Daniel Palka

The Dynasty Guru’s 2021 Top 50 Dynasty League First Basemen: Players to Avoid
This is a companion piece to our annual Top 50 Dynasty League 1st Base series, which you can find here and here. The opinions below are my own and do not reflect the TDG consensus.

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

Dynasty’s Child Episode 47: Episode 47: Baseball Villainy With Emma Baccellieri of Sports Illustrated
The Boys Are Back with special guest Emma Baccellieri! Lance McCullers and future value (2:40) Tom Murphy demoted…what are you doing with him? (6:02) Alex Wood and his value (7:36) GUEST SEGMENT w/ Emma Baccellieri of Sports Illustrated Mike Trout (12:26) Daniel Palka (16:02) Trevor Bauer (17:25) Jake deGrom (18:52) Chris