spreadsheet. (Links coming.) And the races all season long on this website and following the links to onRoto.com.

For the roster of excellent owners and the draft order visit the TOUTS Page here at Toutwars.com.

Lord Zola’s Knights Take on Tout Wars Mixed’s New OBP Rule

936full-knights-of-the-round-table-posterThe merry band (and Rotoman) joust about improving the fantasy game, aggressively, passively, or just right, pleasing the average fantasy player, and incorporating better metrics, at KFFL.

Derek Carty says, Not so fast!

Rotoman agrees with Derek, and thinks he’s wrong.

In a group email list among Tout Warriors, a spirited discussion breaks out. Steve Gardner’s story in USA Today does a good job of explaining some of the issues involved.

Rotoman takes a look at what hitters would gain most in value by the change to OBP.

Tristan Cockcroft doesn’t mention Tout Wars, but he does propose changing the roto categories. His idea? 6×6 roto, with OBP and SLG replacing BA, IP and K/9 replacing Strikeouts, and Quality Starts replacing Wins. You can disagree and appreciate his thoughtfulness on the subject.

In a story that may be behind the paywall at Rotowire, Jason Collette looks at the game’s declining Batting Averages in recent years, and the fantasy implications. In the comments a spirited discussion breaks out about the pros and cons of replacing BA with OBP. In sum, lots of support for the idea of it. Some skepticism about the receptiveness of the general fantasy public to the change.