Episodes

  • Episode 68: 2025 Pitching Prospect Rankings: The Top 50

    Episode 68: 2025 Pitching Prospect Rankings: The Top 50
    Mar 2 2025
    Maruḩabaa! It's Week 7 of the Ranking Season at The Dynasty Guru and it's time to start talking about pitchers!

    Chris and Drew kick it off with a look the the TDG's Top 50 Pitching Prospects. In addition to a discussion of how injury histories and organization factors influence our rankings, there's mention of archipelagos, the Pirates' playoff rotation and the Peter Principle. Be sure to check the full lists this week on TheDynastyGuru.com

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    Timestamps:
    4:00 The Injury Factor
    18:00 The Top Ten
    19:40 Hagen Smith
    21:30 Chase Burns
    23:30 Kumar Rocker
    26:00 Noah Schultz
    27:30 Bubba Chandler
    30:00 Travis Sykora
    32:00 Jacob Misiorowski
    35:53 Ricky Tiedemann
    38:05 AJ Smith-Shawver
    41:45 Brandon Sproat
    44:04 Quinn Matthews
    45:30 Tink Hence
    50:00 Cam Caminiti, Trey Yesavage, Brody Brecht
    53:35 Emiliano Teodo
    56:10 Moises Chace
    1:00:15 Logan Henderson
    1:03:35 Jaden Hamm
    1:05:30 Ryan Sloan
    1:06:30 Jairo Iriarte, Santiago Suarez
    1:11:05 K.C. Hunt
    1:15:40 Owen Murphy

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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Episode 67: 2025 Catcher Prospect and Dynasty Rankings: Cautious, Pedantic, Deliberate

    Episode 67: 2025 Catcher Prospect and Dynasty Rankings: Cautious, Pedantic, Deliberate
    Feb 22 2025
    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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    58 mins
  • Episode 66: 2025 First Base Prospect and Dynasty Rankings: Coffee Talk about the Big Boys

    Episode 66: 2025 First Base Prospect and Dynasty Rankings: Coffee Talk about the Big Boys
    Feb 16 2025
    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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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Episode 65: 2025 Second Base Prospect and Dynasty Rankings: A Nick Yorke State of Mind

    Episode 65: 2025 Second Base Prospect and Dynasty Rankings: A Nick Yorke State of Mind
    Feb 9 2025
    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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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • Episode 64: 2025 Third Base Prospect and Dynasty Rankings: Ranking in the Multiverse

    Episode 64: 2025 Third Base Prospect and Dynasty Rankings: Ranking in the Multiverse
    Feb 4 2025
    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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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Episode 63: 2025 Shortstop Prospect and Dynasty Rankings: Crowded at the Top

    Episode 63: 2025 Shortstop Prospect and Dynasty Rankings: Crowded at the Top
    Jan 25 2025
    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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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Episode 62: 2025 Outfield Prospect and Dynasty Rankings: Surprisingly Competent

    Episode 62: 2025 Outfield Prospect and Dynasty Rankings: Surprisingly Competent
    Jan 19 2025
    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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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • Episode 61: 2025 FYPD 11 - 50 & Drafting by height

    Episode 61: 2025 FYPD 11 - 50 & Drafting by height
    Dec 4 2024
    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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    Chris: @notnotcknock.bsky.social
    JoinTheRanks: @jointheranks.bsky.social

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    1 hr and 2 mins