Greg Bird

Scouting the Stat Line – The Best Minor League Hitters of the Past Decade
The Dynasty Guru updates its peak performance leaderboards weekly. View the latest update here, updated as of 8/23/2019. As a reminder, the wOBA metric is designed to be a single variable that can inform how good a player’s overall hitting/plate approach quality is. Our wOBA calculations are meant to help

The Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 First Basemen, #21-50
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!), January and February can be some of the darkest months of the year (figuratively and literally). But fear not, restless readers. The Dynasty

2019 Dynasty Risers and Fallers: First Base
It’s that time of year where we start to analyze the 2018 season and see what players are going to be climbing up or falling down draft boards in 2019. I’ll be going through position by position to find guys I expect to be risers and fallers, or the guys

Dynasty’s Child Podcast: Episode 51
<iframe width=”100%” height=”180px” src=”//percolate.blogtalkradio.com/offsiteplayer?hostId=1071685&episodeId=10974117″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> The boys are back with friend of the pod Jake Deveraux! Live Action Reaction Hunter Renfroe (3:15): An OF2?…Poo Poo Patrick and Jake the Jerk rear their ugly heads (6:34) Trevor Story (11:00):Tier 1/Tier 2 SS? … Impact of Story’s rise on Garrett Hampson’s

TDG Weekly Report, May 26-June 1, 2018
This year, The Dynasty Guru will provide a weekly report every Saturday. The weekly report will link to TDG articles for the past week, touch upon notable player developments, and preview upcoming TDG articles for the next week.

Exploiting Injuries to Build a Dynasty Monster
Injuries are a part of fantasy that everyone anticipates. But they’re not always handled in the best ways by every owner. Today, I’d like to talk about how you can use this mishandling of player injuries to your advantage.

TDG Weekly Report, May 19-25, 2018
This year, The Dynasty Guru will provide a weekly report every Saturday. The weekly report will link to TDG articles for the past week, touch upon notable player developments, and preview upcoming TDG articles for the next week.

TDG Weekly Report, May 12-18, 2018
This year, The Dynasty Guru will provide a weekly report every Saturday. The weekly report will link to TDG articles for the past week, touch upon notable player developments, and preview upcoming TDG articles for the next week.

TDG Weekly Report, May 5-11, 2018
This year, The Dynasty Guru will provide a weekly report every Saturday. The weekly report will link to TDG articles for the past week, touch upon notable player developments, and preview upcoming TDG articles for the next week.

The Worst Trade I Ever Made: Trout for Dahl, Moncada, Rodgers and Pomeranz
It was the 2015 trade deadline. My team in an 18-player, deep roster (5 OF, 1 MI) dynasty league was pure stars and scrubs. And when I mean stars and scrubs, I mean that my team consisted of Mike Trout, Joey Votto, Buster Posey, Chris Archer, and a big pile