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The Dynasty Guru’s Relief Pitchers to Target in 2021
Relievers are a unique class in saves-only dynasty leagues. Unlike other positions, where value is primarily determined by talent, their value is strongly tied to contextual factors, mainly managerial preferences and team. The importance of contextual factors suggests fantasy managers ought to have more of a short-term outlook on relievers

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2021 TOP 200 DYNASTY LEAGUE RELIEF PITCHERS, #21-50
WELCOME BACK!!! Despite a scorching hot stove (I can’t believe the player you’re thinking of did or did not sign with the team you thought they would!), the fantasy baseball season is gearing up and you’ve been completely checked out. Commissioners have renewed leagues. Keeper deadlines are looming. First-year player

TDG 2021 RISERS AND FALLERS: RELIEF PITCHING
This is a companion piece to our annual Top Dynasty League Relief Pitching series. The opinions below are our own and do not reflect the TDG consensus. Each of these players has fans among our colleagues. Pitching is easily the riskiest position in all of dynasty baseball. But where there

Dynasty’s Child: The Dumb Rockies and Other Tender Topics
Keaton (@TheSpokenKeats), Shelly (@ShellyV_643), and Jake (@devjake) discuss the latest signings, non-tendered players, and trade scenarios as well as answer some excellent listener questions. Outro: Step to the Beat by Keep Calm and Podcast On (Podcast.co) WRITERS’ PLUGS! Follow us on Twitter! The Dynasty Guru: @DynastyGuru

TDG Roundtable: The One Where We Analyze a Bunch of Trade Deadline Moves
This year’s trade deadline was filled with excitement, and that’s not just because it coincided with the release of Tenet. Moves were made, and these moves of course have dynasty league implications. In this collaborative article, we at The Dynasty Guru make it our business to analyze said implications. Note:

TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings March 2020
The 2020 season is just about upon us, and TDG ranking SZN is almost concluded. So far the incredible rankings team of 26 writers has ranked and written up more than 600 players. Now that all the positional rankings have been completed and released, that just leaves one left: The

The Dynasty Guru’s 2020 Top 75 Dynasty League Relief Pitchers, #RP 1-40
WELCOME! Our brave group of writers has been ranking, debating, re-ranking, re-debating, and re-re-ranking over 600 players for dynasty leagues. The fruits of our efforts will be filling January and February with the deepest, most thoroughly and painstakingly selected dynasty baseball rankings on the internet. We have top-40s, top-50s, top-125s,

Dynasty’s Child Episode 101: Jordan’s Phone Story
Keaton, Shelly, and Jordan review the latest news since the last recording and run through their risers and fallers for SS, OF, SP and RP. Risers: Amed Rosario Jordan Groshans Orelvis Martinez Alex Verdugo Corbin Carroll Julio Rodriguez Aaron Civale Adrian Houser Craig Kimbrel Ken Giles Edwin Diaz

The Dynasty Guru’s Top Relievers #1-75
Despite a scorching hot stove (I can’t believe the player you’re thinking of did or did not sign with the team you thought they would!), January and February can be some of the darkest months of the year (figuratively and literally). But fear not, restless readers. The Dynasty Guru is

Hold Opportunities: Don’t Overlook Relievers (HODOR)
An Introduction to the Holds Stat Personally speaking, I wasn’t even aware holds was a fantasy category until 2016. To be honest, the stat seemed a little silly to me. First off, it’s an unofficial statistic measuring the effectiveness of non-closers. Per MLB, “For those pitchers, their primary job is