Anthony Rizzo

TDG Roundtable: Hot Starts We’re Buying and Selling
Every week, 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 members dish on some hot starts

Scouting the Statline – The Top 300 Projected Hitters
Scouting the Statline focuses on using aging curves and major league equivalencies to generate peak projections. Peak projections put all minor and major leaguers on equal footing for comparative purposes, allowing us to easily build data-based rankings and leaderboards.

TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings for OBP Leagues – February 2022
…picture a man, 32, hunched over a laptop, tired fingers flying as he ranks an abnormally long list of other grown baseball persons, pitting them against each other with make-believe furor…he takes a deep breath and… Hey everybody, your friendly neighborhood dynasty dad here. I’m glad you’re back for some

TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings – February 2022
During the offseason, our staff has worked tirelessly to rank, debate, re-rank, and write up more than 600 players to help dynasty leaguers on their road to glory. As is typical, we put a bow on this offseason process with the following dynasty top 500. If you’re interested and able,

Join The Ranks Episode 24: 2022 First Base Dyno Ranks
Taylor (@TCasesLoaded) and Joe (@joegarino) invite another new TDG writer, Sam Wirsching (@SamFBB1) on to the pod to discuss TDG’s consensus first basemen rankings heading into 2022. As always, be nice to yourself, be good to each other, and go get some cake. See you next week. Intro and

TDG 2022 PLAYERS TO AVOID: FIRST BASEMEN
This is a companion piece to our annual Top 50 Dynasty League 1st Base series, which you can find here and here and here. The opinions below are my own and do not reflect the TDG consensus. I wrote about the top ten Dynasty first basemen this season and last

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2022 TOP 50 DYNASTY LEAGUE FIRST BASEMEN, #11-30
Continuing with our highlights of the league’s top First Basemen, as judged by our collection of industry experts, below are the 11th through the 30th ranked players in the league. 11. Rhys Hoskins, Philadelphia Phillies (Age: 29, Previous Rank: 10) Dropping one spot from last year, Rhys Hoskins finds himself

TDG 2022 RISERS AND FALLERS: FIRST BASEMEN
Riser – C.J. Cron, Colorado Rockies (Age: 32, Current Rank: 20, Previous Rank: 38) It’s no mystery why Cron’s ranking has elevated. A year ago, he was a mediocre 1B without a team. Now he’s a mediocre 1B who starts half his games in the most hitter-friendly park in all

Dynasty’s Child Episode 157: A Brad In The Hand is Worth Two Romanos in the Bush
Patrick and Keaton catch you up on the latest dynasty news (trade time, baby!!), The Five Tools of the Week, and, honestly, just have a great time in general talking baseball this week. Tune in! Outro: Grow As We Go by Ben Platt WRITERS’ PLUGS! Follow us on

TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings for OBP Leagues – July 2021
Congrats, everyone! You made it to the break! For everyone out there struggling through the grind of a 162-game season: we see you. And please know that you are more than your dynasty baseball team standings. At least, that’s what I tell myself. In any case, below are the consensus