Glenn Colton and his partner, Rick Wolf, have had great success in LABR, and good success in Tout Wars. The Wall Street Journal noticed that Glenn is also a lawyer.
Month: July 2010
Embracing Volatility
Tout AL participant Rob Leibowitz has seen his third place team turn into an eighth place team in just a month, and takes a look at what strategies are available to him (and other fantasy players) to regain ground. This is part of a weekly series of articles
from Mastersball.com about Tout Wars AL, NL and Mixed.
TOUT NL: Midseason Report
Ask Rotoman is here to kick some second half butt. That’s the message the frontrunners in Tout NL, Brian Walton and Nate Ravitz, should take away from this midseason report. They should be afraid, very afraid. Kreutzer isn’t in last place any more.
Granted, this is what happens when an active participant writes the midseason report. Hopped up on a two-week run that netted him something like 20 points, and brought him out of the basement and into the middle of the pack, the so-called Rotoman is psyched up by the reemergence of Lance Berkman, the chance that Aramis Ramirez won’t be a nightmare from here on out, that the heretofore worthless but free spirited Yunel Escobar will be invigorated out from under Bobby Cox’s authoritarian and crushing breath. If all that happens, it won’t be enough.
But the reemergence of Edinson Volquez, who has looked so good during his minor league rehabs, and the continued brilliance of Chris Carpenter and Roy Halladay, could be enough to get this team into running. And speaking of running, what happens if Carlos Beltran actually can run a little? Rotoman’s team gets a lot better, that’s for sure. Continue reading “TOUT NL: Midseason Report”
Midseason Poll Winners
The public has voted…
Tout AL: Jason Grey 62%, Joe Sheehan/Steve Moyer/Jeff Erickson 7% each
Tout NL: Nate Ravitz 37%, Brian Walton 24%, Scott Pianowski 20%
Tout Mix: Andy Behrens 58%, Steve Gardner 13%, Doug Dennis 11%
Good luck fellas!
TOUT Mixed: Midseason Report
GAINING ONE’S BEHRENS
How did Andy Behrens open up a 23 point lead over Doug Dennis and Steve Gardner in Tout Wars Mixed?
1) Three closers (paid for to be sure) earn him all but one point in Saves.
2) A handful of $1 starters have him leading the pack in Wins and ERA, and fourth in WHIP.
3) Classic offensive construction for shallow mixed leagues had him go stars (Adrian Gonzalez, Hanley Ramirez, Jose Reyes, Chase Utley, Kevin Youkilis) and scrubs (no other player cost more than $5).
So, how did he start? Continue reading “TOUT Mixed: Midseason Report”
What kind of idiot…
…would spell Ravitz Ravitch in the poll?
Me. Sorry Nate. I hope I didn’t cost you too many votes.
TOUT AL: Mid Season Report
WHEN BLUE TURNS TO GREY
Then try as you may….
The Rolling Stones wrote a song about losing your girl and thinking, at first, about getting over her quickly and starting to have a great time with other girls, but then… Blue turns to grey, and you have to find her. Love isn’t so easy to put aside, it turns out, even for Jagger and Richards.
Jason Grey takes the same approach to drafting pitchers. You pledge your troth, you start it up, and then you either win, as Jason has done in Tout a couple of times (and is doing so far this year), or you look to mother’s little helper for salvation. Continue reading “TOUT AL: Mid Season Report”
Nick Minnix on Chris Tillman, Who He FAABed in TW Mixed
He explains why here.