Eloy Jimenez

Ah, prospects. One of, if not the most exciting things about dynasty baseball, is drafting a young player and watching him develop over the years. We all salivate over a player with 80-grade power like Eloy Jimenez, but there is always a wide range of outcomes when following a prospect’s career. Sometimes it works out and you have the next Bryce Harper on your hands, sometimes it doesn’t work out like with Mark Appel, and sometimes it just takes a while to get there like with Byron Buxton.And while there are always…

The World Series is over, so I guess we can stop talking about baseball. WRONG! Does baseball season ever really end? There might not be any Major League games going on, but baseball is a year-round cult for us diehards. You’ve got the Arizona Fall League, a slew of winter leagues, hot stove season, the winter meetings, and then before you know it, spring training is starting and the sport we all love so much is back for another nine months of games. So, I don’t give two bleeps that the season is over. You’re getting a…

Last week in Dynasty Dugout, we went over a handful of top prospects that struggled during the 2017 season. This week is the exact opposite.Every season you always have prospects that blow everyone away and exceed expectations. Never has that statement been truer than in 2017. There have been so many spectacular performances, I could honestly write five or six of these articles, but I’ll keep it to just two. This week is about the hitters, with pitchers on deck for next week. Ronald Acuna (OF – ATL) Was there really…

In last week's Dynasty Dugout, we looked into four post-hype prospects that have struggled thus far at the major league level. This week we switch over to every dynasty league owner's favorite topic.For those of us that play in dynasty leagues, prospects are basically as valuable as our own children. Okay, maybe that’s a bit far, but you get the point. The beauty of prospects is that no one really knows how good they can really be. For every person that thinks one prospect will be the next Mike Trout or Bryce Harper,…

The one aspect about hitting that baseball fans love the most is power. There’s a reason why fans show up to games early to watch batting practice. It’s not to see the leadoff hitter work on bunting. People love seeing mammoth home runs fly out of the ballpark. That love for power translates over into the fantasy baseball world. If you take a look at the players that were universally drafted in the first round this year, you’ll see one common thing: Power. The players listed below are some of the best power hitters in the…