The Baseball Listicle Lineup for March 22-April 4, 2023
My favorite baseball articles, many in the form of "listicles", from the past two weeks
Issues #77
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 March 22 - April 4, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:
5 Baseball Cards that Make Fools of Us All, by Wax Pack Gods, 4/2/2023
Baseball Is Back, and It's Better than Ever, by Molly Knight at The Long Game, 4/1/2023
Massive Changes in Game Make Veteran Writer’s Head Spin, by Dan Schlossberg, second article at Here's the Pitch: the IBWAA Newsletter, 4/1/2023
Half a Century Has Elapsed Since Ron Blomberg Changed The Game, by Dan Schlossberg, first article at Here's the Pitch: the IBWAA Newsletter, 3/31/2023
Ten Bold MLB Predictions for 2023, by Molly Knight at The Long Game, 3/29/2023
23 Predictions for the ‘23 season, by Joe Posnanski at JoeBlogs, 3/29/2023
5 Baseball Cards of Opening Day Past, by Wax Pack Gods, 3/26/2023
The Week Baseball Found Its Joy, by Molly Knight at The Long Game, 3/24/2023
Beyond Substack, these were my favorite articles from the writers at MLB.com these past two weeks:
Who is the top basestealing threat for each MLB team?, by MLB.com writers, 4/4/2023
Are these injury replacements ready to step up?, by Thomas Harrigan, 4/4/2023
1 takeaway for each team from Opening Weekend, by Will Leitch, 4/2/2023
8 (very) early overreactions from Opening Weekend, by Anthony Castrovince, 4/2/2023
Old-school speed: These are MLB's fastest teams, by Mike Petriello, 4/1/2023
Want to sound smart for Opening Day? Here's 1 key stat per team, by Sarah Langs, 3/30/2023
One bold prediction for all 30 teams, by MLB.com writers, 3/30/2023
Here are 30 prospects to watch at Triple-A—1 for each team, by Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Sam Dykstra, 3/30/2023
9 surprising players on Opening Day rosters, by Thomas Harrigan, 3/30/2023
1 great unknown for each team ahead of Opening Day, by MLB.com writers, 3/29/2023
The 2023 award winners will be ..., by Thomas Harrigan, 3/29/2023
Your 2023 World Series winner? Experts predict that and more, by Manny Randhawa and Dylan Svoboda, 3/28/2023
1 important thing we learned from each team this spring, by MLB.com writers, 3/28/2023
The Top 10 rotations in 2023 are ..., by Anthony Castrovince, 3/27/2023
Experts predict this season's league leaders, by Shanthi Sepe-Chepuru and Theo DeRosa, 3/27/2023
The big milestones on tap in '23—and whether they'll happen, by Sarah Langs, 3/26/2023
Here's the 2023 All-Trade Rumor Team (with 1 BIG name), by Mark Feinsand, 3/25/2023
Top 10 bullpens for 2023, ranked, by Anthony Castrovince, 3/25/2023
These 8 prospects opened eyes in Spring Training, by Rob Terranova, 3/23/2023
The 9 tiers of contenders in 2023, by Mike Petriello, 3/22/2023
Ranking all 30 farm systems, by Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo and Sam Dykstra, 3/22/2023
The likeliest award winner from every team, by Anthony Castrovince, 3/22/2023
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
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.
