Tout NL’s and Mastersball’s Brian Walton says you can buy early with FAAB or hope to FAAB well later, or you can stretch your FAAB budget targeting injured guys. Read all about it here.
Category: FAAB
The Dark Arts: Handling Biogenesis, Injuries and the Trading Deadline
Steve Gardner’s latest in Sports Weekly looks at uncertainty and our fantasy fascination with it, with a little Tout Wars twist.
Mastersball FAAB Report: Trading Deadline Part 1 Edition
The AL acquired a couple of impact players, and the Tout Warriors were willing to spend on them. Read all about it here.
Maybe next week the NL will join in.
TOUT NL Trade (and more): Hertz So Good.
Phil Hertz made another trade this week, swapping Julio Teheran to league leader Tristan Cockcroft for $24 FAAB (after which Tristan still had more FAAB than anyone). But before that deal Phil wrote about his flurry of pitching trades in USA Today. You can read that here.
The July 22 Mastersball FAAB Report
Read about all the goings on at mastersball.com.
The big news in the NL was that Tristan Cockcroft redeemed Ben Revere (out for season) and BJ Upton (out for a week more) last week, giving him a huge FAAB advantage over everyone else. There’s a good chance Upton will be the first or second most valuable hitting addition in the NL this month, so the money flew.
the Mastersball FAAB Report: All Star Break Edition
This week’s theme: Picking up DL and minor league pitchers during the short week.
Mastersball July 8 Tout FAAB Analysis
Find coverage of all four leagues right here.
July 1 FAAB Report!
From Mastersball, covering all four Tout Wars Leagues. Thanks Mastersball.