Jahmai Jones

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2022 TOP 30 2B PROSPECTS, #16-30
Hello and welcome back to the PROSPECTS ONLY portion of our ranking SZN, continuing on with the second have of our 2B portion! Lots of major league ready and lower-level talent on this list, but a list deep in promise and ability! We hope you enjoy the list and feel

Episode 5: Taylor Trammell and Yusniel Diaz. Joined with great dynasty baseball friends!
First we discuss “bottom feeders”. These guys are at the bottom of lists and sometimes not found on multiple lists. The guys fitting this criteria are Jahmai Jones, Nick Pratto and Bubba Thompson. Then we move into listener recommended players. We discuss Hans Crouse, Jacob Nix, Lazaro Armenteros, MJ Melendez,

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2021 TOP 50 DYNASTY LEAGUE SECOND BASEMEN, #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

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

The Dynasty Guru’s 2020 Top 50 Second 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, moreso for you Astros and Sawks fans

Scouting the Stat Line: Top 3030 Hitting Prospects by Peak MLB wOBA Projection
Wander Franco (Left photograph: Rob Tringali / MLB Photos via Getty Images); Julio Rodriguez (Right photograph: wv_power, The Official Instagram for the West Virginia Power) Over the past year, I’ve developed translations that convert minor league statistics to their equivalent MLB statistics. I’ve also built aging curves to project when

Monthly Prospect Update: Infielders, August 2019
Each month, The Dynasty Guru will provide a prospect update, including notable performances (good and bad), assignments, promotions, trades, injuries, and suspensions. Most importantly, the monthly update will examine prospects with increasing and decreasing fantasy value, from the elite to the obscure.

Dynasty’s Child Episode 82: Goat Yoga and Humming Alpaca
Click Here To Listen Keaton, Shelly and Jake are on hand to review the week that was, unroll a new segment called The Batting Order, hit the prospect stock exchange, pick a Top Podspect and close out with some listener Q’s Transactions: Nick Kingham (5:20) Chris Paddack (6:55) Jordan Yamamoto

Monthly Prospect Update: Infielders, May 2019
Each month, The Dynasty Guru will provide a prospect update, including notable performances (good and bad), assignments, promotions, trades, injuries, and suspensions. Most importantly, the monthly update will examine prospects with increasing and decreasing fantasy value, from the elite to the obscure. At the beginning of May, TDG reviewed April performances for infielders,