Breakout or Fakeout: Grading the April Hitting Stars
Last week I evaluated some unexpectedly hot pitchers (Breakout or Fakeout: Are These Hot Starting Pitchers For Real). This week I will do the same for hot hitters. Coming into the season none of these guys were ranked in the top 200 overal players on most cheat sheets, yet they are
Breakout or Fakeout: Are These Hot Starting Pitchers For Real?
We are now a month into the 2014 season and there are several starting pitchers who are unexpectedly leading their fantasy teams to the top of the standings. Last week I reviewed some highly ranked ace pitchers that are off to terrible starts (read it here). Today I will do the
Ace Pitchers Shot Down in Flames, Time to Panic?
This young season we are seeing a lot of top pitchers get off to terrible starts. Its scary as Hell when your ace pitcher’s stat line is as bloody as a scene from a Quentin Tarantino movie. Stephen Strasburg, R.A. Dickey and Danny Salazar may be crushing your team’s championship hopes, but at
Targeting Dan Haren, the Once and Future Ace
Dan Haren was the stalwart leader of many a championship fantasy pitching rotation for almost a decade. He has won 130 major league games and made three All Star teams and has even been a Cy Young contender in both leagues. He began his career back in the days of high-octane offenses
Team Doran Fires a Blazing Fastball at the #TDGX Draft, Part 2
This is going to be an exciting baseball season as a participant in The Dynasty Guru Experts League (#TDGX), which as you know by now is an awesome new league filled with industry experts from all the best baseball sites on the Internet. In my first column about this league I
Nick Doran’s Eleven Bold Predictions
Its time to have fun with some predictions. Some of my predictions are bold and some are BOLD but none of them are crazy. All of these things have a decent chance of actually happening, at least in my mind anyway. I can’t wait to brag about my psychic prognostication
Team Doran Fires a Blazing Fastball at the TDGX Draft, Part 1
After 800 picks spread over three weeks’, The Dynasty Guru Experts League draft is complete. It was an absolute blast from #1 Mike Trout all the way down to #800 Cord Sandberg. I had tons of fun drafting my team while chatting with the knowledgeable cast of characters who have been
Rankings Counterpoint: Fretting Freddie Freeman
Underestimate Freddie Freeman at your own peril. I have seen too many people pass over Freddie Freeman in fantasy baseball drafts. The most common complaint about Freeman is that he supposedly doesn’t hit enough home runs, especially for a first baseman. Well OK that is true to some extent. But
Rankings Counterpoint: Targeting Marco Estrada as a Breakout Candidate
As you know by now, the illustrious team of writers here at The Dynasty Guru put together a complete set of rankings for players at every position. If you haven’t seen them yet you should definitely check them out HERE! These rankings were built especially for use in dynasty leagues.
Rankings Counterpoint: Sell High on Matt Moore While You Still Can!
Right now you’re thinking “Matt Moore had an elite fantasy season in 2013. He made the All Star team and put up a fantastic 17-4 record with a stellar 3.29 ERA and had 143 strikeouts in 150 innings. That’s awesome! Why the Heck should I sell high on him?” Read