Jake, Shelly, and Jordan get together on Dynasty’s Child this week to discuss the latest news and notes, injuries, the Five Tools Of The Week, and another round of Top Podspect! Outro: The Bones by Maren Morris feat. Hozier   WRITERS’ PLUGS! Follow us on Twitter! The Dynasty Guru:

  In today’s episode of Dynasty’s Child, Keaton, Shelly, and Jake reunite to chat about some recent MLB trades, an unfortunately large mountain of injuries, and a new segment called the Five Tools Of The Week! The vets also take time to cover another round of Top Podspect and answer

Every week on Fridays, our writers here at The Dynasty Guru will be bringing you some quick hit musings about a particular topic so you, the reader, can get a blast of info from a bunch of different writers with some passionate opinions. This week, our staff discusses players that

  Keaton, Shelly, and Jordan reunite to cover all the usual suspects: news and notes, injuries, minor league standouts, Top Podspect, and answer a few listener questions! Outro: Sideways by Carlos Santana feat. Citizen Cope   WRITERS’ PLUGS! Follow us on Twitter! The Dynasty Guru: @DynastyGuru Shelly Verougstraete: @ShellyV_643 Jordan

  In today’s episode of Dynasty’s Child, Patrick, Shelly, and Jake cover a ton of news and notes from around the league, check in on some injured players, nominate some more top podspects, and answer a few listener questions as well!! And @yan6188, the team is aiming to review your

How to best make sense of the recent proliferation of information on minor league hitters, specifically power metrics? This is a question I’ve been struggling with in the last few weeks/months (does anyone keep track of time anymore?) regarding minor league fly ball distance, exit velocity, and exit velocity on

Last week, I generated an expected home runs per fly ball measure (xHR/FB) for minor leaguers based on their average fly ball distance and average exit velocity. The logic is this: a minor leaguer can be expected to hit a certain number of home runs per fly ball given their

Wander Franco (Left photograph: Rob Tringali / MLB Photos via Getty Images); Julio Rodriguez (Right photograph: wv_power, The Official Instagram for the West Virginia Power) Over the past year, I’ve developed translations that convert minor league statistics to their equivalent MLB statistics. I’ve also built aging curves to project when

Each month, The Dynasty Guru will provide a prospect update, including notable performances (good and bad), assignments, promotions, trades, injuries, and suspensions. Most importantly, the monthly update will examine prospects with increasing and decreasing fantasy value, from the elite to the obscure.

Happy New Year’s Eve! What better way to ring in the new year than with nearly 6,500 words about outfield prospects?! Like shortstop, outfield is a deep position in baseball, attracting both speedy, elite defensive players and plodding sluggers. A step above the defensive spectrum from first base and often