However, while I was going through my rundown for last year's hitters and pitchers, I noticed something interesting:
Bid Limits by Tout, N.L. 2007
| Tout | Hitter $ (per team) | Pitcher $ (per team) | Total $ | Hitter % | Pitcher % |
| AP | $2168 ($167) | $1170 ($90) | $3328 | 65% | 35% |
| Rotoman | $2173 ($167) | $1103 ($85) | $3276 | 66% | 34% |
| LABR | $2326 ($179) | $1046 ($80) | $3372 | 69% | 31% |
| Tout Wars | $2356 ($181) | $1020 ($78) | $3376 | 70% | 30% |
| Sports Weekly | $2103 ($162) | $1043 ($80) | $3146 | 67% | 33% |
The pricing wars might be over on a player-by-player basis. But there is a chasm between what the touts (AP, Rotoman, Sports Weekly) are recommending to spend versus what the tout leagues (LABR, Tout Wars) are actually spending.
Sports Weekly recommends that you spend $242 on your roster out of the $260 you have available, so they're disqualified from further consideration. As for the other four sources, there is still a huge difference.
The dollar amounts per team are listed to emphasize the difference. The $14 difference per team between Patton and Rotoman versus Tout Wars is staggering. Another way of looking at this is that Tout Wars' philosophy would have left you with $79 per team to spend on pitching, while Patton's philosophy told you to spend $93 on your pitching staff.
That's a huge philosophical difference in dollar allocation.
But it's also problematic if you're planning your own auction. Ideally, you want to distribute your pre-auction bids the way your league does. If your league spends $180 per team on offense and your bids only recommend spending $170 per team, you're going to fall $130 for your league ($10 per team x 13 teams). That doesn't sound like much, but it will influence who you wind up buying and how you ultimately do allocate your dollars.
I'll look at that in my next post.
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