Brian Dozier

Join The Ranks Episode 18: Talking Top-500 and Second-Half Breakouts
Joe (@JoeGarino) and Taylor (@TCasesLoaded) invite Taylor’s younger brother Grif onto a marathon episode to talk about the last week in fantasy baseball, risers and fallers in the recently released Top-500 OBP-league rankings, and players we think are about to go off in the second half. Tune in and

The Dynasty Guru’s 2020 Top 50 Second 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, moreso for you Astros and Sawks fans

Potentially Ill-Advised Adventures in xwOBA (and a New xwOBA Metric!)
Let’s play a game: what do Brian Dozier, Rougned Odor, Andrelton Simmons, Jonathan Schoop, Jose Ramirez, Paul Dejong, Max Kepler, Travis Shaw, Randal Grichuk, and Sal Perez have in common?

The Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Second Basemen, #1-20
1) Jose Altuve, Houston Astros, (Age: 29, Previous Rank: 1) Playing through injury to end the season, Altuve’s overall numbers took a small step back in 2018, most notably in his steals total. Altuve failed to reach 30 steals for the first time in his career. Hopefully you listened to

2019 Dynasty Risers and Fallers: Second Base
It’s that time of year where we start to analyze the 2018 season and see what players are going to be climbing up or falling down draft boards in 2019. I’ll be going through position by position to find guys I expect to be risers and fallers, or the guys

Fibonacci’s Budget: A Strategic Approach to Dominating Auction Drafts
The beauty of fantasy baseball auction drafts is flexibility and opportunity. Since owners are untethered from a draft position, gems like Mike Trout and Clayton Kershaw are in play for everyone; all an owner has to do is pay. Many theories have emerged regarding auction drafting, and most would agree

The Many Outcomes Of Greg Bird
As the resident high-man on Greg Bird, I find myself compelled to remind our readers that while there are many outcomes for the oft-injured slugger, the outcomes you should care about are the full-season 50th or 75th percentile outcomes. I won’t bore you with run-rate outcomes based on his prior

How to Take Risks in Fantasy Baseball
Flags fly forever. We play fantasy baseball to win our leagues, not to just put together a consistent, above-average team. However, we all are working off similar rankings with essentially equal resources (draft picks, etc) to apply to those rankings. If you select a team based purely off rankings competing
TDGX2- Draft Pick Analysis
The following is a review of the first 2 rounds of The Dynasty Guru Experts League (Volume II) initial draft. This is a 20 team, 5×5 league that utilizes OPS and SV+HLD instead of AVG and SV. We thought it might be good to put our money where our mouth

The Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Dynasty League Second Basemen, #1-20
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