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Episode 59: Off-season Pt. I: Trades and Resolutions
The Dynasty Guru Extravaganza! Pt. I: Trades Hello friends! Welcome to a 2 part off season episodes! (3:00) Rangers/A’s/Rays trade: Jurickson Profar and the impact on Franklin Barreto (10:08) Dodgers/Reds trade: Yasiel Puig, LF Matt Kemp, LHP Alex Wood, SS Jeter Downs. Impact: Harper to LA? What to do
Dynasty’s Child Podcast: Episode 44: Mid-Season Top 500 With Jesse Roche Pt. I
The boys are back with friend of the pod Jesse Roche. PART I: MILB CENTRIC Jesse’s Process (3:36) Risers Hitters (9:55): Jose Ramirez, Javy Baez, and Trevor Story Risers Pitchers (13:20): Blake Snell, Trevor Bauer, Miles Mikolas, Ross Stripling Fallers Hitters (17:00): Byron Buxton, Lewis Brinson, Miguel Sano, Domingo Santana
Statcast Primer: What Do I Need To Know?
Hi. My name is Jim. I write about launch angles, exit velocities, expected on-base averages, barrels and all manner of things that try to answer the question “why?” Why do baseball stats like batting average, WHIP, home runs, earned run average, isolated slugging percentage and on-base percentage become what they
Attacking Murky Depth Chart Waters
Imagine for a moment that you’re Domingo Santana. Congratulations, you’re a professional baseball player! Not only that, but you’re coming off of a breakout campaign where you hit 30 home runs in a full-time role for a team that finished the season on the brink of the playoffs. Life is
The Dynasty Guru’s Top 125 Dynasty League Outfielders, #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
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
Using Statcast in Dynasty Leagues: xwOBA
Statcast has gathering a tremendous amount of data on everything that happens on a major league field since 2015. The sheer volume of new information produced by Statcast can be a little daunting, especially when trying to make fantasy baseball decisions. In this post, I’d like to produce a rough
TDG Podcast Episode 14: Midseason Top 500 Rankings
Tom Trudeau, Ben Diamond, Nick Doran and Tyler Baber discuss The Dynasty Guru midseason Top 500 Dynasty Baseball rankings including: Billy Hamilton Nolan Arenado Paul Goldschmidt Jose Altuve Trea Turner Xander Bogaerts Joey Votto Starling Marte Miguel Sano Clayton Kershaw Aaron Judge Andrew Benintendi Giancarlo Stanton Christian Yelich Gregory Polanco
Prioritizing Early Season Waiver Claims Using Limited Samples
The start of the fantasy baseball season is the best time of year. With the culmination of months of research and draft preparation and weeks of anticipation after you’ve assembled your team, it’s finally time to enjoy the fruits of your labor (hopefully). However, the champion is not crowned on
What Player Raises His Stock The Most In 2016?
I am a believer that the single most important aspect of keeping a dynasty team competitive is the ability to recognize when a player’s value is on the verge of increasing rapidly and being able to acquire that player at a minimal cost before it is too late. My initial thought was to