TOUT WARS NL: Get your 2012 Lineup Here

This year’s Tout Wars NL slate, in order of first round of reserve picks. The number after their names is the amount of FAAB money they start with this year. # indicates a TW AL rookie.

Steve Gardner (100)

Brian Walton (100)

Tristan Cockcroft (100)

Peter Kreutzer (100)

Scott Wilderman (100)

Lenny Melnick/Paul Greco (100)

Todd Zola (100)

Chris Liss (98)

Mike Gianella (97)

Phil Hertz (97)

Dean Peterson (94) #

Scott Pianowski (86)

Nate Ravitz (85)

The Tout Wars NL auction will be held March 25 at 10am. For more details check www.toutwars.com and #toutwars.

TOUT WARS AL 2012: Your Lineup

This year’s Tout Wars AL slate, in order of the first round of reserve picks. The number after their names is the amount of FAAB money they start with this year. # indicates a TW AL rookie. [UPDATE: Reserve Order Fixed!]

Larry Schechter (100)

Jeff Erickson (100)

Joe Sheehan (100)

Rob Leibowitz (100)

Matthew Berry (100)

Rick Wolf/Glenn Colton (100)

Jason Collette (100)

Andy Behrens (100) #

Ron Shandler (99)

Steve Moyer (96)

Mike Siano (87)

Lawr Michaels (85)

The Tout Wars AL Draft will be held on March 24 at 9am. Follow details here at toutwars.com and #toutwars.

 

Ron Shandler Inducted Into the FSWA Hall of Fame!

Ron invented Tout Wars (with a band of Merry Men who will remain nameless on this occasion). Congratulations, Ron!

Houston to AL: We Have a Problem!

Tout NL owner, ESPN’s Tristan Cockcroft, takes a look at the fantasy implications of the Houston Astros’ move to the AL in 2013.

He suggests fantasy players adopt 13 team formats in both the NL and AL only leagues, though a case can be made for going to 12 teams in both only leagues, which will increase the player pools in relation to the number of teams.

Either way, things are going to be changing in Tout Wars.

UPDATE: Tout Wars NL will drop one player in 2013, and play with 12 teams.

2011 TOUT NL Hypothetical Standings

Tout Wars National League 2011 Hypothetical Standings

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The 2011 TOUT AL Hypothetical Standings

 

I first came upon Hypothetical Standings in the legendary reports of stat service pioneer Jerry Heath. The idea is simple: Compute the standings based on the Draft Day rosters of teams, using the actual stats they accumulated this year to see just how much of their success or failure came via the draft, and concomitantly how well their inseason moves helped their chances.

These draft day rosters don’t tell you why the teams that did poorly failed. It could have been injuries or buying Adam Dunn. The point is that these are the teams each owner bought in the auction, and how they would have ended up in a Draft and Hold league.

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