Russell Martin

Join The Ranks Episode 18: Talking Top-500 and Second-Half Breakouts
Joe (@JoeGarino) and Taylor (@TCasesLoaded) invite Taylor’s younger brother Grif onto a marathon episode to talk about the last week in fantasy baseball, risers and fallers in the recently released Top-500 OBP-league rankings, and players we think are about to go off in the second half. Tune in and

The Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Dynasty League Catchers, #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
Rankings Debate: J.T. Realmuto vs. Salvador Perez vs. Francisco Mejia
Every year at The Dynasty Guru, we meticulously rank over 600 players for our loyal readers. While we take plenty of steps to reshape and refine each list, perhaps the most important stage is our infamous, staff-wide debates. Few professionals are as passionate about their work as fantasy analysts (don’t
Building a Balanced Team: Catchers
With draft season upon us, you’ll soon be reading multitude articles related to draft strategies. Some will recommend that you spend the vast majority of your auction budget on “stars”, and fill in the gaps with “scrubs.” Others will suggest that you punt certain categories and instead focus on winning
The Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Dynasty League Catchers, Nos. 1-20
It’s the time of the year where we offer congratulations to those of you brave dynasty league owners that survived the offseason. The greatness that 2016 will surely offer is upon us and that means we’ll be spending the next six weeks moving our way through the positional landscape, offering thoughts
The Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Dynasty League Catchers, Nos. 1-20
Congratulations on surviving another off-season. Now that the new year is upon us, it’s time to spend the next month traveling across the positional landscape, labeling players with numbers that correspond to their value. It’s the very definition of freedom. A ton of hard work was put into these rankings,
Believe in Drew Hutchison
When Russell Martin signed a five year, $82 million contract to catch for the Blue Jays, nearly every article reporting the deal referenced Martin’s excellent receiving ability. Indeed, Martin represents an enormous defensive improvement over Dioner Navarro, the Jays’ 2013 regular. According to Baseball Prospectus data, Navarro was the third worst pitch
The Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Dynasty League Catchers, Nos. 21-50
We’ve finally made it. From the 21st of January to the 20th of February, the writers at TDG will be taking you through our rankings position-by-position. As I mentioned in the primer, this year we’re doing things a little differently. Instead of having my personal rankings up on this site,
The Top 50 Dynasty League Catchers
These days, there is still little doubt as to what the weakest overall fantasy position is in the game – and we’re about to dive into it. It doesn’t really matter whether you’re looking at guys who are in their peaks now or prospects who could potentially replace them down