By doing the same thing majority of the pitchers in the league do the league doesn’t care about for some reason. I’m sure he is breaking the rule about not using substances on the ball but you can’t make it seem like he’s cheating when almost every pitcher uses that stuff and the MLB doesn’t care about it
Update: 32nd pick Jake Hager finally made his debut and played a total of 14 games in the majors in 2021 between the Mets and D-Backs. However, after doing some digging it seems that 30th pick Levi Michael retired in March 2021 so unless he ever changes his mind, it looks like this drafts streak of consecutive major leaguers will forever be 29.
2011 was a crazy year for all drafts NFL: Cam newton, JJ watt, Von Miller, Julio jones, just to name a few there are so many i’m forgetting NBA: Kawhi leonard, Jimmy butler, Kyrie irving, Klay thompson, draymond green
NHL: Nikita Kucherov, Johnny Gaudreau, Jonathan Huberdeau, Mark Scheifele, Mika Zibanead, Gabiel Landeskog. probably only Kucherov makes the hall of fame but the rest are all-star caliber players
Hey man, I don't know if you'd want to, but as a Cards fan, I'd love to see a video diving into David Freese's Reggie Jackson level 2011 postseason where he had a 1.19 OPS and .397 AVG.
10:20 how could that incredible increase in spin rate happen....its a huge mystery. Especially when "For pete sake, its just so hard to grip the ball."
He would have been a great pitcher today.... Like his stuff was perfect for this era of baseball. Dude would have had like 15 K/9 right now. Damn it Jose....
Just want to say I was very glad you did a small Jose tribute there, as a Marlins fan we were lucky because he really was must see baseball. Such a sad sad day when we lost him 🙏🏻
Hultzen was delayed so much not due to lack of ability but because he blew out his shoulder... TWICE. Someone overcoming the injuries he did and still having the determination to make it to the show is damn impressive
@@thesandman2893 you could understand why a lot of people don’t like watching the games though, especially people that ever got big into playing baseball or never even played before. But just like any sport with a long history, there’s going to be some cool and crazy stores over the history of it that’s super interesting to learn about
Don't forget that the Braves drafted Rendon out of high school a few years earlier but he decided to go to college instead. Can you imagine what a Acuña Albies Rendon Freeman line up would have been capable of
I hadn’t kept up with baseball much since maybe 2012, but i watched a lot of this post season, mostly due to these videos. I think for a sport that loses out to the NBA and NFL in terms of ratings, youtubers like yourself are important to the game staying relevant. Thanks foolish👍🏾
I'm a new baseball fan, and your videos are very informative, interesting and fun to watch Thank you I can't believe you haven't got 100k subscriber already
hultzen made the majors? wow! long term Mariner fan and I remember hearing of all the potential he had and then all of his injuries and how we lost him.. James Paxton, Danny Hultzen and Taijuan (Sp?) Walker the big 3 in Mariners minors... 2:34 hey hey that's a low blow!
Poor Danny Hultzen (and to some extend poor mariners). He was on my fantasy minor league roster for a year. Really good video Bailey, I had no idea how deep this draft class was. My favorite part about the drafts nowadays is when members of the draft class make it to the majors and become stars, and then you think make to the moment when they were drafted and were so young. I didn't watch the 2011 draft so I don't have those memories for these players, but for guys like Matt Chapman and Alex Bregman I remember the moment their name's were called. I'm kinda tempted to do an historical OOTP franchise as the 2011 Mariners (or 2009) and not mess up the draft. Imagine if they had drafted Lindor or Baez. They had good players like Nelson Cruz and King Felix, but never really any star power in this decade.
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I think your first stat might be wrong. Doing 0.667^29 is your probability that they all get in consecutively. For example, your probability of getting two heads in a row in a coin flip is 0.5^2 (0.25). But in this case, even if the second guy doesn’t making it to the major leagues, the third guy still has a probability of 0.667 to make it in. I’m no stats major is I might be wrong, but I think 0.667^29 may not be the best stat to represent what you’re trying to say. Especially since the player making it into the major leagues isn’t dependent on sequence.
@@masisseo9865 As you say, each player is an independent statistical point, meaning that the probability of each event occurring is not affected by any other outcome in the sequence. The probability of 2 independent events occuring is their individual probabilities multiplied together, so with 29 players each having a 66.7% chance at making the MLB, the probability that ALL of them make it is (.667)^29. You are correct in saying that the order doesn't matter, each of those (.667) being multiplied represents a single player, which can be rearranged in the multiplication (which is the same thing as swapping the players around) and still end up with the same answer
The scouts and front office definitely missed the diamond in the rough in mookie betts, but hats off to them for having the foresight to choose all those other great players.
Foolish baseball has become my favorite youtube channel. I love baseball! Edit: nothing beats baseball infused with some classic 8-bit video game music.
What you’re not factoring in is the average age of the draft class and others classes, the positions that were drafted and the order can affect chances
maybeokie moonflower you know that judge hit 52 in 2017 which means ALTUVE stole the mvp lol. Betta was a garbage can in 2017 and judge was a shitstain in 2018.
Bob Yeeters the Yankees were just caught cheating in 2017 so Altuve didn’t steal shit and betts was shit in 2017 then somehow became a god in 2018, Red Sox cheated and covered it up
people come back you know. not saying the red sox didn't cheat they did but it really is nothing compared to how bad the Astros cheated. Also, the red sox would relay the signs if there was a runner on second. if Betts was the leadoff most of the time he wouldn't get the signs
Levi Michael at pick 30 in 2011 kills me. Played baseball and basketball with him in school. Graduated from North Davidson a year before me. Wish he could make it!
I was watching a bunch of baseball bits (and other baseball videos) and came back to this one. Crazy how even more stacked the 2011 draft continues to be. I don't think Woodruff, Bassitt and now Clay Holmes were mentioned here and all 3 have turned themselves into elite pitchers (Holmes adds a third elite pitcher drafted and then poorly developed by Pittsburgh from this draft alone). I looked back at a B/R article redrafting this class in 2020 and they didn't have Woodruff or Holmes yet either.
2011 also had one of the best NBA draft classes. Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard, Klay Thompson, Kemba Walker, Tobias Harris, Jimmy Butler, and Isaiah Thomas have all had very good careers. Irving, Thompson, and Leonard all being stars on championship teams.
one of the best nfl draft classes in recent history as well watt, von, pat pete, sherman, jason kelce, julio, tyron smith, cam heyward, cam newton, cam jordan(the year of the cam?), aj green, demarco murray, mike pouncey, mark ingram, andy dalton, colin kaepernick, and other pro bowlers
I'd love to see an update video for this draft class on Foolish Bailey, if it's not worth doing on the main channel. 10 years later, at the end of 2021, anyone else make it?
Clay Holmes is now one of the best relievers in baseball, Woodruff has become a second ace for the Brewers and Chris Bassitt has become an excellent pitcher too. Those were the 3 names that jumped out to me when I looked back at this class and video.
Now Sonny Gray and Trevor Bauer both play for the Reds. I'm stoked about that even though we lost to the Braves in the playoffs this year. Couldn't even score a run.... 60 games just wasn't enough for Votto to catch fire I guess.
C James McCann 1B Josh Bell 2B Javier Baez SS Fransico Lindor 3B Anthony Rendon LF Mookie Betts CF Jackie Bradley Jr RF George Springer DH CJ Cron Bench Kevin Pillar Marcus Semien Kolten Wong SP Gerrit Cole Blake Snell Trevor Bauer Sonny Gray Kyle Freeland RP Archie Bradley Ken Giles Tyler Glasnow Chris Devenski Jon Gray Carl Edwards Jr Seth Lugo CP Blake Trienen
Yeah that's pretty stacked
Thanks, baseball
@@FoolishBaseball holy shit, thats the MLB commenting on your video. Like the actual MLB. The real one. I think you've made it
@@maxwellscher3854 I'm pretty sure that the MLB usually comments on his videos
Yeah, baseball.
MLB love your positive social media baseball good job
Hmmm so Glasnow and Cole was on this draft class.
Me as a Pirates fan: * lying down and crying *
PROS: drafting
CONS: actually developing the talent
@@FoolishBaseball Cries in Charlie Morton
Chops I am still wondering how he went from throwing 93 mph fastballs in Pittsburgh for 8 years to throwing 97+ mph ones in Houston.
imagine if walker buehler signed in 2012
@@talhakarsloglu4278 magic
10:13 wonder how he increased his spin rate like that
🤣🤣 was looking for this comment
@@kidcooler2037 me to
By doing the same thing majority of the pitchers in the league do the league doesn’t care about for some reason. I’m sure he is breaking the rule about not using substances on the ball but you can’t make it seem like he’s cheating when almost every pitcher uses that stuff and the MLB doesn’t care about it
@@imnotpurestr it was a joke 😐
Pretty weird how fortunate for him that was huh….
Update: 32nd pick Jake Hager finally made his debut and played a total of 14 games in the majors in 2021 between the Mets and D-Backs. However, after doing some digging it seems that 30th pick Levi Michael retired in March 2021 so unless he ever changes his mind, it looks like this drafts streak of consecutive major leaguers will forever be 29.
"Current, at least for now, Red Sox right fielder Mookie Betts."
Don't do that to me, Foolish ;-;
Had to do it
Foolish Baseball no you didn’t, you didn’t have to do this to my heart 😭
I am hurt.
Ima Yankees fan
oof
The 'and sign stealing*' bit made me laugh
i3su _ same
Now it's like "Where's the trash can?"
Dang, this video was such a banger even I knew an offspead pitch was coming
HAHAHA
Mario Superstar Saga is my freaking childhood. Thanks for the nostalgia
I loved my GBA SP. I had the blue one.
Foolish Baseball I had a blue on too!
@@FoolishBaseball i had the red one! miss it.
I was gonna say something ab this haha
Why does everybody forget Luigi
2011 was a crazy year for all drafts
NFL: Cam newton, JJ watt, Von Miller, Julio jones, just to name a few there are so many i’m forgetting
NBA: Kawhi leonard, Jimmy butler, Kyrie irving, Klay thompson, draymond green
yeah, theres always one stacked grad/draft class every few years
NHL: Nikita Kucherov, Johnny Gaudreau, Jonathan Huberdeau, Mark Scheifele, Mika Zibanead, Gabiel Landeskog. probably only Kucherov makes the hall of fame but the rest are all-star caliber players
“A combined $450m” Rendon: $245, Cole $324. Total: $569m.
Beat me to the comment also...
Nice
He didn’t know exactly jeez he was talking about it before they resigned
@@dawesomelm1917 he wasn’t trying to be a jerk.
9:47 I spit out my water I was drinking
“The reason for his incredible strikeout rate is his fastball spin-rate, which has increased unlike anything I’ve ever seen”
Hmmmmmmmm… interesting
Hey man, I don't know if you'd want to, but as a Cards fan, I'd love to see a video diving into David Freese's Reggie Jackson level 2011 postseason where he had a 1.19 OPS and .397 AVG.
David Freese good
Yesssss
Psychonian too bad he’s not playing anymore☹️😞😢
@@Arman1lakha I mean, he is 36. It was about time for him to retire.
David freese makes me sad :(
10:20 how could that incredible increase in spin rate happen....its a huge mystery. Especially when "For pete sake, its just so hard to grip the ball."
Rip Jose Fernandez 😭😭😢
salomon garcia yea what a player he was, but threw it all away :(
He would have been a great pitcher today.... Like his stuff was perfect for this era of baseball. Dude would have had like 15 K/9 right now. Damn it Jose....
Let’s hope Marlins wins a World Series for him
@Max Blankenship no he hasn't a good person he killed people
@@SalTheEditor05Oof, hopefully but that org needs a lot of fixing.
“Using some eleventh grade math”
Me, a junior in high school and failing stats: sweating intensifies
So happy you included Hendricks into the honorable mentions, one of the most underrated pitchers in my opinion.
Woah it’s the best hitter in the league, Anthony Rendon!
Just want to say I was very glad you did a small Jose tribute there, as a Marlins fan we were lucky because he really was must see baseball. Such a sad sad day when we lost him 🙏🏻
I just wanna say I love your music choices. Thanks for the nostalgia!
** And sign stealing **
Shotgunner42 for decades but people act like they never know smh
@Shotgunner42 Not with technology but with eyes and brains.
8:41 “One of the best World Series hitters”. Oof, that line hasn’t aged well.
Hultzen was delayed so much not due to lack of ability but because he blew out his shoulder... TWICE. Someone overcoming the injuries he did and still having the determination to make it to the show is damn impressive
Definitely.
I have a confession:
I've never sat and watched a full baseball game in my life.
I still watch all your videos the day you post them, though.
You should try it, its awesome!
Brother I don’t even watch baseball and these videos are wildly entertaining.
@@thesandman2893 you could understand why a lot of people don’t like watching the games though, especially people that ever got big into playing baseball or never even played before. But just like any sport with a long history, there’s going to be some cool and crazy stores over the history of it that’s super interesting to learn about
This channel has done something that MLB hasn't done since the strike... Made me genuinely interested in baseball again. Well done.
Not only was Springer one of the best postseason players of all time he was also one of the greatest drummers of all time
Don't forget that the Braves drafted Rendon out of high school a few years earlier but he decided to go to college instead. Can you imagine what a Acuña Albies Rendon Freeman line up would have been capable of
Seeing Rendon as one of the best players looks wild in 2024.
HOW MANY TIMES WAS THIS POSTED AHH
I lost count at 42
@@FoolishBaseball I wanted to like but you had 42 likes so I couldn't
@@FoolishBaseball lol
@@Karmy. I want to like too bt now its at 69 likes
I hadn’t kept up with baseball much since maybe 2012, but i watched a lot of this post season, mostly due to these videos. I think for a sport that loses out to the NBA and NFL in terms of ratings, youtubers like yourself are important to the game staying relevant.
Thanks foolish👍🏾
I'm a new baseball fan, and your videos are very informative, interesting and fun to watch
Thank you
I can't believe you haven't got 100k subscriber already
hultzen made the majors? wow! long term Mariner fan and I remember hearing of all the potential he had and then all of his injuries and how we lost him.. James Paxton, Danny Hultzen and Taijuan (Sp?) Walker the big 3 in Mariners minors... 2:34 hey hey that's a low blow!
Poor Danny Hultzen (and to some extend poor mariners). He was on my fantasy minor league roster for a year. Really good video Bailey, I had no idea how deep this draft class was. My favorite part about the drafts nowadays is when members of the draft class make it to the majors and become stars, and then you think make to the moment when they were drafted and were so young. I didn't watch the 2011 draft so I don't have those memories for these players, but for guys like Matt Chapman and Alex Bregman I remember the moment their name's were called. I'm kinda tempted to do an historical OOTP franchise as the 2011 Mariners (or 2009) and not mess up the draft. Imagine if they had drafted Lindor or Baez. They had good players like Nelson Cruz and King Felix, but never really any star power in this decade.
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Foolish Baseball you and urinating tree are my two favorite youtubers. You combine being a sports nerd like me with jokes and references that I understand and usually laugh at. Keep up the good work
I know I’m late but can you do a vid on Gerardo Parras low key insane career
holy crap congrats on the Athletic sponsorship! And also thank you for the Athletic sponsorship lmao
I think your first stat might be wrong. Doing 0.667^29 is your probability that they all get in consecutively. For example, your probability of getting two heads in a row in a coin flip is 0.5^2 (0.25). But in this case, even if the second guy doesn’t making it to the major leagues, the third guy still has a probability of 0.667 to make it in. I’m no stats major is I might be wrong, but I think 0.667^29 may not be the best stat to represent what you’re trying to say. Especially since the player making it into the major leagues isn’t dependent on sequence.
@@masisseo9865 As you say, each player is an independent statistical point, meaning that the probability of each event occurring is not affected by any other outcome in the sequence. The probability of 2 independent events occuring is their individual probabilities multiplied together, so with 29 players each having a 66.7% chance at making the MLB, the probability that ALL of them make it is (.667)^29. You are correct in saying that the order doesn't matter, each of those (.667) being multiplied represents a single player, which can be rearranged in the multiplication (which is the same thing as swapping the players around) and still end up with the same answer
Very good video again, FB
Also, love the Mario and Luigi: Superstar Saga music in the background ;)
It’s a good day when your notifications for baseball bits work
It's a good day when Baseball Bits works.
The scouts and front office definitely missed the diamond in the rough in mookie betts, but hats off to them for having the foresight to choose all those other great players.
5:45 thank goodness you said “well for now”
This is by far the best baseball channel on TH-cam
Foolish baseball has become my favorite youtube channel. I love baseball!
Edit: nothing beats baseball infused with some classic 8-bit video game music.
Rewatching this now makes me so happy with the mets having Lindor along with McCann nimmo and pillar
Awesome stuff as always. Content and music! Keep up the excellent work!
I love the legacy parts because now this draft class has a third cy young, and another ws ring for mookie
This class is so stacked you could make a team that could compete with just the players that didn’t sign. WOW
As someone from Louisiana, it really depresses me how Mikie Mahtook and JaCoby Jones have failed to shine, especially as an LSU fan.
Mahtook was mostly solid for the Tigers, wish I could say the same for Jones though :(
Such an underrated channel
Thanks!
I liked it before watching it. Already made my day seeing a new video released
What you’re not factoring in is the average age of the draft class and others classes, the positions that were drafted and the order can affect chances
7:13 THIS CHRISTMAS FEELS LIKE THE VERY FIRST CHRISTMAS TO MEEEEEE
I was jamming to some Christmas music last night
2011 was a great year for baseball cards too. The 2011 Topps update is considered the the most valuable and best in the last 20 years.
2011 was also a great year for people who think the regular season should be 163 games.
You were spot on with Nimmo at 11:17
Funny thing is we had Nimmo and Pillar at the same time lol
hmmmm, i wonder why springer was so good in the world series. oh wait...
Prank Fatterson hmmm I wonder why judge had 52 bombs and betts won a MVP. Oh wait......
maybeokie moonflower you know that judge hit 52 in 2017 which means ALTUVE stole the mvp lol. Betta was a garbage can in 2017 and judge was a shitstain in 2018.
@@maybeokie betts did nothing in 2017. Also it was just a joke
Bob Yeeters the Yankees were just caught cheating in 2017 so Altuve didn’t steal shit and betts was shit in 2017 then somehow became a god in 2018, Red Sox cheated and covered it up
people come back you know. not saying the red sox didn't cheat they did but it really is nothing compared to how bad the Astros cheated. Also, the red sox would relay the signs if there was a runner on second. if Betts was the leadoff most of the time he wouldn't get the signs
Bro u are so underrated ur videos are awesome!
Seeing FB talk about how good springer was in the 17 and 19 WS 😂
Levi Michael at pick 30 in 2011 kills me. Played baseball and basketball with him in school. Graduated from North Davidson a year before me. Wish he could make it!
“Springer has transformed into not just a great regular season player, but into one of the greatest World Series hitters of all time.”
Welp
thank you i could not sleep and your video fixed it !!!
Dude I am *digging* the choice of Superstar Saga music. Great video as usual 👍
this video aged like the finest wine
Great video yet again, thanks FBB
You're welcome and thank you for the kind words
Seeing Bundy getting drafted two picks before Rendon breaks my heart as an Orioles fan.
Thanks for reminding me about the great deal we got for gerrit Cole
Fantastic work as always
Thank you!
Thanks for the music! Gotta dig out my old SP and get back to some M&L:SS!
Damn adding seth lugo out of nowhere. Stacked AF draft holy moly
"* and sign stealing" lol love it
I love all your vids, thank you for another one (:
I'd love to get a 10-years-later update video at the end of this season about all these guys
32nd overall *Jake Hager*
Jack Swagger played for the brewers????
The All American American
Thank you for acknowledging Archie's playoff 2RBI triple. Please do a video on that game.
I was watching a bunch of baseball bits (and other baseball videos) and came back to this one. Crazy how even more stacked the 2011 draft continues to be. I don't think Woodruff, Bassitt and now Clay Holmes were mentioned here and all 3 have turned themselves into elite pitchers (Holmes adds a third elite pitcher drafted and then poorly developed by Pittsburgh from this draft alone). I looked back at a B/R article redrafting this class in 2020 and they didn't have Woodruff or Holmes yet either.
+ Tyler Anderson breakout
Foolish Baseball and John Bois on the same day. We are all blessed.
I remember watching it on mlb network, didn’t know by that time all this player would make such a great impact in the game
2011 nba draft best draft class in recent years
2011 mlb draft best draft class
2011 nfl draft highly praised
something was in the air in 2011
Im obsessed w this channel
2011 also had one of the best NBA draft classes.
Kyrie Irving, Kawhi Leonard, Klay Thompson, Kemba Walker, Tobias Harris, Jimmy Butler, and Isaiah Thomas have all had very good careers. Irving, Thompson, and Leonard all being stars on championship teams.
one of the best nfl draft classes in recent history as well
watt, von, pat pete, sherman, jason kelce, julio, tyron smith, cam heyward, cam newton, cam jordan(the year of the cam?), aj green, demarco murray, mike pouncey, mark ingram, andy dalton, colin kaepernick, and other pro bowlers
Helps your World Series OPS when you have a camera in the outfield telling you what pitch is coming 😂
Great video bro 🤟🏼
Cool to see literal all stars being picked at draft and we have no idea what they would be at time
Awesome vid! U one of my favorite youtubers
Thanks!
When I heard the name "Jake Hager" my first thought was "wait, the wrestler in AEW?"
Lmao
I'd love to see an update video for this draft class on Foolish Bailey, if it's not worth doing on the main channel. 10 years later, at the end of 2021, anyone else make it?
Clay Holmes is now one of the best relievers in baseball, Woodruff has become a second ace for the Brewers and Chris Bassitt has become an excellent pitcher too. Those were the 3 names that jumped out to me when I looked back at this class and video.
INSTANT thumbs up for the Mario Super Sluggers soundtrack in the background
last time i was this early the astros were respected superteam world champions
Last time I was this early, Gerrit Cole was going to win the Cy Young award.
I just got the increased like I’ve never seen before joke
I'm glad there's Luigi Mansion music, the original is my favorite game of all time
Y'all who aren't reading The Athletic yet better get on it now because it's got the best sports articles out right now
enough about the 2011 draft tell us more about the athletic
and now we have both Kevin Pillar, AND Brandon Nimmo
Now Sonny Gray and Trevor Bauer both play for the Reds. I'm stoked about that even though we lost to the Braves in the playoffs this year. Couldn't even score a run.... 60 games just wasn't enough for Votto to catch fire I guess.
C James McCann
1B Josh Bell
2B Javier Baez
SS Fransico Lindor
3B Anthony Rendon
LF Mookie Betts
CF Jackie Bradley Jr
RF George Springer
DH CJ Cron
Bench Kevin Pillar
Marcus Semien
Kolten Wong
SP Gerrit Cole
Blake Snell
Trevor Bauer
Sonny Gray
Kyle Freeland
RP Archie Bradley
Ken Giles
Tyler Glasnow
Chris Devenski
Jon Gray
Carl Edwards Jr
Seth Lugo
CP Blake Trienen
11:46 I thought that was josh hader and his name even sounds like it lol
When you started talking about Lindor, it made me sad because i know the Tribe wont be able to pay him...
DOLAAAAANNNN
You think that hurts, think about us Red Sox fans when he talked about mookie. God damn this is gonna suck.
I love how you added MARIO and Luigi rpg music love the soundtrack of the game and I always thought it went well with baseball
1:49. guys that’s 8 in a million.
rewatching this. i realize this draft class got even better
I love dragon quest ty for the music for reminding me to play it again
This is all mario series music though
@@zephyrblayze no, it's not
Not Dragon Quest, but Dragon Quest is cool so I won't correct you.
@@joebobdacow7405 I mean the video has the music credits at the end, but you can think whatever you want to.
It’s Mario and Luigi Bowsers inside story
LOVE the music selection of Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga
I make tennis videos, but you're still a huge inspiration for me! Keep up the great work & thank you 4 all you do!
Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga music!? Awesome! Great video!