The Baseball Listicle Lineup for November 15-30, 2023

Issue #139

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 15-30, 2023, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:

• My Baseball Free-Agent Predictions, by at 11/29/2023

• Under 25 WAR And The Hall Of Fame? No Way, But..., by Paul Semendinger at 11/29/2023

• Blake Snell's Master Plan, by at 11/28/2023

• A Brief History of Bay Area MLB Third Basemen, by Rich Campbell at 11/27/2023

• 5 Baseball Cards I'm Thankful for TODAY, by 11/26/2023

• A Hall of Fame Special, by at 11/24/2023

• MLB Dragging Their Feet On Negro Leagues Stats, by Paul White at 11/22/2023

• WAR, Win Shares and the Hall of Fame, by at 11/21/2023

• Revisiting My 10 Bold Predictions for the 2023 MLB Season, by at 11/19/2023

• 5 'Goodbye' Baseball Cards that Will Make You Cry ... and Smile, by 11/19/2023

• Analyzing the Catcher Position, by 11/18/2023

• The Pros and Cons of Unanimity, by at 11/17/2023

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

• Why Soto could be traded — and which team is best fit for him, by Mike Petriello, 11/29/2023

• 5 ways Ohtani has somehow gotten even better, by David Adler, 11/29/2023

• The 5 best starters you can trade for this offseason, by Mike Petriello, 11/29/2023

• 8 free agents with very particular skill sets, by David Adler, 11/29/2023

• These 10 'old guy' free agents still have plenty left in the tank, by Will Leitch, 11/27/2023

• These are the best pitches on the FA market, by David Adler, 11/25/2023

• The underappreciated free agents who could deliver huge value, by MLB.com writers, 11/25/2023

• 30 reasons to be thankful — 1 for each farm system, by Sam Dykstra, 11/23/2023

• 6 bonkers blockbuster trades that would send Hot Stove season into overdrive, by Anthony Castrovince, 11/23/2023

• These 7 free agents ones to watch after injury-marred seasons, by Thomas Harrigan, 11/23/2023

• Here is why each fanbase should be thankful, by Will Leitch, 11/22/2023

• Ranking the teams that need Ohtani most, by Mike Petriello, 11/22/2023

• Debating the 2024 HOF ballot: Who gets in? Who takes another big leap?, by Manny Randhawa, Paul Casella and Brian Murphy, 11/21/2023

• Each team's top '24 Rookie of the Year candidate, by Sam Dykstra, Jim Callis, and Jonathan Mayo, 11/21/2023

• Breaking down every first timer on 2024 HOF ballot, by Brian Murphy, 11/20/2023

• Here is one free-agent target for each team, by Mark Feinsand, 11/20/2023

• Reasons to believe in 5 FAs who underperformed in '23, by Thomas Harrigan, 11/20/2023

• 9 storylines on 2024 Hall of Fame ballot, by David Adler, 11/20/2023

• Who are the 10 most hyped free agents ever?, by Mike Lupica, 11/19/2023

• Post-tender deadline, here are 10 intriguing new free agents, by Dylan Svoboda and Manny Randhawa, 11/18/2023

• These 7 teams could bounce back to win it all, by MLB.com writers, 11/18/2023

• 8 current superstars who've never won an MVP, by Will Leitch, 11/18/2023

• One year later, these 10 get another chance at free agency, by Thomas Harrigan, 11/18/2023

• Who is the best free agent at each position?, by Mark Feinsand, 11/17/2023

• Full list of non-tendered players, by MLB.com writers, 11/17/2023

• Keep an eye on these prospects added to 40-man rosters, by Jonathan Mayo, 11/16/2023

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