Miguel Vargas

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.

Finding Prospects with Power Potential: 2021 Review
The first skill I look at is the hit tool when analyzing prospects. I believe that this is the most crucial tool for hitters, as everything else is tied to it. What good is 80-grade power if you cannot make contact with the ball? How many bases can plus speed

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 – Top 200 Prospects for 2022
As we begin to close out #RankingSZN here at The Dynasty Guru, we’re pleased to share our top 200 prospects in advance of the 2022 season. Dig in, and enjoy!

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 30 3B PROSPECTS, #1-15
Hello and welcome back to the PROSPECTS ONLY portion of our ranking SZN, continuing on with the first half of our 3B rankings! The hot corner offers lots of hot names, but also some tight tiers for our rankers! The top two names were pretty clear for the group, but

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2022 TOP 50 DYNASTY LEAGUE THIRD BASEMEN, #11-30
Continuing with our highlights of the league’s top Third Basemen, as judged by our collection of industry experts, below are the 11th through the 30th ranked players in the league. 11. Matt Chapman, Oakland Athletics (Age: 28, Previous Rank: 8) Matt Chapman’s 2020 season ended early due to a hip

Join The Ranks Episode 26: 2022 Third Base Dyno Ranks
Taylor (@TCasesLoaded) and Joe (@joegarino) invite Shawn Losier (@ILoveShawn5000) on to the pod to discuss TDG’s consensus third basemen rankings heading into 2022. They talk takeaways from the consensus rankings, the state of the position over the next few years, any hot takes that showed up in the individual

Scouting the Stat Line: Projected Peak Dynasty Performance for the Top 1,000 Prospects
This article continues an annual series providing peak projections for prospects. The projections are derived from peak major league equivalencies that use my (Jordan’s) aging curves and league translations to convert every player’s statistics to the same peak MLB (American League) baseline, making it easier to compare players at different

Dynasty’s Child Episode 156: Scotcheroos And Other Fun Stuff
Jake, Shelly, and Jordan are back again to discuss news and notes from around the league, review this week’s 5 Tools, a new round of Top Podspect, and even fit in some listener questions to close out the show! Outro: Teenage Dirtbag by Wheatus WRITERS’ PLUGS! Follow us