Triston Casas

Join The Ranks Episode 4: First Base Dyno Ranks
In today’s episode, Taylor and Joe invite Jake Devereaux (@devjake) onto the show to discuss the latest TDG First Base consensus rankings. They talk general takeaways, why Triston Casas could be a star, get some rankings beef of their chests, and even do a little risk assessment to help

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2021 TOP 20 FIRST BASE PROSPECTS, #11-20
Welcome to the second half of our 2021 first base prospect rankings. This list will round out our top hitters at perhaps the most powerful position on the diamond. The bottom half of the first base list features more players from the lower and mid-minors as well as a couple

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2021 TOP 20 FIRST BASE PROSPECTS, #1-10
We’re back again with a new haul of prospects at a new position! We hope you’re enjoying this series so far because there’s quite a bit more where that came from.

The Dynasty Guru’s 2021 Top 50 Dynasty League First Basemen: First Basemen to Target
This is a companion piece to our annual Top 50 Dynasty League First Basemen posts, of which you can find 1-10 here. The opinions below are my own and do not reflect the TDG consensus.

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2021 TOP 50 DYNASTY LEAGUE FIRST BASEMEN #11-30
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!), these long winter months can be some of the darkest of the year (figuratively and literally). But fear not, restless readers. The Dynasty

TDG’s Top 150 Prospects May 2020
As an extension of the Top 500 Overall Players from March, The following is the consensus top 150 prospects from Keaton DeRocher, Shelly Verougstraete, and Jordan Rosenblum.

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

Dubious future ahead for Boston
During this COVID-19 outbreak that will delay the MLB season, I decided to take a look at the Boston Red Sox.

TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings March 2020
The 2020 season is just about upon us, and TDG ranking SZN is almost concluded. So far the incredible rankings team of 26 writers has ranked and written up more than 600 players. Now that all the positional rankings have been completed and released, that just leaves one left: The