Rylan Bannon

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

Monthly Prospect Update: Infielders, August 2019
Each month, The Dynasty Guru will provide a prospect update, including notable performances (good and bad), assignments, promotions, trades, injuries, and suspensions. Most importantly, the monthly update will examine prospects with increasing and decreasing fantasy value, from the elite to the obscure.

Dynasty’s Child Episode 77: The Patrick Sad Lap
Click Here To Listen Transactions and call-ups: Edwin Jackson (5:00) Travis d’Arnoud (5:00) Madison Bumgarner (6:20) Craig Kimbrel (9:15) Dallas Keuchel (9:45) Promotions and Demotions: Nate Lowe (10:45) JP Crawford (11:05) Shed Long (11:50) Injuries: Fransisco Mejia (13:30) Austin Allen (15:45) Vince Velasquez (17:15) Nick Pivetta (17:25) Cole Irvin (18:00)

The Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Third Basemen, #21-50
WELCOME BACK!!! Despite a scorching hot stove (I can’t believe the player you’re thinking of did or did not sign with the team you thought they would!), January and February can be some of the darkest months of the year (figuratively and literally). But fear not, restless readers. The Dynasty

2019 Top 30 Fantasy Second Base Prospects
Second base is the land of misfit shortstops. Be they too small, too large, too weak-armed, or too immobile, these players fell down the defensive spectrum and landed at second base. However, this does not mean second base prospects cannot hit or hit for power. While second base is presently

Monthly Prospect Update: Infielders, July 2018
Each month, The Dynasty Guru will provide a prospect update that includes notable performances (good and bad), assignments, promotions, trades, injuries, and suspensions. Most importantly, the monthly update will examine prospects with increasing and decreasing fantasy value, from the elite to the obscure. At the beginning of July, TDG reviewed

Dynasty’s Child Podcast: Ep. 45: Finding Max Muncy’s True Self
The boys are back! Manny Machado trade reaction (2:25) Prospect Analysis -Rylan Bannon (4:51, 5:30) -Dean Kremer (5:05) Brad Hand to Cleveland for Mejia (6:09) -Impact on Hand as Closer? Robinson Cano and Roberto Osuna (8:10) -Any interest? Live Action Reaction – Second Half Sell High Candidates Jon Lester (12:56)

Monthly Prospect Update: Infielders, June 2018
Each month, The Dynasty Guru will provide a prospect update that includes notable performances (good and bad), assignments, promotions, trades, injuries, and suspensions. Most importantly, the monthly update will examine prospects with increasing and decreasing fantasy value, from the elite to the obscure. At the beginning of June, TDG reviewed