Apparently Scott Engel took umbrage with his SiriusXM Fantasy Sports Radio co-host Adam Ronis having two tickets into the FanDuel Tout Daily Championship as Engel is in the driver’s seat for a second ticket of his own. “The King”, as he’s affectionately known in the industry finished atop the field for the second time in Phase 5 of Tout Daily, the final segment before the one-day championship on August 28. Engel took down the first week of the phase and last night repeated the feat, finishing with 66.83 points, comfortably ahead of Scott Pianowksi’s 61.5 total.
Engel and Pianowski were followed by Rudy Gamble, Derek Van Riper, Rob Leibowitz, Tristan Cockcroft, Ray Murphy, Eno Sarris, Andy Behrens and Steve Moyer. All ten ended the evening with a little more in their FanDuel account.
Engel is a healthy 26 points ahead of Gamble for the lead in Phase 5 with Steve Moyer presently occupying the three-hole. The top three finishers will capture the final three spots in the $2000 FanDuel Tout Daily Championship with a cool $1000 going to the winner.
Already entered are Jeff Boggis, Lenny Melnick, Michael Beller, Jeff Erickson, Ray Murphy, Tom Kessenich, Charlie Wiegert, Lawr Michaels, Pianowski and of course Engel with one and Ronis with two.
You can find the leaderboard here.
Engel’s squad was anchored by Jaime Garcia, the most popular pitching choice among the Touts for the week. Garcia tossed 8 1/3rd innings allowing only an unearned run, fanning six while getting the win to total an impressive 18.33 FanDuel points. The top hitters on the week-leading squad were Derek Norris, Adam Jones and Jedd Gyorko who each hit a home run.
Here’s the rest of Scott’s team:
