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Dynasty’s Child Episode 145: Alarm Bells Ringing
In today’s episode of Dynasty’s Child, Patrick, Shelly, and Jordan cover all the latest news and notes from MLB, do some early-season venting, and bring back the Top Podspect segment! Tune in! Outro: Lost by Dermot Kennedy WRITERS’ PLUGS! Follow us on Twitter! The Dynasty Guru: @DynastyGuru Shelly

Join The Ranks Episode 13: Breakouts and A Tight Package
Taylor (@TCasesLoaded) and Kyle (@CavghtLooking) discuss some relevant news and notes from the first four days of the season, some exciting roster moves, breakout candidates for the 2021 season, and some last-minute thoughts for your dynasty teams. News and Notes: 3:03 Taylor Trammell: 3:09 Luis Campusano: 6:08 Akil Baddoo:

Scouting the Stat Line: Top 1000+ Hitters Under 30 by Peak Projected Dynasty Performance
Note: data update 3/8/2021. Peak wRC+ and dynasty z-score are unchanged. Other metrics updated, but they remain consistent with peak wRC+ and dynasty z-score. See ‘Table note’ for more detail.

TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings February 2021
After a wild and crazy 2020 season, the 2021 MLB season is about to begin! Our staff of 27 writers and contributors have ranked, debated, re-ranked, and written up more than 600 players! Now for the big finale, the TDG Top 500 List.

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2021 TOP 125 DYNASTY LEAGUE OUTFIELDERS, #61-125
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!), these long winter months can be some of the darkest of the year (figuratively and literally). But fear not, restless readers. The Dynasty

Top Rookies for 2020 Production
I cannot believe it, there will be baseball games played this week that have meaning! This 60 game sprint will be the strangest season we have seen. Also, it will be interesting to see how teams utilize their taxi squad. Will, it actually be a taxi squad, with a bunch

TDG’s Top 150 Prospects May 2020
As an extension of the Top 500 Overall Players from March, The following is the consensus top 150 prospects from Keaton DeRocher, Shelly Verougstraete, and Jordan Rosenblum.

The Bastard Son of xwOBA: xwOBA-lite for Minor Leaguers
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

Jordan’s Research Ramblings: Expected Power Leaderboards for Minor Leaguers
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

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