It's Week 6 of the Ranking Season at The Dynasty Guru and we're ranking the catchers!

Who might keep catcher eligibility, what are the Diamondbacks doing, and who forgot Joe Mack?

Chris and Drew  preview the TDG Prospect and Dynasty Rankings for first base, giving their take on some of the risers, fallers, and possible bounce back candidates. Be sure to check the full lists this week on TheDynastyGuru.com

And back by popular demand and still waiting for this year's first entry, the RIOT contest. If you're the first to correctly identify the Randomly Inserted Obscure song Title, we'll give you a free pass into the TDG Discord!  And if you guess the most correctly all season long, you'll get a free pass to next year's Discord.

Timestamps:
2:30 Catchers who DH
12:00 Samuel Basallo
13:20 Dalton Rushing
14:50 Moises Ballesteros
18:30 Drake Baldwin
21:20 Edgar Quero
23:15 Eduardo Tait
24:35 Adrian del Castillo
28:00 Blake Mitchell
29:40 Carter Jensen
32:00 Joe Mack
34:53 Harry Ford
38:25 Alfredo Duno
41:50 Cooper Ingle
43:50 Rainiel Rodriguez
46:50 William Contreras, Adley Rutschman
48:30 Cal Raleigh
50:05 Sean Murphy
53:35 Austin Wells
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Chris: @notnotcknock.bsky.social
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It's Week 5of the Ranking Season at The Dynasty Guru and we're ranking the first basemen!

Chris and Drew get together for morning coffee and preview the TDG Prospect and Dynasty Rankings for first base, giving their take on some of the risers, fallers, and possible bounce back candidates. Be sure to check the full lists this week on TheDynastyGuru.com

And back by popular demand and still waiting for this year's first entry, the RIOT contest. If you're the first to correctly identify the Randomly Inserted Obscure song Title, we'll give you a free pass into the TDG Discord!  And if you guess the most correctly all season long, you'll get a free pass to next year's Discord.

I still think the Ryan Noda reference was funny, Chris just needs a stronger brew.  Of coffee. 

Timestamps:
2:50 Sanuel Basallo
6:40 Xavier Isaac
9:30 Nick Kurtz
11:40 Jac Caglianone
15:00 Bryce Eldridge
16:20 Agustin Ramirez
20:10 Deyvision de los Santos
23:50 Ryan Clifford
27:00 Zach Dezenzo
30:05 Yohandy Morales
32:35 Abimelic Ortiz
36:30 Engelth Urena
38:20 Rafael Flores
40:00 Vlad Guerrero Jr.
43:50 Freddie Freeman
45:00 Spencer Steer
47:12 Vinny Pasquantino
51:05 Christian Walker
53:00 Christian Encarnacion-Strand
55:55 Tyler Soderstrom
1:00:00 Nolan Schanuel

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It's Week 4 of the Ranking Season at The Dynasty Guru and we're ranking the second basemen!

Chris and Drew preview the TDG Prospect and Dynasty Rankings for second base and give their take on some of the risers, fallers, and possible bounce back candidates. Be sure to check the full lists this week on TheDynastyGuru.com

And back by popular demand and still waiting for this year's first entry, the RIOT contest. If you're the first to correctly identify the Randomly Inserted Obscure song Title, we'll give you a free pass into the TDG Discord!  And if you guess the most correctly all season long, you'll get a free pass to next year's Discord.

Yes, I looked it up, Jonathan India did win Rookie of the Year.

Timestamps:
Too many times to list: Nick Yorke
3:25 Jazz Chisolm
13:00 Kristian Campbell
18:00 Travis Bazzana
21:40 Termarr Johnson
28:00 Luke Keaschall
32:40 Christian Moore
34:05 Michael Arroyo
36:50 Adael Amador
40:18 Yoeilin Cespedes
42:15 Thomas Saggese
45:30 Tavian Josenberger
47:38 Cooper Kinney
48:47 Cameron Cauley
49:48 Ronny Simon
53:30 Ketel Marte
54:35 Ozzie Albies
54:50 Jackson Holliday
57:10 Matt McLain
1:01:09 Zack Gelof
1:06:44 Jonathan India
1:07:24 That's Bonnie, a cat, in the background

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It's Week 3 of the Ranking Season at The Dynasty Guru so we thought we'd rank the third basemen!
Chris and Drew preview the TDG Prospect and Dynasty Rankings for third base and give their take on some of the risers, fallers, and once again, Chris reveals how he ranks players in parallel universes. Be sure to check the full lists this week on TheDynastyGuru.com
And back by popular demand, the RIOT contest. This week there 's on, it's easy, you'll find it, and if you are first one to identify it we'll get you a free pass into the TDG Discord!
Timestamps:
7:10 Matt Shaw
10:40 Ronny Mauricio
14:45 Coby Mayo
18:38 Cam Collier
21:50 Jesus Made
24:45 Brady House
28:57 Brayden Taylor
32:30 Bryan Ramos
35:30 Gino Groover
39:30 Kyle Karros
41:50 Jhonny Severino
45:00 José Ramirez
48:10 Jazz Chisolm Jr.
50:05 Austin Riley
53:20 Royce Lewis
57:20 Josh Jung
1:00:40 Isaac Paredes
1:05:00 Miguel Vargas
1:08:50 Jose Téna

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It's Week 2 of the Ranking Season at The Dynasty Guru!
Chris and Drew preview the TDG Prospect and Dynasty Rankings for shortstops and give their take on some of the risers, fallers, and once again, Drew fails to surprise Chris with his Sneaky Deep Prospect of the Week. Be sure to check the full lists this week on TheDynastyGuru.com
And back by popular demand, the RIOT contest. This week there are two Randomly Inserted Obscure Song Titles that have something in common. Be the first one to identify both titles and the link between them and we'll get you a free pass into the TDG Discord!

Timestamps:
4:00 Carson Williams
4:50 Jordan Lawlar
6:50 Sebastian Walcott
7:10 Kristian Campbell
10:24 Leodalis De Vries
14:20 JJ Wetherholt
17:25 Kevin McGonigle
20:32 Konnor Griffin
21:31 Colt Emerson
25:50 Marcelo Mayer
28:00 Jacob Wilson
30:35 Angel Genao
34:20 Jett Williams
38:10 Brandon Winokur
39:26 Daiber De Los Santos
42:40 Boston Baro
45:12 Bobby Witt Jr, Gunnar Henderson
47:15 Trea Turner
48:30 C.J. Abrams
53:30 Carlos Correa
56:05 Masyn Winn
58:30 Jeremy Pena

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Chris: @notnotcknock.bsky.social
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It's Officially Ranking Season at The Dynasty Guru!

Chris and Drew preview the TDG Prospect and Dynasty Rankings for outfielders and give their take on some of the risers, fallers, and suprisingly competent Sneaky Deeps.  Be sure to check the full lists this week on TheDynastyGuru.com 

And back by popular demand, the RIOT contest. This week there's not one, not two, but three, count 'em three Randomly Inserted Obscure Song Titles (hint: Chris slipped one in). Be the first one to identify all three and we'll get you a free pass into the TDG Discord!

6:00    Dylan Crews
9:50    Roman Anthony
12:30    Lazaro Montes
16:10    Emmanuel Rodriguez
20:10    Kristian Campbell
24:30    Charlie Condon
27:10    Dalton Rushing
29:10    Chase DeLauter
31:40    Colby Thomas
36:35    Chandler SImpson
37:20    Jonny Farmelo
41:35    Zac Veen
43:35    Johnathan Rodriguez
45:00    Jacob Melton
46:40    Lisbel Diaz
48:45    Bo Davidson
52:00    Ronald Acuna Jr
53:30    Mookie Betts
55:35    Julio Rodriguez
57:32    Jackson Merrill
1:00:45    Luis Robert, Jr
1:01:30    Michael Harris II
1:02:00    Lawrence Butler
1:04:20    Pete Crow-Armstrong
1:08:40    Ian Happ
1:11:10    Randy Arozarena
1:13:25    Adolis Garcia

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Drew Klein and Chris Knock look at the 11th through 50th picks in the School of Hard Knocks FYPD draft and discuss notable names, players who were drafted earlier than projected, and players who were still on the board later than expected. 

And, if you're in Elmhurst, Illinois, swing by Doc's Tavern and tell 'em Chris sent you.  

Timestamps:
2:20    Cam Smith
4:15    Ryan Waldschmidt
6:10    Trey Yesavage
8:43    Braylon Payne
10:28    Kellon Lindsey
12:35    Tomoyuki Sugano
14:34    Jurrangelo Cijntje
16:21    Ryan Sloan
19:10    Seaver King
21:15    Slade Caldwell
23:27    Cam Caminiti
24:42    Blake Burke
26:57    Tyson Lewis
28:30    Vance Honeycutt
31:50    James Tibbs
34:50    Luke Dickerson
35:50    Carson DiMartini
37:44    Wyatt Sanford
39:40    Maykel Coret
43:10    Malcolm Moore
47:10    Brody Brecht
48:00    Joey Oakie
52:15    Victor Figueroa
54:20    Luke Holman
56:00    Dakota Jordan
57:40    Conrad Cason

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Drew Klein and Chris Knock are back and kicking off the 2025 pre-season with a look at the FYPD drafts.  We just finished a 250 player FYPD draft for The School of Hard Knocks League, which Chris describes briefly here and more in depth on thedynastyguru.com.  Learn about the new "DK+" pitching scouting tool. 

1:30      FYPD Musings
11:24    School of Hard Knocks Overview
17:53    Overview of Drew's FYPD ranking process
19:57    DK+ Score
20:30    Roki Sasaki
25:05    Travis Bazzana
27:12    J.J. Wetherholt
29:31    Charlie Condon
32:23    Konnor Griffin
36:21    Braden Montgomery
38:33    Jac Caglianone
40:40    Hagen Smith & Chase Burns
45:35    Nick Kurtz
48:45    Theo Gillen
52:19    Christian Moore

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Chris: @notnotcknock.bsky.social
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Drew Klein (@aok_fan) and Chris Knock (@notnotcknock) play "would you rather" with some rookies who had less-than-stellar debuts in 2024 but probably shouldn't be faded just yet. 

2:30      Victor Scott II or Noelvi Marte
11:10    Kyle Manzardo or Curtis Mead
17:45    Jonatan Clase or Tyler Black
22:33    Evan Carter or Parker Meadows
30:00    Ben Rice or Hunter Goodman
36:00    Graham Pauley / Tyler Locklear / Zach Dezenzo
43:10    Nacho Alvarez / Adael Amador / Brooks Lee
50:10    Angel Martinez
52:15    Jace Jung

Hosts Drew Klein (@aok_fan) and Chris Knock (@notnotcknock) update the JTR30, the most overlooked prospect in each organization with 12 new names.  Drew invents a word, and Chris uses it twice.  

Timestamps:

3:20    Charles McAdoo
7:35    Cameron Weston
12:30    Cooper Kinney
15:50    Cayden Wallace
18:45    Drake Baldwin
23:15    Nestor Lorant
26:20    Rayne Doncon
32:50    Doug Nikhazy
38:25    Alejandro Rosario
42:20    Brandyn Garcia
44:40    Gino Groover
47:50    Jack Choate

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