Something Seems Different This Year The 2021 New York Yankees do not look like their typical home run happy selves. As of June 27th, the Bronx Bombers are currently tied for eighth in the league with 100 home runs. Their current 162 game pace is 210 home runs, which

Note: data update 3/8/2021. Peak wRC+ and dynasty z-score are unchanged. Other metrics updated, but they remain consistent with peak wRC+ and dynasty z-score. See ‘Table note’ for more detail.

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

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

  In this episode Keaton, Shelly and Jake dive into the latest news from around the league and talk 1B Rankings. Underrated: Joey Votto Luke Voit Jose Abreu Overrated: Rhys Hoskins Evan White Josh Bell Best Chance to jump into top 10 Michael Chavis Renato Nunez Mike Ford Favorite 1B

Each month, The Dynasty Guru will provide a prospect update, including 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.

The Dynasty Guru updates its peak performance leaderboards weekly. View the latest update here, updated through last week’s games.

Each month, The Dynasty Guru will provide a prospect update, including 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 April performances for infielders,

Each month, The Dynasty Guru will provide a prospect update, including 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 April, TDG reviewed early assignments, injuries, and

For an explanation of league rules, see the introductory post. Week 3 was a crowded FAAB week, focused mostly on potential future closers. Week 4 was quieter, but in many ways much more interesting. As injuries begin to mount, owners are looking for playing time. In a league with 96