Last week in NL Tout Scott Pianowski, for his good hit-no pitch team, sought offers for his main stud, Ryan Braun. His requirements, an ace pitcher and an everyday hitter, were stringent, and few made offers.
This week Scott tells all, but doesn’t address the elephant in the room: Can anyone catch Brian Walton without making a bold pivot?
…he didn’t put in a speculative claim Dee Gordon for buck. Read it at Mastersball.com. It was last Sunday, just seven days ago.
Despite the gaffe Walton increased his lead in Tout NL this week, and may have seeded even more success down the road.
All the top prospects in the NL are already rostered, he notes in an article at KFFL.com, and many teams have lots of FAAB left. This doesn’t leave much room for maneuvering.
Rob Leibowitz writes in support of an innovative Tout Wars rule allowing teams to FAAB minor leaguers during the season. Does it give hope to teams who get off to a slow start?
Baseballprospectus.com’s Jason Collette survey’s this week’s Tout Wars claims.
Close the polls, the fans have spoken. They declare that Nate Ravitz (NL) and Andy Behrens (Mix) will repeat, and Matt Berry (AL) will win his first Tout Wars title this year. But what do the numbers say?
onRoto.com is using BaseballHQ.com’s inseason projections this year, and so we can see how the teams are slated to finish by the numbers:
The envelope says… The AL winner is Larry Schechter. The NL winner is Scott Pianowski. The Mixed winner is BaseballHQ.com’s own Paul Petera. Follow the links to see pdfs of the projected final standings.
This is the first one. It covers LABR, too, which is Steve’s league.
Another source of roster and move analysis can’t be bad. Go Steve!
