Austin Slater
TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings for OBP Leagues – July 2022
Hey everybody, your friendly neighborhood dynasty dad here. Thank you as always for tuning in for some more Top-500 OBP list action! A few notes and various housekeeping items before we dive right in this time, in list form, as is my right: The list is now a Saves +
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
YCDB Episode 4: Baseball Nihilism with Patrick Magnus
It’s a Freaky Friday situation, and Trey Hobbs has grabbed the reigns. Trey and Patrick talk about their current dynasty draft, resources for learning about prospects, and what to look for when you first start analyzing prospects. Plus Recommendations for deep, deep players at the end of your drafts.
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.
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
Scouting the Stat-Line — Movers and Shakers
The Dynasty Guru updates its peak performance leaderboards weekly. View the latest update here, updated through last week’s games. The leaderboards present peak MLB wOBA for all players, minor and major leaguers. Peak MLB wOBA captures league difficulty, adjusting minor league performance from each league to the same major league
The Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 First Basemen, #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!), January and February can be some of the darkest months of the year (figuratively and literally). But fear not, restless readers. The Dynasty