The Baseball Listicle Lineup for January 24-February 6, 2023

My favorite baseball articles, many in the form of "listicles", from the past two weeks

Issue #63

Latest edition of this regular feature here at Now Taking the Field—a roundup of my favorite recent baseball articles. Somewhat similar to my own writing topics, I tend to like “listicles” the best—articles that are either written in list form or that make heavy use of lists and charts of data, players, rankings, etc. I’ll of course include other favorite baseball articles in these weekly round-ups, but you’ll find most will be of that type. I’ll especially be focusing on articles by other Substack baseball authors, and articles directly from MLB.com itself, but I sometimes do read articles from other sources too.

Here are my favorite articles for the week January 24-February 6, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:

• Dodgers Right 25-Year Wrong, Retire Fernando Valenzuela's Number, by Molly Knight, 2/5/2023

• Different Ways To Look at Giancarlo Stanton's Yankees Career, by Paul Semendinger, first article at Here's the Pitch: the IBWAA Newsletter, 2/4/2023

• Happy Birthday to The Late, Great Hank Aaron, by Dan Schlossberg, second article at Here's the Pitch: the IBWAA Newsletter, 2/4/2023

• Zack Greinke and Baseball Lifers, by Joe Posnanski, 1/31/2023

• 5 Hall of Fame Cards that Won't Be Snubbed, by Wax Pack Gods, 1/29/2023

• Marlins Seek to Balance Payroll Limits, High-Promise Pitchers, by Dan Schlossberg, second article at Here's the Pitch: the IBWAA Newsletter, 1/27/2023

• Baseball History Off The Beaten Path: SABR Landmarks Map, by Bill Pearch at Here's the Pitch: the IBWAA Newsletter, 1/26/2023

• The Jeff Kent Backlash, by Joe Posnanski, 1/25/2023

Beyond Substack, these were my favorite articles from the writers at MLB.com these past two weeks:

• X-factors for 10 teams that missed playoffs in '22, by Thomas Harrigan, 2/6/2023

• This is the 2023 All-Underrated Team, by Anthony Castrovince, 2/6/2023

• The 53-year-old who might pitch forever, by Matt Monagan, 2/6/2023

• Major turnarounds are (probably) coming for these 5 clubs, by Will Leitch, 2/5/2023

• 13 stats that show Hank Aaron's significance, by Andrew Simon, 2/5/2023

• Every team's projected 2023 HR leader, by Shanthi Sepe-Chepuru, 2/3/2023

• They may not be Top-10 players yet ... but just you wait, by Brian Murphy, 2/2/2023

• Ranking depth of talent right now at each position, by Anthony Castrovince, 1/30/2023

• The 6 players set up best to bounce back in '23, by Will Leitch, 1/30/2023

• Here are the top candidates for a 40-40 season, by Sarah Langs, 1/30/2023

• Which teams have the best rotation depth?, by Thomas Harrigan, 1/29/2023

• Want to jump on a bandwagon? Consider these 6 teams, by Will Leitch, 1/28/2023

• The biggest risers in HOF voting history , by Sarah Langs, 1/27/2023

• Here is the best player not in the Hall of Fame for every team, by MLB writers, 1/27/2023

• Every team's projected top player for '23, by David Adler, 1/25/2023

• An early look at the 2024 Hall of Fame ballot, by David Adler, 1/24/2023

And finally, if you are interested in daily, yet quick-read, baseball-related email newsletters, you can’t go wrong with these three:

• Baseball Reference Newsletter - recaps of yesterday's top performers, a look ahead at today's games, unique milestones and Stathead spotlights, and "On This Day" and "Born This Day" lists.

• MLB Morning Lineup - links to the latest articles, videos, and more from MLB

• Horsehide Trivia - a challenging baseball trivia question each day, from D. Bruce Brown

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Did you know? I wrote a book with the same title as this Substack newsletter / blog: Now Taking the Field: Baseball’s All-Time Dream Teams for All 30 Franchises. It was published in early 2019, by ACTA Sports, the publisher of the annual Bill James Handbook and other popular titles. You can learn more about it at www.NowTakingTheField.com, or buy directly at Amazon and other booksellers.