What happened and why at Mastersball.com.
You Gotta Doubt! Most selected Doubt Wars players
Doubt Wars takes the temperature of Tout Wars. A look at the most selected players shows which players thought Tout Wars undervalued most. The listed Doubt Wars price is $1 more than the Tout Owner paid.
National League of Doubt (39 DW Teams)
1. Mike Olt, $6 (20 DW owners)
2. Rex Brothers, $7 (19)
3. Chris Owings, $8 (16)
4. Jenry Mejia, $2 (15)
5. Dillon Gee, $5 (14)
5. Junior Lake, $9 (14)
5. Mike Morse, $7 (14)
5. Peter Bourjos, $7 (14)
9. Jim Henderson, $12 (13)
9. Mark Trumbo, $23 (13)
Other players that at least 10 Doubt owners selected were Dee Gordon ($8), Alex Wood ($10), Travis D’Arnaud ($10), Ervin Santana ($9), AJ Pollock ($10), Dan Uggla ($9), Scooter Gennett ($4) and Starlin Castro ($16).
The 39 DW Team had 897 roster slots, and rostered 220 different players. (25 percent)
American League of Doubt (34 DW Teams)
1. Grady Sizemore, $7 (13 DW owners)
1. Mike Moustakas, $11 (13)
3. Jose Altuve, $19 (12)
4. Alejandro De Aza, $11 (11)
4. Yordano Ventura, $10 (11)
6. Aaron Hicks, $3 (10)
6. Asdrubal Cabrera, $14 (10)
6. Erasmo Ramirez, $4 (10)
6. Felix Hernandez, $26 (10)
6. Jose Quintana, $7 (10)
6. Michael Pineda, $5 (10)
6. Sergio Santos, $5 (10)
Other players that at least 9 Doubt AL owners selected were Jesse Crain ($2), Adam Eaton ($16), Billy Butler ($21), Dustin Ackley ($9), Ivan Nova ($9) and Mike Zunino ($5).
A total of 232 different players were taken by AL Doubters to fill 782 roster slots. (29 percent)
Mixed League of Doubt (49 DW Teams)
1. Trevor Rosenthal, $17 (20 DW owners)
2. Justin Verlander, $21 (17)
3. Corey Kluber, $7 (13)
4. David Ortiz, $18 (12)
4. Nolan Arenado, $8 (12)
4. Yan Gomes, $7 (12)
7. Cole Hamels, $10 (11)
7. Chris Archer, $6 (11)
7. Jason Heyward, $21 (11)
7. Yordano Ventura, $7 (11)
Other players that 10 Doubt Mixed owners chose were Billy Butler ($12), Dee Gordon ($1), Khris Davis ($8), Victor Martinez ($6), and Will Venable ($5).
A total of 312 different players were taken by Mixed Doubters to fill 1127 different roster slots. (27 percent)
Conclusion
Was Mike Olt was the most underpriced player in Tout Wars this year? Or is he the player who elicits the most divisive range of opinions? Or are both things true?
I’m not sure there’s a clear answer to that sort of question, but these lists do seem to be populated by players of whom there is disagreement. Â Players to consider more closely before making up your mind.
The Mastersball FAAB Report. April 7 Scramble for Closers Edition.
Each week we’ll link to the Mastersball FAAB Report, which will be posted at mastersball.com each Monday morning (except over the All Star Break, when it will appear on Thursday).
League Links Live!
There are live links now to each of the league’s standings, transactions and stats in the right nav.
If you want to see what this week’s FAAB results are you can check the View Bidmeister Results item in the Transaction Logs menu at 12:01 am Monday morning.
Swanay Song: Does Lawr Hear a Melody?
Lawr Michaels ventures into dangerous territory, giving Scott Swanay advice how to handle the FAAB he gained by cashing out Brandon Beachy.
His advice is here.
Scott cannot actually redeem the extra dough until after this weekends claims, with the money being added on April 13. That shouldn’t change much.
Here at team Tout Wars we’re rooting for Scott to find a path to, well, if not victory, respectability. Go Scott.
Registration for Doubt Wars is closed. Sorry.
Derek Carty texted: “i told my mom about doubt wars and she thought it sounded awesome, i think she even signed up lol”
Unfortunately for you, but not Derek’s mom, registration is now closed. But we’ll be writing about the Doubt leagues this week, and spilling the beans on all the players the Doubt Warriors thought the Tout Warriors missed the ball on. And we’ll be back next year, with a longer registration window and some more wrinkles.
Doubt Warriors for each Doubt Wars team, picked a 23 man roster based on Tout Wars prices (plus $1). (They find their tools to Create Rosters under Make Transactions, in the Team Menu.)
Doubt Wars is a draft and hold league. No transactions once the team is set. The follow their teams and the standings all season long at onRoto.com. It’s like playing against the Tout Wars pros.
And if you put together the winning draft-and-hold entry you’ll take home valuable and fun prizes at the start of next season, including Scott Engel’s offer of Rotoexperts.com Xclusive Edge year-round subscriptions for MLB and NFL, Paul Sporer has offered up subscriptions to Paint The Black, Rotowire offers the Rotowire Baseball Guide 2015,  Rotoman’s The Fantasy Baseball Guide 2015, Patton $ Online Cadillac Editions and Bolick’s Guide to Fantasy Baseball Prospects 2015, and more!
Brian Walton has written about the league at Mastersball.com.
TOUT Mortems: How Do They Like Their Drafts 2014?
The Tout Wars auctions are in the books. The lobby of SiriusXM once again looks like a sophisticated and refined business space, rather than a Phi Epsilon Tout frat basement. (But what happened to the Keith Richards and Paul McCartney autographs on the wall?) All the partygoers made it home from Foleys safely, though there were close calls. And some people are writing about their teams.
The spreadsheet with all results is here.
NL: Gardner Kreutzer Gianella Zola Hertz || RotoAdvice
AL: Jason Collette Podhorzer Erickson Leibowitz Michaels Behrens Erickson and Liss Shandler || RotoAdvice
MIXED AUCTION: Swanay Gonos 1 Guilfoyle Flowers Singman Heaney Zinkie Steinhorn Davitt Gonos 2|| Michaels
MIXED DRAFT: Van Hook Minnix Sporer Ronis Murphy
The Baseball Prospectus Flags Fly Forever podcast Episode 12 has extended Tout Wars discussion about NL, AL and Mixed Auction, featuring Bret Sayre, Mike Gianella and Mauricio Rubio.
You can hear of more by following #toutwars on Twitter.
AL Chat Transcript
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: The auction will begin at 10:15 ET
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Good luck! |
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I like what Derk Van Riper did in the mixed last night.
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Beachy for 61$ in mixed, that wierd
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Let’s see who does what! |
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Like if you're going to opening day! #mets #baseball #likeforlike #follow #sports #lgm #letsgomets @metshotcorner @itseyjr |