The Baseball Listicle Lineup for Nov 12 - Nov 25, 2022
My favorite baseball articles, many in the form of "listicles", from the past two weeks
Issue #48
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 Nov 12 - Nov 25, 2022, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:
Removing Cooperstown’s Crazy Rules, by G. Scott Thomas, at Baseball’s Best (and Worst), 11/25/2022
Scott Rolen Deserves A Plaque In The Baseball Hall Of Fame, by Matthew Veasey, at Here's the Pitch: the IBWAA Newsletter, 11/23/2022
Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot!, by Joe Posnanski, at JoeBlogs, 11/23/2022
Pitching at an elite level, by G. Scott Thomas, at Baseball’s Best (and Worst), 11/22/2022
5 Baseball Cards to Be Thankful For, by Wax Pack Gods, 11/20/2022
If this is End, Cody Bellinger Goes Out a Dodger Legend, by Mollie Knight, at The Long Game, 11/19/2022
Wins and Cy Youngs, by Joe Posnanski, at JoeBlogs, 11/16/2022
Honoring the Best, by G. Scott Thomas, at Baseball’s Best (and Worst), 11/15/2022
5 Veterans Who Rocked the Hobby, by Wax Pack Gods, 11/13/2022
Beyond Substack, these were my favorite articles from the writers at MLB.com these past two weeks:
The 5 tiers that divide this year's free-agent class, by Mark Feinsand, 11/25/2022
7 Black Friday Deas that just might work, by Anthony Castrovince, 11/24/2022
The Statcast 2022 All-Defense Teams, by David Adler, 11/24/2022
1 Thing for every fanbase to be thankful for, by Will Leitch, 11/23/2022
One and done: Best single-season stints, by Andrew Simon, 11/23/2022
30 Reasons to be thankful—1 for each farm system, by Sam Dykstra, 11/22/2022
One great free-agent signing for every club, by Will Leitch, 11/22/2022
Here's each team's top 2023 ROY candidate, by Jim Callis, Sam Dykstra, Jonathan Mayo, 11/21/2022
Here's how the next 5 HOF ballots look, by Andrew Simon, 11/21/2022
What to watch for in 2023 HOF voting, by David Adler, 11/21/2022
Let's play matchmaker—1 free agent for every team, by Mark Feinsand, 11/20/2022
The best players to never win MVP, by Anthony Castrovince, 11/19/2022
Here’s a 2023 awards candidate for every team, by Will Leitch, 11/19/2022
4 moves Yankees need to make if they lose Judge, by Thomas Harrigan, 11/19/2022
Proposing 7 surprising free-agent ideas, by MLB.com writers, 11/19/2022
7 players due for their first MVP Award, by Will Leitch, 11/17/2022
Most Valuable MVP: Ranking every winner, by Will Leitch, 11/17/2022
5 pitchers who are due for a Cy Young, by Will Leitch, 11/17/2022
Verlander joins list of oldest Cy Young winners, by Sarah Langs, 11/16/2022
Ranking every Cy Young Award season, by Andrew Simon, 11/16/2022
The strongest and weakest free agent positions, by Mike Petriello, 11/15/2022
Ranking every Rookie of the Year winner ever, by Matt Kelly, 11/14/2022
Keep an eye on these 5 teams for 2023, by Will Leitch, 11/12/2022
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