The Best of FanGraphs: September 8-11, 2015

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September 12, 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
Nothing to see here. Hope you enjoyed the Labor Day holiday.

TUESDAY
Aaron Nola: Youthful Command in Philly, by David Laurila
“Nothing is really a secret anymore.”

Around the World with the Minor League Home Run King, by Chris Gigley
You have to love what you do.

WEDNESDAY
Projecting Javier Baez and Quantifying His Improvements, by Chris Mitchell
Seeing Brandon Wood’s name mentioned prominently here must scare Cubs fans, but there is still plenty of reason for optimism.

Hitters: Quit Chopping Wood, Don’t Go for Backspin, by Eno Sarris
Yeah, you need a permit for that anyway. Did you get your permit? I didn’t think so.

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The Inning That Ended the Nationals’ Season, by Owen Watson
Owen has the crime scene report.

Where Did the Nationals Go Wrong?, by Jeff Sullivan
Jeff has the autopsy.

Z-Contact% as a Function of Strictly a Pitcher’s Fastball, by Alex Chamberlain
One study leads to another. Circle of (baseball research) life.

The Worst of the Best: Holes on World Series Teams, by Shane Tourtellotte
You gotta keep the devil way down in the hole, but these teams may have taken things a little too far.

TechGraphs’ Monthly Streaming Device List — September 2015, by David Wiers
Pretty exhaustive list here.

Performance After Tommy John Surgery, by s_scolary
It’s always good to have a fresh look at this subject, and this one comes with several pretty graphs.

THURSDAY
Yoenis Cespedes and the MVP Award, by Matthew Kory
You hate us cause Yoenis. That’s what Mets fans are saying. Prob…probably.

Scott’s Miscellany – Nolan Arenado Is In Good Company, by Scott Spratt
Very good company.

The Hope Embodied by Jung Ho Kang, by Joon Lee
Joon put himself out there with this piece. Definitely worth your time.

FRIDAY
13 Predictions for the Rest of the Season, by Adam McFadden
I’m really looking forward to #8 coming true.

Using Batted Ball Data in Scouting, by Jeff Zimmerman
Jeff capped a great week at THT with an expansion of his talk from Saber Seminar.





 

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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