Ryan Mountcastle

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.

Players We Are Targeting for 2022 & Beyond
Below is a list of 10 players that Gurus Ross Jensen and Brian Shanks are focused on adding to their dynasty rosters.

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’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,

TDG 2022 RISERS AND FALLERS: FIRST BASEMEN
Riser – C.J. Cron, Colorado Rockies (Age: 32, Current Rank: 20, Previous Rank: 38) It’s no mystery why Cron’s ranking has elevated. A year ago, he was a mediocre 1B without a team. Now he’s a mediocre 1B who starts half his games in the most hitter-friendly park in all

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2022 TOP 50 DYNASTY LEAGUE FIRST BASEMAN, #1-10
At the Dynasty Guru we continue highlighting our top players at every position, moving from Catcher last week to First Base this week. If you value our work here, please considering donating to help the cause! First Base usually brings power and RBI, with batting average (or on-base percentage) being

Looking Back: A two year review of a Covid Dynasty Draft: Part III
Two seasons ago, when Covid-19 sent many of us to work-from-home, home from school, unemployment, and worse, I joined a 16-team Dynasty League start-up, and detailed it in a Nine-Part (Dang, I can’t believe I wrote that much back then) series. This time it is only a three-part series, with

TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings for OBP Leagues – July 2021
Congrats, everyone! You made it to the break! For everyone out there struggling through the grind of a 162-game season: we see you. And please know that you are more than your dynasty baseball team standings. At least, that’s what I tell myself. In any case, below are the consensus

TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings – Midseason Update July 2021
With the first half of 2021 in the books, now is as good a time as any to to refresh our offseason top 500 list. Thanks, dear readers, for following along thus far in 2021–we are looking forward to an enjoyable and fulfilling second half of the baseball season with

Dynasty’s Child Episode 154: Ohtani At 1.1 in 2022?
Patrick and Keaton join forces on the latest episode to chat about the latest dynasty news, The Five Tools of the Week, another round of Top Podspect, and fit in some great listener questions as well. Also: would you take Shohei Ohtani at 1.1 in a new dynasty startup