The Best of FanGraphs: October 26-30, 2015

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October 31, 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
The Nastiest Pitches of the World Series, Almost Objectively, by August Fagerstrom
These pitches might be nasty, but I’m still not calling them Ms. Jackson.

Behind the Code: Ken Pomeroy, by Brice Russ
A great Q&A with one of the great basketball analysts.

TUESDAY
The All-Expansion Team World Series, by Corinne Landrey
It was a long time coming.

Measuring Team Chemistry with Social Science Theory, by Bret Levine
Really cool piece. Pretty telling that Michael Cuddyer was the acknowledged leader of the 2012 Rockies, and not Troy Tulowitzki.

WEDNESDAY
Alcides Escobar and a Bat and a Ball, by Jeff Sullivan
Making the other team beat you is not a bad thing.

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Matt Harvey’s Career-Worst Stuff, by Eno Sarris
It’s usually not good news when a pitcher stops trusting his fastball.

Projecting Raul Mondesi, by Chris Mitchell
Bartolo Colon was a 22-year-old pitching in High-A when Raul Mondesi was born.

The Physics of Which Way the Wind Blows, by David Kagan
Wonder how the wind blows at your local ballpark? Well, wonder no longer!

THURSDAY
(Un)necessary Analysis of Johnny Cueto’s Different Deliveries, by August Fagerstrom
Warning: Hot GIF action coming at you!

Lorenzo Cain and a Brief History of Mad Dashes Home, by Shane Tourtellotte
This is a fantastic comment.

Jacob deGrom, Pitch-Tipping, and Last Night’s Fifth Inning, by Matthew Kory
As Matthew notes, deGrom needed to mix his pitches better. When the mighty Thor finally started doing this in Game 3, the Mets took control of the game.

Your Opinion of Royals Magic, by Jeff Sullivan
This article has a poll, and you can vote in it.

FRIDAY
Alex Anthopoulos and Title Inflation, by Dave Cameron
It will be interesting to see just how long Alex Anthopoulos remains out of work.

Is Baseball Bad at Bunting?, by Eno Sarris
A very thorough and thoughtful analysis here from Eno.

Mitch Moreland’s Career Month, by Paul Sporer
It doesn’t really make him more attractive for 2015, but it’s still nice that he finally put it all together, even if for it was for just a short period of time.





 

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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