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Tout Wars 2015: This Year’s Mixed Draft Lineup

toutwarslogo-newsmallThe 2015 Mixed Draft will take place in early March, date and time to be announced soon. We’re working to coordinate SiriusXM coverage of the draft, if possible.

There is one new rule for the Tout Wars Mixed Leagues. The reserve list will expand from four to six players this year.

This year’s owners, in order of last year’s finish, adjusted for new members Wilton and Gamble. The number in parenthesis is the amount of FAAB each team starts with. Draft order and FAAB budget are based on Tout Wars rules. Draft order will be announced later.

Tim McLeod (100) 2014 Champion
Perry Van Hook (100)
Brent Hershey (100)
Ray Murphy (100)
Adam Ronis (100)
Tom Kessenich (100)
Anthony Perri (100)
Paul Greco (99)
Rick Wilton (100) Returning. Last result was ninth place finish in Tout AL in 2010.
Charlie Wiegert (95)
Paul Sporer (93)
Grey Albright (89)
Eno Sarris (85)
Greg Ambrosius (83)
Rudy Gamble (100) New to Tout Wars.

Tout Wars 2015: National League Lineup Is Announced

toutwarslogo-newsmallThe 2015 National League auction will take place on March 22 at 10am in New York City. The location will be announced later this month. The draft will be carried live by SiriusXM radio.

This year’s owners, in order of reserve round pick. The number in parenthesis is the amount of FAAB each team starts with. Reserve order and FAAB budget are based on Tout Wars rules.

Tristan Cockcroft (100) 2012, 2013, 2014 Champion
Steve Gardner (100)
Phil Hertz (100)
Mike Gianella (100)
Derek Carty (100)
Ray Guilfoyle (100) Transfer from Mixed Auction
Lenny Melnick (100)
Todd Zola (93)
Brian Walton (93)
Peter Kreutzer (92)
Scott Wilderman (89)
Gene McCaffrey (86)

Tout Wars 2015: American League Owners Are Announced

toutwarslogo-newsmallThe 2015 American League Auction will take place on March 21 at 9am in New York City. The location will be announced later this month. The draft will be carried live by SiriusXM radio.

This year’s owners, in order of reserve round pick. The number in parenthesis is the amount of FAAB each team starts with. Reserve order and FAAB budget is based on Tout Wars rules.

Rick Wolf/Glenn Colton (100) 2014 Champions
Rob Leibowitz (100)
Lawr Michaels (100)
Jeff Erickson (100)
Seth Trachtman (100) transfer from NL
Ron Shandler (100)
Larry Shechter (100)
Steve Moyer (90)
Jason Collette (90)
Mike Podhorzer (87)
Andy Behrens (76)
Chris Liss (68)

Tout Wars 2015: Mixed Auction Lineup is Announced!

toutwarslogo-newsmallThe 2015 Mixed Auction will take place on March 21 at 3pm in New York City. The location will be announced later this month. The draft will be carried live by SiriusXM radio.

There is one new rule for the Tout Wars Mixed Leagues. The reserve list will expand from four to six players this year.

This year’s owners, in order of reserve round pick. The number in parenthesis is the amount of FAAB each team starts with. Reserve order and FAAB budget is based on Tout Wars rules.

Derek VanRiper (100) 2014 Champion
Fred Zinkie (100)
Zach Steinhorn (100)
Tim Heaney (100) won coin flip
Al Melchior (100) lost coin flip
Scott Pianowski (100)
Eric Mack (100)
Scott Engel (100) transfer from Mixed Draft
Scott Swanay (95)
Nando DiFino (93)
Paul Singman (88)
Patrick Davitt (85)
Cory Schwartz (84)
Ray Flowers (69)
David Gonos (68)

All Shandler for All Schechter Trade Update!

Friday’s big news became a big snooze over the weekend, as Larry went up by four and a half points on Saturday and withdrew, then fell back into a dead heat on Sunday. Larry said it was like the Universe speaking that the time is right, but at that point Shandler wasn’t so sure.

By the time the two reconnected on it the midnight trading deadline had passed, and the two will have until next Sunday to come to an agreement.

Today, before Tuesday’s games, Schechter leads Shandler by two games. Here are their rosters:

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Everything You Wanted to Know About Gregory Polanco’s Promotion *and weren’t afraid to ask

By Peter Kreutzer, blog.askrotoman.com

For weeks there has been a lot of chatter about the Pirates uberprospect, Gregory Polanco.

When would he be called up? Why isn’t he being called up? How can a struggling team choose to save money rather than bring up their best prospect? Plus, WHEN WILL HE BE CALLED UP!?!? Dammit.

And then, just as sudden as can be, when the Pirates second baseman suffered an appendicitis on Monday, the world knew. Polanco was coming!

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Pirates fans rejoiced, baseball fans were excited, and fantasy baseball players who had taken Polanco on reserve got giddy. One of those was ESPN’s Tristan Cockcroft, Polanco’s owner in Tout Wars NL. Continue reading “Everything You Wanted to Know About Gregory Polanco’s Promotion *and weren’t afraid to ask”

This Week’s (May 12) Transactions from Mastersball.com!

Big bidders:

NL: Kreutzer: $8, reduced to $5 for Eric Campbell, $8, reduced to $1 for Chase Anderson. Kreutzer wrote about his moves here.

AL: Shandler: $36, reduced to $38 for Roughned Odor.

Mix Auc: Heaney: $17, tied with DiFino for Drew Pomeranz.
Davitt: $19, reduced to $15 for Tyler Lyons.

Mix Draft: Sarris: $11, reduced to $10 for Bryan Shaw.
Ambrosius: $10, essentially tied with Charlie Wiegert’s $9 bid (who also bid $9 on Bryan Shaw), for Juan Francisco.

Mastersball.com has compiled all the action, with commentaries. Read it here!