Cover It Live blog here for Tout Wars AL auction, March 19 at 9 am
Look for radio coverage at Sirius/XM and mlb.com. Look for the live blog here.
LISS: Preparing for an Expert League Auction
Rotowire’s Chris Liss tells how he has prepared for this year’s Tout Wars NL auction in the Bats blog at the NYtimes.com
I’ve just added an extra buck to my Stephen Drew maximum bid.
NEW Tout Wars Leaderboard
Find out who the most and least successful players in Tout Wars history are with the new Tout Wars Leaderboard.
Look on the HIstory page at Toutwars.com for information about the methodology.
DRAFT PREP: Know Your League!
By Nick Shlain, special to toutwars.com
Each auction is unique, and none more so (if something can be more unique, at all) than the CBSsports Analysts Auctions. CBSsports’ holds their auctions in mid-February, before the start of spring training, and the onslaught of news about players that come with that. Perhaps because of that the CBS analysts draft has some other qualities of note.
Roto Think Tank’s Mike Gianella (rotothinktank.blogspot.com), a former CBS Analsyts champion (2009 AL, 2010 NL) and third place finisher in 2010 Tout Wars, was kind enough to correspond with me about this year’s auction.
Continue reading “DRAFT PREP: Know Your League!”
Tout Wars Auction Dates!
This year’s Tout Wars auctions will take place in New York City the weekend of March 19-20.
The drafts will be tracked as a live blog at www.toutwars.com, and at least some of the auctions will be covered over XM Sirius radio (details to be announced).
Dates and Times:
TOUT AL: Saturday, March 19, 9 a.m.
TOUT MIXED: Saturday, March 19, 3 p.m.
TOUT NL: Sunday, March 20, 10 a.m.
This year’s auctions are being hosted by MLB Advanced Media, in their offices, so there will be no onsite viewing, but we look forward to seeing you on the Internet and the radio.
Rules Changes for 2011: Brian Walton Likes Carrots
Writing at Mastersball.com
, Tout NLer Brian Walton describes changes to the Tout rules to reward better finishes. Brian hits most of the nails on the head, but the motivation for (the now abandoned plan of relegation) and this pair of less dramatic incentives wasn’t to motivate players to stay involved. They do. The issue is rewarding better finishes, in order to put a price on very risky all-or-nothing strategies adopted at midseason in an attempt to salvage things. If you don’t complete the Hail Mary, it will cost you.
2011 TOUT: Mixed League Contenders!
The 2011 Mixed League roster (# = New League, * = Rookie)
Andy Behrens, yahoo.com (2010 Champion)
Charlie Wiegert, thegodfatheroffantasysports.com
Scott Swanay, fantasybaseballsherpa.com *
Fred Zinkie, fantasybaseball.com *
Eric Mack, si.com
David Feldman, mlb.com *
Nicholas Minnix, kffl.com
David Gonos, twitter.com/davidgonos
Derek Carty, www.hardballtimes.com/main/fantasy/
Tim Heaney, kffl.com *
Paul Petera, baseballhq.com
Nano Di Fino, wsj.com
Seth Trachtman
Gene McCaffrey, wiseguybaseball.com #
JP Kastner, ballparkhomerun.com