2011 TOUT NL Hypothetical Standings
Category: Draft Results
The 2011 TOUT AL Hypothetical Standings
I first came upon Hypothetical Standings in the legendary reports of stat service pioneer Jerry Heath. The idea is simple: Compute the standings based on the Draft Day rosters of teams, using the actual stats they accumulated this year to see just how much of their success or failure came via the draft, and concomitantly how well their inseason moves helped their chances.
These draft day rosters don’t tell you why the teams that did poorly failed. It could have been injuries or buying Adam Dunn. The point is that these are the teams each owner bought in the auction, and how they would have ended up in a Draft and Hold league.
Tout Wars Mixed Draft Analysis Part 2, by the Sporting Hippeaux
For Gene McCaffrey, Reasons to be Cheerful Part 3.
Tout Wars Mixed Draft Analysis Part 2.
It makes one wonder, Sporting Hippeaux, where’s Part 1? Here it is. Tout Wars Mixed Draft Analysis Part 1.
Hey, Ian Dury, where’s Parts 1 and 2?
Tout Warriors Toot About Their Teams
AL: Mastersball/Zola | MLB.com | Rotowire | Mastersball/Lawr | ESPN (Audio, 10+ mins in) | Baseball Prospectus (subscribers) | BaseballHQ | Rotoworld
NL: MLB.com | Askrotoman | Rotowire | Yahoo | Rotothinktank | USA Today | Mastersball | ESPN (Audio, 10+ mins in) | FantasyPros911
Mix: Yahoo | fantasybaseball.com | Hardball Times | FantasybaseballSherpa | Si.com | MLB.com | Rotoexperts | Wall Street Journal | KFFL/Heaney | KFFL/Minnix
The perspectives of others
Tout vet Mike Salfino looks at how Yankee and Met players fared for wsj.com
Enjoy some photos from the drafts
This year’s Tout NL spreadsheet keeper John Toczydlowski shares some thoughts about Tout Weekend.
The crew at MLB.com made a video.
Eric Mack wishes he’d followed his own draft advice at Tout Wars.
TOUT NL DRAFT: Done!
See the draft spreadsheet here.
Click the console below for a replay of the the live blog.
TOUT MIXED Draft Live Blog, 3pm here: IT’S OVER!
The live blog is done. Click the console below to relive the auction with Jason Collette and a cast of many. The final spreadsheet with the draft’s full results is here.
Live Spreadsheet Here.
Tout AL: Jason Collette’s Draft Day Accounting
In this story for RotoTimes, Jason Collette takes inventory on how each Tout AL team’s draft day roster has performed.
This approach has the virtue of isolating what it was that teams did right (and wrong) on draft day, whether these things were in their control or not.
Most interestingly, only Jason Grey’s runaway leading team has posted a positive value since draft day, and that is just +$2.
Also of interest is the big draft day hit Mike Siano’s team has taken, in large part by paying $29 for Grady Sizemore on draft day. But, as Jason points out, Mike dealt Sizemore to Jeff Erickson the day before Sizemore crashed and burned for the season (for Cliff Lee–ouch), so it was Erickson who who paid most of the price. That doesn’t show in these numbers.
There are a lot of components to a fantasy baseball season. Draft day is one part. Jason’s survey gives some idea how important a good draft is to fielding a winning team. And how tough it is to overcome cataclysmic injury, unless you’re Mike Siano.