The Mastersball crew charts and comments on this week’s big moves. Rob Leibowitz goes AL, Brian Walton NL, Zach Steinhorn on Mixed Auction, and Perry Van Hook on Mixed Draft. The big buys were Jimmy Paredes, Addison Russell and John Axford.
Mike Gianella does deep analysis of Tout Wars moves (and LABR, too) over at Baseball Prospectus, including an intriguing digression on Mjölnir, Thor’s hammer in both Norse mythology and Marvel comics.
Ronis also won the Week 3 of Phase 1 contest, edging Tristan Cockcroft, who bounced back after two very soft weeks. You can see all the results right here.
Ronis feasted on Gerrit Cole’s fine game versus Arizona and Anthony Rizzo’s monster game in Cincinnati, and generally good performances across the board.
Cockcroft also rode Rizzo’s mashing, as well as Michael Pineda’s excellent tilt versus the Mets.
After three weeks of Phase 1, no team has finished in the money (Top 10) more than two times.
16 teams have yet to finish in the Top 10 once.
The Top 3 finishers in the four-week Phase 1 will get tickets to the Tout Daily championships on August 28th. Ronis, week 1 winner Scott Pianowski, and Jake Ciely are currently in the top three positions. See the complete leaderboard here.
Here’s Ronis’s winning squad:
Zach Steinhorn details some of the ironies of the early Tout Mixed Auction season.
How are things going in the first week in Tout X? Lawr Michaels checks in.
The first Tout Wars Daily game, hosted by FanDuel, begins this Friday.
So far 32 34 36 Tout Wars members have signed up.
Each (plus any others who sign up tonight) will receive an invitation tomorrow to the Friday game, then pick nine-member teams against a salary cap for Friday play.
We’ll have all the weekly results here, plus analysis of that week’s winner, and the Year to Date Leaderboard, each week all season long at ToutWars.com.
The Touts are playing for $6,000 in prizes this year, plus the chance to be crowned Tout Wars Daily Champion 2015.
Please stay tuned!
If you’ve registered for Doubt Wars you have now been assigned a team. When you log into onRoto.com using the same email address you signed up for Doubt Wars with, your league should show up in your roster of leagues.
League’s are not yet populated, but will be soon.
Sorry, registration is closed! But come play next year.
Please be patient. First the drafts have to be loaded at onRoto, then teams will be assigned to leagues. It may take a couple of days, but there is plenty of time. The season doesn’t start until April 5.
This baseball season, Tout Wars is partnering with FanDuel for a season-long contest open to the touts in all five Tout Wars leagues. Cash prizes are involved. Rules and many more details to follow after Tout Weekend.
In the meantime, sign up to compete against Tout Wars experts Todd Zola and Rotoman in one-day fantasy baseball on FanDuel on Opening Day. It’s just $5 to enter and you can win up to $100. Enter now!
