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THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2023 TOP 50 DYNASTY LEAGUE THIRD BASEMEN, #31-50
The rankings continue! Onward to third base, the hottest of corners. To start off the week, we’re going with the #31-50 3B’s as judged by our ever-powerful group of Gurus. Enjoy. 31. Justin Turner, Boston Red Sox (Age: 38, Previous Rank: 24) While age may certainly not be on Justin

TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings for AVG Leagues
For your post-trade deadline reading pleasure, the Dynasty Guru proudly presents the Consensus Top 500 Dynasty Rankings for AVG Leagues! For this mid-season update, we have three guru’s combining their opinions to create this list – Ken Balderston (@KenInToronto), Brett Cook (@beautyofgrace32), and Chris Knock (@notnotcknock). They assumed a 15-team,

TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings for OBP Leagues – July 2022
Hey everybody, your friendly neighborhood dynasty dad here. Thank you as always for tuning in for some more Top-500 OBP list action! A few notes and various housekeeping items before we dive right in this time, in list form, as is my right: The list is now a Saves +

TDG 2022 PLAYERS TO AVOID: THIRD BASEMAN
In this article I look into two third baseman that have provided serious power in the past, however this year I am choosing to look elsewhere as I’m concerned that they will be able to continue that production. Eugenio Suarez, Cincinnati Reds “Eugene!” as Rapunzel would say, or rather, “EUGENE!”

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2022 TOP 50 DYNASTY LEAGUE THIRD BASEMEN, #31-50
Continuing with TDG’s consensus rankings with Third Basemen ranked #31 through #50. Read on! 31. Luis Arráez, Minnesota Twins (Age: 25, Previous Rank: 20 at 2B) I’ve never really been sure what to do with Luis Arráez during drafting. Do I pass him by due to his low homer

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

Scouting the Stat Line: Top 3030 Hitting Prospects by Peak MLB wOBA Projection
Wander Franco (Left photograph: Rob Tringali / MLB Photos via Getty Images); Julio Rodriguez (Right photograph: wv_power, The Official Instagram for the West Virginia Power) Over the past year, I’ve developed translations that convert minor league statistics to their equivalent MLB statistics. I’ve also built aging curves to project when