Willie Calhoun

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.

Dynasty’s Child Episode 138: Yordan, I Kneed To See It
In today’s episode of Dynasty’s Child, Keaton, Shelly, and Jake talk all the exciting recent signings, trades, as well as the first half of TDG’s consensus outfield rankings for 2021. As usual, they hit on players to target and avoid, and even mix in a few listener questions. Tune

New Dynasty League Draft Part VII: Slow Drafting during a Pandemic-Rounds 10-13
Been away for a couple weeks but I am back breaking down a new, head-to-head, 16 team, Dynasty league draft that I joined at the end of March. The season still has not started as of today, so that just allows more time to breakdown this draft. Find Part I

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

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 125 Outfielders, #51-75
WELCOME! Our brave group of writers has been ranking, debating, re-ranking, re-debating, and re-re-ranking over 600 players for dynasty leagues. The fruits of our efforts will be filling January and February with the deepest, most thoroughly and painstakingly selected dynasty baseball rankings on the internet. We have top-40s, top-50s, top-125s,

Dynasty’s Child Episode 78: I Agree With Shelly
Click here to listen Patrick Keaton and Shelly are here to talk about the week that was in fantasy, hit on some notable transactions and injuries, waiver wire pickups and of course the Top Podspect Topics Include: Transactions: Kendrys Morals (6:30) Promotions and Demotions: Brandon Rogers (8:45) Keston Hiura (10:00)

DYNASTY’S CHILD EPISODE 69: Nice
Check out the episode at BlogTalkRadio! Patrick returns from the bathroom in Japan with thoughts on toilets. Signings: Mike Trout, Chris Sale, Alex Bregman, Blake Snell, Brandon Lowe, Eloy Jimenez, Justin Verlander. Rumors: Kimbrel to Milwaukee or Atlanta? Retirement: Ichiro Options: Ian Happ, Willie Calhoun, Nick Senzel Winner Winner Chicken

The Dynasty Guru’s Top 125 Outfielders, #51-75
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 Guru is