The Best of FanGraphs: March 20-24, 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
POSITIONAL POWER RANKINGS
Like we always do about this time. This annual tradition is a great way to think about your favorite team a little differently. Dave, Travis, Eno, Nick, Craig, Jeff, Neil, Carson and myself put in work on these.

BOLD PREDICTIONS
Oh, how I love Bold Predictions time. Technically, it started last week with Josh Shepardson, but things really kicked into gear this week. Here is the list:

• Brad Johnson (Positive)
• Ben Kaspick
• Alex Chamberlain
• Joe Douglas (Ottoneu)
• Jeff Zimmerman
• Justin Mason
• Brad Johnson (Negative)
• Rylan Edwards
• Andrew Perpetua
• Brandon Warne
• Justin Vibber

MONDAY
The Dark Horse Dominant Bullpen, by Jeff Sullivan
If everyone stays healthy, the purple people eaters could have one heck of a bullpen.

A KBO Thumper’s Path Back to the Majors, by Sung-Min Kim
In this piece, Sung-Min details how Eric Thames needed the KBO, and the KBO needed Eric Thames.

TUESDAY
Danny Espinosa’s Bat Path: An Angel Battles to Erase Eight-Hole Woes, by David Laurila
Very interesting discussion from David, who has been on a bit of a bat path kick this spring.

Are Early Adopters of the Uppercut Influencing Their Clubhouse Peers?, by Travis Sawchick
Travis gets an assist from Sean Dolinar in this informative piece.

WEDNESDAY
The Present Imperfect, by Kate Preusser
This is such a beautiful piece of writing. I hope you’ve been reading Kate’s work this month, and will continue to in future months.

Auction Market Values — REVISED!, by The Birchwood Brothers
Perhaps foreshadowed by the great Joseph Conrad, the brothers screwed up their auction draft, but you can reap the benefits of their failures.

My Favorite Moments, by Alfonso Tusa
This is a wonderful short story about a father and son, and baseball.

Carl Edwards Had a Bad Day in a Great Year by Ben Bailey
An interesting, in-depth look at a pitcher who might turn a lot more heads this season.

THURSDAY
If the Braves Fail, It Will Be for the Right Reasons, by Travis Sawchick
Down in Florida, Travis finds the Braves committed to developing a winner through pitching.

FRIDAY
Yoan Moncada Deserves the Kris Bryant Treatment a Year Early, by Craig Edwards
Craig compares the major league birth of two (now) cross-town phenoms.