Ryan Noda
THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2025 PLAYERS TO TARGET: FIRST BASE
This is a companion piece to our 2025 Dynasty League Rankings. The opinions below are my own and do not reflect the TDG consensus. TYLER SODERSTROM, ATHLETICS (AGE: 23, RANK: 21) First base is a deep position and is about to get deeper. In fact, although there are true superstars
2024 Top 500 Dynasty Players for OBP Leagues
Welcome, welcome, welcome! Yes, it’s true, we are nearing the end of our ranking szn. Don’t be sad because it’s ending but be happy because it happened! And be happy as this means it’s time for one of the crowning ranks – The Dynasty Guru’s Annual Top 500 Dynasty Players
TDG’S 2024 TOP 50 CONSENSUS FIRST BASEMEN: #31-#50
First basemen. The unsung heroes of the dynasty baseball realm, and some of our personal favorites. Here are our 2024 #31-#50 First Basemen!! #31-#40 After my first glance at the names I get to cover here, the first adjective that comes to mind is ‘wild’. Not necessarily ‘wild’ said like
TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty OBP Rankings – August 2023 Update
Welcome everyone to the August 2023 update to TDG’s Top 500 List for OBP Dynasty Leagues. This list assumes a 15-team, 5×5 Roto league with OBP for our batters and QS and SVH for pitchers. The list also assumes that rosters are the ‘keep forever’ dynasty format with one starting
PROSPECT SPOTLIGHT: RYAN NODA, FIRST BASE, OAKLAND ATHLETICS
Buoyed by his selection in the Rule 5 Draft, selectivity at the plate, and ability to hit the ball out of all parts of the park, Ryan Noda has risen to number eight on our first base prospect list. A true three-outcome player, he’ll get plenty of opportunities to show
THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2023 TOP 20 1B PROSPECTS, #1-10
Welcome back to our top 1B prospects, with the top half of an exciting group. There was a clear tier of three players at the top of the group, with discussion moving them in a different order but deciding to stick with the results of the rankings. There is lots
Scout the Stat Line: Projected Top 1,000 Prospects, End of May Update
This prospect rankings article updates my offseason prospect projections piece, making use of my research on aging and the minor leagues featured at ‘Scout the Stat Line,’ a website Ross Jensen and I co-publish.
Scouting the Stat Line: Projected Peak Dynasty Performance for the Top 1,000 Prospects
This article continues an annual series providing peak projections for prospects. The projections are derived from peak major league equivalencies that use my (Jordan’s) aging curves and league translations to convert every player’s statistics to the same peak MLB (American League) baseline, making it easier to compare players at different
Scouting the Stat Line: Peak Projections for Top Prospects After One Month of MILB Games
Vidal Brujan (Photograph: Twitter, @vidalbrujan) This article provides peak MLB projections for prospects incorporating their MILB statistics through the games of June 7th.
Scouting the Stat Line: Top 1000+ Hitters Under 30 by Peak Projected Dynasty Performance
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.