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TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings February 2021
After a wild and crazy 2020 season, the 2021 MLB season is about to begin! Our staff of 27 writers and contributors have ranked, debated, re-ranked, and written up more than 600 players! Now for the big finale, the TDG Top 500 List.

Dynasty’s Child Episode 138: Yordan, I Kneed To See It
In today’s episode of Dynasty’s Child, Keaton, Shelly, and Jake talk all the exciting recent signings, trades, as well as the first half of TDG’s consensus outfield rankings for 2021. As usual, they hit on players to target and avoid, and even mix in a few listener questions. Tune

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2021 TOP 125 DYNASTY LEAGUE OUTFIELDERS, #21-60
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

TDG Roundtable: Players We Got Wrong In 2020
Every week on Fridays/whenever we get to them, 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’s roundtable

The Bastard Son of xwOBA: xwOBA-lite for Minor Leaguers
How to best make sense of the recent proliferation of information on minor league hitters, specifically power metrics? This is a question I’ve been struggling with in the last few weeks/months (does anyone keep track of time anymore?) regarding minor league fly ball distance, exit velocity, and exit velocity on

Jordan’s Research Ramblings: Expected Power Leaderboards for Minor Leaguers
Last week, I generated an expected home runs per fly ball measure (xHR/FB) for minor leaguers based on their average fly ball distance and average exit velocity. The logic is this: a minor leaguer can be expected to hit a certain number of home runs per fly ball given their

TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings March 2020
The 2020 season is just about upon us, and TDG ranking SZN is almost concluded. So far the incredible rankings team of 26 writers has ranked and written up more than 600 players. Now that all the positional rankings have been completed and released, that just leaves one left: The

Dynasty’s Child Episode 107: Jordan Escapes
Keaton, Shelly, and Jordan cover the recent news from around the league, the OF rankings list and listener questions. Overrated: Oscar Mercado Victor Robles Austin Meadows (Not Really Though Shelly Is Wrong) Underrated: Julio Rodriguez Marcell Ozuna Kyle Schwarber Best Chance To Jump Into Top 50: Trent Grisham Ian

The Dynasty Guru’s 2020 Top 125 Outfielders, #76-100
WELCOME! Our brave group of writers has been ranking, debating, re-ranking, re-debating, and re-re-ranking over 600 players for dynasty leagues. The fruits of our efforts will be filling January and February with the deepest, most thoroughly and painstakingly selected dynasty baseball rankings on the internet. We have top-40s, top-50s, top-125s,

Dynasty’s Child Episode 88: He’s A Fridge
Topics include: Transactions Marcus Stroman (7:15) Eric Sogard (10:40) Sergio Romo (11:15) Tyler White (12:00) Trade Deadline stuff (12:45) Bo Bichette (15:15) Ian Happ (18:00) Will D Smith (19:30) Trevor Richards (22:10) Yasmany Tomas (23:25) Brent Honeywell (24:25) Joey Gallo (25:40) Atlanta Injuries (26:30) Brewers Injuries (26:45) Max Scherzer (27:40)