FAAB Helper: A Lesson

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.

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.