The Baseball Listicle Lineup for August 1-15, 2024
My favorite baseball articles, many in the form of "listicles", from the past two weeks
Issue #192
The latest edition of a regular feature here at Now Taking the Field—a roundup of my favorite recent baseball articles, many though not all in the form of “listicles”—articles framed around a list of some sort or other. I continue to focus this for now on articles by other Substack baseball authors, and articles directly from MLB.com itself.
Here are my favorite articles for the weeks August 1-15, 2024, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:
What are the Rockies Doing?, at
8/15/2024Is Juan Soto the Game’s Greatest Hitter?, by
at 8/14/2024Racing for the Cy, assessing team records, and working clean as a closer, by
at 8/13/20245 Baseball Cards that Ran Out of Gas, at
8/11/2024What The Baseball Hall of Fame Can Learn From Pro Football's Hall of Fame, by Paul Semendinger, at
8/10/2024Voices to Remember, by Dan Schlossberg at
8/10/2024The Dodgers Have Seven Weeks to Get it Together, by
at 8/9/2024Jose Miranda did not match Kling and Dropo, by Andrew Sharp at
8/9/2024Top 10 Who Should Be In Hall of Fame But Aren’t, by Dan Schlossberg at
Hitter Motivation: Do Hitters Perform Worse On Bad Teams?, by
at 8/7/2024Traded Players Who Became World Series MVPs, by Mark Kolier at
8/7/2024Succeeding (or failing) at business, catching base robbers, and losing in a big way, by
at 8/6/20245 Baseball Cards that Demand to Be Loved, at
8/4/2024
Beyond Substack, these were my favorite articles from the writers at MLB.com these past two weeks:
Phillies, NL Wild Card race among Five Fascinations, by Will Leitch, 8/15/2024
Historic homers, mound magic highlight stats of the week, by Sarah Langs, 8/15/2024
Here are the 12 biggest surprises of the season, by Anthony Castrovince, 8/15/2024
One preseason prediction we got wrong for each team, by MLB.com writers, 8/15/2024
Here's our ranking of every farm system, from 1-30, by Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra, and Jonathan Mayo, 8/15/2024
Rerank time! NEW Top 100 and Top 30 Prospects lists, by Jim Callis, 8/14/2024
Execs reassess offseason's biggest free-agent deals, by Mark Feinsand, 8/14/2024
Here are all of our No. 1 overall prospects, ranked, by Jonathan Mayo, 8/13/2024
5 fascinating storylines in baseball right now, by Will Leitch, 8/9/2024
Power + speed = 10 jaw-dropping players, by Brian Murphy, 8/9/2024
10 players who need to step up for contenders post-Deadline, by Thomas Harrigan, 8/8/2024
Historic HRs, a no-no (and a no-no that almost was) among top stats of the week, by Sarah Langs, 8/8/2024
30 prospects with rising stock in the rankings -- 1 for each team, by Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra, and Jonathan Mayo, 8/7/2024
10 rookies who have stood out over the past month, by Kenny Van Doren, 8/7/2024
8 key players on Deadline sellers, by Brent Maguire, 8/7/2024
Every team’s biggest impending free agent for 2024-25, by Will Leitch, 8/7/2024
These players went from All-Star snubs to Cy Young winners, by Cole Jacobson, 8/3/2024
How the Trade Deadline could impact Hot Stove season, by Thomas Harrigan, 8/3/2024
Slap hitters, no more: 4 finding power with new approach, by Mike Petriello, 8/3/2024
Each team's biggest question after Trade Deadline, by MLB.com writers, 8/2/2024
Heart and Hustle Award winners announced by MLBPAA, by MLB.com writers, 8/1/2024