The Best of FanGraphs: July 18-22, 2016

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July 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 and blue for Community Research.

MONDAY
My Favorite Under-the-Radar Trade Deadline Target, by Dave Cameron
Dave, who later in the week made some predictions on more foreground trade deadline matters, went into the weeds for this one.

Picturing a Complete Yankees Teardown, by August Fagerstrom
August described this as “inevitable” in this piece, so of course the Yankees went out and won their next three games. Because of course.

Jose Altuve: Fantasy Baseball’s Most Valuable Hitter, by Scott Strandberg
Scott makes his case.

Exit Speed and Home Runs, by Alan Nathan
As he always does, Alan lets the data do the talking.

TUESDAY
Andrew McCutchen’s Reminder That Baseball Is Cruel, by Corinne Landrey
That ball he hit in the 13th looked like it was going a lot farther than it did.

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Trea Turner and the Recent History of Outfield Conversions, by August Fagerstrom
Just play the kid somewhere.

Did the Red Sox Really Overpay for Drew Pomeranz?, by Dave Cameron
Dave doesn’t think so. Neither do I, for what that’s worth.

The Change: Eno’s Second Half Ranks, by Eno Sarris
Eno is not a big Steven Wright fan, apparently. He has a guy who is allowing homers on 17 percent of his fly balls ranked ahead of him.

WEDNESDAY
Jeff Samardzija on Giving Up a Gopher to Matt Kemp, by David Laurila
I don’t know about you, but I love being able to go deep on a single element of a game like David did here.

Ottoneu 101: Midseason Free Agents, by Joe Douglas
Some intriguing names on this list.

Playing Probability: Drew Pomeranz and Anderson Espinoza, by John Graves
What were you doing in 11th grade? Was it publishing coherently written sabermetrics articles? I know that’s not what I was doing.

THURSDAY
Scouting Dan Vogelbach and Co., by Eric Longenhagen
An actual trade did happen this week, and Eric (and Jeff and Chris) broke it down here.

The Value of Kyle Schwarber, by Dave Cameron
The young injured player’s value continues to be a divisive topic, so Dave explored his true value.

FRIDAY
MLB Scores Big Win in Minor-League Wage Lawsuit, by Nathaniel Grow
In the end, MLB will probably squash this. Thirty people/groups of people will be happy with that result. The rest of us lose, if not in the short-term then definitely in the long-term.

Confidence, Command, Health, and Lance McCullers, by Eno Sarris
Come for the interview, stay for the fabulous Tableau visual.





 

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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