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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

Weekly Dynasty Roundup
As always, if there is any news that you think should be included, please add it in the comments! Tyler Glasnow Throwing Off Mound (Link) Given his injury history, dynasty managers were likely concerned that Glasnow’s spring injury would cause him to miss significant time. If Glasnow ends up back

TDG’s Top 500 Consensus Rankings for Points Leagues – March 2023
What’s up Dynastopians. We’re back! And if you’re anything like me, you’re kinda tired. I get it, and I see you. The world is moving very fast. So let’s slow it down and get to the obnoxiously long list of grown people who hit balls with sticks. Or throw balls

The Dynasty Guru 2023 Top 500 Dynasty Players for OBP Leagues
Whew. I can’t express how excited I am to share my Top 500 List for OBP dynasty leagues. It’s my first publicly available personal endeavor, so I’d be lying if I didn’t say there was a little apprehension. But only a little, and this won’t be my last Top 500

The Dynasty Guru 2023 Top 500 Dynasty Players for Batting Average Leagues
Hi and glad you clicked to see our top 500 dynasty players for the 2023 season. The list is designed for a daily 15-team league, a traditional 5×5 roto starting 2 catchers with Wins and Saves (no holds), and of course Batting Average. Enjoy!

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2023 TOP 50 DYNASTY LEAGUE FIRST BASEMEN, #11-30
Continuing with our highlights of the league’s top First Basemen, as judged by our collection of industry experts, below are the players ranked #11-30. 11. Kyle Manzardo, Tampa Bay Rays (Age: 22, Previous Rank: 53) I apologize fellow Gurus but I think we missed a huge opportunity here with the

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

Most Promising Minor League Performances – First Update
Last Week, we began updating leaderboards that document the top minor league performances throughout the course of the year. Minor league performances are translated to projected offensive peaks of the players, based on data we have researched on aging curves and minor league level to MLB translations. We will update