This Week in SABR: July 22, 2022

July 22, 2022/in This Week in SABR /by sabr

Welcome to “This Week in SABR!” Click here to view this week’s newsletter on the web. Here’s what we’ve been up to as of July 22, 2022:

SABR Defensive Index rankings released through first half of 2022 MLB season

St. Louis third baseman Nolan Arenado and New York catcher Jose Trevino lead their respective leagues in the updated SABR Defensive Index™ rankings through the first half of the 2022 Major League Baseball season.

Click here to view full SDI rankings by position through games of Sunday, July 17, 2022

For the 10th consecutive season, the SABR Defensive Index will be used to help select the winners of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award® and Rawlings Platinum Glove Award™, presented by SABR. The SABR Defensive Index accounts for approximately 25 percent of the Rawlings Gold Glove Award selection process that will be added to the votes from the managers and coaches.

Arenado’s SDI of 10.0 is the highest in the NL among all qualified defenders, ahead of Pittsburgh third baseman Ke’Bryan Hayes (9.2) and Arizona first baseman Christian Walker (8.5). Milwaukee third baseman Jace Peterson (7.0) and Chicago shortstop Nico Hoerner (6.1) round out the top five.

Trevino’s SDI of 8.6 leads all fielders in the AL, followed by Cleveland left fielder Steven Kwan (7.2), Detroit second baseman Jonathan Schoop (6.5), Los Angeles shortstop Andrew Velazquez (6.2), and Boston second baseman Trevor Story (5.8).

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

SABR Research Collection celebrates Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022

On Sunday, July 24, the Baseball Hall of Fame welcomes seven new members: David Ortiz, Bud Fowler, Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Minnie Miñoso, Tony Oliva, and Buck O’Neil. SABR celebrates Cooperstown’s Class of 2022 by highlighting Research Collection articles featuring the new inductees.

SABR’s BioProject provides comprehensive biographies of all seven inductees. Author Bill Nowlin tells the story of the iconic Boston Red Sox slugger Ortiz, who was elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. Brian McKenna explores Fowler’s path as a pioneering Black player in the 19th century. John Saccoman explains why Hodges was such a beloved figure among fans of both the Dodgers and Mets. Patrick Lethert describes Kaat’s journey from a durable starting pitcher to a stalwart in the broadcast booth.

Mark Stewart’s biography of Miñoso remembers a Cuban legend whose impact on players of generations to follow was enormous. One of his compatriots, Oliva, became one of the major leagues’ top hitters with the Minnesota Twins, as Peter C. Bjarkman chronicles. Finally, Bob LeMoine tells the story of O’Neil, the Negro Leagues’ greatest storyteller and ambassador.

SABR’s Games Project also includes stories that shine a light on players inducted in the Class of 2022. David Ortiz’s heroics from the 2004 postseason to the 2013 World Series are well documented. One of Ortiz’s first walk-off hits as a professional player took place in 1996 with the minor-league Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.

Kaat’s contributions to the AL champion 1965 Minnesota Twins and the World Series-winning 1982 St. Louis Cardinals are also included here. Miñoso’s memorable first home run with the Chicago White Sox in 1951, Hodges hitting for the cycle in 1949, and Fowler’s debut as professional baseball’s first Black player in 1878 are stories that all baseball fans should read.

The SABR Oral History Collection includes a special audio recording from the late Buck O’Neil and SABRcast host Rob Neyer recently interviewed Jim Kaat.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Watch a preview of the Landmarks Committee’s new SABR Baseball Map

The SABR Baseball Landmarks Committee has been hard at work compiling the most complete list of baseball-related sites across North America to include active and historic ballparks, statues, museums, historic markers, murals, graves, and other roadside attractions.

On Thursday, July 21, we officially launched the SABR Baseball Map, an exciting and powerful tool to help you plan baseball travel this summer and beyond.

Start exploring! Visit SABR.org/baseball-map to learn more or to view the SABR Baseball Map

On your desktop or laptop computer, the SABR Baseball Map will allow you to explore and discover must-see places to visit along your travel route. On your smartphone or tablet, the SABR Baseball Map will give you turn-by-turn directions to each site at the tap of a button, from wherever you are.

Click here to watch a preview of the SABR Baseball Map in action, from Landmarks Committee chair John Racanelli.

Or click here to watch the full tutorial video on YouTube during its unveiling on July 21.

SABR 50: One week left to purchase Baltimore Orioles game tickets

Just a reminder: Sunday, July 31 is the final day to purchase Baltimore Orioles game tickets in our special block at SABR 50. SABR has purchased a block of seated tickets in the Eutaw Street Bleachers (sections 94-98) at Camden Yards to watch the Orioles play the Boston Red Sox on Friday, August 19.

Click here for complete details on the SABR 50 Regular Registration, Single-Day Registration, and optional sessions. Or click here to register for SABR 50.

Learn more about the 2022 SABR convention in Baltimore below:

Hotel: The special SABR group rate at the Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor of $199/night plus tax (single/double occupancy) is only available to registered convention attendees. After you register for the SABR 50 convention, you will receive an e-mail confirmation with details on how to book your hotel room at the SABR group rate. There are a limited number of rooms in our group block, so be sure to register for SABR 50 early!
Schedule: Click here to find the full daily schedule for SABR 50.
Speakers: Click here to learn more about our featured speakers and panelists.
Presentations: Click here for the lineup of SABR 50 research presentations.
Posters: Click here to learn more about SABR 50 poster presentations.
Committee Meetings: Click here to learn more about SABR 50 committee meetings.
Exhibitors Room: Click here to learn more about our SABR 50 Exhibitors Room.

We have an All-Star lineup of featured speakers and exciting events planned for SABR 50, including:

Keynote address by Tim Kurkjian, winner of the BBWAA’s 2022 Career Excellence Award.
Opening Remarks by Sig Mejdal, Vice President and Assistant General Manager, Analytics, Baltimore Orioles.
One-on-One with Baltimore Orioles legend Boog Powell, interviewed by Dan Connolly of The Athletic.
Oriole Park at Camden Yards panel with Bill Stetka (Orioles Team Historian), Greg Bader (Orioles Senior Vice President, Administration & Experience), and Joe Spear (founder of Populous).
Women in Leadership panel with Orioles executives Eve Rosenbaum (Assistant General Manager, Baseball Operations), Nicole Sherry (Director, Field Operations), Jennifer Grondahl (Senior Vice President, Community Development & Communications), and Lisa Tolson (Senior Vice President, Human Resources).
SABR Ballparks panel with former Orioles president Larry Lucchino and acclaimed ballpark design director Janet Marie Smith.
Flood v. Kuhn: Fifty Years Later panel with Judy Pace Flood, widow of Curt Flood; award-winning historian Mark Armour, A Well-Paid Slave author Brad Snyder, and moderator Shakeia Taylor of the Chicago Tribune.
Babe Ruth panel with authors Jane Leavy (The Big Fella), Bill Jenkinson (The Year Babe Ruth Hit 104 Home Runs), and Mike Gibbons, Director Emeritus and Historian for the Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum.
Baseball Broadcasting panel with Joe Castiglione, play-by-play voice of the Boston Red Sox Radio Network, and Kevin Brown, Baltimore Orioles primary television play-by-play announcer for MASN.
Historic Ballparks Bus Tour on Thursday, August 18.
Baltimore Orioles vs. Boston Red Sox game on Friday, August 19.

Please note: All speakers are subject to change due to availability.

Visit SABR.org/convention to learn more or to register.

SABR 50: Special ticket offers for Bowie Baysox, Aberdeen Ironbirds minor league games

SABR 50 attendees can take advantage of special offers to attend Minor League Baseball games during this summer’s convention in Baltimore.

On Sunday, August 21, the Bowie Baysox — Class AA affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles — host the Somerset Patriots at Prince George’s Stadium, which is about 30 miles from our host hotel in downtown Baltimore. A special $40 SABR package includes both a game ticket and bus transportation to and from Prince George’s Stadium. Buses will arrive at Prince George’s Stadium at approximately 11:00 a.m. for a pre-game discussion with Baysox broadcasters, exclusively for SABR 50 attendees. This is an optional event for SABR 50 attendees, and ticket purchases will be made directly through the team. To purchase tickets or learn more, visit groupmatics.events/event/SABR.

In addition, the Aberdeen Ironbirds, Class A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, are also offering a 50% discount for tickets to any home game in July or August 2022. Click here to purchase single-game tickets at MiLB.com and use the promo code SABR50 to receive the discount.

To learn more about SABR 50, or to register, visit SABR.org/convention.

SABR 50: Transportation Tips and Area Attractions

Members of the host Baltimore Babe Ruth Chapter have compiled a list of transportation tips to help visitors and convention attendees enjoy their stay in Baltimore. If you have any questions during your stay, please don’t hesitate to ask a friendly SABR 50 volunteer for assistance.

Click here to view our SABR 50 Transportation Tips and Area Attractions page

For more information on Baltimore’s award-winning restaurants, upcoming events, and other attractions, go to baltimore.org.

SABR 50: Seeking volunteers for research presentation timekeepers

Anyone attending SABR 50 in Baltimore who would like to serve as a timekeeper for the research presentation rooms on Friday, August 19 and Saturday, August 20 at the Hyatt Regency Inner Harbor should contact Jessica Smyth for further details.

Timekeepers help keep the schedule on track by sitting in the front of the room and signaling to presenters when their alotted timeslot is about to end. No experience is necessary. You can sign up for a 1-hour or 2-hour shift, and watch all the presentations scheduled for that room.

Click here to view the complete schedule of SABR 50 research presentations.

SABR Latino Baseball Committee welcomes new Cuban Baseball Research Group

SABR’s Board of Directors has approved a new subcommittee, the Cuban Baseball Research Group, under the auspices of the Latino Baseball Committee.

The Cuban Baseball Research Group, led by baseball journalist Reynaldo Cruz, aims to foster research on the history of Cuban baseball since its early days, its impact on American and Caribbean baseball, and the impact of the US in Cuban baseball. The group will also help research and write more SABR biographies of Cuban players, including those who played in the Negro Leagues, and correct the historical record of some Cuban baseball players.

Click here to read the full announcement at SABR.org.

Celebrate baseball’s All-Star Games with a new collection from the SABR Games Project

Seventy-five years ago this month, with the National and American Leagues newly integrated, and the Negro National League and American League still loaded with talent, baseball’s major leagues held three All-Star Games.

The SABR Games Project has the full stories of 1947’s All-Star Games, written by SABR members:

National League-American League All-Star Game at Wrigley Field, written by C. Paul Rogers III
15th annual East-West Classic at Comiskey Park, written by Donna L. Halper
East-West Game at the Polo Grounds, written by James Overmyer

Celebrate this week’s 92nd Major League Baseball All-Star Game by visiting the SABR Games Project’s collection of articles on past Midsummer Classics. New articles include Andrew Harner on a 1942 game between the AL All-Stars and a military all-star team, Gary Belleville on the final All-American Girls Professional Baseball League All-Star Game in 1954, and Stew Thornley on baseball’s 1985 and 2003 All-Star Games.

— John Fredland

SABR Digital Library: Our Game, Too: Influential Figures and Milestones in Canadian Baseball

Add a new baseball book to your collection from the SABR Digital Library:

Our Game, Too: Influential Figures and Milestones in Canadian Baseball
Edited by Andrew North
Associate Editors: Len Levin, Bill Nowlin, and Carl Riechers
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-970159-81-3, $9.99
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-970159-82-0, $34.95 US / $44.99 CDN
8.5″ x 11″, 459 pages

Click here to read a full description of this book at SABR.org.

SABR members, get this e-book for FREE!

E-book: Click here to download the e-book version of Our Game, Too for FREE from the SABR Store. Available in PDF, Kindle/MOBI and EPUB formats.
Paperback: Get a 50% discount on the Our Game, Too paperback edition from the SABR Store ($17.95 includes shipping/tax; delivery via Kindle Direct Publishing can take up to 4-6 weeks.)

Having trouble downloading our e-books? To view PDF files on your computer, click here to download the free Adobe Reader software. Having trouble downloading e-books to your Kindle, Nook, Sony Reader or iPad? Click here for additional help.

Visit SABR.org/ebooks for more titles from the SABR Digital Library.

Register now for 2022 SABR Southern New England 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium

SABR’s Nineteenth Century Committee, Lajoie-Start Chapter, and the Rhode Island College’s Department of History present the Southern New England 19cBB Interdisciplinary Symposium, which will take place from 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 12, 2022, at Rhode Island College in Providence, Rhode Island.

The symposium will be highlighted by a welcome address from author Ed Achorn (Fifty-Nine in ’84), a keynote address from Morgan Grefe, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Historical Society, an interdisciplinary talk by Elizabeth Williams of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, plus research presentations by Robert Cvornyek, Howard Chudacoff, Lauren Tuiskula, and Rick Harris.

How to Register: Click here to register online at SABR.org. Please note: Due to space limitations, we can only allow up to 80 registrants for this event.
Schedule: Click here to download the full schedule (PDF)
Cost: SABR members and up to two (2) guests can register for the symposium at $45 per person, which includes Continental breakfast, buffet lunch and AM & PM refreshments.

The 2022 Southern New England 19th Century Baseball Interdisciplinary Symposium will be the sixth in our city-specific series. Previous symposiums were held in New York City (2014), Philadelphia (2016), Cleveland (2018), Minneapolis (2019), and Brooklyn (2021).

Sign up now for SABR Analytics Certification online course

It’s time to get SABR Certified! The first course in the new SABR Analytics Certification program — Conversational Analytics and Critical Thinking in Baseball — is available online now.

The SABR Analytics Certification program is an online, on-demand curriculum offering professional development and learning opportunities for those interested in elevating their skills and knowledge relating to baseball analytics. The curriculum was developed by current baseball professionals, including employees of Major League Baseball and its clubs.

SABR members get a significant discount on this Analytics Certification course registration, saving $55 off the regular price.

Visit SABR.org/analytics/certification to sign up today or learn more.

Join us for more Stay Home With SABR virtual events

SABR chapters and committees are encouraged to set up virtual meetings to stay engaged with our members throughout the world at SABR.org, as part of our Stay Home With SABR initiative to assist in limiting the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Can’t-Miss Event: SABR’s Cliff Kachline Chapter will hold its annual Induction Day meeting at 6:00 p.m. EDT on Sunday, July 24 at Tillapaugh’s, 28 Pioneer St, Cooperstown, NY 13326. All baseball fans are invited to attend this free, open-to-the-public event. We have three great book authors lined up to talk about their books and exciting baseball topics. Join us to hear from Bill Deane on Baseball’s Who’s Who of What Ifs, from Mark Armour and Dan Levitt on Intentional Balk, and from Mike Mitchell on Mr. Rickey’s Redbirds.
Video Replays: This week, we heard from the Baseball Landmarks Committee about their new SABR Baseball Map, and from authors David Krell (1962), Jason Cannon (Charlie Murphy), and Steve Treder (Forty Years a Giant). Click here to view more video replays of virtual SABR events.

Here are some more upcoming virtual events you can attend online; check the Events Calendar for complete details:

July 23: Jack Graney (OH) Chapter meeting (9:00 a.m. EDT)
July 23: Schott-Pelican (LA) Chapter meeting with John Fredland and Paul Semendinger (10:00 a.m. CDT)
July 28: Pacific Northwest (WA) Chapter meeting with Mark Armour and Dan Levitt (6:30 p.m. PDT)
July 30: Mathewson-Plank (PA) Chapter meeting (2:00 p.m. EDT)
July 31: Baltimore Babe Ruth (MD) Chapter meeting (7:00 p.m. EDT)

In addition, the following events will be held in person:

July 23: Emil Rothe Chicago Chapter ballgame/meet-up (Joliet, IL)
July 24: Cliff Kachline Chapter Induction Day meeting (Cooperstown, NY)

Find more upcoming SABR meetings on our Events Calendar page.

15 new stories published at the SABR Games Project

Fifteen new game stories were posted this week as part of the SABR Games Project:

June 5, 1875: Boston Red Stockings’ record streak stopped in St. Louis, by Bob Tiemann
July 24, 1886: Adonis Terry throws a no-hitter for Brooklyn … or does he?, by David Krell
May 27, 1888: Bridegroom Adonis Terry no-hits Louisville on a Sunday in Queens, by Larry DeFillipo
September 24, 1903: Bill Bradley hits for reverse natural cycle; teammate Nap Lajoie just misses, by Mike Huber
October 13, 1915: Red Sox win their fourth 1-run game in a row and clinch World Series crown, by Bill Nowlin
July 14, 1922: Red Sox game vs. Cleveland sets mark for lowest attendance at Fenway Park, by Bill Nowlin
July 7, 1942: Bob Feller is the headliner as military all-stars take on American League’s best in Cleveland, by Andrew Harner
July 27, 1947: West wins 15th annual Negro Leagues East-West Classic at Comiskey Park, by Donna L. Halper
July 29, 1947: The West wins another Negro League East-West Game at Polo Grounds, by James Overmyer
October 10, 1951: Yankees edge Giants in Game 6 to win third straight World Series, by Mark S. Sternman
July 2, 1967: Fergie Jenkins hurls and hits the Cubs into first place, by Gregory H. Wolf and Victoria Monte
July 21, 1975: Félix Millan hits four singles, and Joe Torre grounds into four double plays, by David Krell
July 7, 1996: Clutch from the start: Young David Ortiz gets game-winning hit in Class A, by Kurt Blumenau
August 7, 2016: Ichiro Suzuki triples for his 3,000th major-league hit, by Douglas Jordan
October 3, 2021: Red Sox beat Nationals in Ryan Zimmerman’s last game, by Steven C. Weiner

In addition, the following stories from Baltimore Baseball, edited by Bill Nowlin and published by SABR in 2021, were also posted online:

June 23, 1954: Orioles beat Red Sox in 17 innings, set AL records for time and players, by Bob Fleishman (first-time author)
July 30, 1954: Orioles’ Bob Kennedy hits first grand slam at Memorial Stadium, by Cort Vitty
July 8, 1958: Orioles’ Billy O’Dell pitches three scoreless innings in American League’s All-Star victory, by Gary Sarnoff
May 8, 1966: Frank Robinson smashes home run completely out of Memorial Stadium, by Mark Millikin (first-time author)
October 9, 1966: Dave McNally fires Orioles’ third consecutive shutout as Baltimore sweeps Dodgers, by Frederick C. Bush
June 16, 1973: Jim Palmer takes perfect game into 9th inning for Orioles, by Brian Frank
August 6, 1986: Orioles ‘slam’ Rangers with 9-run fourth inning but still lose game, by Frederick C. Bush
July 13, 1993: At Camden Yards’ first All-Star Game, a prodigious blast and the boo birds, by Steven C. Weiner
August 12, 1997: After Rex Barney’s death, a quiet night at Camden Yards, by Peter Coolbaugh (first-time author)
June 16, 2015: Orioles clout franchise-best 8 homers in 19-3 rout of Phillies, by Mike Lynch

New Games Project stories can be found at SABR.org/gamesproject.

Get involved: Have memories of a game you attended? Or a game you watched that caught your interest? Write about it! Writing for the Games Project is an easy way to get involved as a SABR member. Find out how by reading the Games Project FAQs section or checking out the Authors’ Guidelines. We have editors and fact checkers who are willing to help you write your first article.
Social media: Follow the SABR Games Project on Twitter or Facebook to keep up with new stories and updates.

SABRcast with Rob Neyer: Listen to an interview with Tigers great Willie Horton

Baseball fans, tune in this season to SABRcast with Rob Neyer, a weekly podcast hosted by award-winning author and longtime SABR member Rob Neyer.

Episode #171 on Monday, July 11 featured Willie Horton, who became the first black superstar for his hometown Detroit Tigers and spent parts of 15 seasons with the team during his major-league career from 1963 to 1980. He was a four-time All-Star outfielder and played a key role in the Tigers’ 1968 World Series championship. A tremendously powerful right-handed slugger, Horton was one of the strongest men in the game and launched 325 homers. Extremely popular in Detroit, Horton has worked in the Tigers front office since 2003, helping to bridge relations between the club and the African American community. His number 23 jersey was retired by the team in 2000. He is the author of a new autobiography, Willie Horton: 23, with Kevin Allen.

Visit SABR.org/sabrcast to listen to the full episode.

Subscribe to SABRcast on your favorite podcast networks, including Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, or Stitcher, and listen to each episode as soon as it’s released on Mondays. To learn more, visit SABR.org/sabrcast.

Listen to a new episode of Behind the Numbers: Baseball SABR Style on SiriusXM on Saturdays

Behind the Numbers: Baseball SABR Style on SiriusXM, a radio show hosted by former SABR Board President Vince Gennaro, is back at a new time for the regular season. Listen to new episodes at 8:00-9:00 p.m. ET on Saturdays on MLB Network Radio.

You can also listen to archives of recent episodes on-demand on the SiriusXM Internet Radio app.

Behind the Numbers: Baseball SABR Style on SiriusXM focuses on examining and interpreting the statistical analysis that plays a critical role in baseball today. It airs weekly throughout the year on MLB Network Radio, available to subscribers nationwide on XM channel 89, Sirius channel 209, and on the SiriusXM Internet Radio App.

ICYMI: Highlights from last week’s This Week in SABR

Here are some major headlines from recent weeks that we don’t want you to miss:

All previous editions of This Week in SABR can be found here: SABR.org/this-week-in-sabr-archives.

Welcome, new members!

We’d like to welcome all of our new SABR members who have joined this week. You can find all Members-Only resources at members.sabr.org and the Membership Handbook can be downloaded here.

Please give these new members a warm welcome and help them make the most of their membership by giving them the opportunity to get involved in their local chapter or a research committee.

You can find contact information for any SABR member in the online Membership Directory.

Name	Hometown	Name	Hometown
Tony Bascone	New York, NY	Peyton Monts	Westfield, IN
Louis Bartoshesky	Wilmington, DE	Greg Plithides	Peachtree Corners, GA
Vic Buttler	Carson, CA	Max Plithides	Irvine, CA
Brad Comer	Louisville, KY	Collin Pucher	Seattle, WA
Zebulon Duco-moore	Coaling, AL	Daniel Ringler	Avon Lake, OH
Drew Duffy	Virginia Beach, VA	Paul Schwarzenbart	Reedsburg, WI
Elena Dugan	Andover, MA	Sam Shein	Merrick, NY
Mitch Hansen	Phoenix, AZ	Dusty Sloan	Ashland, OH
Doug Hutchens	Lake Tapps, WA	Harry Turner	Pittsburgh, PA
Melannie Jay	Philadelphia, PA	Patrick Wooden	Fishers, IN
Dennis Lange	Audubon, MN	Jim Zhou	Las Vegas, NV
Tom Lippman	Washington, DC

Research Committee news

Here are the new research committee updates this week:

Biographical Research: May/June 2022 newsletter

Find all SABR research committee newsletters at SABR.org/research/committees.

Regional Chapter news

Here are the new regional chapter and chartered community updates this week:

Hanlan’s Point Chapter: Follow the Hanlan’s Point Chapter new Twitter account at @SABR_HP. (Toronto, ON)
Larry Dierker Chapter: July 18 meeting recap (Houston, TX)
Ted Williams Chapter: Download a PDF edition of San Diego Padres — The Westgate Years: 1958-1968

Click here for more information on SABR regional chapters. Click here to learn more about SABR chartered communities.

Around the Web

Here are some recent articles published by and about SABR members:

Jayson Stark: On Tim Kurkjian, the joy of baseball writing and Cooperstown (The Athletic)
Justice B. Hill: Buck O’Neil’s induction into National Baseball Hall of Fame comes 16 years after snub (Andscape)
Jay Jaffe: The Gate Could Be Closing on Future Hall of Fame Era Committee Inductees (FanGraphs)
Ben Birnell: Baseball trailblazer Bud Fowler honored in Frankfort ceremony (Rome Daily Sentinel)
Scott Pitoniak: Hall of Fame ceremonies to shine light on an obscure Black baseball pioneer (Rochester Business Journal)
Vaughn Golden: Bud Fowler’s Hall of Fame induction shines light on 1800s Black baseball players (WSKG.org)
Stephanie Apstein: Clayton Kershaw Finally Takes It All in at Dodger Stadium (Sports Illustrated)
Tyler Kepner: Wherever Juan Soto Goes, Remarkable Things Tend to Happen (New York Times)
Michael Baumann: The Past, Present, and Future of the Home Run Derby (The Ringer)
Mark Simon: First Half MLB Defensive Runs Saved Leaders (ACTA Sports)
Derrick Goold: ‘The perfect leader’: As greats retire, Paul Goldschmidt rises as Cardinals’ next star of stars (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Alex Speier: Is there such a thing as having too many shortstops in one minor league system? (Boston Globe)
Jayson Stark/Eno Sarris: MLB’s ‘Three True Outcomes’ are all down, for the first time in 17 years. Why? (The Athletic)
Ben Clemens: The Worst Swings of the First Half of the Season (FanGraphs)
Travis Sawchik: Twenty years later, how has the ‘Moneyball’ draft philosophy aged? (The Score)
Ryan Fagan: Mike Trout on Shohei Ohtani’s ever-more-incredible exploits: ‘I don’t get surprised anymore’ (The Sporting News)
Stephen J. Nesbitt: Yankees’ Clay Holmes gets his All-Star spotlight in front of family (The Athletic)
Emma Baccellieri: The Most Iconic Hot Dog in Baseball (Sports Illustrated)
Matthew Ritchie: On the south side, a quest to keep Black baseball alive (Chicago Reader)
Jim Alexander: For a baseball researcher, or a serious fan, Institute for Baseball Studies is heaven (Orange County Register)
Sarah Wexler: Legacy of Japanese American Baseball celebrated at Dodger Stadium (MLB.com)
Jack Gallagher: Realizing a Vision in Honoring Masanori Murakami (Japan-Forward.com)
Chloe Peterson: Baseball for All organization gives girls opportunities to play in a male-dominated sport (Arizona Republic)
David Laurila: Yankees Pitching Coach Matt Blake on the Remaking of Nestor Cortes (FanGraphs)
Rob Mains: If The First Month of the Season Had Ended Last Tuesday (Baseball Prospectus)
Grant Brisbee: The Giants are in the middle of a horrible draft slump (The Athletic)
Mitch Nathanson: Why your kid’s not getting my ball (Sports Talk Philly)

Please note: Some articles may require a separate subscription to view online. SABR does not endorse, and is not responsible or liable for, any content that appears on a third-party website.

This Week in SABR is compiled by Jacob Pomrenke. If you would like us to include an upcoming event, article or any other information in “This Week in SABR,” e-mail jpomrenke@sabr.org.

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