Matt Thaiss
2019 Top 30 Fantasy First Base Prospects
With many future first base prospects currently playing at other positions, first base is shallower than expected. Due to the high hitting bar for first base prospects, they have a high failure rate. Nevertheless, first base prospects almost universally can hit for power, and occasionally develop into fantasy studs. The
Top 240 Fantasy Prospects, June 2018
Last week at The Dynasty Guru, we examined infield, outfield, and pitching prospects with increasing and decreasing fantasy value. In addition, we examined where MLB Draft prospects fell within the Top 200. As the culmination of the monthly review and update, and given the influx of talent from the MLB Draft, we shall revisit the
Monthly Prospect Update: Infielders, May 2018
Each month, The Dynasty Guru will provide a prospect update that includes 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
The Worst Trade I Ever Made: Trout for Dahl, Moncada, Rodgers and Pomeranz
It was the 2015 trade deadline. My team in an 18-player, deep roster (5 OF, 1 MI) dynasty league was pure stars and scrubs. And when I mean stars and scrubs, I mean that my team consisted of Mike Trout, Joey Votto, Buster Posey, Chris Archer, and a big pile
2018 Top 200 Fantasy Prospects
The 2018 Top 200 Fantasy Prospects represents the culmination of over 40 days of prospect positional rankings. These rankings will ultimately detail 500 total prospects, including 40 catchers, 34 first basemen, 32 second basemen, 36 third basemen, 58 shortstops (part 1 and part 2), 120 outfielders (part 1, part 2, and part
2018 Top 34 Fantasy First Base Prospects
The Dynasty Guru recently released the annual, consensus rankings of the top 50 fantasy first basemen in dynasty leagues (#1-20 and #21-50), detailing several first base prospects. The following rankings focus upon, and dive deeper into, fantasy first base prospects. With so many future first base prospects currently playing at
The Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Dynasty League First Basemen, #21-50
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
Comparing TDG Rankings: Infield
It’s been over two months since the Dynasty Guru first published their first baseball rankings in over 108 days, and since then we’ve published consensus ranks for every position and two top 500s from our gurus– Bret’s and Tom’s. We’ve ranked around 690 players total across all the different lists