Gabriel Arias

TDG 2023 PLAYERS TO AVOID: OUTFIELD
In today’s dynasty landscape, many dynasty owners’ cornerstone players can be found on the grass, such as Juan Soto; Ronald Acuna, Jr.; Bryce Harper; and Mike Trout. Each season, we find players who bring value to our squads out of nowhere. Other times, there are players who do not provide

Scout the Stat Line: Projected Top 1,000 Prospects, End of May Update
This prospect rankings article updates my offseason prospect projections piece, making use of my research on aging and the minor leagues featured at ‘Scout the Stat Line,’ a website Ross Jensen and I co-publish.

TDG Roundtable: Bold Predictions
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 members lay out their

TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings for OBP Leagues – February 2022
…picture a man, 32, hunched over a laptop, tired fingers flying as he ranks an abnormally long list of other grown baseball persons, pitting them against each other with make-believe furor…he takes a deep breath and… Hey everybody, your friendly neighborhood dynasty dad here. I’m glad you’re back for some

TDG – Top 200 Prospects for 2022
As we begin to close out #RankingSZN here at The Dynasty Guru, we’re pleased to share our top 200 prospects in advance of the 2022 season. Dig in, and enjoy!

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2022 TOP 40 SS PROSPECTS, #21-40
Hello and welcome back to the PROSPECTS ONLY portion of our ranking SZN, continuing on with the second half of a loaded SS position! Of course, not all these guys will stick at SS, but we’re ranking based on games played last season so the list is bursting with some

Join The Ranks Episode 27: 2022 Shortstop Dyno Ranks
Taylor (@TCasesLoaded) and Joe (@joegarino) invite the incomparable Shelly Verougstraete (@ShellyV_643) and Keaton DeRocher (@TheSpokenKeats) onto the pod to discuss TDG’s consensus shortstop rankings heading into 2022. As usual, the vets talk takeaways from the consensus rankings, any hot takes that showed up in the individual rankings, and risky

Scouting the Stat Line: Projected Peak Dynasty Performance for the Top 1,000 Prospects
This article continues an annual series providing peak projections for prospects. The projections are derived from peak major league equivalencies that use my (Jordan’s) aging curves and league translations to convert every player’s statistics to the same peak MLB (American League) baseline, making it easier to compare players at different

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2021 TOP 30 SHORTSTOP PROSPECTS, #16-30
And we’re back with the latter half of our 2021 Top 30 shortstop prospects. There are quite a few up and comers on this list. It’s littered with guys yet to make their pro debut (due to the pandemic), but don’t let that scare you away. These youngsters are as

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2021 TOP 50 DYNASTY LEAGUE SHORTSTOPS, #31-50
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!), these long winter months can be some of the darkest of the year (figuratively and literally). But fear not, restless readers. The Dynasty