Whit Merrifield

TDG’s Top 500 Dynasty Rankings February 2021
After a wild and crazy 2020 season, the 2021 MLB season is about to begin! Our staff of 27 writers and contributors have ranked, debated, re-ranked, and written up more than 600 players! Now for the big finale, the TDG Top 500 List.

2021 TDG Top 125 Outfielders: Outfielders To Avoid
This is a companion piece to our annual Top 125 Dynasty League Outfielders posts. The opinions below are my own and do not reflect the TDG consensus.

THE DYNASTY GURU’S 2021 TOP 125 DYNASTY LEAGUE OUTFIELDERS, #21-60
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

New Dynasty League Draft Part V: Slow Drafting during a Pandemic-Round 7
Welcome, welcome, welcome! I joined a new Dynasty league in late March with 16 teams, and 65 roster spots (30 majors, 35 minors) and decided to write about it in real-time. So you will be reading some of my decisions/conundrums/snipes that were happening during the draft. Find Part I here,

Fantasy Baseball’s Most Consistent Contributors (2017-2019)
This writeup highlights the most consistent fantasy performers by position in the MLB over the past three seasons. Although there may have been other players that played at a more elite level for a shorter period of time who are not listed, taking the cumulative average over the past three

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

The Dynasty Guru’s 2020 Top 50 Second Basemen, #1-20
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

The Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Second Basemen, #1-20
1) Jose Altuve, Houston Astros, (Age: 29, Previous Rank: 1) Playing through injury to end the season, Altuve’s overall numbers took a small step back in 2018, most notably in his steals total. Altuve failed to reach 30 steals for the first time in his career. Hopefully you listened to

How to Take Risks in Fantasy Baseball
Flags fly forever. We play fantasy baseball to win our leagues, not to just put together a consistent, above-average team. However, we all are working off similar rankings with essentially equal resources (draft picks, etc) to apply to those rankings. If you select a team based purely off rankings competing

TDGX2 Draft Recap
The following is an overview of The Dynasty Guru Experts League (Volume II) initial draft. This is a 20 team, 5×5 league that utilizes OPS and SV+HLD instead of AVG and SV. We thought it might be good to put our money where our mouth is and have a league