The Best of FanGraphs: January 3-6, 2017

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 and blue for Community Research.

MONDAY
On this day, we observed New Year’s Day. We hope you enjoyed the day off.

TUESDAY
Saying Hello, by Travis Sawchick
Hello, it’s Travis
He’s been wondering if after all these years you’d like to read him at FanGraphs
To go over everything (about sabermetrics)
They say time’s supposed to heal ya
But his 1990s Cleveland Indians shrine ain’t done much healing

2016’s Best Pitches by Results, by Eno Sarris
In case this isn’t enough for you, Eno also looked at 2016’s best pitches by starters later in the week.

Could David Dahl Start in the Minors?, by Brad Johnson
I don’t think David Dahl will actually start in the minors, but Brad’s point about him losing playing time is very valid, and bears watching once spring training starts.

A Season to Get Better, by Jason Linden
Jason shares a deeply personal story about how baseball helped him get through a difficult time in his life.

WEDNESDAY
How Mike Trout Could Legally Become a Free Agent, by Nathaniel Grow
Nathaniel starts the year with a doozy of an idea. I hope Mike Trout does it, because if he does…

Matt Wieters and the Curse of the Tall Catcher, by Travis Sawchick
“Mauer with power” was always too catchy to be real.

The Other Hit-by-Pitch Savant of 2016, by Neil Weinberg
What Derek Dietrich was thinking the whole time:

Pr-probably.

My Ottoneu 2017 Resolutions, by Justin Vibber
Justin V. has some goals for this year.

New Year’s Resolutions, by Justin Mason
So does Justin M.

‘Unskewing’ the Polls in the Hall of Fame Election, by Nathaniel Rakich
Nathaniel and his model are optimistic about a big Hall of Fame class.

THURSDAY
Let’s Talk About That Eric Thames Projection, by Dave Cameron
Dave looks at one of the more interesting projections of the offseason.

Looking for Active Hall-of-Fame Position Players, by Craig Edwards
Craig turns the Hall of Fame lens on players populating today’s MLB to see who will or should be one day enshrined in Cooperstown.

FRIDAY
Introducing Ad Free Membership, by David Appelman
We humbly hope you’ll consider this new option for supporting our company.