It's just ridiculous how much better Foolish Baseball's content is than anyone else on KZread.

@clifbar6424

2 жыл бұрын

Except Jon Bois sadly

@adamchow2509

2 жыл бұрын

@@clifbar6424 Okay then they're on the same level

@progamer-gn2jd

2 жыл бұрын

Ever heard of mrbeast

@adrnaline

2 жыл бұрын

@@progamer-gn2jd stop

@henrymattingly1341

2 жыл бұрын

@@adrnaline hey, we LOVE mrbeast around here, no mrbeast slander allowed

Next year before you start your 50 you should list some notable exclusions from your list that mlbn ranked high

@FoolishBailey

2 жыл бұрын

Did that at the end of this one, but you're right that doing it at the beginning would've probably been smarter.

@A.B.421

2 жыл бұрын

And vice-versa at the end of the video

@samuelwacaster6079

2 жыл бұрын

I think that would be good before number one like how some people do honorable mentions

Biggest wish of this season was DeGrom staying healthy. Would have been insane to see if he could have kept his numbers through the year and where it would it rank all time.

@cobrak1ngs

2 жыл бұрын

He's mid

@cant8468

2 жыл бұрын

@@cobrak1ngs Wrong

@bigmac2556

2 жыл бұрын

Acuna wouldn’t have been as special just sucked to see him doing so well and have it end so early

I think people understand how good mike trout is but don’t appreciate how good he is

@adrnaline

2 жыл бұрын

it’s because he does it every year that it makes it not special. but if someone else put up those numbers they would be insta MVP. he’s truly on his way to being the GOAT

@bootygrease2796

2 жыл бұрын

I think it would be different if he played for a team that could consistently make the playoffs

@leonardoorozco318

2 жыл бұрын

@@adrnaline There are Season MVPs and World Series MVPs. I think that in order to be the GOAT a player need to won both, at any point of his carrer. He (Trout) would be the Stats GOAT for sure.

@raimarulightning

2 жыл бұрын

@@leonardoorozco318 That's exactly it. The greats that everybody thinks of are great because they won a lot of WS on top of their stats. Trout's teams can't even consistently make the playoffs, which is the big reason why he doesn't get more mainstream recognition like Jeter or Ruth. He will likely have to leave the Angels for a better set up organization to change that narrative.

@leonardoorozco318

2 жыл бұрын

@@raimarulightning yeah, but in order to change that narrative he'll need to be successful with that postseason team, till then I'll be on the list of those that don't think he's the GOAT.

Rendon said his hip injury was a problem all year but it took them a while to figure it out, hopefully he’ll be 100% next year because he’s really fun to watch

@NotExplicable

2 жыл бұрын

Hips don't just come back after 30+ unless you are an Uber athletic

@splashgod2509

2 жыл бұрын

@@NotExplicable Buster Posey had the best offensive season by a catcher this season by WRC+ at age 34 and had hip surgery.

@costellotocustelow03

2 жыл бұрын

@@NotExplicable not true

@jacobjones5269

2 жыл бұрын

Never met Anthony, but I’ve known his dad Rene for about 30 years.. Rene is probably the best overall pool player in Houston.. Just short of champion status.. Super nice guy too.. Never break ugly Anthony into the pool hall, which was very smart, indeed..

@kobejete2796

2 жыл бұрын

He's so done.

Definitely some notable names missing from the list but it's hard to predict when players will break out as there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos and that'll be a home run. And so that'll make it a 4-0 ballgame.

Damn Mike Trout was still hitting over .330 in the sticky era

@rico9163

2 жыл бұрын

fish man good

@beepbeep670

2 жыл бұрын

fish man good

You’re right about Will Smith having had a great year. He really was gettin jiggy with it in the wild wild west this season. I wasn’t a believer a at the start of the year but around Independence day when the dodgers were going to Miami I was very impressed with his performance.....Men in Black

@justinark9154

2 жыл бұрын

Men in black….😂

@cantripleplays

2 жыл бұрын

Will Smith is a fresh Prince

@collinpople1076

2 жыл бұрын

He's a great hitting catcher, seems very clutch. Reminds me of Buster Posey in a lot of ways albeit they're rivals.

@ryanmcclure8175

2 жыл бұрын

And he's having an incredible post-season. If the Braves win the World Series with him on the mound, he might get WS MVP!

@Greenkeeper132

2 жыл бұрын

@@ryanmcclure8175 They're referring to the catcher Will Smith from the Dodgers, not the closing pitcher Will Smith from the Braves.

Great video Bailey but you forgot to mention Vlad Jr. as someone who deserved to be on the list

@leotantillo9745

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah vladdy should’ve been top 3 but instead he didn’t even remember to mention him at the end

@the_deli_llama1630

2 жыл бұрын

Not to mention Salvador Perez…

@forrestweintraub9858

2 жыл бұрын

@@the_deli_llama1630 salvy was actually outside the top 75 in WAR. He hits for power, but his offensive game as a whole is not as good as that indicates (.316 OBP, .302 career; 127 wRC+ is only 5th among catchers with 300 PA.) He’s also a terrible framer, so he has negative fangraphs defensive value even while playing a premium position

as a former (bad) collegiate baseball player, i really appreciate how you stay respectful to players regardless of their statistics. thank you for being a #classact bailey!

@krspy8849

2 жыл бұрын

Better the most people can say tho

@somebodyandthem

2 жыл бұрын

I’m in the same boat lol

Great video; I appreciate that you look back on your predictions. I think Vladdy Jr. should get a nod for next season with the ceiling he has shown.

Bailey, as a borderline depressed Pirates fan please throw me this one bone: what range are we looking at for Bryan Reynolds next year? He's a shoe-in for top 50. But is he top 25? Just outside the top 10? He was 10th in fWar for hitters, wOBA and WRC+. If he played for any of the decent organizations in the league I really think he'd be seen on a similar level as guys like Judge, but because of his more modest HR numbers he's flying under the radar for casual fans

@gopher6532

2 жыл бұрын

i would say 40-50 range

@BG-mq9io

2 жыл бұрын

He’s not even close to too 10 sorry

@cosmoid

2 жыл бұрын

I would say high 30s at absolute best.

@Maugrin9

2 жыл бұрын

Reynolds is a beast, he's absolutely one of the best outfielders in the league despite general fans not caring about him or his team. As long as he doesn't regress to his weird 2020-level, he should be a no-doubt top-50 guy (I like him more in the top-25).

@user-ff6lc1sl4l

2 жыл бұрын

as someone whose fantasy team got carried by Reynolds, I can confirm this man needs some love. however, he’s not top 15 any way you slice it. I’d be hesitant to say he’ll break the top 35

No way to have predicted it (I think...?), but Brandon Crawford's season was absurd and came out of seemingly nowhere. Managed to be top 15 in wRC+ and get back to being one of the best defensive shortstops (5th in OAA for ss). Super curious to see where you rank him next year. Can he keep this up?

I can’t explain why, but Bailey on 1.25 speed sounds more like Bailey than normal playback speed

@9thecolor51

2 жыл бұрын

This is a pro tip. He talks really slowly, so it's nice for second language English speakers (on purpose?), but 1.25 is much more efficient.

@MattGS22

2 жыл бұрын

@@9thecolor51 it’s not so much for the speed but the change in speed just makes his voice more suitable for his appearance IMO

@MachineGunKelly420

2 жыл бұрын

At 1.75x speed, Big Ben Shapiro energy.

@MattGS22

2 жыл бұрын

@@MachineGunKelly420 but have you ever listened to Ben Shapiro on 2x speed lmao

@goreoproductions6955

2 жыл бұрын

I think 1.25x sounds more like Bailey because he talks that fast when he has a script. This video is unscripted, so naturally he talks slower

I have never I wanted to see a video more than this…

@BobbEditz

2 жыл бұрын

ok

@eyeconqueror1185

2 жыл бұрын

@@BobbEditz ok

Glad you did this, I always love to see reactions of takes from the beginning of the year

@torkelsonstan6967

2 жыл бұрын

Also you definitely beat MLB Network (Which isn't surprising lol)

i think pete alonso also showed that he could be a top 50 player, i mean, he basically repeated his 2019 without juiced balls. he also improved his defense and strikeout rate, he’s shown he can improve parts of his game that were seen as huge weaknesses.

@matthewtrapane5999

2 жыл бұрын

Now his main problem is laying off the damn high heat. Ik its a problem with every one but him especially

@Andy-hb3zp

2 жыл бұрын

They were never even huge weaknesses, he never had a ridiculously high K rate and he was always better than people gave him credit for at first base

@mattf4242

2 жыл бұрын

Domer

Love your content, watched the full 90 mins. Not meant has a brutal critisism: I’d have loved if you’d talked about Vladdy a bit more. I know his season would have been hard to anticipate but it felt like a black hole. I’d want your perspective of “anticipating the breakout”. Does Franco project for the top 50 next year, etc.

How odd all of the sudden I have an idea of what I’ll do for the next hour and a half

An hour and a half of Foolish content is exactly what I needed today

Talking about Lucas giolito, best pitching showdown was that giolito Bieber duel, where both pitchers went insane

You’ll have to add Salvy, Vlad Jr, Ohtani, and Burnes to the next foolish 50

@CentTV

2 жыл бұрын

salvy ehhhhhhh hes a horrible defender not even a top 2 catcher in baseball maybe 3rd the other 3 i agree with.

@yagnn

2 жыл бұрын

Salvy eh rest totally

@10dimes27

2 жыл бұрын

Salvador Pérez had a great season with the bat

@brianc4695

2 жыл бұрын

@@10dimes27 he slugged the crap out of the ball this year but he had a pretty poor OBP and walk percentage, as he enters the back part of his career and loses his power ability he's gonna be hurt big time by his lack of plate discipline

@timhaynes2621

2 жыл бұрын

Salvy’s not a horrible defender. He’s below average at framing, but average to above average at pretty much everything else

Here it is, the video that we've all been waiting for!

As an angel fan “calf strain from hell” was so funny 😂🤣🤣

@DarkKnight-px7rg

2 жыл бұрын

Time stamp please

@jacobmoss4597

2 жыл бұрын

@@DarkKnight-px7rg 1:23:16

what are your thoughts on Jake Cronenworth going forward? He essentially put up the exact same hitting numbers as he did in 2020 with solid infield defense over 152 games for 4.4 fWAR on the year. Would you put him in the top 50 going into next year?

When any Foolishbailey/Baseball video comes into my inbox it makes Monday mornings that much more bearable!

Great video as always, hope to see Buxton on your list next year 👀

@influentialdetour

2 жыл бұрын

facts if he stays healthy he’s an MVP candidate. five tool outfielder

Great video, but as a Jays fan I just wish you’d talked a bit more about Vlad, Robbie Ray, Bo Bichette etc at the end.

I’ve been waiting for this the whole time haha

I actually did a full project on the top 50 players in fWAR this season for my prob and stat class

Some guys you missed out on: Shohei Ohtani, Vladdy Jr, Marcus Semien, Jose Altuve, Corbin Burnes, Bryan Reynolds

I find it interesting that you chose to omit the impact of the sticky substance crackdown because to me, that was the biggest factor in why some pitchers fell short of projections and the same goes for hitters who only really played in the first half

Loved this content!

Bailey, to go off what you said where if a guy has a ceiling of the best player in baseball for a given year (I’d agree top 5 in this case), I’m curious as to your thoughts on Buxton. With his power/speed/defense combo, I like to believe he is that discussion, but the obvious question is will he play. Would be interesting to know your opinions on him going forward into this next season

FINALLY WE HAVE BEEN WAITING

Haven't seen much talk about DeGrom's performance because of the injury but 1.08 with 92IP is NUTS.

I have your W/L/D against MLBN at 20/11/19 with any rank you had within 2 of MLBN as a draw. No doubt a very nice year for you, but if you account for payroll you blew them out of the water.

It's surprising to me that Trout doesn't steal anymore. He still has a top 30 Sprint Speed in baseball and always got excellent jumps. I believe he could still steal 20 in ~25 attempts if he tried.

@dereknolan6889

2 жыл бұрын

Injury cost/benefit

A thing to remember about Betts is that he struggled with a hip injury all year (and is getting surgery to fix it) and he still put up a WAR over 4. I think we could be seeing a great season next year.

Does Vlad Jr. fall into the Mullins category with a breakout season, or does he fall into the Othani category where we know what his ceiling could be if he were (and did) reach it? Great video, keep up the good work!

@SgtHolton

2 жыл бұрын

I know this is a very late reply, but considering that Vlad Jr. was maybe the highest rated hitting prospect ever he'd probably be more in the Ohtani bracket than the Cedric Mullins one.

Goldy and Nolan had some weird years. Goldy got off to a slow start, as he always does, and then he just went bonkers in the second half. Nolan was weird, because he felt completely invisible, but then his name always showed up in the box score. What a weird player

@luscorpio3679

2 жыл бұрын

True. As a Cards fan, I was kinda frustrated with that at the end of May, and what was funny is that Goldy was average but due for a big time stretch when you looked at batted ball data and Nolan a bit of the opposite.

So few people actually go back and grade themselves, kudos

Shoutout Brandon Lowe, 2021 ALDS Boston legend ❤️❤️

@DarkKnight-px7rg

2 жыл бұрын

You still lost this season.. guess you need to enjoy something 🤗

Just looking at Anthony Rendon, I’d still put Jose Ramirez above him but I’m very optimistic about him going into next year. Yeah he hit badly in general when he was healthy but I think that he was one of those hitters most hurt by the combination of the deadened ball and sticky stuff. If you look at his numbers post crackdown (June 21-July 4) he slashed .282/.429/.538 good enough for a .967 OPS. Obviously it’s a small sample size, but to me that indicates that he’s primed for a comeback as long as the balls and foreign substances stay the same as they were when he went down

Today is a good day :) I have something to listen to while I do my homework.

Can you do a video of top [10/20/25/50] breakout stars from 2021? Really enjoy your content

1:16:52 I do believe his name is Juan, yes

ty for that inadvertent baseball reference tip at 23:28

Imagine a stock market for players. FB probably be the Warren Buffett

@greatloverofmusic1

2 жыл бұрын

Right on. And I'd probably be Bernie Madoff.

The funniest part of that top 50 video is that your main argument for ranking Trevor Story at 16 was that he is always a consistent above average hitter that never changes then he went out and played like a below average hitter

@andrewbloom7694

2 жыл бұрын

He was average to slightly above average this year

@LorianandLothric

2 жыл бұрын

103 is average to above average

Do you think Yordan having a full season under his belt with his new knees(surgery on both in 2020) could lead to an even further 2022 showing? He's stated he wants to play in the field as well. Wondering if he uses the offseason to get to a point where his fielding improves enough to start him somewhere. How would that change his future oulook?

Id be curious on your thoughts of leaving out Burnes and Vladdy Jr. I think you'd agree when I say both players weren't projected to have THIS crazy of years, at least this early on, but would you say those are misses that you should've maybe seen coming or would you consider them to be cases like Mullins where their breakouts to the extent they had was not ever going to be on your radar?

@TheBlackWaltz

2 жыл бұрын

I think a big reason he didn't touch on Vlad, is because he is so young. It could just have been a career year for him. I think if he does it again next year it will be safe to move him up. But he didn't have nearly as good of a year as people seem to think. Everyone was acting like he was the second coming of christ. When the truth is, he isnt great defensively, and he wasn't the best hitter by that wide of a margin. It's very hard to make an assumption based off such a small sample size. The reason why it works for shoehei, is simply because his ceiling is theoretically the highest of any player ever. If he gets better with the bat and at pitching(which he probably will) it would be foolish to leave him off. We also have many years from his days in Japan to go off of. Where vlad could very well be a new super star, but its one quality year vs Shohei's multiple years in Japan, his 2021, and his start to his first season was absurd as well. I do think he could be in the top 50. But he kind of stumbled at the end of the season too.

@Airplane299

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheBlackWaltz I understand your perspective, but you seem to be forgetting that Vlad Jr is a former #1 prospect. This isn't some no-name veteran breaking out at age 30. Scouts hyped him up as one of the greatest hitting prospects ever, and he might finally be delivering on it. If there's ANY player who deserves praise as a superstar that's "here to stay", it's a #1 prospect who is now the league's best hitter at age 22, with a hall of fame father coaching him every day.

@TheBlackWaltz

2 жыл бұрын

@@Airplane299 possibly. That's up to foolish though.

And here I thought it was an off day. Thank you FB.

Foolish Bailey became my favorite baseball content creator in 5 short days. Well really it was after 1 video, but man that was a long 5 days ago.

Great video, although How did Vlad not get a mention. I think he should be considered for 1 next season not much separating him and Soto really...

When FB beats MLBN by 4: "At least I wasn't as wrong as MLBN" When MLBN beats FB by 4 "ehh. close enough."

@somebodyandthem

2 жыл бұрын

So true

Do you think Salvador Perez should be top 50 next year? 48 homers is hard to really compare to other catchers, but his defense and framing are significant detractors as well. I think he should make it, and warranted a mention at the end, personally.

Did I miss something, or did he not acknowledge at all wiffing on Vlad Guerrero Jr or Bo Bichette

@GaIeforce

2 жыл бұрын

I was about to comment about this too. Was there an underlying stat that kept them from being an honorable mention at the end?

@joshxu6183

2 жыл бұрын

I think he was just reading off the fWAR leaderboards at the end and he started at the middle of the first page so he had already passed Guerrero and didn't get to Bichette.

Not at least mentioning vladdy at the end there was an oversight. Also Matt olsen?

You can’t predict injury, but I saw Degrom’s issues coming. The human body isn’t meant to sustain the stress of throwing 101-102 over 7-8 innings of work

@v2micca

2 жыл бұрын

I remember thinking the same thing about Syndergaard a few years back. Damn he was fun to watch while it lasted, but the human body just isn't designed to handle 150+ innings a year of 99 mph sinkers and 95 mph sliders.

@griffinhays2053

2 жыл бұрын

@@v2micca the thing I don't get is it's not Like DeGrom needs to throw THAT hard, he was just fine sitting 97-99 with a 88-90 mph slider

@v2micca

2 жыл бұрын

@@griffinhays2053 Even at those velocities, his body would have started breaking down sooner rather than later. In the history of Baseball, it seems only Nolan Ryan and Randy Johnson could consistently bring 96+ mph fastballs for 200+ innings a year without their arms falling off.

@griffinhays2053

2 жыл бұрын

@@v2micca Bob Feller says hello...

Them not having Yordan was ridiculous, they thought he disappeared after 2020

i see an hour and a half long foolish bailey video and i say "yes"

Are you going to cover the Eras Committee ballots this winter?

Ty France is one of my personal top 50.

What about Austin Riley? I know he might not be in there yet but he has to be on the cusp right?

as a dodger fan, its so weird to analyse belli's season. We know that he was recovering from shoulder surgery and we saw so so many fly balls die at the warning track when if he was at full strength they might have gone out. Add that to his broken leg and it's just a bizarre season. do i think he's an mvp? no not really. the juiced ball really helped him, but this season was really, really, bizarre..

Just a heads up, your videos aren't showing up for me in my subscriptions. I had to search your profile to find this video

Bailey, do you think Machado has a chance to get the gold glove over Arenado?

A bit late, but I checked for the sake of it: .465 is the second highest full-season OBP since Bonds' .609, trailing only Chipper Jones' .470 2008 campaign

Rendon's season is similar to his 2015 season, coming off a 6win season he got hurt and produced maybe 1 war when healthy. In 2016 and 2017 he started really cold in his first 100-200 PA's, I think he'll bounce back next season, his approach is too good not too.

Any fan of baseball needs to watch these videos

Hey I missed it and don't want to rewatch the whole video, where did he rank Corbin Burnes?

Babe wake up, foolish Bailey uploaded

We need a buster posey baseball bits!!!

I'll never expect Bregman to go off again. His WOBA will probably always be really high, but apart from that his bbSavant and BABIP think he's a much more average player than the 2nd place MVP vote would lead on. For example, in 2019 he had a .261 xBA with a .296 BA. I don't always trust baseball savant, mostly because of players like Bregman who seem to always over perform their numbers. However, over performing at the rate that Bregman was in 2019 is just way too difficult to sustain.

Now we’re talkin!

I’m still extremely high on Cody Bellinger. He was fantastic in the playoffs. I expect a great season from him next year.

@stephenevans6961

2 жыл бұрын

Me too. I'm obviously a biased Dodgers fan, but he should be healthier next year and he really made a major adjustment to his swing.

@EldritchAugur

2 жыл бұрын

His swing in the playoffs definitely looked a lot better but it's hard to ignore how legendarily bad his regular season was.

@stephenevans6961

2 жыл бұрын

@@EldritchAugur I think a lot of that has to with him recovering from shoulder surgery, and it’s evident with how much he struggled with fastballs this year.

@EldritchAugur

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephenevans6961 I'm sure it had something to do with it but he had a 45 OPS+ in 95 games. That's basically never happened before. It's Chris Davis levels of production.

@stephenevans6961

2 жыл бұрын

@@EldritchAugur yea it was obviously a horrible year. I think a major difference between those two is age. Davis was already past his prime, whereas Bellinger should be approaching it, physically. I’m just saying I won’t be surprised at all if he breaks out again in 2022

Crazy you had Cruz at 46 and he was 46th in WRC+

What is Semien's park adjusted numbers? As a Jays fan it seems like part of the reason he's slightly less appreciated is cause his numbers are lowered playing in that massive ballpark (in Oakland)

@kylecaswell1969

2 жыл бұрын

Which one? Theres 3 he played in this year

@Gongshow96

2 жыл бұрын

@@kylecaswell1969 i mean from his time with Oakland

@kylecaswell1969

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gongshow96 ahhhhh kk makes sense, my bad

Pretty incredible that zero sf giants are on this list, yet they still beat the dodgers in the pennant race.

I think Ohtani is excusable. He only showed occasional great performance during his first year, then he struggled with injuries all the way until this year. As someone who took notice of him before his debut due to his unique disposition, I don't think anyone could have imagine Ohtani to have such consistent performance throughout 2021. When he started the year well, I was still managing my expectation. Once he started to hit 20 HRs, only then was it clear that this would be a good season for Ohtani. I think his pitching still need some works, and he gets struck out quite a lot, but his performance was really remarkable, I would even argue beyond everyone expectation, maybe even his own. Hopefully, he can maintain this level of performance for the next 5 years at least. With him in the league, it gives the hope that anything is still possible in professional sport.

I think it's fair to mention Rendon and his motivation because this was a topic even when he was a young superstar. I remember when he was really starting to break out he mentioned he doesn't even like baseball. I think he called it boring if I remember correctly.

with mcneil you really have to look at batting avg because he hits for avg so if he slumps his stats are going to go down hard

Love it 👍

Even though Cruz was not a top 50 player the leadership he brought to the Rays was intangible

I'm curious why you didn't say Vladdy Jr as a player that you missed..?

As a tortured Mets fan, I would love to see a deeper dive on why Mcneil, Conforto, and Lindor were ALL MISSES. Idk if there are any interesting storylines in the numbers on why the Met's hitters performed as they did. ( Besides the sudden complete inability to hit a fastball)

@henrymarks2237

2 жыл бұрын

Mets is as Mets does?

@metsrule1962

2 жыл бұрын

@@henrymarks2237 Thats the easy answer I guess...

Trout is definitely top 5 player in baseball. I still think he is number one because I’m and angels fan but if he can’t stay healthy I can’t reasonably say he is the best. But I have have hopes he will bounce back next year.

Next year will be key years for bellinger, yelich, and rendon to see if they are gonna be great players again. And as an angels fan, I’ve been on record saying that the angels should parts ways with him. But I regret that and I should wait to see his performance when he is healthy next season.

@christaylor3fan812

2 жыл бұрын

I think if belli has another bad year next year, then his time with the dodgers will come short. If he’s good then maybe he’ll show us that he can still be top 10 when he’s healthy.

vladimir guerrero jr.

Glad to see people are realizing Trout needs to also be rated on availability with his injury history. He’s amazing when he plays but he’s starting to really show he’s injury prone.

incoming reds fan bias: castellanos and winker probably shouldve gotten a mention in 30-50 range, with upwards career trends. votto obviously was pretty tough to predict, but it could be seen in his 2020 statcast #s post-adjustment. cheers

the amount of clips of zunino striking out is crazy

Thank you for respecting JRam Bailey

I’m killing time until February 18th so thank you for this

Looking at this and then at Kershaws 7-2, 2.13 ERA 75/19 K/BB and taking a perfect game into the 8th inning twice

Am I dumb or was Vladdy Jr not mentioned in this one

I feel like "I care what you do when healthy" and putting/keeping Judge 14 is kinda contradictory. Great vid tho!

Wait, no mention for Vlad Jr?

I'm proud of myself for watching this entire video