Most overrated of all time? Tom Brady the catcher from the Expos

@majesticmoosesports

2 ай бұрын

Patrick Mahomes II, Pitcher for the Detroit Tigers

@ADRgman

2 ай бұрын

Russell Wilson, Second Baseman for the Tigers

@Bejrika

2 ай бұрын

Overrated stat compiler

@EnclaveVeteran

2 ай бұрын

Jesus Christ, defense for the penguins

@santumi2298

2 ай бұрын

@@ADRgman Yankees legend Russell Wilson you mean

barry venturing into MLB content this season would fix me

@Ueiksg

2 ай бұрын

Cure my marijuana addiction I think

@coryjohnson2486

2 ай бұрын

@@UeiksgMARIJUANA ADDICTION IS VERY SERIOUS. IT HAS RUINED MY STABLE LIFE. HOW DARE YOU.

@youwereprettylasttimeisawy1227

2 ай бұрын

same here

The Rays didn't give up on Glasnow. The Rays always trade people on their free agent year instead of extending them. It's what they always do, and this was Glasnow free agent year.

@marcjsolis

2 ай бұрын

They did the same to Blake Snell a few years ago

@Wolf-wc1js

2 ай бұрын

And the one time they actually pony up and pay young talent, it ends up being Wander Franco of all players

I bet the over on 0.5 MLB videos that Barry would make in the next week. I would like to thank Shohei Ohtani

@coryjohnson2486

2 ай бұрын

👏🏻 👏🏻 👏🏻 creative!

@rikupv

2 ай бұрын

Hhahahahahahahahahhagahahahahahahahaha😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Strider has an inflated ERA because he gets rocked by bad teams who focus on contact hitting but has ridiculous splits against winning teams with high slugging percentages. Zac Gallen is an amazing pitcher... But only at home. He's completely replaceable as a pitcher on the road. The biggest overrated guy you missed on this list was Jazz Chisholm

@memeteam2692

2 ай бұрын

Has Chisholm ever played a full season

@threewolves98

2 ай бұрын

@@memeteam2692 he played 124 games in 2021 and 97 in 2023. Those are his highs

@JohnFKennedy313

2 ай бұрын

Zac Gallen was so bad in the playoffs, as a Dbacks fan it was depressing to watch how bad he was. He definitely didn’t play like an Ace at all. World Series he was better than he was in the rest of the playoffs. NLCS he was so bad im shocked we even won that series even if it took 7 games but the 2 games he pitched he basically played like playoff Clayton Kershaw because in the first couple innings he was giving away hits for free.

@rynr_

2 ай бұрын

Chisholm is the position player with the same durability as Glasnow

@FlashyShad

2 ай бұрын

Strider gets whacked by Phil’s js

Dansby Swanson is the most Baseball name of Baseball names. If you know, you know. There is no logic. You just hear a name and go, "damn, that's a baseball name."

@cuhhplz_1402

2 ай бұрын

REAL

@chasecarter7421

2 ай бұрын

Bryce Harper is another one

@producer-topic3737

2 ай бұрын

fr tho

@izzydoesrandomthings2949

Ай бұрын

Estevan just sounds like a baseball player

Spencer Strider with a 3.86 ERA but a *league leading* 2.85 Fielding Independent Pitching (FIP) means he's 100% NOT overrated. Generally speaking, pitchers with a better FIP perform better over their careers (Randy, Pedro, Clemens, etc.). Cold take, Barry. My wife's boyfriend is disappointed in you.

@yeahyeahbutnah

2 ай бұрын

Overrated

Strider as overrated is crazy. His ERA is contributed to straight bad luck

Barry’s voice in this one sounds exactly like my drivers license photo looks. Like someone who just injected loads of marijuanas…

My completely unbiased list: #10: Kyle Tucker #9: Josh Hader #8: Framber Valdez #7: Yanier Diaz #6: Jose Abreu #5: Jeremy Peña #4: Yordan Alvarez #3: Alex Bregman #2: Jose Altuve #1: Jose Altuve (Honourable mention: Jose Altuve)

@meow5811

2 ай бұрын

🤔

@hermansfood

2 ай бұрын

What’s wrong with Jose altuve

@derekconstantino7759

2 ай бұрын

​@@hermansfoodoverrated

@gonzalezgonzalez500

Ай бұрын

L

@chris-tg1hv

Ай бұрын

Jazz Chisholm

spencer strider pick i really disagree with. While yeah he had a high era last year, a lot of his predictive stats (FIP) suggest he was really unlucky with balls in play. He struck out 37% of batters and walked less then 8% of them, and I have full confidence his more traditional numbers will be much better going into this year.

@hennyruggs7134

2 ай бұрын

also in case you don't know what FIP is, it's fielding independent pitching, basically only looking at the things a pitcher can control in an at-bat (walks, strikeouts, home runs.) Its typically a lot better at showing and predicting how good a pitcher was that year, and lower fip= more sustainable success usually.

@itsvinny6784

2 ай бұрын

I feel that in an era where everyone is ok with striking out strikeouts have become less valuable and on a playoff team you need guys who prevent runs no matter how they cross

Can we get an updated version of the Triggering every MLB fanbase video? I want to hear Barry roast our Yankees like how he did the Eagles last year in his updated version of Triggering every NFL fanbase: NFC edition.

I don’t think you quite understand “the advanced stats” of baseball. Strider is undoubtably a top 25 player in baseball, he had a high ERA sure but his FIP (better ERA that grades pitchers based on the quality of their pitches) was extremely low, one of the lowest in baseball. I understand the thought process, but I’d recommend looking at some sites like statcast or fangraphs that have stats like fWAR or ISO. They are much better at showing someone who truly overrated or underrated as opposed to counting stats which can be the result of luck. Understanding BABIP is good though, that stat shows how lucky a player is when they hit a ball in play 👍

Orioles fan here. Just letting you know we do exist we’ve just been quiet because we lost 100 games multiple seasons in a row

@MrFootballman52

17 күн бұрын

We ain't quiet now on X!

Barry I suggest using fangraphs and baseball savant for stats. Baseball reference is great for quick and easy stats but baseball savant will tell you the expected stats and a lot of other great under the hood stats. And fangraphs is just awesome all around, a middle ground between baseball reference and baseball savant and my preference of the 3. But most importantly I hope I see more baseball content from you

We need more baseball content! This will help stopping me from injecting Marijuana without the NFL season.

@eriklakeland3857

2 ай бұрын

I was going to inject several marijuanas tonight until I saw Barry posted another video.

Another shock video where half the list clearly isn’t overrated lol

@harrison127

2 ай бұрын

This is probably his worst list ever lmao. Half the list isn’t overrated at all and the other half is UNDERRATED. Clearly a lot of casual takes in this video lmao

Vlad Jr. is super overrated too. He belongs on this list somewhere

Not even a minute in and we already have 2 legendary "no offense" jokes - Barry never ceases to deliver on those

thank you for blessing us once more barry ❤️❤️🔥🔥‼️‼️🗣️🗣️

Evan Carter hasn’t even played 80 games and he’s one of the most over rated players in the league???

@elevatorelliot714

2 ай бұрын

Yeah I can’t get behind it either gotta see more

@jonathonedwardmiller

2 ай бұрын

Exactly. I think Jackson Holliday is overrated because he didn’t make opening day.

You are a great content creator and viciously funny troll. One of the hardest laughs I've enjoyed in my life was the Trae Young carpet hair sucker pic.

Where is Vlad Jr???

Yesssss!!! I was waiting for you to do MLB content!

Burnes wasn't a free agent, but he pretty much is as he went to the Orioles on a rental trade

As an Orioles fan that apparently doesn’t exist, I’m definitely not disappointed at all with Burnes. He’s a quality of pitcher we simply haven’t gotten in a very long time. It’s still early in the year, but I’ve loved what I’ve seen from him so far and he is looking like that potential Cy Young winner we brought him here to be. Burnes as our ace with Bradish and Rodriguez following him is looking like it’s going to be a very good rotation for the season.

"Wow as nfl football I love Barry covering me" "As basketball I hate not being covered weekly" "As baseball I hate being covered half a year" Hockey"barry talks about you"

Love it brother nice to see you branch out with your humor on different sports

Orioles fan here and I think I speak for most of us when we say that we are just happy to have a proven pitcher with a chance at a large upside. Corbin might not win Cy Young or be this insane machine, but he is the most proven Ace the team has had in years

You found an Orioles fan lol I think Corbin Burnes is gonna be great. If his first start is at all an indicator, than it’s looking good

thank you for venturing into the MLB content!

Really enjoyed this video, keep up the MLB content!

baseball reference aint it chief, you wanna sound like you know what you're talking about try fangraphs

Braves fans love him but Strider is the definition of a regular season pitcher. He can get a lot of strikeouts and be a cy young candidate but in October he’s a bum who gets rocked by good teams.

@Southernguy39

2 ай бұрын

He’s not overrated. 🤨

@lyman2095

2 ай бұрын

He’s going into his age-25 season and he’s started all of three postseason games to this point. We can come back to this talking point in ten years - give him time!

@thekingelp3551

2 ай бұрын

yeah he got “rocked” for a 2.84 era this postseason

Barry, I know you’re just now starting to make baseball content, and I’m really glad you are because it’ll help get more people into baseball… but this is the most casual list I’ve ever seen 😭

I love that you're doing MLB content, you are so talented at sports content so entering baseball is such a great move

Keep pumping out the content Barry, the views will come brother.

Defensive WAR varies a lot year to year and can mess with evaluation of players, I would probably use like a 5 year average when evaluating. Also when using OPS+ I think you should consider the position more. A guy with an average OPS and a good glove at SS is more valuable than say a 115 OPS+ at 1B because there’s less of them and there are way more premium hitting options at 1B than SS.

I think Barry fails to realize the importance of the Shortstop position in baseball, winning a gold glove doesn’t mean much in 6 (maybe 7 counting pitcher) positions on the field, but it is absolutely a huge deal for Shortstop and Second Base. That’s why their fielding WAR is so high

Barry baseball content this season will feed families

Your videos are always incredible...I would love to see your retrospective on the career of the most dangerouse baseball player ever (at least in our age of TV)...Rickey Henderson.

Mate you cannot put Trout on this list because of his health, his performances is off the charts STILL after 12 years of dominance

How do you say Pete Rose in Japanese? *Shohei Ohtani*

With Andrés Giménez I actually predicted he would have a down year compared to the previous based on expected stats such as babip and xbating average and xslug but I believe next year he will be an above offensive player as I believe he will make tweaks to his approach

you can tell baseball isn't this dude's sport

@ojanimoore3936

Ай бұрын

How’s the season going so far… haven’t been keeping up

Barry i’ve always wondered why you’ve named your dog after the cartoon character who is best friends with a known consumer of marijuana?

Hey Barry who’s better iron man or captain America ??

Didn’t know Barry talking about baseball is exactly what I needed in my life

Thank you Barry!! More MLB videos please!

Jazz Chisholm and Adonis Garcia as honorable mentions

A very interesting list, pretty bold at times but honestly I think most of your arguments are pretty understandable. Some of my takeaways are that I don't think many have actually considered Trout the "best player in the world" in a couple years, either because of the injuries or the fact that Ohtani exists, or both. And as far as Glasnow goes, I don't think the Rays "gave up" on Glasnow, because they clearly have a need for a starting pitcher. The Rays are excellent at identifying when players are at their peak and moving on from them when their arrow isn't going to go up. It's the ol' buy low and sell high. Now, I do think he may be overrated because I never saw that dude getting press when he was with the Rays but all of a sudden people are extremely high on him, and as far as I can tell, it's just because he's on the Dodgers. He was always a good pitcher, probably isn't going to get any better, but now that he's a Dodger he's a Cy Young favorite? Doesn't seem right to me.

I nominate Vladimir Guerrero Jr Very average to above average player outside his outlier 2021 season in terms of WAR and OPS. 788 OPS last year, hardly superstar territory. Skating on a lot of name recognition. Terrible defender and baserunner.

The theory with Snell is that he shouldn't stay in the game to face the line-up a third time. The batting average against him skyrockets when that happens.

I’m completely agree w you on Dansby I didn’t keep him in my dynasty this year after he hit .248 w 18 HR last year.

Barry we need more baseball vids from you!

Was about to smoke mairjuana but barry uploaded 🙏

Corbin Burmes was traded to Baltimore for Joey Ortiz and D.L. Hall. He's not getting paid a big contract yet. He enters Free Agency after the 2024 season

Man, I do love Barry McCockiner

Do more mlb plz, great vid

Hi Barry long time women respecter, marijuana abolishment movement leader, and Phillies fan here. I have to say that with Schwarber, he genuinely does do well in leadoff. Because the truth is that he finds ways to get on base. And that matters a lot for when you get around to a guy like realmuto or harper. If anything I feel the most overrated player on the team is castellanos really. But I see your point. Schwarber makes me wanna schwarb all over the place and that's why I love him

Alright, after watching this video, I've decided to give my response to each of your picked players, and give my opinions on them. Andres Gimenez: I'll admit, the sudden fall that Gimenez experienced last year was jarring, but it wasn't unexpected. While that 98 OPS+ sticks out like a sore thumb, he supplemented (no offense to Lebron James) that rather pedestrian bat with some excellent baserunning and premier defense at second base, a position that generally lacks good hitters. Gimenez still provided positively to the team despite the poor showing at the plate, and is only 25, that baserunning and range at second isn't going anywhere, and as he gets to his physical peak his hitting (atleast his power) could see an increase as well. Properly Rated Blake Snell: I agree, I do not see Blake hitting those same numbers (no offense to Ji-Hwan Bae) he did in either of his Cy Young years, but for a pitcher like him we need a bit of a deeper dive to see where he might end up. Blake's huge issue is a massive walk problem (no offense to Stephen Hawking, RIP), with him leading MLB in free passes (no offense to John Stockton) last year and having an above average walk rate for most of his career. However, if we look deeper, we see that he otherwise has been phenomenal at preventing hits (career 7 H/9 through 900-ish IPs, very good), and preventing homers (career 0.9 HR/9, once again quite good). Overall, his FIP suggests he's due for regression, but not massive regression, and assuming he can keep his walk-rate manageable, he could be quite good in San Fran. Moderately Overrated Jordan Montgomery: To me, Monty is the inverse of Snell, he eats innings for breakfast, gives up more hits but barely walks guys, and overall is a more consistently good pitcher while Snell has underwhelmed and overshot his underlying by quite alot in his career. Outside of one legit year where he only pitched 4 innings and 2020 where the sample is 44 innings, he has held an ERA+ of over 100 in all of his seasons. Monty has a pitcher's body of work, and can easily continue to chug right along in Arizona as the slightly above average pitcher he is. Slightly Overrated Dansby Swanson: As a psychopathic Brewers fan, I have no reason to sing Swanson's praises, but if we are being rational individuals, he a legitimately good Short Stop. While the .244 average and 99 OPS+ looks poor, this is once again a case where a player can provide value beyond their surface-level stats. Swanson is a good defensive short-stop, the position second only to catcher in terms of defensive value, and he also hits a healthy amount of round-trippers to supplement that gilded glove, with 27-25-22 over the past 3 seasons. While he is entering his 30s now, he still handles a large load (no offense to Monica Lewinsky) and provides great value (you can't get 4.8 bWAR at short for $14m anymore from a free agent eligible player). Properly Rated Mike Trout: If he gets injured, he'll still be Mike Trout, he hasn't had a sub-100 OPS+ since the first Obama Administration, if he doesn't get injured, he's Mike Trout with a proper workload, though his WAR may take a hit if the Angels decide to move him away from everyday Center Field play, which is likely due to his injury history. Slightly Underrated Evan Carter: I do agree, I think he might not live up to the expectations he'll have from fans after the '23 postseason, but he is the consensus ROTY pick for '24 and still has amazing potential, but Barry got this one pretty much right. Moderately Overrated to Overrated Spencer Strider: The Quad-Stash Ball Thrower worries me, but not in the same way he worries or concerns Barry, I think if anything hurts Strider in the future, it's him getting hurt. Strider lives off of his devastating fastball and slider, producing some genuinely sickening underlying stats (20-5, 3.86ERA, *2.85FIP* , 281Ks, 1.093WHIP, 7H/9, 1.1HR/9, 2.8BB/9, and 13.5 fucking K/9 in 2023). He under performed his FIP by almost a full run and struck out 281 batters and came 4th in Cy Young voting. However, his high fastball usage and velocity is what troubles me, with UCL reconstruction surgery being a practical right of passage for modern pitchers, a guy throwing constant gas like Strider at his age definitely puts the fear of Tommy John in you, and could be his undoing if he is dealt a forearm strain of significance. Properly Rated Corbin Burnes: _I'm starting to get tired and my arm hurts from typing for this long so I'm gonna pick up the pace and stop rambling as much._ Burnes is a curious case for me, he is starting to show last success in the peripherals (3.81 FIP in '23), and had a sizeable Walk rate spike in '23, but I do believe he will still be alright in Baltimore. A weaker up-the-middle defense might hurt him in the long term and cause his high hits per 9IP to come back again, but he's built to be effective, and is only 29. Might not be worth that money and hype however, so he'll be: Overrated Tyler Glasnow: The funny Cillian Murphy look-alike has injury issues, but remains effective as an overpowering strikeout pitcher with some pretty decent control, if he gets injured again, it'll be bad, but not unexpected. Dodgers get whatever they pay for. Slightly Overrated Kyle Schwarber: He hits piss missiles and strikes out 30% of the time while walking 20% of the time. He hits like dogwater average-wise because he's so three-true-outcomes oriented, where 2 of the components (walks and strikeouts) reduce average. He had a .343 OBP last year, which is firmly above average and does his damage as well. Might be the weirdest lead-off man ever, but he does his job, you can't really get mad a 47HRs even if his surface-level average is below the mendoza line. Properly Rated comment if you disagree, I probably won't respond but will read them and am curious to see how wrong I am with my analysis according to the comment section.

@ionlyhavegoodtakes

2 ай бұрын

Yea Ima be real I fw him doing baseball now but to call some of these players overrated and the reasoning he gave was fuckin ridiculous. Calling Trout overrated in any capacity should get your youtube channel banned and the weird insistence on grossly undervaluing defense blows my mind. average to slightly below average offense plus golden glove defense is a player almost every team would kill for so this idea that it doesn't provide the same in terms of winning is insanity. Also buddy mentioned the fact that the Phillies are like a middle school team record-wise when Schwarber hits anywhere but leadoff and that's not even considering the fact that mans has a +.3 OBP with 47 fuckin homeruns. Overrated is CRAZY. Idek how to address calling one of if not the best pitcher in baseball overrated. I actually have no idea how someone could watch him play, look at his stats, and say yea, overrated for sure. all in all i'm beginning to suspect he actually knows jack shit about sports and we all may be here for the shout outs and jokes above anything else.

@joeschauer1290

2 ай бұрын

I’m not reading all of that but I’m happy for you (or sorry to hear that idk)

@fortynights1513

2 ай бұрын

That all sounds fair to say. I have a few questions for you if you have a minute: 1. Is Bryce Harper overrated, underrated or properly rated? He’s the player I see labeled overrated the most often the past several years. 2. Any Mariners players you think are particularly misrated either way? (That’s my team and I’m curious) And 3. What do you think of your team going into this year? (I don’t know what I’d say about Milwaukee, but for my Mariners I could see a lower playoff team if things go well, and around .500 if things go poorly?)

@apacheman3131

2 ай бұрын

​@fortynights1513 I'm not the OP, but as a Braves fan who has seen Harper his entire career in Washington and Philly, Bryce USED to be slightly overrated, but is now properly rated. His MVP season with the best OPS since Barry was clearly an outlier, but since he was literally a teenager people touted him as the next Bonds. He's fallen more in line with a modern day Yazstremski, which is still an amazing comparison. You don't want to make him angry or he'll tear you up (hello again 2023 NLDS), but he's a solid .900 OPS outfielder, now first baseman. As for Mariners, Luis Castillo is very underrated in my opinion. He's a legit ace that will give you 160-200 IP with a good ERA and FIP. He'll never be Maddux, Pedro, or Koufax level, but at least 25 teams would kill for a #1 like Castillo right now. Again, as a Braves fan, I expect us to win 105 games and get swept in the NLDS. lmao

@toilet_cleaner_man

2 ай бұрын

@@fortynights1513 Bryce is somewhat underrated now. He used to get shit-tons of hype, but after his slow start in Philly the slander he got went way far out of hand, and he proved he was still elite with 2021. He's not Trout, he never was, but he's better than he was given credit for because he was one of the first to get a 300m+ dollar contract (now injured players get 700m, lol) As far as Mariners, the issue is they are quite talented, but quite unproven. Guys like Kriby, Miller, Woo, etc have all been in the league for a short amount of time, and they still have to show a certain amount of consistent aptitude to prove their pedigree. However, that pedigree is still there for a reason, and the Mariners on the whole could be set for a while with that rotation, and are offensively challenged but capable of playing better than they did last year. At the end of the day, they are the Mariners, so I will not believe the hype until they show they can rise to the occasion, but they are positioned well to do so. Brewers will be fine, we are young, we are developing, but we still have key pieces and can make some noise simply on account of being in the NL Central. Losing Burnes hurts short term, but we got a haul and will continue to cultivate the farm to position ourselves for the future be that on a scale of months, or years. The biggest thing is that we do have a future, and are not falling straight from contention to utter rebuild like the Royals did after 2015.

the list was decent up til trout - from that point on damn near every pick i was like wtf is this man on

You clearly havent seen Dante Bichette. He was one of the best hitters in baseball and was so bad at defense his war was like 0-2 every year. In 1995 he hit 40 home runs and had 100 rbi and his war was still just 2.9 for the season. Dude had like 80 errors for his career which is insane for an outfielder. Defense is just as important as offense. There are defensive players that are statistically as important as great hitters and the numbers prove it.

Correct me if I wrong but Barry said there are pitchers everywhere striking out over 250 batters a year, but I’m pretty sure no other pitcher had more than 240 ks and strider had 281

@meow5811

2 ай бұрын

The Strider take was pretty bad

agree more with blake snell as he has filthy stuff but I believe he is a pitcher who will go 5-7 inning (more to the 5 innings) and either allow 0-2 runs with 7-12 strikeouts with 4-6 walks or allow 5 runs with similar strikeout and walk numbers

Hell yes I love when you cover other sports!

surprised Pete Alonso isn't on this list after his terrible last season.

I’d be down for more MLB videos from our boy Barry!

6:55 sound advice for the angels, but they didn’t do that when they had the chance to trade ohtani before the end of the deadline last season so why would they with trout?

Barry Baseball? Let’s go!

Good point about hitting vs fielding. If you can't hit then you probably won't have a very long career in the big leagues.

Barry doing MLB content? YES PLEASE.

The suds reference is top tier

Hey Barry you should stick to football and basketball. Spencer strider was the league leader in FIP. It’s a better stat than ERA which isn’t even an advanced metric like you said

Strider had a ton of weak contact and bad luck inflate his ERA.

Funniest thing is Schwarber’s biggest contribution was the 2016 WS where his Willis Reed like appearance was a boost to my Cubs and without hitting a single HR he hit .412 and would’ve been WS MVP if not for scrappy hard working daughter dater Ben Zobrist’s go ahead RBI double in the 10th. Who got the lead off hit that inning and represented the go ahead run though(with Almora replacing him as a PR)? Schwarber!

As a guardian fan I agree about andres he’s a defensive wizard but his offense is god awful it was dreadful when he was up to bat last season let’s hope he has a bounce back year

that WAR joke 😂

Couldn’t be more wrong about Evan Carter, his hitting was a plus for sure he was hitting in almost every game which is not sustainable. His fielding and his plate discipline is unmatched and makes him so dangerous because he is so hard to keep from getting on base and is fast enough to get to nearly any ball, his hitting is far from his best attribute

Oneil Cruz, Jazz Chisholm, Elly De La Cruz, Giancarlo Stanton, all very talented but do not produce at the level MLB markets them

A baseball video from my glorious pookie Barry. My dreams have come true

Corbin good the Brewers situation just made things look different than they was dansby helped the cubs to a winning record and the braves championship he helps the team win wether it's hitting or defense

Lost any and all validation when you said trout

Hey dansby is killing it to start the year rn

Barry whipping out all these stats is actually sick I didn’t realize he was a ball knower

@thekingelp3551

2 ай бұрын

he’s not😂

Saying Blake Snell looks like he has the suds is one of the most accurate and funniest things I’ve ever heard

Thoughts on this vid: 10) Gimenez is plagued by LolMets and Cleveland's lack of hitting as a team but he's still young so give him time. 9) Super agree that Snell is overrated because he NEVER goes deep in games and his run support does nothing + 2 Cy Youngs seasons followed by injuries/inconsistency. Honestly he could be higher. 8) I don't know about this one honestly. 7) Dansby's offense is disappointing and not living up to that big contract he got with the Cubs + striking out a lot. 6) For Trout: recency bias sure he's in this list, but overall when he retires it's properly rated. Injuries since 2017 has hampered him as well. And it kinda hurts since I liked Mike Trout, he was a beast in his prime. 5) Like Gimenez, give him time but this puts pressure on him as a full-time rookie year technically. 4) Like Snell, super agree Quadzilla Strider is overrated. Sure strikeout everybody but he's super aggressive that he gives up home runs. As a Dodgers fan, Strider is like Kershaw in the playoffs early in his career: dominant full regular seasons then chokes in the playoffs. 3) Corbin Burnes' 2023 may have put him in there, but not this high in my opinion. Baltimore hoped to be that veteran presence on a young team for the rotation. 2) Super agree that Glasnow isn't durable. He had TJS in 2021 and missed a big chunk recovering in 2022 and the Dodgers lured him and their 2023 bugaboo was having durable starters and not to mention Julio Urias' suspension. Can't pronounce Glasnow without glass, amirite??? 1) Schwarbs is terrific in the playoffs but regular... if you put Jim Thome and Adam Dunn in a blender you get this guy. His defense is terrible too, remember he got hurt in early 2016 due to outfield collision by his center fielder which resulted his knee getting blown out but came back as a DH in the World Series when they won it all. Trea Turner should lead off + Schwarbs should be middle of order and be DH. Overall, nice analysis and good vid Barry.

In terms of Schwarber, I think it’s pretty impractical to expect everyone to be a 5-tool player. As long as you have a 5-tool lineup, power hitters like Schwarber and Dunn and Gallo can fit into a lineup well. Sure, he’s only really good at a couple things, but he’s insanely good at them, and that’s the role he happens to have on the Phillies, and they’re a team that performs very well pretty consistently.

make a top 10 most underrated players list now

Where’s “Charlie un-hustle” i.e. Manny Machado on your list?…you tempted us by showing him in the intro! Machado should be there. Perhaps Machado doesn’t make the list because his selfishness still gets him stats. Like swinging out of his shoes on 0-2 counts, not getting over runners into scoring position, not hitting behind runners, i.e. striking out a ton, hardly ever running out a ground ball, strutting like a peacock 🦚

I watched both Burnes & Glasnow pitch this week, and boy, they sure didn't look over-rated.

The only thing i know about baseball is to ask, "Does he get on base?"

I think you want your first batter to be your best hitter, and that is probably someone who can slug, but you also need that on base percentage. Phillies saw what happened when Schwarber went cold in games 6 and 7 of the NLCS last year and he couldn't do anything. Instead of a three true outcomes guy you need someone who hits doubles and maybe has a bit of speed to cause some chaos on the bases. So, like you said, Bryce Harper is probably better for the one hole for the Phillies.

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As much as I completely agree with all of this, hitting leadoff is just one of those weird things some guys handle well, others don't. Schwarber seems to like it, everyone else the Phillies try putting there don't seem to.

Glasnow just went 7 scoreless with 14 Ks. This might age poorly BarBar!

Can’t agree with Trout at all you can’t overrate him in any capacity lol

“Because negativity always attracts more attention” welp you’re not wrong 😭

Can you do a top 10 MLB players list, all time and/or current? Also. I wouldn’t say Schwarber is overrated, yes he strikes out a lot, but everyone knows that😂 he also still gets on base a lot from walks and his eye for the strike zone is on par with the Juan Soto’s of the league… he just has an extremely high whiff rate because he is trying to rake on every swing😂😂 he only ever had to field bc of Bryce Harper’s Tommy John surgery, he was only filling in but he’s a DH so his defensive value isn’t that much of a factor in my opinion, or shouldn’t be going forward at least as long as he stays DH. Hope you see this Barry !

Agreed as a Guards fan that Andres Jimenez needs to produce more like he did in the 2022 season. He was unreal that year. Last year was disappointing. Good player, but overpaid if his offense doesn’t get back to where it was

Pads not resigning snell is a massive W for us imo -padres fan

Barry: Defenders don't deserve the NFL MVP Also Barry: Defense WAR is a farce I can't wait to see him get into Hockey lmao