Hyun-Jin Ryu
TDG Podcast, Episode 32- The Luzard King Cometh
The Boys are back! Ian is off this week. Keaton and Patrick decide to give away a prize to the listeners. Then, they team up to tackle the biggest call-ups (Gleyber Torres, Tyler O’Neil, and Lourdes Gurriel), best/worst stories from the past week (Berrios, Brinson, Bartolo, Ryu, Patrick Corbin, Sean Manaea,
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 Dynasty Guru’s Top 200 Dynasty Starting Pitchers, Nos. 81-100
It’s the time of the year where we offer congratulations to those of you brave dynasty league owners that survived the offseason. The greatness that 2016 will surely offer is upon us and that means we’ll be spending the next six weeks moving our way through the positional landscape, offering thoughts
The Dynasty Guru’s Top 200 Dynasty Starting Pitchers, Nos. 21-40
Congratulations on surviving another off-season. Now that the new year is upon us, it’s time to spend the next month traveling across the positional landscape, labeling players with numbers that correspond to their value. It’s the very definition of freedom. A ton of hard work was put into these rankings,
The Dynasty Guru’s Top 200 Dynasty League Starting Pitchers, Nos. 41-75
From the 21st of January to the 20th of February, the writers at TDG will be taking you through our rankings position-by-position. As I mentioned in the primer, this year we’re doing things a little differently. Instead of having my personal rankings up on this site, like last year, these
Shuffling the Deck: Post-Prospect Sleepers – NL West
The NL West doesn’t offer a great group of post-prospects to choose from, but with any luck everyone is tired of this idea. Let’s bring up the rear with a total lack of style! Arizona Diamondbacks: Didi Gregorius – SS Billed as the next coming of Derek Jeter by Diamondbacks GM
A Dynasty League Season in Review: Trading
I’ve written about some of my current fantasy leagues/teams in this space before, though I’ve yet to discuss the league I’m about to. For a primer on that, check out what I wrote for Fake Teams a while back, because this will be very much the same exercise. Here are
Overseas Attractions Coming Stateside in 2014
This year portly Korean import Hyun-jin Ryu and the gif-tastic Cuban sparkplug Yasel Puig, made immediate impacts in the majors after coming from overseas to help the Dodgers. But this isn’t a one year trend. Every year impact fantasy stars like Yoenis Cespedes, Yu Darvish, Aroldis Chapman and that guy
What To Do About… Hyun-Jin Ryu
It’s only natural that as the resident Dodgers fan here at The Dynasty Guru that I would write about the Dodgers other Rookie of the Year candidate: Hyun-Jin Ryu*. Entering the year there were a lot of questions about Ryu and the type of fantasy value he could provide. Much of this
Dynasty Dynamics: Stephen Strasburg, Dylan Bundy, Jean Segura and Others
There’s nothing like a week of high-profile starting pitcher injury concerns to make you re-think how you go after pitching in fantasy leagues. And no, I’m not talking about Chad Billingsley having Tommy John surgery, which was just about the most unsurprising news blurb I’ve seen in a long time.