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Scout the Statline: Top Hitting Prospects Since 2006
Since 2019, Scout the Statline has occasionally run our predictive data models over past periods to 1)test our approach’s efficacy, and 2)see how current minor leaguers compare to star minor leaguers from the past. You can view our original piece from 2019 by following this link. You can view our

Scouting the Stat Line – The Best Minor League Seasons of the 2010’s
Throughout 2019, The Dynasty Guru maintained projected peak wOBA leaderboards to help indicate the best minor league hitting performances throughout the year. The final 2019 update to the leaderboards was posted on 9/3/2019, at the end of the minor league season. To view these results, please follow this link. We’ve

Scouting the Stat Line – The Best Minor League Hitters of the Past Decade
The Dynasty Guru updates its peak performance leaderboards weekly. View the latest update here, updated as of 8/23/2019. As a reminder, the wOBA metric is designed to be a single variable that can inform how good a player’s overall hitting/plate approach quality is. Our wOBA calculations are meant to help
Wilson’s Eleven Bold Predictions: The Samurai Showdown
Back at the outset of the season our Great Leader Bret had all of us here at Dynasty Guru jot down some bold predictions for the season. You can find my original list with context and argument here. Then I checked in on how things were progressing in June, and
2014 Has Been a Disastrous Year for Elite Prospects
We had a bumper crop of elite prospects to play with this Spring. We had visions of new players joining our rosters and playing like the next Mike Trout and Yasiel Puig. The consensus Top 12 prospects this year were as good as we have ever seen. The excitement was
The #TDGX Transaction Report: An Elite Prospect Changes Hands
You’ve been following TDGX. You love TDGX. We all love TDGX. And every week here at The Dynasty Guru, I am going to be bringing you commentary from our flagship experts’ league, directly from the participants themselves. Today we’re going to cover all of the transactions made post-draft, including a
Wilson’s Eleven Bold Predictions
Let’s just cut right to the chase here, because I’m jonesing to unleash these lil’ jewels on the world. 1. LaTroy Hawkins will lead the Rockies in Saves Yesssss. We’re starting with a bang, baby. Rex Brothers spent the entire offseason as the sexy pick to take over for the
Mike’s Eleven Bold Predictions for 2014
Bold predictions are fun. Instead of just being ‘high’ on a player, I can create an outlandish bold prediction to really profess my love for them. I got a little homesick editing these. Without even realizing it, my eleven bold predictions begin and end with my hometown Phillies. I hope you enjoy
Craig’s Eleven Bold Predictions for 2014
11 Bold Predictions You’re not here for intros. Here’s last year’s. Here’s the review of last year’s. Here’s this year’s train wreck: 1) Michael Choice gets 400+ plate appearances Mitch Moreland is playing through a might-be-tweaked oblique right now and I think Choice is good enough to hold on to
Bret’s Eleven Bold Predictions for 2014
In what’s now becoming a yearly tradition at The Dynasty Guru, the writers here have been (and will be) putting their boldest predictions out there as they relate both to the major leagues and minors. And for completeness, here were my predictions from last year, and then my review of