The Best of FanGraphs: January 18-22, 2016

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January 23, 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.

MONDAY
Rotographs Rankings Primer, by Paul Sporer
Get ready, RotoGraphs watchers.

2016 Playing Time Battles Summary, by Paul Sporer
Because they’ve only just begun to get you prepped for the season.

TUESDAY
The Gap Between Public and Private Information, by Adam Guttridge & David Ogren
Adam and David were guest stars this week at FanGraphs, as they penned/typed this article, as well as one on the state of analytics within MLB and the future of technology in player development. Check out all three, you should.

Yankees’ Playing Time Battles: Hitters, by Rylan Edwards
Welcome Rylan to RotoGraphs!

My Dad, and the Yankees, by Stacey Gotsulias
This was a very moving tribute. Do yourself a favor and read this one.

You Aren't a FanGraphs Member
It looks like you aren't yet a FanGraphs Member (or aren't logged in). We aren't mad, just disappointed.
We get it. You want to read this article. But before we let you get back to it, we'd like to point out a few of the good reasons why you should become a Member.
1. Ad Free viewing! We won't bug you with this ad, or any other.
2. Unlimited articles! Non-Members only get to read 10 free articles a month. Members never get cut off.
3. Dark mode and Classic mode!
4. Custom player page dashboards! Choose the player cards you want, in the order you want them.
5. One-click data exports! Export our projections and leaderboards for your personal projects.
6. Remove the photos on the home page! (Honestly, this doesn't sound so great to us, but some people wanted it, and we like to give our Members what they want.)
7. Even more Steamer projections! We have handedness, percentile, and context neutral projections available for Members only.
8. Get FanGraphs Walk-Off, a customized year end review! Find out exactly how you used FanGraphs this year, and how that compares to other Members. Don't be a victim of FOMO.
9. A weekly mailbag column, exclusively for Members.
10. Help support FanGraphs and our entire staff! Our Members provide us with critical resources to improve the site and deliver new features!
We hope you'll consider a Membership today, for yourself or as a gift! And we realize this has been an awfully long sales pitch, so we've also removed all the other ads in this article. We didn't want to overdo it.

Learn from a Nerd: David Wiers Explains esports (Part 1), by Patrick Dubuque
If you’re into esports, or want to be, this is a great primer.

WEDNESDAY
MLB Settles TV Lawsuit, Preserves Blackouts, by Nathaniel Grow
Saving money is always good.

Jonathan Lucroy and the New Decline/a>, by Jeff Sullivan
Can it be all so simple? No, it really can’t.

Ottoneu Surplus Calculator, by Justin Vibber
Welcome Justin to RotoGraphs!

The Universe Series of the Inter-Galactic Baseball League, by Bobby Mueller
Seven of Nine is the Starfleet left fielder.

THURSDAY
One Hidden Reason for Why Velocity’s Up, by Jeff Sullivan
Older guys are proving that they can get in on the act as well.

Justin Upton: A Potential Value Trap for the Tigers, by Tyler Branneky
Not many have argued that Justin Upton’s contract with the Tigers is a bad one, but here, Tyler makes that case.

FRIDAY
One City Producing a World Series and Super Bowl Winner, by Matthew Kory
So you’re saying there’s a chance!

You’re Keeping Too Many Players!, by Joe Douglas
Welcome Joe to RotoGraphs!





 

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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