A second FAAB run, three days after the last, but there is still action, especially for a man named Pomeranz. Todd Zola and his henchmen at Mastersball have comments on five leagues.
The top two Tout Daily teams last night rostered Stephen Strasburg and Thomas Pham, and when the two players combined for 32 points those teams gained an edge. (Only Hector Santiago (18) and Chris Taylor (18) scored more points on the night, and no team owned them both.)
But after that the two leaders went about accumulating points in different ways.
Winner Jeff Erickson also got strong contributions from Paul Goldschmidt, Randal Grichuk, Stephen Piscotty, and Jonathan Villar. Of this group only Piscotty was owned by more than 5 percent of RTSports.com teams last night.
Jeff also had no players who scored a zero, and got double-digit points from the night’s most expensive pitcher, Madison Bumgarner, even though he failed to win his game.
The second place finisher, Eno Sarris, did get a win from his second pitcher. But Carlos Carrasco only scored .66 more points than Bumgarner.
Sarris also suffered from a no-point night oh-fer from Travis d’Arnaud, but still finished a solid second because of strong performances by Yasiel Puig, Travis Shaw, Howie Kendrick, and Addison Russell. Only Kendrick was owned by more than two percent of RTSports.com owners.
The rest of the night’s results sent the Period 4 competition topsy turvy, as only Todd Zola and Bret Sayre repeated in the Top 10 from the previous week.
Zola, the only player to finish in the Top 10 all three weeks so far, has a huge lead on the whole field, leading Erickson by 16 points and ahead of the rest of the pack by 23. You can see the whole leaderboard here.
While anything can happen, the final week of Period 4 looks to be a battle among Zola, Erickson, and Mike Gianella, Howard Bender, Eno Sarris, Tom Kessenich, Brian Walton and Derek VanRiper for the three Golden Tickets.
Of that group only Jeff Erickson and Brian Walton already have tickets into the Tout Daily Finals, on August 26th. Check back next Friday to ToutWars.com for the Tout’s picks for that night, and Saturday morning for the Period 4 final results.
Mike Gianella’s FAAB Notes at Baseball Prospectus are up. They’re presently behind the paywall, but they’re usually available for everyone. I’ll let him know and we can hope they’ll be available later.
The fellas over at Mastersball survey the week’s moves in five leagues, and live to tell about it. Big purchases? Tim Anderson, Danny Duffy, Carlos Estevez, James Paxton, Matt Garza, Daniel Mengden, Zack Godley. Plus a Tout AL blockbuster trade involving first division teams. Teams are making their moves.
Mike Gianella covers Tout AL and Tout NL moves, with some commentary about mixed pricing, too, over at Baseball Prospectus.
Mike Gianella takes a whistle-stop tour through Tout AL and NL FAAB transactions this week, with a sidetrack to LABR mixed. Welcome to the five and dime, Pat Dean! Pat Dean!
RE: AL Tout – I was surprised at how pricey the early hitters were. I was also surprised at how many young and talented arms went in the single digits.
Saturday March 19, 2016 3:14 Craig in Chi
Jason Collette:
Pricing is typically high out of the gate in all of these drafts. The younger pitchers have as much upside as they do risks, but Tiers 1 & 2 went high so that deflated prices downstream
Jason Collette
3:16
Jason Collette:
and we’re off!
Saturday March 19, 2016 3:16 Jason Collette
3:17
Jason Collette:
defending champ opens up the draft by offering a trade. Kershaw goes for $38 to DVR which is the same price he went for in NL LABR. Then, we get crickets on Andre Ethier at $2 to the mixed newbie Bret Sayre
Saturday March 19, 2016 3:17 Jason Collette
3:17
Jason Collette:
track the closer market: Ramos $12 to Swanay
Saturday March 19, 2016 3:17 Jason Collette
3:18
Jason Collette:
DVR buys Goldschmidt for $47 — he won this league 2 years ago rostering Kershaw, Goldy & Trout. He’s trying it again but gave up on Harper when Scott Engel went to $48
Saturday March 19, 2016 3:18 Jason Collette
3:19
Jason Collette:
AL Cy Young winner Carlos Carrasco goes for $22 to Tim Heheheheaney
Buster Moves Posey $30 to Al Melchior. Yes, the auction is going this quickly. Erickson is the Kevin Kiermaier of auctioneers. DVR doubles down with pitchers and gets Scherzer for $38 giving him both Kershaw and Scherzer. Trout goes to Sayre for $46
Why, beside Jonah’s adoration, did you have T Walker targeted? (maybe repost the Periscope link, too)
Saturday March 19, 2016 4:00 Craig in Chi
Jason Collette:
Walker has fewer than 250 innings at the big league level and has been rushed up & yo-yoed. He’s adding a 2-seamer & re-working his changeup and I liked what I saw of him last year. I believe I got Jonah on board with TW late last year
Jason Collette
4:00
Jason Collette:
Cody Allen at $14 to Zinkie (again, deal) and Odor goes $18
Big Fowler fan in OBP leagues. At the top of that lineup. $14 #ToutWars
Saturday March 19, 2016 5:07 Brent Hershey
Jason Collette:
I said $9…I had it wrong
Jason Collette
5:07
[Comment From Craig in ChiCraig in Chi: ]
RE; Boxberger. Maybe there will come a day when we’ll play Fantasy MD. Like a new Ulnar is 2 points. A shoulder is 5 points. etc. James Andrews would be the Mike Trout.
The Sox OF looks way better with Eaton at a corner position.
Saturday March 19, 2016 5:10 Craig in Chi
Jason Collette:
yea, he’s not a CF but his arm is LF material. Will Smith $4 — like that a lot
Jason Collette
5:10
Jason Collette:
Wieters $7
Saturday March 19, 2016 5:10 Jason Collette
5:11
Jason Collette:
Kemp $16
Saturday March 19, 2016 5:11 Jason Collette
5:11
[Comment From Craig in ChiCraig in Chi: ]
Al knows pitching.
Saturday March 19, 2016 5:11 Craig in Chi
5:12
Jason Collette:
Yelich $21. I know it’s an OBP league, but all of those grounders and oppo hits aren’t becoming homers . Doolittle goes $6
Saturday March 19, 2016 5:12 Jason Collette
5:12
[Comment From Craig in ChiCraig in Chi: ]
Yelich or Polanco?
Saturday March 19, 2016 5:12 Craig in Chi
Jason Collette:
at their prices? Polanco
Jason Collette
5:14
Jason Collette:
Flowers gets Betances for $7 as predicted earlier. He did it in AL, but spending $17 on 2 relievers to get a solid starter of production isn’t as necessary in a mixed league IMO
McHugh for $4? I knew there would be a lot of value to be had later in the auction with how money was flying off the board early. #ToutWars
Saturday March 19, 2016 5:54 Brad Ebert
Jason Collette:
if he could ever avoid the huge 1st inning, it would be great
Jason Collette
5:55
Jason Collette:
Severino goes $7
Saturday March 19, 2016 5:55 Jason Collette
5:55
Jason Collette:
Chris Carter $6 looks like we’re about 75% of the way through
Saturday March 19, 2016 5:55 Jason Collette
5:56
Jason Collette:
Vogt $9
Saturday March 19, 2016 5:56 Jason Collette
5:56
[Comment From Craig in ChiCraig in Chi: ]
Is there an innings limit on Severino?
Saturday March 19, 2016 5:56 Craig in Chi
Jason Collette:
I think he’s good for 170-175
Jason Collette
5:56
[Comment From PendyPendy: ]
I doubted it early, but starting to like how Nando’s team is coming together.
Saturday March 19, 2016 5:56 Pendy
5:57
Jason Collette:
David Hernandez $2 . Engel has 3 closers, Cishek, Hernandez, & Grilli, for $9 in all
Saturday March 19, 2016 5:57 Jason Collette
5:57
Jason Collette:
Cory goes and gets Forsythe for $10 (we both planned to roster him but I failed). Trumbo also goes $10
Saturday March 19, 2016 5:57 Jason Collette
5:58
[Comment From Craig in ChiCraig in Chi: ]
@Pendy – Nando. Is. The. Man. 🙂
Saturday March 19, 2016 5:58 Craig in Chi
5:58
Jason Collette:
Khris Davis $5.Park factors overrated when you Krush a lot
Saturday March 19, 2016 5:58 Jason Collette
5:59
Jason Collette:
Wei-Yin Chen for $5. Getting out of Baltimore is the best thing that could have happened to him. Brad Miller goes $9 and that upsets a few others in the room hoping to get him cheaper
Saturday March 19, 2016 5:59 Jason Collette
6:00
[Comment From Craig in ChiCraig in Chi: ]
Love K Davis. Is there an .800 OPS guy that gets less respect?
Saturday March 19, 2016 6:00 Craig in Chi
Jason Collette:
not many
Jason Collette
6:00
[Comment From PendyPendy: ]
I am a huge Nando fan.
Saturday March 19, 2016 6:00 Pendy
6:01
Jason Collette:
Teheran for $6
Saturday March 19, 2016 6:01 Jason Collette
6:01
[Comment From Craig in ChiCraig in Chi: ]
Nando 2016. “He can bring the country together!”
Saturday March 19, 2016 6:01 Craig in Chi
Jason Collette:
with beer
Jason Collette
6:02
Jason Collette:
Buxton went $8. Starlin Castro went $7
Saturday March 19, 2016 6:02 Jason Collette
6:02
[Comment From Craig in ChiCraig in Chi: ]
Nando gives out cups, not hats. (A factual difference between him and Trump)
Nando has always been on the “Bauer bandwagon”. I bet he grabs him.
Saturday March 19, 2016 6:26 Craig in Chi
Jason Collette:
he just bought Heaney for $5
Jason Collette
6:27
Jason Collette:
Karns $2 — my boy
Saturday March 19, 2016 6:27 Jason Collette
6:28
[Comment From Craig in ChiCraig in Chi: ]
Love Domingo for $6. Nando crushed it!
Saturday March 19, 2016 6:28 Craig in Chi
6:29
Jason Collette:
No Bauer for Nando as his staff is full
Saturday March 19, 2016 6:29 Jason Collette
6:30
[Comment From Craig in ChiCraig in Chi: ]
I’ll leave it, with you describing Nando’s full staff. #giggle
Saturday March 19, 2016 6:30 Craig in Chi
Jason Collette:
it’s engorged with talent
Jason Collette
6:33
Jason Collette:
ok kids. Dollar days so track the spreadsheet for the finals. NL is tomorrow at 10 and it’s going to be uuuuuuugly with thin talent. Talk with you then.
We should be getting started about 3pm, with Jason Collette.