The Best of FanGraphs: May 23-27, 2016

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May 28, 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
Major League Baseball and the New Overtime Rules, by Nathaniel Grow
Great insight from Nathaniel as always.

TUESDAY
Noah Syndergaard Is an Elite Contact Pitcher, Too, by August Fagerstrom
And now even his hair has a sponsor. Everything’s coming up Noah!

The Adventures of a Gaijin Fan: Three Games in Japan, by Daniel Brim
If you didn’t want to go to a baseball game in Japan before you read this article, chances are you will after you read it.

WEDNESDAY
FanGraphs Meetup: New York City, June 18th, by Eno Sarris
Come drink with us!

Are Veterans Better at Slump-Busting?, by Eno Sarris
Eno Sarris at his finest.

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Jumping on the Brandon Drury Bandwagon, by Randy Holt
Perhaps I should have read this before I traded Brandon Drury away. Uh oh.

How to Play Baseball (If You Don’t Play Baseball), by Patrick Dubuque
It sounds so simple, but it never is.

THURSDAY
FanGraphs Summer Tour With Pitch Talks, by Dave Cameron
Come talk baseball with us this summer!

Scouting Julio Urias, Dodger Phenom, by Eric Longenhagen
Excellent work here from Eric. Chris Mitchell followed it up a day later with his own great piece as well.

My Favorite Andrew Miller Fact, by Jeff Sullivan
We were on a FanGraphs conference call when Jeff discovered this, and he was quite taken with this fact. You will be too.

Uncompetitive Minor League Wages Might Be Deterring Talent, by Chris Mitchell
This isn’t a heartwarming study, but it’s one you need to read.

A New Hitter xISO, Now with Exit Velocity, by Andrew Dominijanni
While this doesn’t yet take park effects into account, this is a heck of a first run at this by Andrew.

FRIDAY
Danny Salazar on His Repertoire (It’s Not a Split), by David Laurila
“Every time they played each other, there was no one in the street.”

Exploring a New Statistic: Nolan Ryan Percentage, by Paul Kastava
The fact that Clayton Kershaw is on the 2016 leaderboard given how few batters he has walked is positively ridiculous.

How to Lose Fans and Alienate People: The 2016 Atlanta Braves, by Alex Remington
The Braves are rebuilding, and that’s understandable, but to Alex and the people he interviewed here, there’s more to it than that.





 

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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