Drafting a Dynasty League Roster: Minor League Draft, Rounds 17-25
The Context – I signed up for a newly-formed 20-team dynasty league so that I could write about building a roster the old-fashioned way (as opposed to the series on my rebuilding project). It is a 7×7...
View ArticleWhat To Do About Cody Asche
One of the interesting things that happens as the trade deadline approaches is when teams deal away their aging parts, opting to give younger players a shot at big league playing time. That appears to...
View ArticleShuffling the Deck: Post-Prospects in the NL East
As Ben has so graciously introduced this series, I’ll dispense with the lengthy introduction and move right to the good stuff: Atlanta Braves: Evan Gattis, C We’re in a weird place with Gattis in the...
View ArticleThe Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Dynasty League Third Basemen, Nos. 21-50
From the 21st of January to the 20th of February, the writers at TDG will be taking you through our rankings position-by-position. As I mentioned in the primer, this year we’re doing things a little...
View ArticleMike’s Eleven Bold Predictions for 2014
Bold predictions are fun. Instead of just being ‘high’ on a player, I can create an outlandish bold prediction to really profess my love for them. I got a little homesick editing these. Without even...
View Article#TDGX Transaction Report: All of the Draft Picks
You’ve been following TDGX. You love TDGX. We all love TDGX. And every week here at The Dynasty Guru, I am going to be bringing you commentary from our flagship experts’ league, directly from the...
View ArticleThe Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Dynasty League Third Basemen, Nos. 21-50
Congratulations on surviving another off-season. Now that the new year is upon us, it’s time to spend the next month traveling across the positional landscape, labeling players with numbers that...
View ArticleScouting 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...
View ArticleJordan’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...
View ArticleThe 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...
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