The Best of FanGraphs: May 18-22, 2015

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May 23, 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
Mat Latos Throws a Pitch That Nobody Else Has Thrown, by Eno Sarris
The Critter.

Stop Ignoring Cory Spangenberg, by Scott Strandberg
Ya’ll forgot about Cory. You should stop doing that.

Coming in Cold 2: Lifting the Pinch-Hitter’s Penalty, by Shane Tourtellotte
Can you become a better pinch hitter if you get enough reps?

TUESDAY
The Marlins, Managers, and the Changing Game, by Dave Cameron
Weird things happen sometimes. This was definitely one of those times.

Adam Jones Is Up to Something, by Jeff Sullivan
And it’s exciting.

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The Change: The Pop-Up, And When To Start Worrying, by Eno Sarris
Lot of interesting names on these lists. Nicely done by Eno.

WEDNESDAY
The Black Swan Theory of Drafting Pitchers, by Kiley McDaniel
JohnHavok said it best. John, this clip is for you.

An Investigation (and Validation) of Rubby’s Improvements, by Alex Chamberlain
The Wade Miley trade may not work out to be as one-sided as initially thought.

THURSDAY
Bryce Harper vs. Mike Trout vs. Bryce Harper, by Matthew Kory
Three men will enter, one man will leave?

Carlos Carrasco & Carlos Carrasco, by Mike Podhorzer
Let’s play a game. You like games, right?

POLL: What How-To Questions do You Want TechGraphs to Answer?, by David G. Temple
Help us, help you. Help us! Help you!

FRIDAY
The Best 40 Games of Zack Cozart, by Neil Weinberg
Sometimes it’s good to be labeled a .295 wOBA hitter.

Scheming For Relief: Middle Reliever Tiers, Last 30 Days, by Alan Harrison
Pale ales are bitter and gross, but Alan’s post goes down smooth.

The Meaning of a Team’s Record in Mid-May, by Alex Remington
Alex takes a deep dive into the standings data.

Using Markov Chains to Predict K% and BB%, by Captain Tenneal
You know me, I’m a sucker for a good Markov chain.





 

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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