There is more to be said about the Tout Wars winners than will be said in this post. You can read some of it in The Fantasy Baseball Guide 2010. Surely Lawr and Brian will write about it at CREATiVESPORTS.com, and Chris will write about it at Rotowire.com. The fact is this:
TOUT WARS WINNERS
AL: Lawr  Michaels, Creativesports.com
NL: Brian Walton, Creativesports.com
Mixed: Chris Liss, Rotowire.com
Tout NL Leader by a lot writes at creativesports.com about why football just isn’t that important to him right now.
Brian Walton explains why his 2008 season was such a mess, and suggests why that matters now.
A. Trades
– HERTZ trades Joe Blanton, $15 FAAB; ZOLA trades Dexter Fowler, Luke Gregerson.
B. 60-day DL Redemption:
– KREUTZER cashes in on Anibal Sanchez – originally $3, but after the All-Star break, so half-value. All fractions rounded up – so he gets $2 in return.
C. Free Agents
WILDERMAN
– Picks up Matt Holliday for $94 (Wilderman 94; Ravitz 42; Kreutzer 54; Lombardo 89; Cockcroft 94; Pianowski 25); drops Greg Norton.
WALTON
– Picks up Julio Lugo for $30 (Ravitz 27; Hertz 14; Leibowitz 13; Lombardo 29; Pianowski 25; Walton 52); drops Joe Beimel.
HERTZ
– Pick up Matt Daley for $0; drop Oscar Salazar
– Pick up Alex Cora for $1 (Hertz 3; Leibowitz 0); drop Anderson Hernandez.
– Pick up Tyler Clippard for $5 (Hertz 5; Kreutzer 0; Lombardo 0; Pianowski 1 (cont); Walton 4); drop Yusmeiro Petit.
– Drop Garrett Mock as result of trade.
LEIBOWITZ:
– Pick up Cory Sullivan for $0; DL Jordan Zimmermann.
LOMBARDO:
– Pick up Luis Rodriguez for $0; drop Jordan Schafer.
– Pick up Kevin Hart for $0; drop Jason Motte.
– Pick up Livan Hernandez for $0; drop Mike Ekstrom.
MELNICK:
– Pick up Jhoulys Chacin for $0 (Melnick 0, Walton 0); DL Manny Corpas.
PIANOWSKI:
– Pick up Ramon Vazquez for $0 (Wilderman 0; Leibowitz 0; Pianowski 0); fills open spot.
– Pick up Jose Lobaton for $0; DL Ramon Hernandez.
– Pick up Chan Ho Park for $1; drop Jeff Karstens.
– Pick up Rick VandenHurk for $1 (Wilderman 0; Kreutzer 0; Pianowski 6); fills open spot.
1. Trades
No trades this week.
2. Free Agents
HERTZ:
– Picks up Augie Ojeda for $1 (Hertz 2); drops Jeremy Reed.
– Picks up Oscar Salazar for $1 (Hertz 5); drops Chan Ho Park.
KREUTZER:
– Picks up Adam Rosales for $0; drops Juan Castro.
– Picks up Nick Stavinoha for $0; drops Matt Maloney.
– Picks up JD Martin for $1(Kreutzer 1); drops Edward Mujica.
– Picks up Chris Coste for $1 (Kreutzer 2, Wilderman 0); drops Tim Redding.
– Picks up Jon Rauch for $1 (Kreutzer 2); DL’s Scott Olsen.
– Picks up Josh Whitesell for $1 (Kreutzer 24); drops Corey Patterson.
LEIBOWITZ:
– Picks up Kevin Frandsen for $3 (Leibowitz 3; Hertz 2); drops Tony Clark.
– Picks up Mat Latos for $5 (Walton 2; Leibowitz 7; Hertz 4); drops Brian Bogusevic.
LOMBARDO:
– Picks up Alberto Arias for $1 (Lombardo 1); drops Diory Hernandez.
WALTON:
– Picks up Joe Beimel for $0; DL’s Pedro Martinez.
WILDERMAN:
– Picks up David Ross for $0; drops Mitch Stetter.
– Picks up Greg Norton for $0; drops Nick Evans.
– Picks up Luis Ayala for $1 (Wilderman 2); drops Aaron Heilman.
ZOLA:
– Picks up Tyler Clippard for $1 (Zola 1; Hertz 0); DL’s Corey Wade.
Brian Walton is doing just fine in NL Tout. He’s got a comfortable, if not insurmountable, lead, and he’s playing the game very well.
Although he doesn’t write about his fantasy teams much, at midseason he took a breath and gave a peak at what is going on in his head. Not surprisingly, his rooting interests often conflict.
On Jeff Erickson’s Fantasy Focus on BlogTalkRadio.
COCKCROFT:
– Pick up Matt Stairs for $0; DL Kelly Johnson
– Pick up Blake DeWitt for $0; drop Ramon Vazquez.
HERTZ:
– Pick up Jarrett Hoffpauir for $0; drop Ryan Freel.
– Pick up Guillermo Mota for $0; drop Matt Downs.
KREUTZER:
– Pick up Juan Castro for $0; drop Argenis Reyes.
– Pick up Sean Burnett for $0; drop Chris Sampson.
– Pick up Henry Blanco for $0; drop David Ross.
– Pick up Gregor Blanco for $1 (Kreutzer 2, Cockcroft 0); drop Brett Carroll.
LOMBARDO:
– Pick up Ryan Sadowski for $4 (Lombardo 6; Kreutzer 3); drop Nick Masset.
MELNICK/GRECO:
– Pick up Burke Badenhop for $0; drop Merkin Valdez.
– Pick up Emmanuel Burriss for $1 (Melnick 5); drop Alejandro De Aza.
PIANOWSKI:
– Pick up Sam Fuld for $3 (Pianowski 12, Hertz 2); drop Craig Stammen.
RAVITZ:
– Pick up Rodrigo Lopez for $1 (Ravitz 8); fills open slot.
WALTON:
– Pick up Garret Jones for $23 (Pianowski 13; Lombardo 22; Walton 34; Cockcroft 4; Kreutzer 0; Hertz 10); DL Khalil Greene.
WILDERMAN:
– Pick up Jeremy Affeldt for $0; fills open slot.
