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Brice Turang: Up-And-Coming Dynasty Players

April 27, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Keepers, Keeper Leagues | 2 Comments

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Welcome back, friends, to another week of Up-and-Coming Dynasty Players. Last week I talked about Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio. I’m liking Milwaukee so much that I have decided to stick with the Brewers and talk about second baseman Brice Turang.

Selected with the 21st overall pick in the 2018 draft out of high school, Turang was playing in Triple-A by 2021 at the age of 21 as the club aggressively pushed him through the system. A left-handed hitter, Turang spent all of the 2022 season at Triple-A Nashville, slashing .286/.360/.412 with 13 homers, 78 RBI and 34 steals while only being caught stealing twice. The homers and RBI were career highs.

Turang started the 2023 season back at Nashville but was there for only 15 games before the Brewers recalled him. He spent the rest of the season with Milwaukee, appearing in 137 games and slashing a not-so-thrilling .218/.285/.300. Those are not the numbers of a player who is an up-and-coming dynasty player.

But I think he is a player to target. Let’s examine why.

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Jackson Chourio: Up-And-Coming Dynasty Players

April 19, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Keepers, Keeper Leagues | 9 Comments

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For the past several weeks I have been highlighting the under-the-radar players who I believe are up-and-coming dynasty players. This week I am changing gears a bit since the player I want to highlight has been a top prospect for several years and is the farthest thing from being an under-the-radar player.

This week the spotlight falls on Jackson Chourio of the Milwaukee Brewers.

Chourio has been a hot commodity in baseball since signing with the Brewers for $1.8 million in January 2021. One year later, at the age of 18, he slashed .288/.342/.538 with 20 homers, 75 RBI and 16 steals across three levels in the minors. He continued that success last year.

Playing at Double-A for most of last season before ending the year with a six-game run at Triple-A, Chourio hit 22 homers, drove in 91 runs and stole 44 bases while slashing .283/.338/.467. The last teenage minor leaguer to post a 20-40 season was Ronald Acuna Jr. in 2017.

The Brewers knew they had a special player on their hands, so they made sure he would remain with the team for a while. This past December the club inked Chourio to an eight-year contract with two club options, potentially keeping him in Milwaukee through 2033.

If you are a seasoned dynasty player, then you know about Chourio and understand his value. But if you are new to dynasty baseball, then you are probably being approached by other players about trading for Chourio. Don’t do it.

I’ll explain why Chourio is an up-and-coming dynasty player.

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Jakkers

Garrett Crochet: Up-And-Coming Dynasty Players

April 13, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Keepers, Keeper Leagues | 3 Comments

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What an exciting week we just had. About three hundred more pitchers landed on the injured list as it appears everyone’s elbow and forearm in baseball is now made of paper.

In other news, Jackson Holliday was recalled from the minors and made his debut with the Baltimore Orioles. If you play in dynasty baseball leagues, then you already know all about Holliday and there is no need for me to tell you he is an up-and-coming dynasty player. If you don’t know about Holliday, then all you need to know is that he is an up-and-coming dynasty stud who you should have on your roster.

With Holliday now in The Show like he should have been since Opening Day, I want to talk about a certain Chicago White Sox pitcher who is off to a great start this season. That pitcher is Garrett Crochet. Of course, now that I am featuring him, he will land on the IL like Chase Silseth has after being featured a couple of weeks ago.

Anyway, Crochet is a 24-year-old left-hander who was originally drafted in the 34th round of the 2017 draft by Milwaukee. Crochet didn’t sign and instead went to Tennessee and on June 10, 2020, he was drafted in the first round by the White Sox. He signed with the Sox on June 22 and on Sept. 18 he made his MLB debut with Chicago without throwing a single pitch in the minors.

Here is a fun fact for you. In going straight from college to the majors:

Crochet was the first player to do that since Mike Leake in 2010.
Crochet is the first pitcher since Mike Morgan and Tim Conroy in 1978 to go straight to the majors the same year he was drafted.

He appeared in 54 games with the White Sox in 2021 and had a fine season. Then came 2022.

During spring training Crochet felt a pop in his elbow and ended up having Tommy John surgery, forcing him to miss the 2022 campaign and limited him to 13 appearances in 2023 that produced some mixed results.

So why do I think he is an up-and-coming dynasty player? Let’s find out.

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Jakkers

Will Benson: Up-And-Coming Dynasty Players

April 6, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Keepers, Keeper Leagues | Leave a comment

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If it is Saturday, then it is time for another edition of Up-and-Coming Dynasty Players. After two weeks featuring players on the Los Angeles Angels, I’m moving to the Midwest and setting my sights on Will Benson of the Cincinnati Reds.

Benson isn’t a spring chicken. Now 25, he is a former first round draft pick, selected 14th overall out of high school in the 2016 draft by the Cleveland Indians (now Guardians). A left-handed hitter, Benson fits the mold of an outfielder selected in the first round as he has great size and athleticism with massive raw power.

But the road to The Show has not been easy for Benson as he spent parts of seven seasons down on the farm. So why do I think Benson is an up-and-coming dynasty player?

Let’s find out.

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Jakkers

Chase Silseth: Up-And-Coming Dynasty Players

March 30, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Keepers, Keeper Leagues | 6 Comments

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Welcome back for another installment of Up-and-Coming Dynasty players. Last week I talked about Los Angeles Angels shortstop Zach Neto and this week I’m sticking to the Angels organization as the spotlight falls on starting pitcher Chase Silseth.

Right now, Silseth is rostered in 7% of Yahoo leagues and 4.5% of ESPN leagues while he’s rostered in 65% of Fantrax leagues.

When it comes to evaluating Silseth, looking at his past is not a good indicator of why I think he is an up-and-coming dynasty player. That is because if you look at his body of work in college and first season in the minors, there would be no reason to think he would have any success in the majors.

In this case, it is looking at what he did last year with the Angels and a gut hunch. My gut is telling me that Silseth is a very under-the-radar player, one who I think will be a solid member of your pitching staff, especially in deep leagues.

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Jakkers

Up-and-Coming Dynasty Players – Zach Neto

March 23, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Keepers, Keeper Leagues | 14 Comments

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When the Los Angeles Angels drafted shortstop Zach Neto in 2022 with the 13th overall pick, some people may have thought it was a nice story of a kid being drafted out of Campbell University – a school that is not exactly known for sending players to the majors.

But Neto is not just a nice story – and no team would waste a first-round pick on a nice story. Neto was a star for the Camels, finishing his three-year career with a .403/.500/.751 slash line with 27 homers, 108 RBI and 31 steals in 100 games and 475 plate appearances and helping lead the team to the NCAA tournament in 2021 and 2022.

Little did people know, however, that within a year of being drafted, Neto would be playing shortstop for the Angels.

The Fast Track

After being drafted and signing with the Angels, Neto was assigned to High-A Tri-City, where he played in a total of seven games before moving up to Double-A Rocket City, where he slashed .320/.382/.492 with four home runs, 23 RBI and four steals. Neto started the 2023 season at Rocket City but was there for only seven games as he slashed .444/.559/.815 with three home runs and 10 RBI.

Neto didn’t even have time to find a place to sleep while at Triple-A Salt Lake City as his stint there lasted only four games before he was recalled to the majors by the Angels.  Less than a year after the draft, he was starting for the Angels after entering the season ranked as the 53rd best prospect by Baseball America, 89 by MLB.com and 47th by Baseball Prospectus

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Jakkers

Up-And-Coming Dynasty Players: Chas McCormick

March 16, 2024 | 2024 Fantasy Baseball, Fantasy Baseball Keepers, Keeper Leagues | 2 Comments

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The beauty of dynasty baseball is that one player can be viewed in multiple ways. This is why rankings tend to get wonky for players once they are outside the top 50 or so.

One of the players who is ranked all over the place is Chas McCormick of the Houston Astros. In my Dynasty rankings I have him at No. 112. CBS comes in with a ranking of #165 for McCormick while the good folks here at Razzball ranked him at #220 and ESPN comes in at 248. So four rankings with a variance of 126 spots.

I can understand the wide difference. McCormick has never been a fulltime player as the most games he has ever played in is 119 and the 457 plate appearances he had last year were a career high. Former Astros manager Dusty Baker refused to put him into the lineup every day last season, limiting his playing time and numbers.

But I think McCormick is being overlooked by a lot of dynasty owners. He isn’t going to carry your team, but he is a solid player who will put up good numbers and be a reason why you win.

So let’s take a look at this week’s Up-and-Coming Dynasty Player.

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Jakkers

2024 Fantasy Baseball Dynasty Rankings: 300-201

January 3, 2024 | Fantasy Baseball Keepers, Fantasy Baseball Rankings | 17 Comments

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installment of the 2024 Dynasty Rankings, with players No. 300 to 201 being unveiled.

When it comes to putting your dynasty team together, you want to build and then maintain a squad that can contend for years. The formula to do this, however, varies from person to person.

For me, when evaluating players for dynasty leagues, the formula for success is a dash of gut instinct mixed in with past experience and a whole lot of what the eye sees. You know a good player when you see him. But a good 34-year-old player is not the same as a good 24-year-old player. Thus, for my dynasty teams I try to follow these simple guidelines:

Youth over Age
You will need veteran players, but you don’t want a whole team of veteran players. If there is a “tie” between a young player and the player four or five years older, I’ll take the younger player.

Hitters over Pitchers
As a whole, young hitters perform better than young pitchers, and veteran hitters are more consistent than veteran pitchers. Basically, I trust my gut when it comes to hitters versus pitchers. Unless a starting pitcher is superior to a solid hitter in the round I am drafting, I will wait on the starting pitcher and go with the hitter.

Starting Pitchers over Relievers
This is pretty easy to understand why. As a group, relievers are so up-and-down it is maddening. Without fail, there will be five or six closers you can pick up in the middle of the season. DO NOT DRAFT A CLOSER EARLY. I will fill out 90 percent of my starting staff before I add my closers/relievers. In my rankings, you won’t see a reliever ranked in the top 150.

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Jakkers

Top 2024 Keepers – Right Fielders

December 20, 2023 | Fantasy Baseball Keepers, Featured | 8 Comments

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This is it – the final installment of the Top 2024 Keepers. We started with relief pitchers back in the beginning of October and today we wrap things up with the right fielders.

If you have missed an article or want to refresh yourself on the previous rankings, you can click on the links below:

Keeper Relief Pitchers
Keeper Starting Pitchers
Keeper Catchers
Keeper First Basemen
Keeper Second Basemen
Keeper Shortstops
Keeper Third Basemen
Keeper Left Fielders
Keeper Center Fielders

The top players in this position group are some of the top players in all of baseball. I would be more than happy to build my team around the players I ranked in Tier 1. And the depth of this position is pretty strong. I have no qualms having any of the players in Tiers 2 and 3 on my team while players in the lower tiers still can offer value to a fantasy team.

So let’s get to the rankings.

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Jakkers

2024 Top Keepers – Left Fielders

December 8, 2023 | Fantasy Baseball Keepers | 13 Comments

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Welcome back to another week of the 2024 Top Keepers series. We’ve completed our journey around the infield, so now we head to the outfield.

This week the spotlight is on left fielders. It would be simpler to just rank all the outfielders in one big group. However, I am not a fan of leagues that just start outfielders. While there is not a big difference between left field and right field, there is a difference. And playing center field is a very different skillset compared to the corner outfield spots.

With that in mind and knowing there are plenty of leagues that start a left fielder, center fielder and right fielder, I have broken up the positions into three different rankings. But before we get to the top left field keepers, below are the positions that have been discussed previously:

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