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Rotowire’s Derek VanRiper Explains How He Won Tout Mixed Auction.
Over at Rotowire’s blog.
Good health and good pitching pickups on the waiver wire were a part of it, but to get the full measure check out the full post. His showing of draft prices and season earnings for each roster spot is instructive.
Doubt Wars Mixed: Triplets Win! Triplets Win!
Not only do Bob Russo’s Triplets win the 64-team 2014 Mixed League Doubt Wars contest, they did so scoring 26 points. That’s an average finish in all categories of better than third!
The second-place Watch the Junk!, by contrast, had an average finish of 17th per category. Top Tout Warrior Zach Steinhorn had an average finish of 21st, third best overall.
The Triplets finished first in Runs, RBI, On Base Percentage, Homers, Wins, Strikeouts, ERA and WHIP!
Here are the standings (actual Tout Wars teams are shown in gray):
And how did Bob’s Triplets approach perfection? Almost every player was a hit (click to enlarge):
I wonder how Bob did in his regular leagues?
Doubt Wars AL: The Final Standings
Rick Wolf and Glenn Colton had a year for the ages. They crushed the Doubt Wars competition again this year, as they did in 2013, too. Only this time they also won Tout Wars. Very impressive performances for the boys from Fantasy Alarm.
On the civilian side, the Ohio Wolverines edged Freedman’s Bureau for the top spot. Here are the full standings (gray teams are actual Tout Wars draft day stats).
The Ohio Wolverines winning roster (click to enlarge):
Doubt Wars NL: The Final Standings!
OY! The original post screwed up the Tout Wars draft data. The chart below is corrected and represents the official final standings.
Tristan Cockcroft, for the second year in a row, wins the race among Touts in Doubt Wars, but didn’t finish with the best draft day roster when only Tout Wars teams are considered.
The 3repeaters and Rotorooters finished well ahead of the rest of the civilian pack.
Here are the final results (actual Tout Wars teams have a gray background):
Here’s a look at the 3peaters roster (click to enlarge):
Notably, Derek Carty’s Tout Wars team finished better than his Doubt Wars team, while Rotoman’s Doubt Wars team finished better than his Tout Wars team (no doubt because he didn’t take Edwin Jackson in Doubt).
The rest of the Doubt Wars results, plus complete standings details, will come soon.
The Tout Wars Leaderboard is Updated!
NOTE: The link has been fixed.
The Top 5 All Time Tout Wars Earners (based on $100 entries divided among top teams each season):
Larry Schechter $2,920
Fred Zinkie $1,632
Mike Lombardo $1,579
Jason Grey $1,380
Tristan Cockcroft $1,253
Top 5 Earners since 2010:
Fred Zinkie $1,632
Tristan Cockcroft $1,553
Larry Schechter $1,420
Steve Gardner $736
Jason Grey $600
See all the results at The Tout Wars Leader Board.
Tout Wars Records Fall
In Tout Mixed Draft, which is in only its second year, Perry Van Hook set a new record for RBI (987), impressive in a down year. Perry also set a new record for Stolen Bases, with 211. Scott Engel set new records for Strikeouts (1448) and WHIP (1.131), while champ Tim McLeod set a record for the lowest ERA (3.166).
In Tout Mixed Auction, champ Derek Van Riper set a new record for OBP, with 3.523, and Strikeouts, with 1439. Ray Guilfoyle set records for ERA (2.696) and WHIP (1.106), and Ray Flowers rounded out the rewriting of the pitching record books with a record for Saves, with 135.
in Tout NL, Steve Gardner established the first record for On Base Percentage, with a .3386 record. Phil Hertz set a new record low for WHIP, with 1.131.
In Tout AL, Glenn Colton and Rick Wolf’s team set a new record for high points on the season, with 106, as well as the first On Base Percentage record (.3334), and new marks for ERA (2.96) and WHIP (1.161).
Tout Wars National League Champ: Tristan Cockcroft
Again! Tristan takes the title for the third season in a row!