The Best of FanGraphs: November 13-17, 2017

Each week, we publish in the neighborhood of 75 articles across 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
2018 Top 50 Free Agents, by Dave Cameron
You’ll never guess who’s ranked No. 17!

Where Ohtani Would Make the Most Impact, by Travis Sawchick
Travis took a different tactic.

Breakouts That Didn’t Happen: Max Kepler, by Scott Strandberg
It didn’t happen in 2017, but Scott hasn’t given up hope.

The Problem With the Shift by CP_Bomber13
Is that it always leaves the toilet seat up. I kid, I kid. Seriously, but could it take out the trash once in awhile?

TUESDAY
Top 23 Prospects: St. Louis Cardinals, by Eric Longenhagen
YEEESSSSSSSS.

Apparently My Rookie of the Year Ballot Was Strange, by Jeff Sullivan
Jeff gave a second-place vote to Jordan Montgomery.

WEDNESDAY
General Managers’ View: Who Flies Below the Radar?, by David Laurila
He means besides Maverick when he flew beneath the hard deck.

Luis Perdomo Hit Four Triples, by Jeff Sullivan
That’s pretty incredible.

Projecting the Minor-League Free-Agent Hitters, by Chris Mitchell
Not every free agent signed this winter will be glamorous. Chris takes a look at some of those players who you might just not be anticipating.

Ottoneu Arbitration Results, by Justin Vibber
The two rookies of the year top this list, which isn’t much of a surprise, but there are some interesting names a little further down.

Awareness and Opportunity, by Sung Min Kim
Sung Min talks to Getty photographers to get a sense of what they look for when they shoot games. In this case, World Series games.

THURSDAY
Death, Taxes, and the Orioles’ Need for Starting Pitching, by Stephen Loftus
It’s been awhile since the Orioles had a good starting rotation.

2017 Disabled List Information, by Jeff Zimmerman
The 10-day disabled list seemingly worked as it was supposed to — there were more DL stints, but the days spent on the DL was shorter.

FRIDAY
An Estimate of Every Team’s Payroll Room, by Jeff Sullivan
The team with the most money available probably won’t be spending much of it, but that second team on the list is certainly very interesting.

Shohei Ohtani Projection and Comparables, by Jeff Zimmerman
Jeff works through some comps to put a number to the hype.