The Baseball Listicle Lineup for July 31-August 13, 2023

Issue #115

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 July 31-August 13, 2023, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:

• 5 Missing Mustaches and the Cards Who Love Them*, by 8/13/2023

• Fred McGriff and Scott Rolen Take Their Places in Cooperstown, by Thomas Holmes and Where to Find Pitching in Next Free Agent Class by Dan Schlossberg at 8/12/2023

• Dodgers Get Serious, Padres, Diamondbacks, Angels Slide Into Abyss, by at 8/11/2023

• Brilliant Reader Challenge: The Case for Zack Greinke, by at 8/10/2023

• Era’s best left fielders, by G. Scott Thomas at 8/10/2023

• Coasting On A Big Contract, by Mark Kolier, at 8/9/2023

• Here Are a Few Surprising Seasons You May Have Missed, by at 8/9/2023

• Laggards in the expansion derby, by G. Scott Thomas at 8/9/2023

• Streaky teams, by G. Scott Thomas at 8/8/2023

• 5 Baseball Cards Undone by a Summer Wipeout, by 8/6/2023

• Friday Rewind: The Hunt for the Hall, by at 8/4/2023

• Starting Pitchers Dealt at Deadline Shine in Debuts, by at 8/4/2023

• Era’s best third basemen, by G. Scott Thomas at 8/3/2023

• Twin Trades, by at 8/2/2023

• A Brief History of the Walk, at 7/31/2023

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

• All-MLB Watch: Here are the favorites for 2023, by Manny Randhawa, 8/13/2023

• 8 storylines to follow for the postseason chase, by Will Leitch, 8/12/2023

• 9 key players on Deadline sellers, by Brent Maguire, 8/12/2023

• A surprise playoff party crasher? Odds say it's possible, by Thomas Harrigan, 8/12/2023

• From Witt to no-hit, a wild week in MLB stats, by Sarah Langs, 8/10/2023

• 1 thing for every fanbase to watch down the stretch, by Will Leitch, 8/10/2023

• 10 hitters with a rare blend of speed and power, by Cole Jacobson, 8/8/2023

• X-factors for 7 contenders in the stretch run, by Thomas Harrigan, 8/5/2023

• How the Trade Deadline could impact Hot Stove season, by Thomas Harrigan, 8/4/2023

• These prospects could make an impact in the Majors down the stretch, by Jim Callis, Jonathan Mayo, Sam Dykstra, 8/2/2023

• 7 biggest surprises from the Trade Deadline, by Anthony Castrovince, 8/2/2023

• These 7 teams are Trade Deadline winners, by Will Leitch, 8/1/2023

• Ranking the top 40 prospects traded ahead of the Deadline, by Sam Dykstra, 8/1/2023

• Here is every Trade Deadline deal, by MLB.com writers, 8/1/2023

• Who made July’s All-Star team?, by Will Leitch, 7/31/2023

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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.