The Best of FanGraphs: June 6-10, 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
So What Do the Padres Do Now?, by Dave Cameron

TUESDAY
The Change: Can I just Drop This Outfielder Please?, by Eno Sarris
Eno looks at guys who have started far too slowly, and offers alternatives.

WEDNESDAY
A Q&A with Tom Tango: MLB’s New Data Guru, by Dave Cameron
The MLBAM team keeps getting better and better.

Kyle Lewis and the Elite Small-Conference Draft Prospect, by Chris Mitchell
Chris is skeptical of Lewis’ strikeout issues. It will be the Mariners’ job to get squared away in their development system.

The Team With the Friendliest Strike Zone, by Jeff Sullivan
The Reds are special.

Kyle Seager: Opposite Field Trend an Illusion?, by Randy Holt
Still though.

THURSDAY
2016 Broadcaster Rankings (Radio): #10 – #1, by Carson Cistulli
Carson concluded his radio broadcaster rankings this week. Here you’ll find the 10 best teams, and also the links to the middle and bottom thirds.

Identifying the Ideal Candidate(s) for the Four-Man Outfield, by August Fagerstrom
August applies one of the better ideas from The Only Rule Is It Has To Work. He did it with infielders earlier in the week as well.

Fitting Running Speed into xOBA and xBABIP, by Andrew Perpetua
Adding in running speed makes it so that you’d almost think about thinking about picking up Alcides Escobar for your fantasy team.

A Clayton Kershaw Thought Experiment, by Scott Spratt
“So, in conclusion, Kershaw is amazing and possibly a robot.” Story checks out.

Searching for Biases in the First Round of the Draft, by Chris Mitchell
Not only does Chris make some great finds here, he also offers his KATOH-inspired leaderboard for this year’s draft.

How Plate Discipline Impacts wRC+, by Ian Dincuff
Very cool stuff here.

FRIDAY
Bartolo Colon Made History Last Night, by Corinne Landrey
And you don’t like pitchers hitting?