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@masonvalente2134

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the code and I hope you have a great holiday season

@imamario

4 ай бұрын

Gotta pay those bills.

As a Brewers fan, visions of Winker being pinch-hit in the wild card series still haunt my dreams

@scottystcloud7086

6 ай бұрын

So stupid, Chicago can have CC. Good riddance, the guy was so checked out he completely mismanaged that series just to get it over with so he could sign his record breaking contract

@bjblitz2701

6 ай бұрын

​@@scottystcloud7086His last two weeks managing the Brewers was a crap show. Kind of glad he's not our manager anymore but still beyond pissed he's on the Cubs.

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

Not convinced Rowdy Tellez would've fared any better

@ryanz4539

6 ай бұрын

I'm try to remember who was available, but I wouldn't have used Winker or Tellez in either of those at bats. I was at both games and it was brutal.

@bram_vanroo

6 ай бұрын

The fact rowdy was left off the roster was bad, but that series will haunt my nightmares forever

Bailey's advice to people constructing a baseball team: "sign good players." Write that down.

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

A revolutionary thought -- I know

@wyatttibbitts8603

6 ай бұрын

@@FoolishBaseballyou should really be charging for this key advice. Start a consulting company on the side y’know?

@DA-yl8js

6 ай бұрын

No one told the Schmockies though

Babe wake up, Foolish Baseball dropped

@aaronluna4779

6 ай бұрын

I don’t know who this “Foolish Baseball” guy is Dart, but we’re three months behind on our mortgage

@zeked4200

6 ай бұрын

​@@aaronluna4779 That's Ok...we'll just roll over your payments into one lump sum, sell that off to a refinancing company at a higher rate, rework the terms to keep it affordable....and it's gone. Your house is gone. Sold to a holding company in China. LOL guess you're pretty bad at this huh?

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

check out my mixtape on datpiff

@kodiakbrogan1691

6 ай бұрын

Babe Ruth????🤨🤨🤨

@adriansym

6 ай бұрын

@@FoolishBaseballmy left ear liked this video

Reminds me of Jackie Bradley Jr. in the 2018 ALCS he won the MVP of the series by batting 200 with just 3 hits but managed to knock in 9 runs

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

great example!

Bailey I think you just earned Jesse Winker a Major League contract with this video

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

I should be his agent

@cp-wu3cs

6 ай бұрын

@@FoolishBaseball Excel Sports Management should legitimately hire you

as a mariners fan, it is hilarious how much stranding runners is a huge issue for us, and the guy we JUST got rid of, can ONLY hit with runners on.

Mariner legend Jesse Winker. The brawl was the reason we went to the playoffs 🫡

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

drought ender Jesse Winker

@DeidaraOfTheAkatsuki

6 ай бұрын

That’s my left fielder

Jesse Winker is one of THE brewers players of all time. Right up there with Jon Singleton.

@cosmoid

6 ай бұрын

Kolten Wong is one of the Mariners of all time as well. Truly one of the trades of all time.

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

Astros playoff legend Jon Singleton

@nathanmcguire932

6 ай бұрын

Sometimes I wonder if Derrick Turnbow was just a dream we all had

The thing about clutchness is that it can turn even replacement level guys into folk heroes for a team. Ask Giants fans about Travis Ishikawa, and they'll all tell remember his name despite him having barely a 1.5 career rWAR with the team across 6 seasons as a platoon guy, because of one specific hit.

I watched just about every Brewer game last year. If clutch means you’re better than your usual self, even being average in clutch spots would have made Jesse Winker the most clutch player of all time

As a brewers fan, this video has shocked me to my core. Great job Bailey

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

(astronaut meme) "Jesse Winker is our clutchest hitter?" "Always was."

Yandy hitting .448 across 87 AB in high leverage situations is insane

7:00 - "Futulity players" is the best stat category I've ever heard. Baseball really does have statistics for everything.

You have to give Winker props, he’s seemed to have made an entire career out of hitting baseballs only at exit velos below 80mph

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

He was hitting the ball pretty hard with the Reds. I think the neck/back stuff has been brutal.

@averagepufferfish5612

6 ай бұрын

I’m a reds fan and I’ve been going to spring training every year. I can tell you this. his attitude with the reds was a lot better than with the mariners or brewers. Me and my dad tried to get him and Suarez’s autographs and while Suarez’s was happy to do it winker basically said that he doesn’t care enough to give autographs. He made it very public that he felt betrayed and from what I saw he just doesn’t seem to care as much anymore. There’s a reason that his most important hits of the season were against the reds. He’s just fucking miserable since being traded.

@tweezerjam

6 ай бұрын

Damn that’s quite the indictment. What a loser

A JESSE WINKER BASEBALL BITS?!? As a brewers fan this is peak life

11:13 Jon Bois Mentioned!! er... Alluded To!!

Loved this epic Christian Yelich sliding compilation👍👍👍

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

A significant portion of Winker's WPA can be attributed to Yelich's baserunning. Just goes to show the shortcomings of clutch stats once again.

@12packersfan

6 ай бұрын

@@FoolishBaseball I would kill for a video on sliding although I’m not sure how many stats can contribute to that. Love all your work!

I was watching you yesterday thinking "it's almost time for another upload" immaculate timing Mr. Baseball

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

It certainly was time!

At 7:48 me and my wife are sitting in the stands behind home plate in the top right corner of the screen (wearing black and white caps). We went to the Brewers game where Winker hit his first home run of the year while on our honeymoon. I've been subscribed for awhile. What are the chances we'd end up in one of your videos?😂

@lxxwj

6 ай бұрын

omg thats so sweet!!

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

That's a lovely detail. However, I'm shaken to the core that any of my viewers could find a "wife"

@WalterDiamond

6 ай бұрын

@@FoolishBaseball Well now we know at least one of your viewers has touched.... grass. (I'll show myself out.)

Revisiting this now (he currently has a .987 OPS at 174 wRC+, but I guess we'll have to wait and see a bit longer)

This reminds me of Kyle Seager. He had a .308 ba with runners on second and had a low batting average with no one on in 2021.

@emmer4407

6 ай бұрын

Kyle very clearly didn't want to run that year and only tried if there were runners on

I'm convinced that Bailey can make a baseball bits video of a coconut and I'd still watch every single second of it

Love the animations on your graphs. The production is always so high and I appreciate the effort that goes into it. Thanks Bailey

you look exactly like the guy i’d expect to run this channel. it’s a compliment.

I don’t care how bad he plays. He will always be a mariners legend when he took on the entire angels bench and sparked the team to go on its first playoff run in 2 decades.

I am so happy my nats signed this guy. Now he hits with and without men on base!

Videos like this are why I’m subscribed. Amazing analysis that’s entertaining and challenges standard approaches to the sport.

I wonder who has the most amount of homerun into different water features, like Arizona's pool, Miami's pool, McCovey Cove, Kauffman's fountains, Ray's Tank, PNC Park's Allegheny River, Great American Ballparks' Ohio River, Coors Field's center field water, etc. My guess would be Luis Gonzalez with five: AZ, KC, SF, TB, and COL

@briandrescher5663

4 ай бұрын

probably not possible to hit it into the Ohio River on the fly, but Adam Dunn hit one completely out of GABP in the mid 2000s, bounced and landed in the river.

All I can think about is that old episode of the Simpsons that had all the famous baseball players. Homer ends up pinch hitting for Daryl Strawberry with the bases loaded in the ninth and gets hits with the pitch in the head to win the game.

I never expected FB to make a video about Jesse Winker, but here we are.

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

This rounds out the trilogy (Year of Ohtani, Year of Judge)

I've never seen anything half as smooth as that point and wink on the balcony.

This guy's videos got me interested in watching baseball. The WAR vs WPA discussion adds next level nuance.

Wow the Mariners really could’ve used a clutch guy like this in the 2023 season

The touched grass joke had me rolling

@WalterDiamond

6 ай бұрын

"...unlike me!"

I remember last year in Seattle Winker had I believe a 12 pitch at bat that ended with a walk off single. Just kept fouling off pitches until he got one he liked. While he wasn’t good in Seattle his pitch selection and recognition was on another level

Another Brewers Baseball Bits, this time on Brewers Legend Jesse Winker. Thank you Bailey

i would die for a nolan gorman being 'that guy' video

Im a Reds fan and Jesse Winker was one of my favorite players when he was with us. I was upset to see him leave. I hadn't seen much of him with the Brewers and didn't know he fell off so much.

Foolish is underrated when it comes to comedic writing imo

You make my day with your uploads bro keep up the great vids!

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

glad to hear that

he is so back

Jesse Winker for me will always be a Mariners Legend by starting this legendary brawl with the Angels, that turned our season around, which finally ended the playoff drought. And you can argue that this run started with Jesse Winker flipping of the Angels crowd... 🥹

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

Wow he really is the clutch king. Turned the whole Mariners season around.

I feel like 50% of you videos has some reference to Jon Bois/Secret Base and its so fucking funny

My biggest flex is that I saw ever one of winkers homers in 2023

Thank you very much for spending your valuable time on a Milwaukee Brewers player. And for including "Brew Crew" and "Bernie"!

As a Rockies fans, this might be how we sign people

@cthefro

6 ай бұрын

What when do we sign people?

Best moment of every month, new Foolish Baseball video

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

glad to hear that!

2:47 It’s the KZread baseball-analytics-self-published-mystery-book crossover everyone’s been waiting for!

Consider this as possible evidence of clutch hitting. Bryce Harper's most similar players on BR are Tim Salmon (45 oWAR, 18 WPA), David Justice (35, 25), Ryan Klesko (34, 26), J.D. Martinez (33, 15), Raul Mondesi (28, 7), and J.D. Drew (38, 22). Harper is at (46, *40*).

Not gonna lie, Bailey, that last line was cold. Great video as always my man

And I thought my Monday couldn't get any better.

Always a good video when Clutchlos Walktana gets a shoutout!

2:37 LMAO bro flew over the wall 😂😂😂😂

I'm an English bloke, and therefore basically have no idea who most of the players are that are mentioned, yet I still watch these videos asap on release. Chapeau!

Actually got to see Jesse down at AAA Nashville in the shock Sandy Alcantara start AAA before he was shut down for the year, and Sandy still managed to make Jesse look silly.

FOOLISH IS BACK

8:06 I can feel the relief through the screen

idk why ya videos aint getting more views they are dope

I got the opportunity to photograph some Nashville Sounds games that featured Winker last year, and it's crazy just how undaunted the mans is. A lot of minor leaguers, especially ones with major league pedigree, have a chip on their shoulder. Winker was funny, kind, and almost lackadaisical. Interesting stuff.

@glucosaminecondroitan9135

6 ай бұрын

Winker has done interviews with Jomboy Media on Talkin' Baseball and Chris Rotation. He was great.

He's looking good rn for my Nats

I don't love that clutch is looked at as how much better than normal you are. I think it should be whoever rises to the occasion most of all. The most clutch player of all time shouldn't be some dude who went 0-2000 low leverage and and then had a 2-2 bases loaded career with 2 grandslams, it should be the guy who consistently rises to the occasion in high leverage situations, regardless how they performed in low leverage situations. Just my piece.

It just seemed like his swing speed was incredibly slow especially on high fastballs

This is hall of fame narrativeball baby this is what i like

Best yet channel

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

channel yet best

the funny thing about clutch is that you can really complicate it. Some players are probably absolute dawgs in practice, absolutely cook in scrimmages, etc. However these same guys might just be mentally unable to perform when there is anything at all on the line, and never do anything significant professionally. And there are likely guys who are the opposite; absolutely unimpressive in practice, but just have that mental ability to go crazy when there is something on the line. This is the extreme end of the spectrum. I completely agree with your definition of clutch and I love that you are making such an emphasis on this type of stuff with recent videos because it also fascinates me. WPA is such a fun thing to look at because it just measures pure results with minimal abstraction. And some guys genuinely just have better WPAs than they "should" given the basic abstract stats we use like wOBA (Ichiro, Tony Gwynn, Pete Rose are the top 3 in cumulative clutch rating I believe. Interesting to consider.)

Bailey's personality is so great that I don't even skip his ads

Early Xmas!!

BREWERS BASEBALL BITS LETS GOOOOOOOO

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

I think that makes two (Corbin Burnes being the other one)

I was at the game at the 8:43 mark I have the snap video saved but I said “bold strategy cotton let’s see if it pays off for Craig Counsell here… Jesse Winker. Jesse Winker? Possible tactical genius by Craig Counsell, probable line out tho.” He got his base hit and I was screaming tactical genius Craig Counsell

14:20 IF NOBODY GOT ME I KNOW WILMER FLORES GOT ME, CAN I GET AN AMEN TO THAT?

As an Astros fan, couldn't help but notice the cut to Jake Meyers at 7:15 along with the line "spine and back issues are often blamed for sapping power from a player's game" 😂 probably a coincidence

@cynicanal111

4 ай бұрын

As another Astros fan, Abreu would have been just as good of an example of that last year.

Bailey was too scared to talk about Winker as a Nashville Sound this year

This is why I love baseball

If Jesse can't find a team for next year maybe he could become a philosopher and change his name to Jesse Thinker

What’s the song at 7:56? It fits so well how it was used. I went to William Kage’s website in the description but wasn’t able to find it

I'm a fan of Jesse Winker, I hope he finds another opportunity and makes the most of it!

good video, get that factor money too

Watching this while Wink has an .800 OPS for the Nats

I feel like there has to be a baseball bits on Bartolo Colon!

Foolish baseball? I love the funny baseball man

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

funny baseball man. what am I a clown to you? I prefer to think of myself as the noble court jester

As a Mets fan, so i have a lot of experience with jesse winker. based on what ive seen from him, hearing that he only comes up in big, high leverage situations makes a lot of sense. he definitley played with a weird confidence

My real takeaway from the video is that Mickey Moniak has virtually the same BA in high-leverage situations as noted WS MVP Corey Seager

Another weird year, Ricky Nolasco’s 2009 season. 185 IP, 5.06 ERA with a 3.35 FIP. He had a bWAR of 0.7 and a fWAR of 4.1. I don’t think we’ll ever see a player break WAR like that again.

As a Reds fan I will never not think of this guy as a legend

And now he’s the second best hitter on the Nats a month into the next season. You might need to explain that please.

@1uckedout

29 күн бұрын

Having a bad year after having spinal and knee surgeries should surprise nobody. He needed some time to properly heal, that's it.

Is it possible to buy merch for the Shmolorado Shmockies?

Pretty snappy writing on this one Bailey.

Been pretty good this April for the Nats. If he can be 2/3rd of what he was in Cincy he was worth the chance

Oh boy a video about my mehst favorite mariner outfielder

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

Mallex Smith disrespect

Winker would maybe see value as a Matt Carpenter-esque pinch hitter, who knows

how the heck was i not subscribed to you already

Hey, could you give a look on Carter Capp's weird pitching wind-up (hop-step)? Thanks!

damn i didn't know about the neck/back injuries. those can be career-killers, hope he finds a way to bounce back 🤞

Excited to watch another banger from my favorite bad boy, non-credentialed KZreadr

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

just pretend I'm wearing a leather jacket and smoking while doing the voiceover

@Snazzeo

6 ай бұрын

@@FoolishBaseball with frosted tips

Would love to see a breakdown of the players who were most consistently clutch in their career

babe, babe wake up, foolish has gifted us christmas a week early

Looking at the final I just got back

@FoolishBaseball

6 ай бұрын

Finals are temporary. Baseball Bits is forever

I was so excited for him to be a Mariner

If they’re colloquially known as “good players” what is the technical term?