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  1. 4D AGO

    Episode 84: 2026 Second Base Prospect and Overall Rankings

    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. Checkout our nascent YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDynastyGuru Join the Global Sensation that is JTR! 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  Find us on BlueSky and X:Drew: @drewgotigers.bsky.social/ @aok_fan (X) Chris: @notnotcknock.bsky.social/ @notnotcknock (X) JoinTheRanks: @jointheranks.bsky.social/ @JoinTheRanksTDG (X)Intro and Outro Voiceover provided by Coleson Probst coprovoice@gmail.com Intro Music: One Fine Day by Keep Calm and Podcast On (Podcast.co)

    1h 35m

  2. JAN 31

    Episode 83: 2026 Third Base Prospect and Overall Rankings

    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! Checkout our nascent YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDynastyGuru Join the Global Sensation that is JTR! 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 Find us on BlueSky and X:Drew: @drewgotigers.bsky.social/ @aok_fan (X) Chris: @notnotcknock.bsky.social/ @notnotcknock (X) JoinTheRanks: @jointheranks.bsky.social/ @JoinTheRanksTDG (X)Intro and Outro Voiceover provided by Coleson Probst coprovoice@gmail.com Intro Music: One Fine Day by Keep Calm and Podcast On (Podcast.co)

    1h 13m

  3. JAN 25

    Episode 82: 2026 Shortstop Prospect and Overall Rankings

    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). Checkout our nascent YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheDynastyGuru Join the Global Sensation that is JTR! 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 Find us on BlueSky and X:Drew: @drewgotigers.bsky.social/ @aok_fan (X) Chris: @notnotcknock.bsky.social/ @notnotcknock (X) JoinTheRanks: @jointheranks.bsky.social/ @JoinTheRanksTDG (X)Intro and Outro Voiceover provided by Coleson Probst coprovoice@gmail.com Intro Music: One Fine Day by Keep Calm and Podcast On (Podcast.co)

    1h 14m

  4. JAN 17

    Episode 81: 2026 Pre-Season Outfield Rankings, Prospect and Overall

    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. Join the Global Sensation that is JTR! 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  Find us on BlueSky and X:Drew: @drewgotigers.bsky.social/ @aok_fan (X) Chris: @notnotcknock.bsky.social/ @notnotcknock (X) JoinTheRanks: @jointheranks.bsky.social/ @JoinTheRanksTDG (X)Intro and Outro Voiceover provided by Coleson Probst coprovoice@gmail.com Intro Music: One Fine Day by Keep Calm and Podcast On (Podcast.co)

    1h 34m

  5. JAN 11

    Episode 80: Old Faces; New Places

    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.  Join the Global Sensation that is JTR! 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 Thanks for tuning in! Find us on BlueSky and X:Drew: @drewgotigers.bsky.social/ @aok_fan (X) Chris: @notnotcknock.bsky.social/ @notnotcknock (X) JoinTheRanks: @jointheranks.bsky.social/ @JoinTheRanksTDG (X)Intro and Outro Voiceover provided by Coleson Probst coprovoice@gmail.com Intro Music: One Fine Day by Keep Calm and Podcast On (Podcast.co)

    1h 18m

  6. 12/14/2025

    Episode 79: Post-hype prospects

    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. Join the Global Sensation that is JTR! 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  Find us on BlueSky and X:Drew: @drewgotigers.bsky.social/ @aok_fan (X) Chris: @notnotcknock.bsky.social/ @notnotcknock (X) JoinTheRanks: @jointheranks.bsky.social/ @JoinTheRanksTDG (X)Intro and Outro Voiceover provided by Coleson Probst coprovoice@gmail.com Intro Music: One Fine Day by Keep Calm and Podcast On (Podcast.co)

    1h 12m

  7. 11/23/2025

    Episode 78: FYPD, Rule 5 & the Gage Jump Award

    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. Join the Global Sensation that is JTR! 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 Thanks for tuning in! Find us on BlueSky and X:Drew: @drewgotigers.bsky.social/ @aok_fan (X) Chris: @notnotcknock.bsky.social/ @notnotcknock (X) JoinTheRanks: @jointheranks.bsky.social/ @JoinTheRanksTDG (X)Intro and Outro Voiceover provided by Coleson Probst coprovoice@gmail.com Intro Music: One Fine Day by Keep Calm and Podcast On (Podcast.co)

    1h 28m

  8. 07/09/2025

    Episode 77: JTR30 v2.23 - The Overlooked Prospects July Update

    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). Feel free to comment or make your own suggestions here or find us on BlueSky. 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 Find us on BlueSky: Drew: @drewgotigers.bsky.social Chris: @notnotcknock.bsky.social JoinTheRanks: @jointheranks.bsky.social Intro and Outro Voiceover provided by Coleson Probst coprovoice@gmail.com Intro Music: One Fine Day by Keep Calm and Podcast On (Podcast.co) Thanks for tuning in! Find us on BlueSky and X:Drew: @drewgotigers.bsky.social/ @aok_fan (X) Chris: @notnotcknock.bsky.social/ @notnotcknock (X) JoinTheRanks: @jointheranks.bsky.social/ @JoinTheRanksTDG (X)Intro and Outro Voiceover provided by Coleson Probst coprovoice@gmail.com Intro Music: One Fine Day by Keep Calm and Podcast On (Podcast.co)

    1h 6m
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