The Baseball Listicle Lineup for March 1-15, 2024

Issue #171

The latest edition of a 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 March 1-15, 2024, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:

• Crown Jewels: Fifth Starter, Royals HOF and Next Year's Free Agents, by at 3/15/2024

• Detroit Tigers: 2024 Season Preview, by Joe Underhill, at 3/15/2024

• Red Sox Playoff Odds, by at 3/15/2024

• Can the 2024 St. Louis Cardinals Renew 'The Cardinal Way'?, by Christian Rauh, at 3/11/2024

• Stats to Understand - Pitching, by at 3/11/2024

• 5 Baseball Cards that Fell With Their Stars, at 3/10/2024

• My Top 50 MLB Players for 2024, Part 1 (1-25), by at 3/9/2024

• Mookie Betts Is Now the Dodgers’ Shortstop, by at 3/8/2024

• Stray Thoughts... - Votto signs, Vogey shines, nerds whine, by at 3/8/2024

• Wait, He’s There Now?, by at 3/8/2024

• Rotation Questions Dog the Braves As Exhibition Play Begins, by Dan Schlossberg, 3/8/2024

• Yankees That Didn't Share ("Exclusive Seasons"), by Paul Semendinger, 3/8/2024

• 5 Baseball Cards that Outlasted Their Players, at 3/3/2024

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

• Drafting 2024 World Series contenders, from 1 to 30, by Will Leitch and Mike Petriello, 3/15/2024

• 10 pitchers who must pick up the slack for injured teammates, by Brian Murphy, 3/15/2024

• One goal for every MLB team in 2024, by Anthony Castrovince, 3/14/2024

• The likeliest major awards winners of 2024 are ..., by Will Leitch, 3/13/2024

• 8 players who need to step up to replace key departures, by Thomas Harrigan, 3/12/2024

• The best starting pitcher duos in AL/NL history, by Brian Murphy, 3/11/2024

• 1 position battle to watch for each team, by MLB.com writers, 3/11/2024

• 10 players having a scorching Spring Training, by Shanthi Sepe-Chepuru, 3/11/2024

• Which teams will look the most different this season?, by Theo DeRosa, 3/10/2024

• Every team's projected 2024 home run leader, by Brent Maguire, 3/10/2024

• Who has MLB's top Pipeline? We rank 'em all, from 1 to 30, by Jonathan Mayo, Sam Dykstra, and Jim Callis, 3/8/2024

• Who will go from sub-.500 to the postseason?, by Mike Petriello, 3/8/2024

• That 1 player each team would be lost without, by Will Leitch, 3/6/2024

• Who are the kings of 'Club 162'?, by Dylan Svoboda, 3/6/2024

• Which fanbases are most excited for '24?, by Will Leitch, 3/6/2024

• Here are the new Top 30 Prospects lists, by MLB.com writers, 3/6/2024

• How 10 clubs can turn weaknesses into strengths, by Thomas Harrigan, 3/4/2024

• 12 Statcast standouts this Spring Training, by David Adler, 3/3/2024

• 1 prospect to watch from each team during Spring Training, by Brent Maguire, 3/3/2024

• These 9 former prospects could blossom in ‘24, by Thomas Harrigan, 3/2/2024

• How concerned should each contender be about its starting rotation?, by Brian Murphy, 3/1/2024

• 10 players who could bounce back in 2024, by MLB.com writers, 3/2/2024

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.