The Baseball Listicle Lineup for March 16-31, 2024

Issue #174

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 16-31, 2024, starting with articles written by other baseball-focused Substack authors:

• 5 Rookie Cards that Wouldn't Let Go, at 3/31/2024

• My Top 50 MLB Players for 2024, Part 2 (26-50), by at 3/30/2024

• Ten Bold Predictions for 2024, Part 2, by at 3/29/2024

• Free Friday: Opening Day Extravaganza!, by at 3/29/2024

• 2024 MLB Predictions, by at 3/28/2024

• 3 Most Important Red Sox Players, by 3/28/2024

• MLB Opening Day! Staff Preseason Predictions, by the writers at 3/28/2024

• 3 New Division Winners, by 3/27/2024

• 5 Things That Definitely Probably Might Happen for the 2024 Royals, by at 3/27/2024

• Ten Bold MLB Predictions for 2024, Part 1, by at 3/27/2024

• A Brief History of Bay Area MLB Left Fielders, by Rich Campbell at 3/25/2024

• 5 Baseball Cards that Made Bad Trades Feel Better, by 3/24/2024

• Who's Throwing The Wrong Fastball, Revisited, by at 3/21/2024

• The Infinity ERA Club, by Paul White at 3/20/2024

• MLB DFS Strategy Guide, by at 3/20/2024

• History Shows Yankee Backstops Are Key to Dynasty Teams, by Richard Cuicchi at 3/18/2024

• 5 "Irish" Baseball Cards to Rub for Luck, at 3/17/2024

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

• 1 Opening Weekend takeaway for each team, by Will Leitch, 3/31/2024

• The 13 biggest stars on new teams this season, by Thomas Harrigan, 3/31/2024

• Let's overreact! 11 hot takes after season's first weekend, by Anthony Castrovince, 3/31/2024

• MLB execs weigh in: Who will be top rookie in '24?, by Mark Feinsand, 3/30/2024

• What needs to go right for each team this season, by MLB.com writers, 3/28/2024

• Starting Pitcher Power Rankings, Opening Day Edition, by MLB.com writers, 3/27/2024

• 24 things we're looking forward to in 2024 season, by Will Leitch, 3/27/2024

• Experts predict 2024 division winners, WS champ, by Brian Murphy, 3/27/2024

• 11 players with milestones within reach in 2024, by Sarah Langs, 3/26/2024

• The great unknown for every team in 2024, by Theo DeRosa, 3/26/2024

• Going out on a limb with 1 prediction for every division, by Will Leitch, 3/25/2024

• 15 Spring Training stat lines that really do matter, by David Adler, 3/25/2024

• 1 fact about every team to make you sound smart, by Sarah Langs, 3/24/2024

• Who is MLB's best player? Let's ask the players themselves, by MLB.com writers, 3/23/2024

• Experts predict this season's stat leaders, by Thomas Harrigan, 3/23/2024

• Presenting the 9 tiers of contenders for 2024, by Mike Petriello, 3/22/2024

• Players pick their most underrated peers, by Theo DeRosa, 3/22/2024

• The top 10 bullpens in baseball are ..., by Anthony Castrovince, 3/22/2024

• Which rotations stand above the rest? We ranked them, by Anthony Castrovince, 3/21/2024

• Players say MLB's most surprising team will be ..., by Thomas Harrigan, 3/21/2024

• Dodgers miss playoffs? Holliday MVP? 7 outlandish predictions (or are they?!?), by Anthony Castrovince, 3/21/2024

• Who do players think will win the '24 World Series?, by Manny Randhawa, 3/19/2024

• 1 player from each team making a big impression this spring, by MLB.com writers, 3/18/2024

• These 12 teams won the MLB offseason, by Anthony Castrovince, 3/16/2024

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.