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The Crowd9 Dynasty Baseball Blog

Trade strategy, prospect guides, and how to read live crowdsourced values — each piece links straight into the tools.

Methodology

How Our Crowdsourced Dynasty Rankings Work

How Crowd9 turns thousands of head-to-head votes into live dynasty baseball rankings using an Elo rating system.

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Prospects

Top Dynasty Baseball Prospects & FYPD Guide

A guide to valuing dynasty baseball prospects and the First-Year Player Draft (FYPD), powered by live crowdsourced rankings.

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Trade strategy

Best Dynasty Baseball Trade Targets

How to find dynasty baseball trade targets using live crowdsourced values, risers and fallers, and the trade calculator.

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Trade values

How to Read a Dynasty Trade Value Chart

What dynasty trade value charts mean, how to use them, and why a live crowdsourced chart beats a static weekly one.

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Trade strategy

Is This a Good Dynasty Trade? How to Evaluate

A simple framework for evaluating dynasty baseball trades using live crowdsourced values and your team timeline.

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Strategy

Dynasty Starting Pitcher Rankings Strategy

How to value starting pitchers in dynasty leagues, and how to use the live crowdsourced SP rankings board.

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Beginners

Dynasty Baseball for Beginners: Startup Drafts

A beginner’s guide to dynasty baseball and startup drafts, with a live crowdsourced board to build from.

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Rankings

Top 500 Dynasty Baseball Players Explained

Why deep dynasty leagues need a top-500-style board, and how to use the live crowdsourced deep rankings.

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Trade strategy

Buy Low / Sell High Dynasty Baseball Targets

How to spot buy-low and sell-high dynasty targets using live crowdsourced risers and fallers.

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Trade strategy

Multi-Player Dynasty Trades: Balancing Both Sides

How to balance multi-player dynasty trades and the quality-vs-quantity tradeoff, using the live trade calculator.

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