The Best of FanGraphs: November 2-6, 2015

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November 7, 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
A Tech Controversy Is Hitting the World of Curling by David Temple
“In what ways doesn’t curling resemble a telenovela?” one is compelled to ask.

Let’s Build a Scouting Report on Lucas Duda’s Arm by August Fagerstrom
So far as building is concerned, it’s certainly easier than, like, a deck.

TUESDAY
Copying the World Champs by Matthew Kory
Kory examines what is reputed to be the sincerest form of flattery.

Scouting the 2016 Prep Draft Prospects in Jupiter by Dan Farnsworth
It’s the debut scouting report from FanGraphs’ new Lead Prospect Analyst. Jesse Burkhart joined Farnsworth in Jupiter and has something to say, as well.

The Day the Organ Music Died by Stacie Wheeler
Wheeler drives a metaphorical Chevy to a hypothetical levee. This is her report.

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The Fundamental DFS Misunderstanding by Brad Johnson
Johnson puts either the fun or mental in fundamental. You decide.

WEDNESDAY
Devon Travis and the Especially Ludicrous Spray Chart by A. Chamberlain
Among the revelations: Travis’s home-run rate per fly ball to the pull side is 100%.

FanGraphs Crowd: The Top 82 Free Agents by FanGraphs Readers
Because 83 would clearly have been too many, 81 too few.

The Wait for Nick Castellanos Will Soon Be Over by Eno Sarris
Or will it? (It probably will, actually.)

THURSDAY
2016 Top 50 Free Agent Predictions by Dave Cameron
It’s a fool’s errand, and Dave Cameron is the exact right fool for the job.

MASH Report (11/5/15) by Jeff Zimmerman
The science of injuries, applied!

The Evolving Link Between Strikeouts and Clutch by Jeff Sullivan
It’s real! But says less about the Royals than one might expect.

FRIDAY
Pace Yourself: The Relationship Between Pace and xFIP by Mike Sonne
Inconvenient truth: pace of play and pitcher effectiveness are inversely correlated.





 

Carson Cistulli has published a book of aphorisms called Spirited Ejaculations of a New Enthusiast.

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Gabes
10 years ago

Cistulli needs to write the comments to these articles forever

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Well-Beered Englishman
10 years ago
Reply to  Gabes

Agreed.

“It’s a fool’s errand, and Dave Cameron is the exact right fool for the job.”

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Paul SwydanMember since 2020
10 years ago
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(Sobs quietly in the corner.)

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