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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

This week Chris (@notnotcknock) and Drew (@aok_fan) discuss The Dynasty Guru third base rankings. Is it time for a new Number One or is J-Ram still at the top of the charts? And see if you can find this week's Randomly Inserted Obscure Song Title. 4:19 Jose Ramierz 10:45 Elly de la Cruz 12:43 Manny Machado 14:15 Royce Lewis 15:15 Noelvi Marte 17:45 Alec Bohm 18:50 Max Muncy 20:12 Jake Burger 21:45 Alex Bregman 22:50 Ryan McMahon 24:20 Ronny Mauricio 25:18 Brady House 28:30 Thomas Saggese 29:15 Orelvis Martinez 29:45 Curtis Mead 31:15 Bryan Ramos 32:39 Zach Dezenzo 33:57 Ignacio Alvarez 35:02 Sterlin Thompson 43:27 Max Muncy 44:00 Eugenio Suarez 45:04 Tyler Black 47:00 Ivan Melendez 48:00 BJ Murray Jr 50:10 Cade Doughty

Drew (@aok_fan) and Chris (@notnotcknock) take a hard look at The Dynasty Guru's shortstop rankings. Chris thinks Bobby Witt is dreamy, and Drew thinks Khalil Watson needs a hug. Bonus points towards a free 2025 TDG Discord membership if you are among the first to find the Randomly Inserted Obscure Song Title. 3:41 CJ Abrams 4:15 Francisco Lindor 5:45 Elly de la Cruz 6:21 Bobby Witt Jr 8:49 Corey Seager 10:00 Trea Turner 13:10 Xander Boegarts 19:00 Willy Adames 24:20 Jackson Merrill 26:50 Jordan Lawlar 27:35 Adael Amador 30:09 Carson Williams 31:20 Masyn Winn 32:25 Colson Montgomery 33:18 Sebastian Walcott 34:58 Brayan Rocchio 36:28 Orelvis Martinez 38:18: Cole Young 44:38 Tim Anderson 47:08 Francisco Lindor 49:14 Kahlil Watson 52:00 Marco Luciano 53:10 Edwin Arroyo 54:45 Jeral Perez 56:25 Eddinson Paulino 57:17 Jose Devers

Drew (@aok_fan) and Chris (@notnotcknock) share their thoughts on the TDG 2024 outfield rankings, a top ten without Mike Trout, and how speed kills (your roster). Once again, bonus points for finding the randomly inserted obscure song title. 6:00 Ronald Acuna 6:19 Juan Soto 8:05 Mookie Betts 9:00 Yordan Alvarez 10:40 Jackson Chourio 12:00 Sal Frelick 13:00 Chas McCormick 15:53 Mike Trout 19:00 Emmanuel Rodriguez 21:45 Roman Anthony 23:40 Jasson Dominguez 27:00 Parker Meadows 28:30 Andy Pages 29:10 Joey Loperfido 30:00 Victor Scott II 32:35 Jonatan Clase 39:20 Taylor Ward 42:17 Ian Happ 44:30 Yanquiel Fernandez 46:13 Zac Veen 46:42 George Valera 48:58 Miguel Bleis 50:15 Dru Baker 51:00 Kala'i Rosario 51:40 Yerlin Luis 52:40 Estuar Suero

In which Drew (NL) and Chris (AL) pick one prospect from each team who may be overlooked or poised for a significant rise in the ranks, and put a 3rd round draft pick on the line. Comments on our site or to @aok_fan (Drew), @notnotcknock (Chris) or @JoinTheRanksTDG. Bonus points if you can identify the deep cut 80s song reference. 3:00 Chayce McDermott 4:40 Gabriel Rincones Jr 6:42 Luis Perales 7:46 Jarlin Susana 9:20 Brock Jones 10:37 Dominic Hamel 12:35 Emmanuel Bonilla 14:25 Jacob Amaya 16:10 John Cruz 18:25 Ignacio Alvarez 19:40 Wilfred Veras 22:00 Sal Stewart 25:14 Justin Campbell 27:37 Luis Lara 29:30 Josue Briceno 32:15 Drew Gray 34:20 Carter Jensen 36:40 Won-bin Cho 39:45 Zebby Matthews 43:18 Mitch Jebb 46:50 Jacob Melton 49:10 Dyan Jorge 51:18 Kevyn Castillo 54:30 Graham Pauley 56:45 Luis Morales 59:18 Payton Martin 1:01:00 Walter Ford 1:04:20 Hayden Birdsong 1:07:05 Aidan Curry 1:09:00 Druw Jones

After Chris teaches us about Bluff Bags, he and Drew take a look at the Dynasty Guru FYPD rankingsl 9:00 Wyatt Langford 13:00 Yoshinobu Yamamoto 15:00 Max Clark 18:18 Nolan Schanuel 22:00 Rhett Lowder 28:00 Jurston Waldrep 29:45 Jung-Hoo Lee 31:40 Arjun Nimmala 33:20 Jonny Farmelo 34:00 Nazzan Zanetello 35:26 Cole Carrigg 38:45 Chase Dollander 40:57 Hurston Waldrep (reprise) Drew Klein @aok_fan Chris Knock @notnotcknock

Chris and Drew start their JTR adventure and discuss their 2023 teams and which players will make significant jumps in this year's rankings. 7:30 Meet the hosts 16:55 Josh Lowe 20:13 James Outman 24:19 Bryson Stott 26:05 Luis Campusano 27:30 Tarik Skubal 30:55 Pablo López 33:20 Roderick Arias 36:20 Moises Ballesteros 41:10 Robert Gasser 43:20 Caden Dana 48:44 Brayden Taylor 51:05 Yohandy Morales and a special Joey Bart easter egg

Taylor, Ross (@RossJensen12), Ryan (@ppenayr), and Sam (@SamFBB1) finally get back on the airwaves to chat big rankings changes since the offseason, play a little " Would You Rather", and close out the show with some listener questions. Thanks for listening!

Joe and Taylor invite Drew (@aok_fan) onto the show to chat about their early picks for MVP and Cy Young and run through a laundry list of excellent listener questions. Thanks for the submissions! As always, be nice to yourself, be good to each other, and go get some cake. See you next week.