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2010 AL Tout Wars results

Posted by Todd Lammi on March 29th, 2010

The 2010 AL Tout Wars auction was held this past weekend in New York City. Tout Wars is fantasy baseball’s battle of the experts and winning one of the Tout Wars leagues is one of the more prestigious titles in fantasy baseball.

Here is a look at the 2010 AL Tout Wars results, the participants and their teams with my comments added.

Matthew Berry – ESPN

Pick I liked: Wade Davis at $7. His struggles in spring training helped suppress his price.

Pick I disliked: Brian Roberts at $23. I like Brian Roberts ever year but with his recent back problems, I would think he should have come at a little more of a discount.

POS	Name	$$
C	Matt Wieters	17
C	Tyler Flowers	1
1B	Billy Butler	23
3B	Mark Teahen	13
CI	Nick Johnson	13
2B	Brian Roberts	23
SS	Cesar Izturis	3
MI	Alexi Casilla	1
OF	Adam Lind	26
OF	Curtis Granderson	24
OF	Rajai Davis	17
OF	Rick Ankiel	6
OF	Randy Winn	2
UT	Hideki Matsui	13
P	Justin Verlander	25
P	J.J. Putz	2
P	Josh Beckett	21
P	Gil Meche	3
P	Chris Perez	11
P	Wade Davis	7
P	Tim Wakefield	1
P	J.P. Howell	1
P	Fausto Carmona	5
R	Jim Johnson
R	Fernando Perez
R	Jose Mijares
R	Joey Gathright

Jason Collete – Fanball

Pick I liked: Jacoby Ellsbury at $31. Went for several dollars less than I had him forecasted at.

Pick I disliked: Brandon League at $5. I would have rather seen him grab a starting pitcher for that price rather than speculate on David Aardsma losing his job.

POS	Name	$$
C	Jarrod Saltalamacchia	7
C	Brayan Pena	3
1B	Paul Konerko	15
3B	Edwin Encarnacion	16
CI	Russell Branyan	9
2B	Ian Kinsler	28
SS	Ramon Santiago	1
MI	Howie Kendrick	22
OF	Jacoby Ellsbury	31
OF	Michael Cuddyer	19
OF	Mike Cameron	14
OF	David Murphy	11
OF	Matt Joyce	1
UT	Mike Lowell	2
P	Bobby Jenks	16
P	Rich Harden	8
P	John Danks	12
P	Scott Kazmir	9
P	Phil Hughes	9
P	David Price	9
P	Brandon League	5
P	Francisco Liriano	12
P	Darren O’Day	1
R	Brendan Harris
R	Zach Stewart
R	Anthony Slama
R	Trevor Crowe

Jeff Erickson – Rotowire

Pick I liked: Nolan Reimold at $16. His price is about right, but he does have some upside to earn into the low $20’s.

Pick I disliked: Daisuke Matsuzaka at $7. He could miss the first month of the season and then will have to hope there is a spot for him in the rotation when he comes back.

POS	Name	$$
C	Joe Mauer	30
C	Taylor Teagarden	1
1B	Miguel Cabrera	35
3B	Ty Wigginton	10
CI	Ryan Garko	1
2B	Aaron Hill	23
SS	Derek Jeter	27
MI	Alberto Callaspo	12
OF	Coco Crisp	10
OF	Nolan Reimold	16
OF	Jeremy Hermida	6
OF	Jermaine Dye	3
OF	Desmond Jennings	1
UT	David Ortiz	12
P	Rick Porcello	10
P	Andy Pettitte	7
P	Cliff Lee	16
P	Joaquim Soria	20
P	Daisuke Matsuzaka	7
P	Joe Saunders	4
P	Ricky Romero	6
P	Gio Gonzalez	2
P	Derek Holland	1
R	Michael Taylor
R	Elijah Dukes
R	Brandon Snyder
R	Shaun Kelly

Jason Grey – ESPN

Pick I liked: Brian Matusz at $6. Has a lot of upside and has looked great in spring training.

Pick I disliked: Kelly Shoppach at $11. There must have been a bidding war for him late in the draft that drove his price up.

POS	Name	$$
C	Kelly Shoppach	11
C	Dioner Navarro	4
1B	Lyle Overbay	11
3B	Adrian Beltre	21
CI	Casey Kotchman	11
2B	Scott Sizemore	12
SS	Elvis Andrus	21
MI	Orlando Hudson	10
OF	B.J. Upton	29
OF	J.D. Drew	14
OF	Josh Hamilton	16
OF	Vernon Wells	15
OF	Franklin Gutierrez	18
UT	Vladimir Guerrero	17
P	David Aardsma	16
P	Erik Bedard	6
P	Kevin Gregg	7
P	Brian Matusz	6
P	C.J. Wilson	3
P	Colby Lewis	3
P	Chris Tillman	3
P	Brad Bergesen	3
P	Dallas Braden	3
R	Ken Griffey Jr
R	Adam Rosales
R	Tanner Scheppers
R	Mitch Talbot

Rob Leibowitz - Mastersball

Pick I liked: Jose Bautista at $3. His batting average is scary but he could see 400+ at bats this season.

Pick I disliked: Besides leaving $6 on the draft table, Joel Pineiro at $6. The move to the American League, the loss of Dave Duncan, plus there were better options at that price.

POS	Name	$$
C	Jorge Posada	14
C	Gerald Laird	3
1B	Kendry Morales	25
3B	Kevin Kouzmanoff	16
CI	Jose Bautista	3
2B	Dustin Pedroia	26
SS	Marco Scutaro	16
MI	Alex Gonzalez	3
OF	Bobby Abreu	24
OF	Torii Hunter	23
OF	Johnny Damon	19
OF	Luke Scott	9
OF	Jose Guillen	7
UT	Jim Thome	1
P	Javier Vazquez	21
P	Ben Sheets	6
P	Joel Pineiro	6
P	Mike Gonzalez	14
P	Jason Frasor	4
P	Jon Rauch	10
P	Daniel Hudson	1
P	Jeremy Guthrie	2
P	Brett Cecil	1
R	Kevin Millwood
R	Pat Neshek
R	Hector Rondon
R	Aaron Crow

Lawr Michaels – Mastersball

Pick I liked: Juan Rivera at $13. That is a decent price to pay to get a .280 average and 20+ home runs.

Pick I disliked: Jack Cust at $14. Batting average downside plus the possibility that he will lose at bats at some point this year.

POS	Name	$$
C	Mike Napoli	16
C	A.J. Pierzynski	13
1B	Carlos Pena	24
3B	Chone Figgins	22
CI	Garrett Atkins	13
2B	Nick Punto	7
SS	Erick Aybar	16
MI	Cliff Pennington	8
OF	Jason Kubel	23
OF	Juan Rivera	13
OF	Ryan Raburn	10
OF	Jack Cust	14
OF	Eric Byrnes	5
UT	Pat Burrell	2
P	Jake Peavy	17
P	Mark Buehrle	11
P	John Lackey	16
P	Scott Feldman	5
P	Brian Fuentes	19
P	Scot Shields	1
P	Carl Pavano	2
P	Brad Ziegler	1
P	Ian Snell	2
R	Landon Powell
R	Vin Mazzaro
R	Ramiro Pena
R	Gabe Gross

Steve Moyer – Baseball Info Solutions

Pick I liked: Kevin Slowey at $9. Has been outstanding in spring, injury that ended his season in 2009 probably kept the price lower than it should have.

Pick I disliked: Kerry Wood at $8. Don’t see him earning that with Chris Perez locked in at closer.

POS	Name	$$
C	Jason Kendall	2
C	Carlos Santana	4
1B	Hank Blalock	5
3B	Michael Young	19
CI	Mark Kotsay	3
2B	Chris Getz	11
SS	Miguel Tejada	15
MI	Ben Zobrist	24
OF	Ichiro Suzuki	26
OF	David DeJesus	13
OF	Magglio Ordonez	13
OF	Milton Bradley	11
OF	Ryan Sweeney	9
UT	Mike Aviles	1
P	CC Sabathia	28
P	Zack Greinke	27
P	Jeff Niemann	9
P	Andrew Bailey	17
P	Kevin Slowey	9
P	Justin Duchscherer	4
P	Kerry Wood	8
P	Koji Uehara	1
P	Dustin Nippert	1
R	Darren Oliver
R	Eric Chavez
R	Chan Ho Park
R	Justin Ruggiano

Dean Peterson – STATS LLC

Pick I liked: Chris Davis at $14. Based on the price of other players at 1B, Nick Johnson $13, Lyle Overbay $11, $14 was a good get.

Pick I disliked: All of his starting pitchers except Shaun Marcum and he also left $8 on the table.

POS	Name	$$
C	Kurt Suzuki	16
C	Lou Marson	3
1B	Chris Davis	14
3B	Gordon Beckham	23
CI	Justin Morneau	26
2B	Jayson Nix	3
SS	Alexei Ramirez	20
MI	Yuniesky Betancourt	1
OF	Alex Rios	20
OF	Nick Markakis	25
OF	Adam Jones	23
OF	Andruw Jones	2
OF	Austin Jackson	11
UT	Travis Hafner	3
P	Rafael Soriano	20
P	Frank Francisco	17
P	Matt Harrison	4
P	Shaun Marcum	7
P	Ryan Rowland-Smith	4
P	Justin Masterson	3
P	Brandon Morrow	3
P	Jake Westbrook	1
P	Nick Blackburn	3
R	Jeremy Bonderman
R	Dustin McGowan
R	Robert Andino
R	Josh Reddick

Ron Shandler – Baseball HQ

Pick I liked: Brandon Wood at $10.

Pick I disliked: Delmon Young at $14. Risk to at bats with Jim Thome in the mix.

POS	Name	$$
C	John Buck	4
C	Jesus Montero	1
1B	Kevin Youkilis	29
3B	Brandon Wood	10
CI	Brandon Inge	6
2B	Luis Valbuena	9
SS	Jason Bartlett	21
MI	Jed Lowrie	1
OF	Carl Crawford	33
OF	Nelson Cruz	26
OF	Matt LaPorta	11
OF	Scott Podsednik	12
OF	Delmon Young	14
UT	Bill Hall	1
P	Brett Anderson	17
P	Jose Valverde	20
P	Scott Baker	18
P	Matt Scherzer	13
P	Marc Rzepcyzinski	4
P	Andy Sonnanstine	2
P	Fernando Rodney	3
P	Jeremy Hellickson	2
P	Kyle Farnsworth	1
R	Jake Arrieta
R	Cam Mickolio
R	Dontrelle Willis
R	Junichi Tazawa

Joe Sheehan – Baseball Prospectus

Pick I liked: Victor Martinez at $22. Joe Mauer went for $30 and I don’t think there is that much difference between them.

Pick I disliked: Neftali Feliz at $9, Joba Chamberlain at $5. Not sure why these guys continue to get all the hype when they have no roles of value in 2010.

POS	Name	$$
C	Victor Martinez	22
C	Alex Avila	4
1B	Chris Carter	1
3B	Evan Longoria	33
CI	Brett Wallace	1
2B	Mark Ellis	10
SS	J.J. Hardy	12
MI	Maicer Izturis	12
OF	Shin Soo Choo	26
OF	Travis Snider	13
OF	Michael Brantley	12
OF	Brett Gardner	18
OF	Michael Saunders	1
UT	Randy Ruiz	5
P	Felix Hernandez	30
P	Clay Buchholz	12
P	Jered Weaver	15
P	Trevor Cahill	7
P	Scott Downs	4
P	Joba Chamberlain	5
P	Neftali Feliz	9
P	Alfredo Aceves	1
P	Matt Thornton	7
R	Josh Fields
R	Joey Devine
R	Tommy Hunter
R	Brian Bannister

Mike Siano – Mlb.com

Pick I liked: Willie Bloomquist at $1. Always a nice end game play for $1 to get 15-20 steals.

Pick I disliked: Ervin Santana at $9. There were better pitchers taken at the same price.

POS	Name	$$
C	Adam Moore	6
C	Francisco Cervelli	2
1B	Nick Swisher	15
3B	Alex Gordon	13
CI	Jake Fox	6
2B	Robinson Cano	28
SS	Asdrubal Cabrera	22
MI	Willie Bloomquist	1
OF	Grady Sizemore	29
OF	Carlos Quentin	20
OF	Denard Span	25
OF	Sean Rodriguez	10
OF	Eric Patterson	1
UT	Justin Smoak	1
P	Mariano Rivera	24
P	Jon Lester	26
P	A.J. Burnett	15
P	Ervin Santana	9
P	Michael Wuertz	3
P	Matt Guerrier	1
P	Robinson Tejeda	1
P	Carlos Carrasco	1
P	Ryan Perry	1
R	Jarrod Washburn
R	Danny Valencia
R	Josh Bell
R	Dayan Viciedo

Rick Wolf & Glenn Colton – Rotoworld.com

Pick I liked: Willy Aybar at $2. Cheap price for some decent pop in the bat.

Pick I disliked: Julio Borbon at $25. Went for $3 more than Juan Pierre who is a much more proven player. Also was the same price as Denard Span.

POS	Name	$$
C	Josh Bard	1
C	Max Ramirez	1
1B	Mark Teixeira	35
3B	Alex Rodriguez	37
CI	Willy Aybar	2
2B	Jose Lopez	21
SS	Jhonny Peralta	18
MI	Jack Wilson	2
OF	Juan Pierre	22
OF	Julio Borbon	25
OF	Carlos Guillen	6
OF	Marcus Thames	2
OF	Felix Pie	2
UT	Daric Barton	4
P	Jonathan Papelbon	25
P	James Shields	17
P	Gavin Floyd	14
P	Matt Garza	17
P	Kevin Jepsen	1
P	Daniel Bard	2
P	David Robertson	2
P	Luke Hochevar	2
P	Freddy Garcia	2
R	Travis Buck
R	Kyle Davies
R	Jensen Lewis
R	Andy Marte