Episodes
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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
Find us on BlueSky:
Drew: @drewgotigers.bsky.social
Chris: @notnotcknock.bsky.social
JoinTheRanks: @jointheranks.bsky.social
Intro and Outro Voiceover provided by Coleson Probst [email protected]
Intro Music: One Fine Day by Keep Calm and Podcast On (Podcast.co)
Thanks for tuning in! -
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
Find us on BlueSky:
Drew: @drewgotigers.bsky.social
Chris: @notnotcknock.bsky.social
JoinTheRanks: @jointheranks.bsky.social
Intro and Outro provided by Coleson Probst [email protected] -
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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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Hosts Chris Knock (@notnotcknock) and Drew Klein (@aok_fan) are back and taking a look at some of the interesting trade deadline moves and how they may or may not impact the fantasy relevance of some prospects. Also, Drew forgets the Angels aren't the same as the Dodgers, and the RIOT song title contest continues.
Players discussed:
3:20 Matthew Lugo
8:10 Jonatan Clase
13:05 Robby Snelling
15:20 Thayron Liranzo
18:10 Yujanyer Herrera
20"55 Jake Bloss
22:07 Augustin Ramirez
26:29 Nick Yorke
31:00 Mac Horvath, Matthew Etzel, Aidan Smith
36:38 Deyvision De Los Santos, Andres Chaparro
40:29 George Klassen, Alex Clemmey
48:35 Brody Hopkins -
Chris (@notnotcknock) and Drew (@aok_fan) each make a couple of updates to the JTR30, an overlooked prospect in each organization, and take a minute to brag about a couple of names already on the list.
2:10 Matthew Etzel
5:50 Jeremy Rodriguez
9:40 Aidan Smith
13:22 Javier Sanoja
16:15 Carter Jensen
18:25 Andres Chaparro
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Chris (@notnotcknock) and Drew (@aok_fan) discuss the TDG top ranked pitchers, overall and prospects, and talk about a few pitchers who are poised to Join the Ranks.
We're not discouraged by the drop-off in participation in the RIOT contest, there's still time to find the Randomly Inserted Obscure Song Title and join the contest. Bonus point if you can guess which cover version of this week's song in my favorite.
Chris dives into Gil, and Drew admits he might have been wrong about Tink.
11:05 Gerritt Cole, Spencer Strider
12:50 Tarik Skubal, Paul Skenes
14:39 Tanner Houck, Tyler Glasnow
16:20 Pablo Lopez
18:48 Garrett Crochet, Cole Ragans
21:15 Joe Ryan
22:55 Luis Gil
28:30 Noah Schultz
30:00 Jackson Jobe
30:44 AJ Smith-Shawver
31:05 Noble Meyer
31:32 Tink Hence
34:00 Carson Whisenhunt
35:07 Dylan Lesko
.37:15 Zebby Matthews
37:40 Blade Tidwell
38:02 Christian Scott
38:49 Matt Wilkinson
39:38 Jaden Hamm
40:20 Jack Dreyer
41:40 Travis Sykora
42:25 Hayden Birdsong
42:51 Carlos ROdriguez
46:10 Adam Macko
48:09 K.C. Hunt
49:51 Gil v. Abrams -
Chris (@notnotcknock) and Drew (@aok_fan) are back and looking at catchers and outfielders. Which performances will merit a rise, or fall, in our rankings, and which ones are we not yet buying.
Don't forget to find the RIOT (Randomly Inserted Obscure Song Title), and I don't think this one will be playing in my local grocery store.
4:45 William Contreras
8:03 Logan O'Hoppe, Yanier Diaz
11:45 Ryan Jeffers, Patrick Bailey, Danny Jansen
17:30 Top Catcher Prospects
21:00 Agustin Ramirez
23:00 Adrian Del Castillo
25:50 Drew Romo
27:50 Henry Davis
31:20 Tyler Soderstrom
34:50 Eduardo Tait
36:40 Ricardo Olivar
38:50 Ronald Acuna
43:30 Mike Trout
45:05 Corbin Carroll, Jackson Chourio
49:00 Jurickson Profar
51:00 David Fry
54:00 Daulton Varsho
57:30 James Wood
58:30 Jasson Dominguez
59:50 Lazaro Montes
1:02:05 Dylan Beavers
1:03:10 Roman Anthony
1:05:55 Chase DeLauter, Samuel Zavala
1:09:05 Pedro León
1:10:15 Victor Mesa, Jr.
1:11:45 Jhostynxon Garcia
1:11:35 Jace Avina
1:15:25 Nolan Schanuel or David Festa -
Chris (@notnotcknock) and Drew (@aok_fan) make 4 changes to the JTR30 - one overlooked prospect from each organization.
And debut a new Intro and Outro, "Scouts of the Diamond" (Created with Udio). Be sure to listen to the Outro for the full song and tell us what you think!
TImestamps:
1:52 Jacob Melton
2:40 Zach Cole Jr.
5:51 Zack Showalter
7:20 Mitch Jebb
7:45 Hunter Barco
8:58 Wilderd Patino
9:17 Andres Chapparo
12:09 Zebby Matthews
13:43 Nikau Pouaka-Grego
Quick note, we recorded this early in the week a couple of days before Deyvison de los Santos was promoted to AAA. -
Drew Klein (@aok_fan) and Chris Knock (@notnotcnock) discuss movement in the ranks for second base and shortstop, looking at what may or may not be small sample sizes and share some "sneaky deeps" for each position.
Let us know if you find the RIOT (Randomly Inserted Obscure Song Title).
6:15 Bryce Turang
6:58 Jordan Westburg
9:02 Colt Keith
9:54 Michael Massey
10:10 Ketel Marte
12:05 Connor Norby
13:11 Jace Jung
14:58 Orelvis Martinez
19:10 Nick Gonzalez
22:28 E.J. Exposito
23:40 Andrew Pintar
27:15 Elly De La Cruz
28:30 Bo Bichette
30:45 Oneil Cruz
33:20 Jeremy Pena
35:30 CJ Abrams
37:45 Carson Williams
39:29 Jackson Holliday
42:50 Colson Montgomery
44:45 Aidan Miller
45:13 Marco Luciano
45:59 Arjun Nimmala
46:20 Alex Mooney
47:40 Rayne Doncon
51:20 Logan Webb v Francisco LIndor
53:50 Vlad Guerrero v Paul Skenes
57:30 Bo Bichette v Anthony Volpe -
Drew (@aok_fan) and Chris (@notnotcknock) start our in-season review of the rankings by taking a look at first base and third base early-season performances that may be early indicators of some movement in the ranks. Don't forget to find the RIOT (randomly inserted obscure song title) for a chance at a 2025 TDG Discord membership.
10:30 MLB Firstbase rankings
10:41 Vlad Guerrero & Spencer Torkelson
12:10 Vinnie Pasquantino
12:30 Rhys Hoskins
16:00 Josh Naylor
17:40 Jake Cronenworth
18:30 Ty France
19:55 Michael Busch
22:40 Kyle Manzardo
25:10 Mark Vientos
25:35 Abimelic Ortiz
27:00 Spencer Horwitz
28:30 Keston Hiura
30:15 Deyvison De Los Santos
33:50 Will Simpson
35:50 Aneudis Mordan
36:40 MLB Thirdbase Rankings
37:50 Alec Bohm
40:45 Josh Jung
43:05 Isaac Paredes
44:30 Brady House
46:10 Tyler Black
47:30 Cam Collier
48:00 James Triantos
48:30 Andres Chaparro
49:00 Jace Jung
50:46 Aidan Miller
52:35 Ruben Santana
54:12 Braylen Wimmer
55:30 Rubel Cespedes
57:35 Trade Talk, Bailey Ober or Brady House & Hayden Birdsong -
The JTR30 is our list of Overlooked Prospects from each organization. This week Drew (@aok_fan) and Chris (@notnotcknock) look at the original JTR30 from December and review the holdovers while introducing a number of new names to the list.
Following that is a discussion of a few trades that were posted on the Dynasty Guru Discord.
Look for this episode's RIOT (Randomly Inserted Obscure Song Title) and bonus point for identifying why this one is especially timely.
And if you're ever in the Quad Cities, pick up some Boetje's Mustard for me.
3:01 Enmanuel Bonilla
4:05 Nikau Pouaka-Grego
5:31 Luis Perales
6:42 Andrew Pinckney
8:06 Kyle Carr
10:00 Dominic Hamel
11:57 Blake Money
13:40 Troy Johnston
15:07 Brock Jones
16:00 Nacho Alvarez
17:10 Josue Briceno
18:56 Sal Stewart
20:35 Zebby Matthews
22:15 Luis Lara
23:30 Carter Jensen
26:00 Drew Gray
27:03 Justin Campbell
27:45 Robert Arias
29:15 Won-bin Cho
30:52 Wilfred Veras
32:20 Mitch Jebb
34:00 Aidan Curry
35:48 Dyan Jorge
37:35 Walter Ford
39:20 Payton Martin
41:04 Jacob Melton
42:18 Ryan Bergert
44:30 Kevyn Castillo
45:50 Wilderd Patino
47:45 Luis Morales
49:16 Hayden Birdsong
51:55 Colson Montgomery or Noelvi Marte
56:36 Lars Nootbaar or Carson Williams
1:02:55 Brady House or Marcelo Mayer -
Chris (@notnotcknock) and Drew (@aok_fan) are joined by Sam (@SamFBB1) and Ryan (@ppenyar) of Dyansty's Child for a draft of post 300 ADP players. We'll play it out as a 5X5 roto and see who can finish second to Sam's juggernaut.
Highlights include Chris as the most unprepared prepared drafter, Ryan makes a solid choice, and Sam and Drew are homers. -
Drew Klein (@aok_fan) and Chris Knock (@notnotcknock) talk (briefly) about relievers and then discuss some of our favorite post-100 dynasty pitchers, complete with some Would You Rathers and more Sneaky Deeps.
Important announcements about the upcoming schedule and an introduction of the JTR30, a season long project that will identify and regularly update the overlooked prospects from each organization. If you haven't listened to Episode 38, go back and you'll hear how it all started.
We had more correct entries in the RIOT contest, so if you can identify this week's Randomly Inserted Obscure song Title be sure to let us know on TwitterX or the Discord.
12:30 Mason Miller
16:53 Anthony Maldonado
17:17 Miguel Diaz
17:45 Calvin Zeigler
19:08 Mark Church, Grant Anderson
22:28 Frankie Montas
23:03 Max Meyer
25:30 Jack Flaherty
30:04 Ryan Weathers
33:35 Cade Cavalli
36:30 Cade Cavalli or Connor Phillips
38:00 Cristian Javier or Brayan Bello
40:40 Bubba Chandler or Chase Petty
42:32 Jedixon Paez
44:50 Angel Bastardo
46:10 Jose Montero
47:20 Franklin Gomez
48:50 Jeter Martinez -
The Dynasty Guru Top 300 Prospects list is out and this week Chris (@notnotcknock) and Drew (@aok_fan) discuss who they have higher or lower than the group, and higher and lower than each other. They also introduce a Sneaky Deep (post-300) prospect to add to your watch lists.
We've had our first winner of the RIOT (Randomly Inserted Obscure song Title) but there's still time to catch up in the season-long contest.
5:45 Sebastian Walcott
7:30 Jackson Jobe
10:18 John Cruz
10:37 Walker Martin
14:00 Robert Gasser
16:10 Luis Baez
18:38 Roman Anthony
20:50 Colton Cowser
23:00 Parker Meadows
27:27 Chase Hampton
31:41 Brady House
34:51 Ryan Clifford
37:40 Gabriel Gonzalez
41:10 Tekoah Roby & Tink Hence
47:15 Kahlil Watson & Druw Jones
50:23 Angel Diaz
51:55 Jeremy Rodriguez -
Drew Klein (@aok_fan) and Chris Knock (@notnotcknock) have fun talking about the The Dynasty Guru Pitching Prospect Rankings, play a little Would You Rather, and find a Ricky Vaughn comp. Don't forget to find the Randomly Inserted Obscure Song Title for your chance to win a 2025 membership in the TDG Discord.
9:55 Top 10 Prospect Pitchers
10:30 Ricky Tiedeman
12:10 AJ Smith-Shawver
15:00 Andrew Painter
17:30 Jacob Misioroski
20:30 11 - 20 Prospects
20:55 Dylan Lesko
22:38 Jairo Iriarte
25:30 Noah Schultz
28:27 Ben Brown
31:30 21 - 30 Prospects
31:48 Cade Cavalli
33:30 Carson Whisenhunt
36:45 Brock Porter
38.22 Max Meyer
43:00 Spencer Arrighetti
44:45 Ryan Bergert
47:45 Would you Rather?
48:00 Mena or Lin
51:30 Thorpe or Snelling
55:15 Harrison or Hampton
59:00 Leiter or Rocker -
Drew Klein (@aok_fan) and Chris Knock (@notnotcknock) start their analysis of The Dynasty Guru's pitching rankings! This episode (our 10th together!) includes the debut of our version of Would You Rather? Once again, still time to take the lead in the Find the Randomly Inserted Obscure Song Title contest, bonus points if you find them both this week.
2:30 Top 10 2022 to 2023
14:28 Important Stats when ranking
22:14 Pablo Lopez
22:59 Eury Perez
22:30 George Kirby
24:10 Kevin Gausman
26:45 Logan Webb
28:00 Tarik Skubal
28:54 Aaron Nola
29:30 Freddy Peralta
34:00 Bobby Miller
34:58 Cole Ragans
37:50 Would You Rather?
38:16 Webb or Snell
41:00 Nola or Valdez
44:20 B Miller or Luzardo
48:00 Sale or Lodolo
51:00 Steele or Musgrove
54:11 Steele or Greene -
This week Drew Klein (@aok_fan) and Chris Knock (@notnotcknock) discuss the Dynasty Guru Catcher rankings, as well as other hot topics including which catchers benefit from the DH option (hint, not as many as you might think), who's in and who's out on Sal Perez and the life of a Girl Scout Cookie Captain. Let Drew know if you found the Randomly Inserted Obscure Song Title for a chance to win a 2025 TDG Discord membership!
8:05 Yainer Diaz
13:26 Logan O'Hoppe
14:24 Sean Murphy
15:00 Gabriel Moreno
16:30 Yainer Diaz
17:00 Cal Raleigh
18:30 Ryan Jeffers
20:00 Sal Perez
24:20 Jonah Heim
26:40 Rate The Trade
29:30 Samuel Basallo
30:00 Ethan Salas
33:37 Harry Ford
36:40 Austin Wells
41:30 Ivan Herrera
42:55 Danny Jansen
44:33 Tyler Stephenson
44:49 Gary Sanchez
46:54 Drake Baldwin
48:22 Agustin Ramirez -
Drew Klein (@aok_fan) and Chris Knock (@notnotcknock) discuss the Dynasty Guru first base rankings and wonder why there's no love for Rhys Hoskins among our rankers. Listen in and don't forget to find the Random Insertion of an Obscure Song Title for a chance at a free 2025 TDG discord membership.
3:28 Vlad Guerrero Jr.
6:16 Vinnie Pasquantino
9:14 Rhys Hoskins
9:44 Nathaniel Lowe
14:06 Bryce Harper
14:20 Matt Olson
15:19 Christian Walker
16:51 Paul Goldschmidt
20:35 Anthony Rizzo
24:23 Ryan Noda
32:50 Heston Kjerstad
35:40 Abimelec Ortiz
39:50 Deyvison De Los Santos
42:05 Ben Rice
44:35 Dalton Rushing
46:44 Jose Abreu
49:52 Carlos de la Cruz
50:57 Omar Martinez
51:36 RJ Yeager -
Chris Knock (@notnotcknock) and Drew Klein (@aok_fan) talk about The Dynasty Guru second base rankings and debut the Trade Talk segment. As always, find the Randomly Inserted Obscure Song Title and earn points towards the prize of a free membership in next year's Discord Channel.
Players discussed include:
8:25 Nico Hoerner
9:03 Tommy Edmond
10:42 Vaughn Grissom
12:40 Jose Altuve
13:48 Marcus Semien
14:44 Ketel Marte
16:10 Andres Gimenez
17:24 Jordan Westburg
19:04 Bryson Stott
21:08 Brandon Lowe
22:56 Edouard Julien
26:24 Joey Ortiz
29:35 Gelof or Arraez
37:55 Termarr Johnson
38:56 Matt Shaw
39:48 Luisangel Acuna
41:50 Connor Norby
42:45 Nick Yorke
44:19 James Triantos
47:33 Gavin Lux
49:00 Luis Rengifo
49:49 Jeff McNeil
50:19 Thairo Estrada
51:15 Tanner Schobel
51:55 Ronny Simon - Montre plus
