Chris Knock and Drew Klein break down the top two tiers of The Dynasty Guru's 2026 Preseason pitching prospect rankings. Don't blink, some of these college pitchers are moving up and graduating off the list before we have a chance to talk about them, looking at you Chase Burns. Also including the Great Logan Henderson Profile vs Results Debate and Chris anoints the 2027 #1 Pitching Prospect.

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Timestamps:
6:15 Prospects Tier 1
6:45 Chase Burns
11:35 Trey Yesavage
16:15 Bubba Chandler
21:00 Nolan McLean
25:20 Prospects Tier 2
26:30 Thomas White
30:00 Roki Sasaki
36:30 Tatsuya Imai
41:30 Liam Doyle, Kade Anderson
45:00 Andrew Painter
51:30 Connelly Early
54:10 Logan Henderson
1:02:25 Ryan Sloan

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Chris Knock and Drew Klein break down the TDG 2026 Preseason catcher rankings, including both the prospect rankings and the overall rankings, and it's an exciting group!
We get philosophical, Drew invokes Dante, and Chris's 2025 Sneaky Deep Catcher is neither Sneaky nor Deep in 2026...

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Timestamps:
4:00 Philosophy
6:50 Bryan Ramos and the GM Discord
8:30 Early injuries
9:45 Prospects Tier 1
10:30 Carter Jensen
14:15 Prospects Tier 2
15:00 Raniel Rodriguez
18:15 Alfredo Duno
20:15 Eduardo Tait
25:40 Prospects Tier 3
26:00 Harry Ford
28:30 Joe Mack
31:30 Nathan Flewelling
33:30 Ethan Salas
37:30 Thayron Liranzo
39:30 Prospects Tier 4
39:45 Walter Janek
43:00 Jesus Rodriguez
46:50 Owen Ayers
48:45 Khadim Diaw
51:30 Overall 1 - 10
52:45 Shea Langeliers
56:00 Drake Baldwin
58:30 Hunter Goodman
59:30 Overall 11 - 20
1:00:25 Adley Rutschman
1:06:00 Francisco Alvarez
1:08:30 Overall 21 - 30
1:09:40 Gabriel Moreno


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Chris and Drew celebrate their 50th episode recording together!
And what better way to celebrate than with some Happy Talk about our number one first base prospect and a "Future Focused" overall top 10?
And whoever out there is fading Jac Caglionone, and we know you're out there somewhere, you're wrong!
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Timestamps:
3:10 Recent Transactions
22:41 Prospects Tier 1
23:30 Samuel Basallo
29:10 Bryce Eldridge
33:15 Prospects Tier 2
33:40 Ralphy Velasquez
38:45 Charlie Condon
42:00 CJ Kayfus
46:20 Prospects Tier 3
46:50 Jonathon Long
50:00 Esmerlyn Valdez
53:00 Abimelec Ortiz
55:30 Tony Blanco, Jr
57:50 Rafael Flores
1:01:00 Romeo Sanabria
1:03:45 Aidan Longwell
1:05:20 Overall Top 10
1:07:00 Bryce Harper
1:10:30 Overall 11 - 20
1:11:10 Jac Caglianone
1:16:30 Kyle Manzardo
1:20:50 Overall 21 - 30
1:21:00 Spencer Steer
1:25:30 Overall 31 - 40
1:26:00 Nolan Schanuel

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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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