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Scouting the Stat Line: Peak Projections for Top Prospects After One Month of MILB Games
Vidal Brujan (Photograph: Twitter, @vidalbrujan) This article provides peak MLB projections for prospects incorporating their MILB statistics through the games of June 7th.
Scouting the Stat Line: Top 1000+ Hitters Under 30 by Peak Projected Dynasty Performance
Note: data update 3/8/2021. Peak wRC+ and dynasty z-score are unchanged. Other metrics updated, but they remain consistent with peak wRC+ and dynasty z-score. See ‘Table note’ for more detail.
Dynasty’s Child Episode 133: Scary Sanchez
In today’s episode of Dynasty’s Child, Keaton, Shelly, and Jake discuss the latest news from around the league (what’s up, Padres fans!!), discuss catchers to target and avoid, and also answer some listener questions!! Outro: Two High by Moon Taxi WRITERS’ PLUGS! Follow us on Twitter! The Dynasty
THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2021 TOP 20 CATCHER PROSPECTS, #11-20
Hello friends and welcome back to the second half of our 2021 catcher prospect rankings. This time around, the list is headlined by a slugger who’s already made his MLB debut. Half the list is made up of players working their way through the mid-minors, only a season or so
THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2021 TOP 40 DYNASTY LEAGUE CATCHERS, #21-40
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
Dynasty Discussion: The Catching Position
In dynasty baseball, the are two ‘rules’ you constantly hear in podcasts or read in articles. Number 1: There is no such thing as a pitching prospect (“TINSTAPP”). Number 2: Never draft catchers. As with most things, these should not be viewed as absolutes. While I was working on updating
TDG’s Top 150 Prospects May 2020
As an extension of the Top 500 Overall Players from March, The following is the consensus top 150 prospects from Keaton DeRocher, Shelly Verougstraete, and Jordan Rosenblum.
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