He was in fourth place at midseason and stayed there through July and most of August, but Juan Soto’s strong second half and an improving WHIP, thanks to Logan Gilbert, Gavin Williams and others, help him ease up the standings. He moved into first place in the season’s last week.
Vinnie Pasquantino, Jorge Polanco, and Jazz Chisholm Jr. also made meaningful contributions.
This is Chris’s first Tout Wars championship.
Coming out of the draft, Ian Kahn had a slight edge over Andy Andres. Their Draft Day Rosters:
But when all was said and done, after Kahn made five trades and Andres one, Andres won Tout AL with a comfortable margin.
Key players for Andres were Aaron Judge, Cal Raleigh, the fortuitous waiver pickup of Lenyn Sosa, and a pitching staff anchored by Tarik Skubal and Jacob DeGrom. Andres, notably, dumped saves, though he did try to rectify that during waivers all season, to no avail.
This was Andres first Tout Wars title.
With two weeks to go in the season, Trachtman trailed Ray Murphy by nine points, and Adam Ronis by four.
A week later Trachtman and Ronis were tied, one point behind Murphy.
But in the last week, Trachtman gained three points, Murphy lost one, and Ronis lost two, propelling Trachtman to his second Tout Mixed Draft championship. He also won the league in 2023 and was the Tout AL champion in 2016.
Trachtman’s championship was driven by two catchers, Cal Raleigh and Salvador Perez, who hit 90 homers between them, plus another 26 from eligible catcher Ben Rice, fine seasons from Bobby Witt Jr. and Robbie Ray, and a ton of saves from Carlos Estevez, David Bednar, and Jeff Hoffman.
