The Best of FanGraphs: April 23-27, 2018

Each week, we publish in the neighborhood of 75 articles across our various blogs. With this post, we hope to highlight 10 to 15 of them. You can read more on it here. The links below are color coded — green for FanGraphs, brown for RotoGraphs, dark red for The Hardball Times and blue for Community Research.

MONDAY, 4/23
The Coors Field Hangover?, by khinckley7
Try Pedialyte, maybe.

Mike Trout Is Impossible, by Jeff Sullivan
But, like, the good kind, obviously.

The Rockies Believe They Have an Unbreakable Code, by Travis Sawchik
Congrats to the Rockies for getting a head start on the next war.

Javier Baez Is Doubling Down, by Sheryl Ring
Javy is living what every well-meaning yet overbearing parent wishes for their kindergartner: He is being himself while simultaneously getting better.

TUESDAY, 4/24
Data: Impossible – The Minor League Strike Zone Part 2, by Eli Ben-Porat
*Cue theme music.*

Matt Kemp Has Actually Been an Asset, by Jay Jaffe
Don’t worry, I promise it is definitely 2018. Probably.

The Astonishing Development of Joey Gallo, by Jeff Sullivan
Joey is a prospect model that doesn’t have much to be compared to, interesting in a vacuum.

WEDNESDAY, 4/25
A Manny Machado Trade Has Become Inevitable, by Craig Edwards
Say your goodbyes, O’s fans.

THURSDAY, 4/26
Mike Clevinger’s Strikeout Drop, by Paul Sporer
Where did Mike’s strikeouts go? Are they coming back? Do you think they ever think about him?

The Lyons Share of Strikeouts, by Frank Jackson
An excerpt: “Though Lyons was something of a clubhouse strongman and looked the part of a power pitcher (5-foot-11, 200 pounds), he relied on changing speeds and junkballs to take care of business. Of the 45 hurlers who have 250 or more major league victories, he is dead last in strikeouts with a mere 1,073 in 4,161 innings.”

Should Kyler Murray Play Football or Baseball?, by Eric Longenhagen
Trick question: Both. He should be Bo Jackson. We should all be Bo Jackson. We are all Bo Jackson now.

Jarrod Dyson Bunted With the Bases Loaded, by Jeff Sullivan
Always bunt. Never hit dingers.

FRIDAY, 4/27
Seats Still Available: Trends in Ballpark Capacity, by Shane Tourtellotte
An excerpt: “The league maximums are more idiosyncratic, though they shadow the first two surges and the recent decline fairly closely. The minimums have followed their own beat. Their floor has almost always been rising, excepting the patch between 1941 and 1961 and a notable dip only in the last few years. There are explanations for both, lying outside the general trend, that I will talk about in due course.”

Scoring and Not Scoring the Runner From Third, by Jeff Sullivan
Is this a choice? Pick scoring the runner from third. Definitely that. (It’s not a choice. Instead, Jeff looks at how the league is doing on this fundamental of baseball.)

Was Robinson Cano an Infielder or an Outfielder?, by Travis Sawchik
Shifting gets crazy. Cano’s FanGraphs page doesn’t have him playing any games outside of the infield in his 13-year MLB career if that gives you any hints.