Jonathan Villar

Scouting the Statline – The Top 300 Projected Hitters
Scouting the Statline focuses on using aging curves and major league equivalencies to generate peak projections. Peak projections put all minor and major leaguers on equal footing for comparative purposes, allowing us to easily build data-based rankings and leaderboards.

TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings for OBP Leagues – February 2022
…picture a man, 32, hunched over a laptop, tired fingers flying as he ranks an abnormally long list of other grown baseball persons, pitting them against each other with make-believe furor…he takes a deep breath and… Hey everybody, your friendly neighborhood dynasty dad here. I’m glad you’re back for some

TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings – February 2022
During the offseason, our staff has worked tirelessly to rank, debate, re-rank, and write up more than 600 players to help dynasty leaguers on their road to glory. As is typical, we put a bow on this offseason process with the following dynasty top 500. If you’re interested and able,

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2022 TOP 50 DYNASTY LEAGUE THIRD BASEMEN, #31-50
Continuing with TDG’s consensus rankings with Third Basemen ranked #31 through #50. Read on! 31. Luis Arráez, Minnesota Twins (Age: 25, Previous Rank: 20 at 2B) I’ve never really been sure what to do with Luis Arráez during drafting. Do I pass him by due to his low homer

TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings for OBP Leagues – July 2021
Congrats, everyone! You made it to the break! For everyone out there struggling through the grind of a 162-game season: we see you. And please know that you are more than your dynasty baseball team standings. At least, that’s what I tell myself. In any case, below are the consensus

TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings – Midseason Update July 2021
With the first half of 2021 in the books, now is as good a time as any to to refresh our offseason top 500 list. Thanks, dear readers, for following along thus far in 2021–we are looking forward to an enjoyable and fulfilling second half of the baseball season with

Dynasty’s Child Episode 154: Ohtani At 1.1 in 2022?
Patrick and Keaton join forces on the latest episode to chat about the latest dynasty news, The Five Tools of the Week, another round of Top Podspect, and fit in some great listener questions as well. Also: would you take Shohei Ohtani at 1.1 in a new dynasty startup

Dynasty’s Child Episode 139: Adam Eaton The Dust
In today’s episode of Dynasty’s Child, Keaton, Shelly, and Jordan discuss recent news and notes from around the league and hit on some outfielders to target and avoid heading into 2021! Outro: I Can’t Make You Love Me / Nick of Time by Bon Iver WRITERS’ PLUGS! Follow

Fire and Ice – New faces in new places
One often-overlooked factor that may contribute to a player’s future performance, whether positively or negatively, is where they call home. A range of factors can influence a player’s performance on the field that you should be sure to consider when drafting and/or trading for a particular player in your 2021

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.