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Dynasty’s Child Episode 143: News, Notes, and Early Awards
In today’s loaded episode of Dynasty’s Child, Keaton, Shelly, and Jordan cover a ton of news and notes from around the league, pick their way-too-early award winners for 2021, and answer a few listener questions as well!! Outro: Almost (Sweet Music) by Hozier WRITERS’ PLUGS! Follow us on

TDG Roundtable: Breakout Player Outside the Top 100
Every week on Fridays, our writers here at The Dynasty Guru will be bringing you some quick hit musings about a particular topic so you, the reader, can get a blast of info from a bunch of different writers with some passionate opinions. This week, our staff weighs in on

SCOUTING THE STAT LINE: MORE EXCITING PEAK MLB PROJECTIONS FOR PROSPECTS
A few weeks ago, I published updated peak performance projections for all players under 30 with at least 600 career plate appearances. I did not include prospects with fewer than 600 PA in that article, as they have a relatively small sample of plate appearances. For these players, a stats-only

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.

Dynasty’s Child Episode 134: Boring Joey Votto
In today’s episode of Dynasty’s Child, Keaton, Shelly, and Jordan discuss some exciting trades and signings and break down first basemen they are targeting and avoiding heading into the 2021 season! Outro: 2 Heads by Coleman Hell WRITERS’ PLUGS! Follow us on Twitter! The Dynasty Guru: @DynastyGuru Shelly

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2021 TOP 20 FIRST BASE PROSPECTS, #11-20
Welcome to the second half of our 2021 first base prospect rankings. This list will round out our top hitters at perhaps the most powerful position on the diamond. The bottom half of the first base list features more players from the lower and mid-minors as well as a couple

First Base Prospect Spotlight: Bryce Ball
Welcome to a continuation of our new Prospect Spotlight series, where we pair our prospect rankings with a deep dive on one of the players in that ranking. Here, we’ll dive deeper into the prospect’s fantasy profile, highlighting their background, skill set, and what we see for them coming down

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2021 TOP 20 FIRST BASE PROSPECTS, #1-10
We’re back again with a new haul of prospects at a new position! We hope you’re enjoying this series so far because there’s quite a bit more where that came from.

Dynasty’s Child Episode 116: Barrage Of Seagull Poop
On this episode, Keaton, Shelly, and Jordan discuss the latest news from around the league and continue their prospect series with prospects from the NL East Outtro: This Disorder by The Features

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