Edwin Diaz
The Dynasty Guru’s Triple Play: Seattle Mariners!
AN INTRODUCTION Welcome to The Dynasty Guru’s Triple Play! This is a series where three of the Dynasty Guru’s nerdier baseball writers – Adam Lawler, Patrick Magnus, and Keaton O. DeRocher- bring to you a succinct analysis of a pitcher, a hitter and a prospect from each organization. We’ll be
TDG Podcast, Episode 27: RP Ranks and Listener Questions!
The Boys are back! This week the boys break down TDG’s RP rankings way more in-depth than is necessary! Suggested talking points- service time is dumb, Patrick tries to take Ian’s job, Patrick’s cat updates, getting angry about relievers, bat flips and back flips, minor league roster construction, Matt Olson
The Dynasty Guru’s Top 75 Relief Pitchers, #1-45
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, February and March can be some of the darkest months of the year
Finding LOB% Overachievers and Underachievers
There are many pitcher stats that we review and analyze to predict regression or breakout. While there is plenty of focus on BABIP (batting average on balls in play), HR/FB (home-run to flyball ratio) and ERA (earned run average), LOB% (Left On Base percentage), is a stat that I think
The Next Great Reliever
It can be quite difficult to predict which prospects will end up as high-end relievers in the big leagues. Edwin Diaz started out the 2016 season as a starting pitcher in Double-A, but by the end of the season he had eighteen saves for the Mariners. Now, he’s ranked fifth on our list of
#TDGX Transaction Report: Koji and Marcell Get #Hugs
You’ve been following TDGX. You love TDGX. We all love TDGX. And every week here at The Dynasty Guru, I am going to be bringing you commentary from our flagship experts’ league, directly from the participants themselves. Today we’re going to cover all of the transactions made post-draft, including a
#TDGX Recap: Team Goldstein: Rounds 21-30
We’re almost there. Only… TWENTY?! Ok, fine, twenty more rounds is a lot of rounds but we’re going to hammer them out here in the next two posts, meaning I’ll have recapped each and every one of my 40 picks, plus the small trade my partner and I made in