The Best of FanGraphs: July 10-14, 2017

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July 15, 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.

ALL WEEK
As always, Dave put together his annual Trade Value Series for our seemingly-eternal week without real games. Feast upon all six pieces here.

2017 Trade Value Series

(Also, as always, thanks to Sean Dolinar for the cool widget.)

MONDAY
Rochester: Rock of Ages of Minor League Ball, by Frank Jackson
The city of Rochester has been enjoying professional baseball for a very, very, very long time.

TUESDAY
Which All-Star Roster Is More Talented?, by Craig Edwards
Craig delivered a deep dive on each league’s squad.

Power Leaderboards, With the Old Ball, by Eno Sarris
Eno takes you back, but not too far back, as he (and Andrew Perpetua) do a little research like this.

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WEDNESDAY
Poll 2017: Which Group of Pitchers Performs Better?, by Mike Podhorzer
Mike needs your vote!

Mid Season Pitcher Workloads, by Mike Sonne
The only thing better than good research is good research packaged in an easy-to-understand format!

Midseason 2017 Strike Zone Review, by Jon Roegele
The foremost non-umpire expert on baseball’s strike zone breaks down the first half. Travis then pivoted off of this piece to once again advocate for robot umpires.

Stop Throwing Fastballs to the Astros by Saul Forman
The Astros have been a lot better at hitting fastballs this year than other teams have. Is this by design?

THURSDAY
Cubs Accurately Rate Underrated Jose Quintana, by Jeff Sullivan
Dave and Chris also checked in our first blockbuster trade of the season. Hopefully it won’t be the last!

Blisters and the New Ball, by Eno Sarris
One thought-provoking piece for the week wasn’t enough for Eno.

FRIDAY
The Linearity of Cost per Win, by Matt Swartz
Matt checked in with two pieces this week, with this one being the second. Also read his first, on the recent history of free agent pricing.





 

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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