Chris Knock and Drew Klein break down the TDG 2026 Preseason second base rankings, including both the prospect rankings and the overall rankings.

Aside from the usual banter and ranking conversations, we realize Cole Young quietly graduated from prospect status while Jordan Lawler refuses to take that last class he needs to graduate, and Z-scores make an appearance.

And I guess we like Brice Turang.

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Timestamps:
5:40 Recent Transactions
26:30 Prospects Tier 1
27:40 Travis Bazzana
32:20 JJ Wetherholt
36:10 Prospects Tier 2
37:00 Luis Pena
42:30 Max Anderson
47:30 Cole Young (oops)
50:00 Aroon Escobar
53:30 Roc Riggio
56:00 Prospects Tier 3
56:50 Demetrio Crisantes
59:00 JD Dix
1:02:30 Jean Carlos Sio
1:04:00 Deuce Gourson
1:06:40 Overall Top 10
1:07:30 Brice Turang
1:13:50 Ozzie Albies
1:17:40 Overall 11 - 20
1:21:10 Kristian Campbell
1:25:30 Ceddanne Rafaela
1:28:40 Colt Keith
1:30:00 Overall 21 - 30
1:31:45 Otto Lopez 

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Chris Knock and Drew Klein break down the TDG 2026 Preseason third base rankings, including both the prospect rankings and the overall rankings. To sum up, they're fine. 

Is third base the new catcher? Will Drew ever appreciate Noelvi Marte? And is Parks a safe Harber?  Listen and find out answers to these questions and more!

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Timestamps:
9:30 Transaction Updates
14:45 Prospects Tier 1
15:15 Sal Stewart
16:45 Jordan Reimer
20:15 Caleb Bonemer
22:45 Prospects Tier 2
23:20 Juan Sanchez
25:20 Andrew Fischer & Xavier Neyens
28:10 Parks Harber
32:50 Alex Freeland
36:20 Deniel Ortiz
39:45 Prospects Tier 3
40:30 Jace Jung
42:25 Luke Adams
45:50 Kyle Karros
46:20 Jhonny Severino
47:30 Austin Charles
49:00 Izaac Pacheco
50:20 Sean Keys
51:40 Overall 1 - 10
52:20 Maikel Garcia
55:10 Manny Machado
57:00 Overall 11 - 20
57:30 Noelvi Marte
1:01:10 Royce Lewis
1:05:00 Overall 21 - 30
1:05:30 Miguel Vargas

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Chris Knock and Drew Klein break down the TDG 2026 Preseason Shortstop rankings, including both the prospect rankings and the overall rankings.

But first, Drew awards the Join the Ranks Player Named Carolina of the Week Award to Rayshelon Carolina. 

There are a lot of great prospects to discuss and many of them will be fantasy relevant very soon.  As always, fun with Sneaky Deeps including a look back at our 2025 Sneaky Deeps (spoiler, we went 0 for 2).

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Timestamps:
1:10 Rayshelon Carolina
3:00 Cody Bellinger
4:00 Luis Robert
6:35 Jett Williams
14:10 Prospects Tier 1
14:11 Konnor Griffin
14:12 Kevin McGonigle
14:13 Leo De Vries
14:14 JJ Wetherholt
14:15 Jesus Made
14:16 Sebastian Walcott
20:30 Prospects Tier 2
21:00 Emil Morales
24:50 Ethan Holliday
29:00 Bryce Rainer
30:00 Prospects Tier 3
30:55 Aiva Arquette
34:00 Franklin Arias
38:10 Arjun Nimmala
40:50 Felnin Celesten
42:20 Prospects Tier 4
44:00 Marcelo Mayer
46:30 Daiber De Los Santos
46:50 Boston Baro
47:30 Devin Fitz-Gerald
50:00 Romeli Espinosa
51:20 Wilder Dalis
53:00 John Gil
53:30 Overall Top 10
55:00 Zach Neto
57:00 Kevin McGonigle
59:50 Corey Seager
1:02:50 Gunnar Henderson
1:03:30 Overall 11 - 20
1:05:30 Jacob Wilson & Geraldo Perdomo
1:11:00 Overall 21 - 30
1:11:45 Ezequiel Tovar

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Chris Knock and Drew Klein break down the TDG 2026 Preseason Outfield rankings, including both the prospect rankings and the overall rankings.  Before they share this year's Sneaky Deep Outfield Prospects, they take a quick look at how last year's fared. Spoiler alert one of them is in this year's top 50.

And this will make more sense after you've listened, but we've since learned that Rayshelon Carolina played professional baseball in the Netherlands for five years.

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Timestamps:
7:30 Walker Jenkins, Max Clark, Josue de Paula, Lazaro Montes
11:00 Zyhir Hope
18:00 Tier Two
18:20 Eduardo Quintero
24:30 Braden Montgomery
29:00 Ryan Waldschmidt
32:00 Edward Florentino
35:30 Emmanuel Rodriguez
39:00 Tier Three
40:00 Esmerlyn Valdez
43:00 Kemp Alderman
45:50 Theo Gillen
46:30 Josh Adamczewski
48:00 Bo Davidson
48:55 Lisbel Diaz
50:00 Maxton Martin
52:10 Dillon Lewis
54:30 Junior Perez
55:00 Enddy Azocar
57:30 Top Ten Dynasty OF
59:00 Kyle Tucker
1:01:00 Jackson Chourio
1:03:00 James Wood
1:04:00 Julio Rodriguez
1:04:30 Wyatt Langford
1:05:00 Roman Anthony
1:06:00 OF 11 - 20
1:07:30 Jackson Merrill
1:09:30 Tyler Soderstrom
1:13:00 Cody Bellinger
1:17:29 OF 21 - 30
1:18:20 Lawrence Butler
1:21:00 Jac Caglianone
1:23:30 Luis Robert, Jr
1:24:15 Carson Benge
1:25:00 Brenton Doyle
1:27:00 Addison Barger
1:28:00 Chandler Simpson 

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Even though there are a few big names still on the MLB free agent market (more on that later), there have been a good number of major league players and minor league prospects who have moved to new organizations for 2026. Chris and Drew take some time to look at moves that may or may not have an impact on their dynasty fantasy league value. 

That's followed by an analysis of several fantasy trades that we've recently been a part of, been asked about in the Discord, or have seen discussed on social media. 

And once again, the first rule of podcasting has held true. If you record an Old Faces in New Places episode, a significant free agent will sign within 12 hours of the end of your recording session.  Good news for Bregman, bad news for Shaw (?), and bad luck for us. 

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Timestamps:
4:45 Grayson Rodriguez & Taylor Ward'
8:45 Ha-Seong Kim & Mauricio Dubon
10:10 Adolis Garcia & Justin Crawford
12:00 Brandon Nimmo & Marcus Semien
13:30 Richard Fitts & Brandon Clarke
16:40 Dylan Cease, Ryan Helsley & Devin Williams
19:00 Cody Ponce
22:10 Cedric Mullins
25:30 Jhostynxon Garcia & Johan Oviedo
28:00 Marco Luciano
31:20 Harry Ford & Jose Ferrer
31:50 Edwin Diaz & Rober Suarez
33:00 Josh Bell
33:20 Triston McKenzie
36:10 Mason Montgomery
37:00 Willson Contreras & Hunter Dobbins
41:00 Edward Cabrera & Owen Caissie
44:30 Trade Talk
45:00 Contreras, Nelson for Crawford and Melton
48:00 Caglianone for Crews
52:20 Lodolo for Keaschall
55:20 R Greene for Montgomery & Edwards
57:20 Tiedemann for Isaac
58:20 Tiedemann for Kayson Cunningham
1:00:00 Abrams & picks for Jacob Wilson, Rainer, deVries
1:05:00 Bubba Chandler & Skenes for Kurtz & Hunter Greene
1:07:25 Liberatore for House
1:09:45 Gilbert, Trout, and M Garcia for Ferris, Ballersteros, White, de Vries, Crisantes
1:14:30 Jared Jones for Caissie & C Jensen

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In this episode we learn who won the Rule 5 prediction contest and why Drew blames the White Sox for losing. More importantly, we discuss twelve players who haven't yet been living up to their prospect hype but who we believe will improve significantly and are worth picking up in a trade or draft this off-season. 
One quick correction from last episode, this is the 44th episode hosted by Chris and Drew. Fun fact from baseball history, 44 was worn by Al Downing, the pitcher who surrendered Hank Aaron's 715th home run.  By the way, Hammerin' Hank also wore number 44.

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Timestamps:
3:30 Rule 5 Prediction Review
6:30 Fangraphs Walk-Off Top 5 Challenge
16:00 Colt Keith
19:45 Brady House
25:00 Termarr Johnson
29:30 Dalton Rushing
33:45 Jordan Walker
40:00 Aidan Smith
43:45 George Valera
49:00 Jace LaViolette
54:20 Robert Gasser
58:00 Christian Scott
1:01:20 Noble Meyer
1:06:30 River Ryan
1:09:30 Noah Schultz
1:11:00 Jonah Tong 



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Welcome to another dynasty baseball ranking season and another year of Chris Knock and Drew Klein hosting Join the Ranks!

To kick off the year, we're going deeper than ever on the Rule 5 draft, taking a hard look at a good, not great, FYPD class, and setting the stage for another great ranking season at The Dynasty Guru.

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Timestamps:
5:30 2025 Rule 5 Rundown
14:00 Peter Heubeck
17:10 Yordanny Monegro
20:00 Cooper Kinney
22:00 Jared Karros
23:45 Peyton Pallette
25:40 Kala'i Rosario
27:40 Sammy Natera Jr.
29:30 Yondrei Rojas
30:00 Henry Lalane
32:00 Trace Bright
34:15 Kristian Robinson
36:30 Munetaka Murakami, Tatsuya Imai, Kazuma Okamoto
46:00 Liam Doyle
48:00 Eli Willits
51:10 Ethan Holliday
55:35 JoJo Parker
58:00 Aiva Arquette
1:00:10 Kaysom Cunningham
1:01:30 Kade Anderson, Kyson Witherspoon
1:05:00 Wehiwa Aloy
1:07:00 Dax Kilby
1:08:00 Daneil Pierce
1:09:00 Ethan Conrad
1:10:45 Landon Harmon, A.J. Russell, Anthony Eyanson
1:15:30 Gage Wood
1:16:30 Aidan West
1:18:30 Ryan Mitchell
1:20:00 Taitn Gray
1:21:00 Jake Cook
1:23:40 Truitt Madonna
1:25:10 Matthew Fisher

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Time for the July update of the JTR30, a list of the most overlooked prospects in each organization. Chris and Drew split up the leagues and find players who are rostered on less than 20% of Fantrax Leagues but should be rostered more than that.

Listen and find out who's in, who's out, who's off the hot seat, who's on the hot seat and who did Drew just compare to Jackson Merrill???

NOTE: We recorded this early on Tuesday before the Yankees called up JTR30 2025 Player of the Year frontrunner Cam Schlittler and also before the news came out that Jaden Hamm (Tigers) is on the injured list. I'll throw in a bonus Tiger or two, take a look at Max Anderson (2B) or Andrew Sears (P).

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Timestamps:
2:20    Diego Tornes
4:50    Luis Cova
6:10    Eli Serrano III
8:40    Carson DeMartini
10:30    Angel Feliz
14:40    Nestor German
16:50    Freili Encarnacion
19:30    Roc Riggio
21:20    Ty Johnson
23:40    Khal Stephen
26:10    Jaxon Wiggins
28:30    Adam Serwinowski
30:00    Jose Anderson
31:10    Javier Rivas
34:20    Deniel Ortiz
37:30    Tanner McDougal
39:45    Alfonsin Rosario
40:50    Jaden Hamm
41:40    David Shields
42:45    Kaelen Culpepper
46:45    JD Dix
50:00    Kyle Karros
51:20    Brendan Tunink
53:00    Humberto Cruz
55:20    Bo Davidson
56:20    Henry Bolte
57:45    Joseph Sullivan
59:20    Hayden Alvarez
1:01:00    Charlie Beilenson
1:02:20    David Davalillo


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We figured it was a good time to update our current Top 20 in light of recent graduations and 2025 performance.
Also, Esmerlyn a magician? what's going on with the Twins? Is Gabriel Gonzalez good? Will we Wei-En on Lin? We ask and answer, to our best abilities, these questions and more.

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Timestamps:
Opening Recent Graduations
5:45 Drake Baldwin
9:05 Chris's Top Ten:
   Roman Anthony
   Sebastian Walcott
   Konnor Griffin
   Josue De Paula
   Samuel Basallo
   Jac Caglianone
   Chase Burns
   Jacob Misiorowski
   Leo DeVries
   Jesus Made
15:30 Drew's Top Ten
   Roman Anthony
   Lazaro Montes
   Jacob Misiorowski
   Roki Sasaki
   Samuel Basallo
   Andrew Painter
   Jac Caglianone
   Sebastian Walcott
   Konnor Griffin
   Travis Sykora
21:00 Chris's 11 - 20
   Luis Pena
   Walker Jenkins
   Kevin McGonigle
   Max Clark
   Andrew Painter
   Bubba Chandler
   J.J.Wetherholt
   Travis Bazzana
   Lazaro Montes
   Braden Montgomery
30:00 Drew's 11 - 20
   Jordan Lawlar
   Chase Burns
   Kevin McGonigle
   Bubba Chandler
   Travis Bazzana
   Jesus Made
   JJ Wetherholt
   Noah Schultz
   Colby Thomas
   Max Clark
38:00 Emmanuel Rodriguez
42:40 Justin Crawford
45:30 Caleb Bonemer
48:40 Esmerlyn Valdez
51:00 Carson Williams
54:50 Harry Ford
56:20 Samad Taylor
1:00:00 Cam Schlittler
1:01:40 Caden Dana
1:02:35 Wei-En Lin
1:05:00 Diego Tornes
1:07:00 Easton Sikorski
1:08:30 Gabriel Gonzalez

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Time for the June update of the JTR30, a list of the most overlooked prospects in each organization.

Chris and Drew split up the leagues and find players who are rostered on less than 20% of Fantrax Leagues but should be rostered more than that.

This update is like a book club about prospects, with sushi, and we find out who's on the hot seat, who's stable at the table, and wonder if humility is a fantasy asset.

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Timestamps: 
Time for the June update of the JTR30, a list of the most overlooked prospects in each organization. Chris and Drew split up the leagues and find players who are rostered on less than 20% of Fantrax Leagues but should be rostered more than that.
This update is like a book club about prospects, with sushi, and we find out who's on the hot seat, who's stable at the table, and wonder if humility is a fantasy asset.
Feel free to comment or make your own suggestions here or find us on BlueSky.

Timestamps:
3:30    Didier Fuentes
6:30    Nestor German
8:30    Luis Cova
10:30    Jedixson Paez
12:00    Eli Serrano III
13:30    Cam Schlittler
16:00    Carson DeMartini
17:50    Ty Johnson
19:30    Angel Feliz
22:00    Kahl Stephen
25:00    Jaxon Wiggins
27:30    Javier Mogollon
29:00    Adam Serwinowski
31:00    Alfonsin Rosario
33:30    José Anderson
37:00    Jaden Hamm
39:00    Javier Rivas
41:00    David Shields
43:00    Jimmy Crooks
45:00    Kaelen Culpepper
48:00    Tytus Cissell
50:30    Henry Bolte
53:30    Kyle Karros
55:20    Joseph Sullivan
58:00    Brendan Tunink
60:00    Jorge Marcheco
1:01:30    Humberto Cruz
1:03:15    Ruddy Navarro
1:04:50    Bo Davidson
1:06:30    David Davalillo

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