Lewis Brinson

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

Keaton It Real: Buying and Selling Spring Training Performances
It’s always difficult to make heads or tails of spring training stats, but sometimes they can offer you a glimpse into the direction a player is trending. As we round the Grapefruit/Cactus League corner into the home stretch and into Opening Day, let’s take a dive into some stat lines

Dynasty’s Child Episode 67: Reliever Ranks and Spring Training Reactoins
Click Here To Listen Patrick, Keaton, and Jake break down the reliever ranks, talk about the impact of some recent injuries, touch on some spring training results so far and close out with some listener Q’s Topics include: Injuries: Luis Severino – Shoulder Miguel Sano – Heel Alex Wood –

The Dynasty Guru’s Top 125 Outfielders, #76-100
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). But fear not, restless readers. The Dynasty Guru is

The Dynasty Guru’s Top 125 Outfielders, #76-100
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). But fear not, restless readers. The Dynasty Guru is

2019 Risers and Fallers: Outfield
New year, same series. Still Grinding through each position analyzing players whose stocks are up or down. Identifying guys who should be risers or fallers, and players you should know about as you gear up for drafts and trades during this non-existent off-season. This week we’re looking at outfield! These

Dynasty’s Child Podcast: Episode 44: Mid-Season Top 500 With Jesse Roche Pt. I
The boys are back with friend of the pod Jesse Roche. PART I: MILB CENTRIC Jesse’s Process (3:36) Risers Hitters (9:55): Jose Ramirez, Javy Baez, and Trevor Story Risers Pitchers (13:20): Blake Snell, Trevor Bauer, Miles Mikolas, Ross Stripling Fallers Hitters (17:00): Byron Buxton, Lewis Brinson, Miguel Sano, Domingo Santana

When Small Samples are the Best Samples
We’re a quarter of the way through the MLB season, and while some stats are stabilizing, many are still highly influenced by noise and variance. We’re also six or so weeks into the minor league season and many sites, including this one, have updated their prospect rankings. There’s also been

Top 200 Fantasy Prospects, May 2018
Over the past week at The Dynasty Guru, we examined infield, outfield, and pitching prospects with increasing and decreasing fantasy value. As the culmination of the monthly review and update, we shall revisit the 2018 Top 200 Fantasy Prospects, published in March. Fantasy value is ever-changing. Like the stock market, there are stable assets and