Ben Zobrist

Chad Pinder possesses some of baseball’s sneakiest power
The 2018 leaderboard for barrels per batted ball event (min. 50 batted balls) reads like a home run derby bracket, or maybe a list of baseball’s strongest men. That’s especially true for the first 17 names. But at No. 18, right ahead of reigning American League MVP Mookie Betts, is

Esteban Quiroz: The Red Sox Second Basemen You Should Stash
Mexican second baseman Esteban Quiroz didn’t generate a ton of hype after signing with the Boston Red Sox this past November. Maybe it was due to his ripe old age of 26, or maybe it was his diminutive 5’5” frame. The fact that he never cracked MLB Pipeline’s list of

2018 Top 32 Fantasy Second Base Prospects
The Dynasty Guru recently released the annual, consensus rankings of the top 50 fantasy second basemen in dynasty leagues (#1-20 and #21-50), detailing several second base prospects. The following rankings focus upon, and dive deeper into, fantasy second base prospects. Second base is the land of misfit shortstops. Be they

The Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Dynasty League Second Basemen, #21-50
It’s been a slow off-season. Like, a really slow off-season. With the hot stove frigid, fantasy baseball players haven’t had many ways to quench their thirst, unless they’ve thrown themselves head-first into football, basketball, or hockey. January and February can be some of the darkest months of the year (figuratively
The Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Dynasty League Second Baseman, Nos. 1-20
It’s the time of the year where we offer congratulations to those of you brave dynasty league owners that survived the offseason. The greatness that 2016 will surely offer is upon us and that means we’ll be spending the next six weeks moving our way through the positional landscape, offering thoughts
The Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Dynasty Shortstops, Nos. 1-20
Congratulations on surviving another off-season. Now that the new year is upon us, it’s time to spend the next month traveling across the positional landscape, labeling players with numbers that correspond to their value. It’s the very definition of freedom. A ton of hard work was put into these rankings,
Trader’s Corner: Big Names, Big Trades
This week features several top ten talents changing hands. As I’ve been reading through the emails sent in for this column, I can’t help but notice two things: 1. Our readers are really smart fantasy players who make savvy trades. 2. Our readers sometimes play in really complicated leagues! Seriously,
The Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Dynasty League Second Basemen, Nos. 1-20
From the 21st of January to the 20th of February, the writers at TDG will be taking you through our rankings position-by-position. As I mentioned in the primer, this year we’re doing things a little differently. Instead of having my personal rankings up on this site, like last year, these
Starlin Castro Hits Rock Bottom
Starlin Castro had a down year. A really down year. Fantasy Pros’ No. 3 shortstop — and No. 36 player overall — in the 2013 preseason rankings was simply abysmal, slashing .245/.284/.347 with 10 home runs, 59 runs, 44 RBIs and nine steals in 705 plate appearances. The 23-year-old regressed in every major
Selling Jason Kipnis
I’ll start by naming all the second basemen more valuable than Jason Kipnis in 2013: Robinson Cano Cheesy way to start a blog post aside, many doubted the second baseman’s 2012 campaign after he completely fell apart post All-Star break. I wasn’t one of the doubters, but I understood the