The Baseball Listicle Lineup for Nov 12 - Nov 25, 2022

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

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