Ke’Bryan Hayes

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2021 TOP 50 DYNASTY LEAGUE THIRD BASEMEN, #11-30
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 2021 RISERS AND FALLERS: THIRD BASEMEN
This is a companion piece to our annual dynasty league third basemen rankings. The opinions below are my own and do not reflect the TDG consensus.

The Dynasty Guru’s 2021 Top 50 Dynasty League First Basemen: First Basemen to Target
This is a companion piece to our annual Top 50 Dynasty League First Basemen posts, of which you can find 1-10 here. The opinions below are my own and do not reflect the TDG consensus.

Join The Ranks Episode 2: Some Rookie Love
Taylor (@TCasesLoaded) and Joe (@joegarino) discuss the latest MLB awards, recent signings and player options, and a way-too-early fantasy sleeper for 2021. Follow the pod @JoinTheRanksTDG, and thanks for listening!

Dynasty’s Child Episode 126: Keaton’s The Idiot
On this episode, Keaton, Shelly and, Jake catch up on the latest news from around the league and discuss the rash of recent pitching prospect promotions and finish with a philosophical question of how to build a dynasty pitching staff.

New Dynasty League Draft Part VIII: Slow Drafting during a Pandemic-End of the Draft
We are entering the home stretch of the breakdown of a new, head-to-head, 16-team, Dynasty league draft that I joined at the end of March. As of today there is still the possibility of a 2020 season, albeit shortened. Many of you out there are in leagues where decisions will

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

Jordan’s Research Ramblings: Underrated Minor League Power Performances
Minor league data is not yet at the same quality of MLB data, but it’s catching up. In the past few years, key new data sources have become available to the prospect analyst: FanGraphs and Baseball America now offer average exit velocity, while Prospects Live offers fly ball distance, and