The Best of FanGraphs: May 31-June 3, 2016

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June 4, 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
No articles here. Hope you celebrated Memorial Day in style.

TUESDAY
So What Do the Diamondbacks Do Now?, by Dave Cameron
Note: The Dbacks lost the two games they played right after Dave wrote this.

What’s the Pitcher-Hitting Equivalent of a .400 Hitter?, by Craig Edwards
A good suggestion from Carson leads to a great piece from Craig.

It’s Time to Buy Into Steven Wright, by Jeff Sullivan
I still want to see him do this well during the warmest months, but Jeff makes a compelling case here.

Scouting Brady Aiken’s First Professional Appearance, by Eric Longenhagen
While the information mentioned in the title is present and accounted for, there is also a bunch more info in here, on players from the A’s, Cubs, Brewers, Dbacks, Angels and Dodgers. Dig in!

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WEDNESDAY
Where Did Cole Hamels’ Changeup Go?, by Corinne Landrey
Corinne is now contributing to FanGraphs as well as The Hardball Times, where she’s been crushing it for awhile now. In her first two pieces at FG, she staked out a niche analyzing left-handed pitchers. Hamels first, then CC Sabathia on Friday. We’re very excited to have Corinne on board at FG!

It’s Time for the League to Adjust to Mookie Betts, by Dave Cameron
If that’s even possible!

Streaming for Stolen Bases by Pitcher, by Justin Mason
Justin flips the script in the pursuit of increasingly-elusive stolen bases.

Four Prospects I’m Watchlisting, by Trey Baughn
This includes a couple of minor leaguers you’ve probably never even heard of.

Doing It For Bartolo Podcast Episode 26 – Sam Kennedy (Boston Red Sox), by Joon Lee
Joon’s podcast regularly books terrific guests, and this week he didn’t disappoint, as he had on the Red Sox’s new team president.

Erick Aybar Needs Your Prayers, by Jacksom Mejia
We got to pray, just to make it today.

THURSDAY
What’s Going On, Michael Pineda?, by Eno Sarris
Dr. Eno is back to diagnose another ailing pitcher’s problems.

FRIDAY
Madison Bumgarner’s Offensive Plan, by Jeff Sullivan
It’d be nice if his plan wasn’t so offensive, but here we are.

The Screwball: Comedy is in the (Baseball) Cards 9 and Final, by John Paschal
We’ve had quite the good time making up humorous theoretical questions to go with baseball cards, but nothing lasts forever.

The Tampa Bay Rays and the Advantages of Pulling the Ball, by Jake B
The Rays are always looking to find that extra 2%.





 

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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