The Top 50 Dynasty League Second Basemen
Things start to get a little better after this one, I promise. It wasn’t too long ago that 2B was a position that you could get real offense at. Now it’s reduced itself to a mud-slinging battle with SS...
View ArticleKeeper Conundrum: How Many Altuves?
I find one of the more difficult decisions in a dynasty league involves the length of commitment to give a young player who bursts onto the scene, shows a bunch of upside and promise, but remains...
View ArticleSelling Jason Kipnis
I’ll start by naming all the second basemen more valuable than Jason Kipnis in 2013: Robinson Cano Cheesy way to start a blog post aside, many doubted the second baseman’s 2012 campaign after he...
View ArticleThe Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Dynasty League Second Basemen, Nos. 1-20
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 ArticleTDGX Recap – First Six Rounds From Pick #20
Since all of our draft slot bids failed to land we ended up at the mercy of the randomizer. The randomizer was not kind to us as it quietly doled out pick #20 in the for the TDG draft. While we...
View ArticleScouting the Statline: California League Bats to Watch
Periodically over the course of the season I like to take the opportunity of this space to check in on how some notable fantasy prospects are performing down on the farm, and what that performance may...
View ArticleBen’s 2014 It’s All Good Team
Last week, I took a look at my all-disappointment team; a group of 15 players who have murdered my fantasy hopes and dreams in plenty of leagues this year. This week, I’ll attempt to be more positive,...
View ArticleWhere Have All The Second Basemen Gone?
With Arismendy Alcantara’s call up and likely demotion right in front of us, I thought it would be interesting to focus on the state of the second-sackers in MLB right now. It’s probably worse than...
View ArticleThe Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Dynasty League Second Baseman, Nos. 1-20
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 ArticleFinding Fantasy Value: 2015 MLB Draft Shortstops
Every year the MLB Draft happens always with little fanfare in comparison to its contemporaries the NFL and NBA. There is no month long hype train on major outlets and rather than have the first...
View ArticleThe Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Dynasty League Second Baseman, Nos. 1-20
It’s the time of the year where we offer congratulations to those of you brave dynasty league owners that survived the offseason. The greatness that 2016 will surely offer is upon us and that means...
View ArticleBuilding a Balanced Team: First & Second Base
Last week we started this series by looking at the (few) catchers who have the potential to contribute in all five categories, and also highlighted those most likely to help out in three or four...
View ArticleBuilding a Balanced Team: Conclusion
Over the last several weeks, we have identified catchers, first basemen, second basemen, third basemen, shortstops, and outfielders who have the potential to contribute to three or more hitting...
View ArticleThe Dynasty Guru Podcast Episode 5: #TDG99 Dynasty Baseball Draft
The Dynasty Guru Podcast Episode 5 is live. Listen below, subscribe on iTunes or stream here Drafting a startup dynasty baseball league, with a twist. The Dynasty Guru writers Tyler Baber, Jack Cecil,...
View ArticleTDG Podcast Episode 14: Midseason Top 500 Rankings
Tom Trudeau, Ben Diamond, Nick Doran and Tyler Baber discuss The Dynasty Guru midseason Top 500 Dynasty Baseball rankings including: Billy Hamilton Nolan Arenado Paul Goldschmidt Jose Altuve Trea...
View ArticleThe Dynasty Guru’s Top 50 Dynasty League Second Basemen, #1-20
It’s been a slow off-season. Like, a really slow off-season. With the hot stove frigid, fantasy baseball players haven’t had many ways to quench their thirst, unless they’ve thrown themselves...
View Article2018 Top 32 Fantasy Second Base Prospects
The Dynasty Guru recently released the annual, consensus rankings of the top 50 fantasy second basemen in dynasty leagues (#1-20 and #21-50), detailing several second base prospects. The following...
View ArticleTDGX2- Draft Pick Analysis
The following is a review of the first 2 rounds 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...
View ArticleThe Top 500 Dynasty Baseball Players for OBP Leagues, February 2018
Everybody – RANKS, RANKS, RANKS-RANKS-RANKS! Today we go 500 deep, on base flavored. The Dynasty Guru, Bret Sayre, posts his Top 500 later this month so don’t forget to … hey, where are you going? Get...
View ArticleFibonacci’s Budget: A Strategic Approach to Dominating Auction Drafts
The beauty of fantasy baseball auction drafts is flexibility and opportunity. Since owners are untethered from a draft position, gems like Mike Trout and Clayton Kershaw are in play for everyone; all...
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