Jason Collette says all is not necessarily darkness in Tout AL, where Jason Grey leads by 19 1/2 points one third of the way through the season.
Category: About Tout Wars
Mike Gianella concedes Tout NL title, almost
Despite a strong push out of the basement, thanks to the revival of Alfonso Soriano and Hanley Ramirez, Mike doesn’t think he has enough horses to win Tout NL. He’ll surely be happy to be wrong, too.
What’s Not to Like?
As we pass the first month pole, Jason Grey is running away with Tout AL, Tristan Cockcroft and Larry Schechter sit atop Tout NL (with Scott Pianowski, Brian Walton and Phil Hertz within striking distance), while Andy Behrens has a commanding lead in Tout Mixed.
Perry Van Hook is in fourth place in Tout Mixed, and likes his chances of moving up.
Tout NL Trade: Zola and Hertz
The picture is of Ike Davis, because Phil Hertz opened a slot on his active roster for Davis on April 26 by trading Marlins first baseman Gaby Sanchez and Arizona outfielder Chris Young to Todd Zola for a pair of Ryans: Cubs pitcher Dempster and Pirates outfielder Church.
“And with that, Phil Hertz begins the Ike Davis era,” said Larry Schechter.
“I prefer to look at it as the end of the Micah Hoffpauir era myself :(” said Todd Zola.
Tout Mixed: Blockbuster Deal
Eric Mack, Dave Gonos and Nando DiFino have pulled off a three-way deal involving nine players and a little bit of FAAB. Eric Mack invites you to vote on which side of the deal you like at CBSSports.com.
Matt Berry on Nate Ravitz’s Tout NL Team…
Some thoughts about SABR and Tout Wars
Mike Lynch of Seamheads.com interviews Brian Walton, Eric Karabell, Cory Schwartz, and Peter Kreutzer about The SABR Trophy and their Tout Wars teams.
LINKS: The Tout Draft Wrapup
Here are some of the writings by Tout Warriors about their teams:
Live From New York, It’s Perry Van Hook’s Mixed Draft Recap at fantasybaseball.com.
Eric Mack’s Mixed Draft Recap.
Eric Karabell’s mixed league draft recap is available to ESPN Insiders.
JP Kastner’s mixed league team and his analysis of his team.
Jason Collette’s AL League Team, and the story behind it.
Derek Carty writes about his mixed league team. He also write about the players he has on multiple teams in multiple leagues this year.
Steve Gardner writes about the players he has on at least a couple of his teams this year, including Tout Mixed.
Dave Gonos explains about his Tout mixed pitchers and hitters.
Scott Pianowski writes about his NL Tout Team.
Andy Behrens’ Tout mixed team pushed limits. You go Andy!.
Cory Schwartz writes about his NL Tout team.
Rob Leibowitz writes about his Tout AL team
Tout rookie Mike Gianella writes about his Tout NL team.