Derek Carty Retools in TOUT NL

Tells how at Baseball Prospectus (no subscription necessary). Derek may well have a top-three team this year after the trades he made, as he says another apple-polishing Tout NL owner told him after his FAAB last weekend, but there are a lot of teams within 11 points of the top who have made a lot of changes in the last month or so. Tristan Cockcroft has to be considered the favorite because he’s held onto the lead for more than the last month, but he’s likely to have a fight on his hands.

Should non-contenders make trades at this point in the season with contenders?

Todd “Lord” Zola asked the experts in Tout Wars and LABR about their approaches in non-keeper leagues, and got an earful.

Read all about it at KFFL.com, here.

We took a look at last year’s August trades in Tout AL and NL, just to see what actually happened.

In the NL there were seven trades:

(6) traded Coghlan and U Jimenez to (9) Carlos Lee and Lannan Continue reading “Should non-contenders make trades at this point in the season with contenders?”

Tim Heaney Will Serve… Cheesesteak!

Tim concedes he’s going to be serving Finger Nickin’ good cheesesteak to sidebet-winning Finger Nickin’ Nick Minnix at season’s end, because his high risk high reward Mixed Tout team has proven to be no reward at all. Except for that which comes to those who serve. Tim explains what happened at KFFL.com.