The Best of FanGraphs: July 6-10, 2015

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
What to Make of Rougned Odor Rest-of-Season?, by Scott Strandberg
Scott makes the case that he is back, baby!

A First-hand Report from Cincinnati and the (1970) All-Star Game, by Joe Distelheim
Joe looks back at Cincy’s most famous All-Star Game, and arguably one of the most famous All-Star Games of all-time.

TUESDAY
Scout Hiring and Pay Practices Challenged in New Lawsuit, by Nathaniel Grow
Major League Baseball makes lots of money, but not everyone feels they are getting the piece of the pie that they deserve.

On the Genealogy of Trades, Part II, by John Marsh
John’s second entry in his burgeoning series on trades is just as good as his first.

WEDNESDAY
J.D. Martinez: Right-Handed Lefty Power Hitter, by Owen Watson
Sometimes, it’s hard to get a hitter out no matter what you do.

Should Billy Burns Stop Switch-Hitting?, by Eno Sarris
Bonus video at the end of the piece!

Carter Capps: This Year’s Dellin Betances?, by Paul Sporer
There’s no question that Carter Capps is pitching well. The only question is whether he is doing so legally. Paul broke it down here, and Jeff Sullivan took a whack at Capps this week as well.

Injury-Dependent Baseball: Contemplating Jefry Marte, by The Birchwood Brothers
Contemplation is good for the soul.

Ode to Willie Bloomquist, by Bobby Mueller
That he has captivated our attention for so long has to be worth something. Bobby makes his case.

THURSDAY
Front Office Ratings, By the Community, by Jeff Sullivan
Jeff asked the readers for their thoughts, and some of them were quite polarizing.

Cueto or Hamels: The Deadline Decision, by Dave Cameron
Choose your own adventure!

Anatomy of an Ejection, by Jeff Sullivan
Jeff constantly gets luscious article fruit out of tired topics like “Yadier Molina is a constant whiner.” It’s what makes Jeff special.

Jason Pierre-Paul Didn’t Start the Fire: How Athletes Could Lose Control Over Their Health Data, by Alec Denton
This is the world we live in now.

FRIDAY
Ten Things Mookie Betts Is Doing to Justify the Hype, by Matthew Kory
In this post, Matthew mentions Lando Calrissian’s smoothness, but fails to provide a visual example. Consider that oversight rectified:

When You Think About It, Trivia Isn’t Trivial (Part 2), by John Paschal
John digs beneath the superficial elements of some known and unknown bits of trivia to find the meaty stories that remind us of our love for baseball. This was Part 2 of his three-part series. Part 1 is here, and Part 3 comes on Monday.