The Baseball Listicle Lineup for November 1-14, 2023

Issue #136

Latest edition of this 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 November 1-14, 2023, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:

• The 2023 Baseball Awards: All for One?, by at 11/14/2023

• Blue Jays trade tiers — 2024 edition!: From the untouchable to the Daulton Varsho, by at 11/14/2023

• 5 Triumphant Baseball Cards of Obscure Cy Young Winners, by 11/12/2023

• Billy Martin: Hall of Fame Manager?, by Paul Semendinger, at 11/10/2023

• Top 5 Position Player Adds, 11/6/2023

• How the Texas Rangers Finally Ended Their Postseason Drought, by Ben Dieter, 11/6/2023

• Gold Glovers, Then and Now, by at 11/6/2023

• 5 Texas Rangers Baseball Cards You're Required to Love, by 11/5/2023

• 5 SP Boston Should Add, by 11/4/2023

• Hondo: the expansion Senators' enduring star, by Andrew Sharp, at 11/3/2023

• Free Agent Rankings and Predictions, by at 11/3/2023

• No Mud, No Lotus For Corey Seager, by at 11/2/2023

• Is It Time for a Change?, by at 11/1/2023

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

• Ohtani, 6 others turn down qualifying offers, by Thomas Harrigan, 11/14/2023

• Breaking down this winter's free agents into 5 tiers, by Mark Feinsand, 11/13/2023

• 5 moves Yanks could make to return to postseason in '24, by Mark Feinsand, 11/13/2023

• 1 big question for each award this week, by David Adler, 11/12/2023

• 5 questions facing the Rangers this offseason, by Kennedi Landry, 11/12/2023

• 5 reasons the Dodgers make sense for Ohtani, by Thomas Harrigan, 11/12/2023

• These 13 teams could define the offseason, by Anthony Castrovince, 11/12/2023

• 8 bold offseason predictions: Ohtani, Soto and everything in between, by Anthony Castrovince, 11/11/2023

• Which big award is the toughest call? We rank 'em, by Will Leitch, 11/11/2023

• Ranking '23 rookies based on long-term value, by Jim Callis, 11/11/2023

• All-Trade Rumor Team: Best at each position who could be on the move, by Mark Feinsand, 11/9/2023

• Too early for 2024 Power Rankings? Not at all!, by Will Leitch, 11/8/2023

• Ranking the top 10 free-agent starters, by MLB.com writers, 11/8/2023

• Predicting where the top free agents will sign, by Manny Randhawa, 11/8/2023

• These players and managers just missed being BBWAA Awards finalists, by Brent Maguire, 11/7/2023

• The 9 most fascinating free agents of the offseason, by MLB.com writers, 11/7/2023

• Free agent rankings: Top 25 for the 2023-24 offseason, by Mark Feinsand, 11/5/2023

• Breaking down the 2023 Gold Glove Award winners, by Manny Randhawa, 11/5/2023

• Where's Ohtani headed? Our guess is 1 of these 8 teams, by Mark Feinsand, 11/5/2023

• Biggest needs for the 11 playoff teams that fell short in '23, by Thomas Harrigan, 11/4/2023

• Which of the 5 teams without a title is next?, by Will Leitch, 11/4/2023

• Here are 12 storylines to watch this offseason, by Mark Feinsand, 11/2/2023

• Rangers earned their crown -- here are 5 reasons why, by Anthony Castrovince, 11/2/2023

• 13 amazing stats & facts from Texas' 1st title run, by Sarah Langs, 11/2/2023

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.