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The Dynasty Guru’s Prediction Week: What We’re Watching in 2019
Hello, and welcome to the last day of Prediction Week at The Dynasty Guru! Because Opening Day was yesterday–praise the Baseball Gods–we’re taking this last opportunity to set some of our most pressing last second takes in stone. We have been featuring a different topic each day this week, and
The Dynasty Guru’s Prediction Week: MLB Season Predictions
Hello, and welcome to Prediction Week at The Dynasty Guru! Because Opening Day is only one day away(!), we thought it would be the perfect time to set some of our most bombastic last second takes in stone. Each day this week we’ll be featuring a different topic, and five
TDG Prediction Week: 2019 Fantasy Predictions
Hello, and welcome to Prediction Week at The Dynasty Guru! Because Opening Day is only two days away(!), we thought it would be the perfect time to set some of our most bombastic last second takes in stone. Each day this week we’ll be featuring a different topic, and five
The Dynasty Guru’s Prediction Week: My Guy for 2019
Hello, and welcome to Prediction Week at The Dynasty Guru! This week we’re taking a step away from our normal long-game of dynasty baseball and focusing specifically on helping readers win leagues in 2019. And because Opening Day is only a few days away, we thought it would be the
Waiting for Spring: The Dynasty Guru’s 2019 Mock Draft
Because baseball season can never arrive soon enough, a group of eight Dynasty Guru writers came together to do an early mock draft for the 2019 season. We went twelve rounds and drafted using the following Head-to-Head categories: R, HR, RBI, SB, OBP, W, SV, K, ERA and WHIP. Lineups
Two Part-Timers Ready to Play
Last season Jesus Aguilar was a part-time player with the Milwaukee Brewers. In 279 at-bats he hit 16 home runs, posted a .331 OBP, and was worth 4.7 Offensive WAR. Aguilar’s offensive value fell right between Mike Moustakas’ 4.6, and Xander Bogaerts’ 4.8. Those results suggest that he was ready
The Dynasty Guru’s All Second-Half Team
It’s hard to believe that the baseball season is already half over. The good news for all of us is that there is a lot more ball to play after the All-Star Break. When we look back at the first half, it has been defined by the otherworldly performances of
Code Blue: Three Players in Dynasty Triage
Players fall off the map every year. Some declines we see coming; some we don’t. After being aggressively drafted back in the spring, the following players have all experienced sickening declines in value in the season’s first half. The extent of each player’s depreciation is probably beyond what even the
Rebuilding the Topeka Tornadoes: Strategies for Dynasty League Heroes
For all of the thousands of dynasty owners who put in work endlessly searching for competitive edges on the competition, there are an equal number players who decide to join a dynasty league for about 12 minutes, only to abandon their brand new team. This is a pickle for invested
Three Players in Limbo
Juan Soto’s meteoric rise to the major leagues has been one of this season’s most exciting storylines. After starting the season at High-A, the 19-year-old blasted through Double-A and has already played 26 games for the Nationals. The kid is showing some serious style, currently sporting a .326/.420/.593 slash. But