Jake Odorizzi
TDG Podcast, Episode 26: SP Ranks and Listener Questions!
The Boys are back! This week the guys break down TDG’s SP rankings and answer your listener questions! Suggested Talking Points- The Twins rotation, old pitchers, Keaton upsets Ian, Patrick buys Ian’s love, the cameo from Keaton’s cat, the cameo from Ian’s wife, yelling about Chris Archer, Lance Lynn, and Jeff Samardzija, next
The Dynasty Guru’s Top 200 Starting Pitchers, #121-160
It’s been a slow off-season. Like, a really slow off-season. With the hot stove frigid, fantasy baseball players haven’t had many ways to quench their thirst, unless they’ve thrown themselves head-first into football, basketball, or hockey. January and February can be some of the darkest months of the year (figuratively
TDG Podcast, Episode 24: Shortstops and Listener Questions!
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thedynastygurupodcast/2018/02/26/the-dynasty-guru-podcast-episode-24-shortstop-rankings-and-listener-questions The Baseball Boys are back! First half: the guys talk about the Rays and their recent moves, the Red Sox and the JD Martinez signing, and Eric Hosmer’s deal in San Diego. Second half: the guys break down the shortstop rankings: Keaton has angry Jean Segura takes and Patrick
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. 21-40
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 Breakout Is Approaching FOR REAL: Drew Smyly
Any of you that have been reading my articles since I started over at Baseball Professor probably think I have some strange fascination with Drew Smyly. Let me first clarify no he doesn’t pay me to write about him as his unknown hype man and no we are not related.
Grading the Unexpected Aces: Wacha, Liriano, Burnett, Martinez and Odorizzi
Let’s take a look at another batch of pitchers having great years despite low pre-season rankings. All of the pitchers below are currently ranked in the top 25 starting pitchers in baseball in 5×5 leagues. Are they flukes or can we expect them to continue pitching at an elite level? Michael
What To Do About: Back of the Rotation Prospects
Inspired by watching the Orioles absolutely hammer Anthony Ranaudo on Tuesday, and Brandon Workman on Wednesday, I thought it might be useful to look at the real value of back end rotation prospects in dynasty leagues.*
Trade Targets: Strasburg, Leake and Odorizzi are Undervalued Pitchers
Here are some pitchers whose perceived value is less than their real value. Each of them is a solid trade target right now because you might be able to get them at a discount compared to what it will cost you in the offseason. These guys will be ranked highly
#TDGX Recap: Team Goldstein: Rounds 13-20
After a brief hiatus to make room for bold predictions, we return to our regularly scheduled program of explaining #TDGX picks. We left off at round 12 in our last run through and will go through round 20 in this turn, with the explanations getting understandably shorter as we go