Same Strategy, Different Results

Lawr Michaels notices a certain reciprocal nature extending across expert leagues, in the Bed Goes Up, Bed Goes Down column at creativesports.com.

The Tout Wars Winners Predicted

By the Fantasy Sherpa

There was a man sitting in the back of the room during both drafts. He was quiet, didn’t eat any of the reserved cookies, and had a computer (as did most everyone else. It turns out he’s the Fantasy Sherpa (who knew?), and he has calculated the draft stadings based on his projections.

For the NL results, click here. Tristan Cockcroft had a good draft, which the Sherpa accurately reports, but it awards the prize to Nate Ravitz.

For the AL results, click here. He’s got Jason Grey finishing first, with Steve Moyer right behind. You can’t argue with that.

As a player, the value in the Sherpa’s exercise is outside corroboration of some elements of the fight. For me, it is the excess in wins that I (hope to) have, and an indication of the impact of the big bonus another regular player or two would bring me. Leagues are very rarely won on draft day, the saying goes, but they can be lost there.

Now it’s time to play.

Tout Wars on new Fantasy Baseball Canada Blog

NL Tout Warrior Peter Kreutzer publishes She’s Deep, He’s Shallow, which refers to the new Tout Wars relegation rule. The story is featured on the new blog, Fantasy Baseball Canada, on canada.com.