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.
Category: AL
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 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”
Midseason Polls Open!
Look in the right nav for the midseason Tout Wars poll, and pick this year’s winners!
Preseason picks were:
AL: Matt Berry 37%, Jason Grey 14%, Mike Siano 8% (12th, 1st, 4th respectively)
NL: Nate Ravitz 23%, Tristan Cockcroft 19%, Chris Liss 10% (2nd, 9th, 13th)
MIX: Eric Mack 25%, Eric Karabell 22%, Seth Trachtman 12% (12th, 13th, 11th)
Tout AL: Patience Helps Lawr.
2009 Tout AL champ Lawr Michaels found himself in May 70 points out of first place, and counseled patience. Whether it can get him to first again, it has definitely helped not to make rash changes. Read about his upward movement at mastersball.com.
TOUT AL: Shades of Grey
Jason Collette says all is not necessarily darkness in Tout AL, where Jason Grey leads by 19 1/2 points one third of the way through the season.
What’s Not to Like?
As we pass the first month pole, Jason Grey is running away with Tout AL, Tristan Cockcroft and Larry Schechter sit atop Tout NL (with Scott Pianowski, Brian Walton and Phil Hertz within striking distance), while Andy Behrens has a commanding lead in Tout Mixed.
Perry Van Hook is in fourth place in Tout Mixed, and likes his chances of moving up.
The Bed Goes Down
2009 Tout champion Lawr Michaels at mastersball.com on why he isn’t worried about the slow start some of his teams, including Tout AL, are having this year.