The Best of FanGraphs: February 15-19, 2016

Each week, we publish north of 100 posts on 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, orange for TechGraphs and blue for Community Research.

ALL WEEK
Fantasy Baseball Preview Week!
Rylan Edwards, Mike Podhorzer, Alex Chamberlain, Tanner Bell and Jeff Zimmerman tore the roof off that mutha, with some awesome fantasy baseball strategy pieces. Check them all out!

MONDAY
The Best Transactions of the 2016 Offseason, by Dave Cameron
One of Dave’s offseason staples is its usually quality self. He also wrote up the worst list.

KATOH’s Farm System Rankings, by Chris Mitchell
Come for the rankings, stay for the graphs of KATOH vs. Keith Law and Baseball America.

MLB Farm Systems Ranked by Surplus WAR, by Jeff Zimmerman
Jeff also has farm system rankings. It’s fun to compare and contrast each list.

TUESDAY
FanGraphs Membership, by David Appelman
I have to say I was blown away with the positive response to this post. You are all fantastic and we love you.

A Report on the Amateur Origins of Baseball’s Top-40 Players, by Carson Cistulli
Cool research is cool.

Rookie Pitchers and the Strike Zone, by jw757
It would seem that the strike zone is different for the younglings.

WEDNESDAY
Job Postings Word Cloud, by Sean Dolinar
Potentially useful information for the baseball operations job seeker.

The Sleeper and the Bust Episode: 310 – LABR Review, by Paul Sporer
FanGraphs participated in one of the most prestigious fantasy league drafts this week, and the guys broke it down. Mike Podhorzer also wrote a recap, if you prefer that medium.

Don’t Forget This Key Piece of Snake Draft Prep, by Mike Podhorzer
The answer will surprise you!

THURSDAY
Who We’ve Covered the Most and the Least, by Jeff Sullivan
I was surprised how far down the list the Nationals are here. Seems like we talked about them a ton last year.

FRIDAY
My New Favorite Projection, by Jeff Sullivan
I found this post Berri(os), Berri(os) interesting.

Rotographs Rankings Spreadsheet – First Run, by Paul Sporer
Raaaaaaaankings, raaaaaaaaankings, everyone loves rankkkkkkkings!

MLB Draft Data: Part Two, by Paul Kastava
In his second draft data viz post, Paul reveals which school’s products have totaled the most WAR, among many other things.

36% of Your Draft Will Suck: More Thoughts on ADP, by Alex Chamberlain
I find this post oddly comforting.





Paul Swydan used to be the managing editor of The Hardball Times, a writer and editor for FanGraphs and a writer for Boston.com and The Boston Globe. Now, he owns The Silver Unicorn Bookstore, an independent bookstore in Acton, Mass. Follow him on Twitter @Swydan. Follow the store @SilUnicornActon.

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