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So the first thing I thought of when I saw 2014 draft being bad was, at least a pretty good current Phillie, meaning their own pick, Nola, is good. And then to find 3 other current Phillies who are also decent players was a bonus.
The worst thing that could happen to a young pitcher, worst than a Tommy John, is to be drafted or traded to Colorado. Coors will welcome you to the big leagues
There was a time when I lived in East Texas and I would often stop in Shepherd on my trips to Houston, since it's a nice and quaint little town. So I was pretty excited when Tyler Kolek was drafted second overall. It's a shame that Tyler's career never materialized, and the fact that Stephen was able to Majors this season may be one of life's greatest ironies. Anyways, fun video.
The most enduring image of Nick Gordon I have is him smacking the top of the Target Field dugout in celebration when Royce Lewis smashed a home run in the 2023 postseason. I don't know why that was the celebration he went with, but his brother includes "strange" in his name and doesn't believe that the moon is real. He's an international man of mystery, I guess.
I would nominate Ubaldo Jiménez as the greatest starter in Rockies history. He had a 3.67 ERA , AT Coors (3.66 overall as a Rocky) compared to 5.07 for Marquez and 4.66 for Freeland.
If you watch football and have some knowledge about older draft classes, for me as a Philly fan, this Phil's class is so close to the year we drafted Lane Johnson. Both years had such a high amount of busts and yet both our teams drafted one of the very few top guys that panned out.
And it's also hilarious how out of the hits here, almost every has made their career in philly/become a key piece this year. Nola, Hoffman, Schwarbs, and Trea is such a big list of guys for us
I remember that year well. Chip Kelly had just got hired and their was that linebacker/ Defensive end from Oregon that everybody assumed Philly would draft, but Miami nabbed him the pick before. Yeah...... I'd say Lane worked out lol
Should be noted that current Tokyo Giants #2 starter Foster Griffin was a competetive balance pick in this draft as well. While he never panned out in MLB, considering he's currently sporting an 80 FIP- in NPB, there was always something there
@@AndThatsBaseball Also, Tyler Beede was the Tokyo Giants' Opening Day starter in 2023 because the WBC meant that ace Shosei Togo wasn't rested enough, and I may be wrong, but I think he ended up having the worst season of any opening day starter in their 90 year history. 119 RA-, 121 FIP-, only 0.1 WAR
@@TheManny717 Favorite fun fact on this: the second no. 1 overall is one of those three, a guy the Mets selected over Reggie Jackson because Reggie had a white (actually Mexican) girlfriend.
This is easily the best sounding baseball channel on youtube. I've never enjoyed Fleetwood Mac as I did during the Jack Flaherty segment. The volume was perfectly understated and the rhythm of the video against this music is *chefs kiss*
Quick fact or whatever Bradley Zimmer was on the Rockies spring training team this year in 45 plate appearances his batting average was.378 and his on base was .430 He became expendable when they signed Jake cave. Justice for my goat Bradley Zimmer
I remember playing travel ball with Derek Hill up until we graduated HS…. The dude had wheels like nobody I’d ever seen before. Saw him hit a laser one time over the centerfielders head and with absolutely 0 errors he turned it into an inside the park home run. Dude was absolutely nasty in centerfield as well. It sucks he got plagued by injuries after the draft.
Funny, mlb network yesterday posted a picture about how stacked the 2014 draft was. One guy was even arguing with me that matt Chapman and trea turner were on their way to the hall of fame
@@AndThatsBaseball what I said was that were some solid players in the draft, but nobody great or it being a "stacked" draft as MLB network classified it as and then I get clowns saying I don't know what I'm talking about and that Matt Chapman is a borderline hall of famer. The guy is a .250 hitter and doesn't even have 900 hits and is 31 or 32 years old I believe
It’s pretty incredible how the Astros drafted two of the biggest busts of all time with back to back #1 picks and still managed to win a World Series 3 years later
They also got Correa in 2012 then Bregman and Tucker in 2015, 3/5 first round picks being that good is nearly impossible. Just crazy that their misses were the biggest misses
While on the topic of the 2014 MLB season, we actually got a Home Run Derby format that was used for this only season. I read about it and I thought it was such a cool format. I have nothing against what Manfred did to the Home Run Derby, it’s just that we never got to see the 2014 Home Run Derby rules longer. :/ EDIT: Figured I’d bring the Derby up since it’s tomorrow.
Just an extremely small note -- in MAY of 2017, Chris Sale was the best pitcher in baseball, and Kluber had a 5.06 ERA (seriously). His second half that year was one of the craziest runs I've ever seen, and as a Red Sox fan, it caused me great pain.
i think aaron nola has to fight an uphill battle to even have a shot at cooperstown since he doesn’t have the accolades shame because he’s such a great pitcher
As good as Aaron Nola's WAR and accumulation is, he is not getting in the HOF without any hardware. He has only one all star appearance and Top 3 Cy Young finish.
Nola was unironically a victim of his team. Having the best catcher in baseball when catching is at an all time low, JT Realmuto was essentially a lock for the Phillies, pushing him out at least twice
@@DFCwastakenthis also includes this year with all the selections from the Phillies. He should have at least 3-4 by now excluding what should’ve been an all star appearance this year.
I got to see Tyler Kolek pitch on several occasions during his final pro season (2019) in Clinton, Iowa. He always pitched like he was afraid of getting hurt again, and never seemed to be able to find the zone. Such a shame; he seemed like such a gracious guy.
Everything I read said he was an incredibly hard worker and good dude. The size, the character, and the velo were all there. That's why scouting in this sport is so difficult.
Did anyone else see the thumbnail and think the word next to the yellow line was "meth"? I immediately started wondering how many people from the 2014 draft are now doing meth lol.
Nick Gordon is the Twins prospect of all time: toolsy as all heck and even more injury prone. They can field a whole lineup from just the last decade with those guys.
Thanks for recognizing how talented Nola really is. It’s a shame he’s so criminally underrated and he totally deserved to be an all star this year. Philly needs to give him more love to say the least. If he did then he’d have more than just one all star selection. Regardless I think the odds are in his favor to make it to Cooperstown as of right now. Accolades should play a smaller part than they do when it comes to that stuff.
Connor Joe and Jameson Taillon both having cancer and injuries derail their careers is so disappointing. Especially since in a different world you could see them being cornerstones for the Pirates for years if not for their health
@@AndThatsBaseball it really is. I usually don't like fleetwood mac too much but damn even I love that one (the Yondu scene in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 helped a lot)
Honestly, even without knowing that story, I find myself cheering for the guy if I see his name, just cuz it's hard to root against a guy named Connor Joe
That turner pick/trade haunts me. When I saw the padres got wil Myers for a ptbnl I thought it was a dub until they announced who it was. Damn you Preller
@@AndThatsBaseballAlthough my cubs got a really good high school pitcher in that draft in Justin Steele although he was a 5th round pick so sadly not mentioned here
I went to an Angels game a few weeks back and saw Cole play. Fell in love with the awkward intro and decided I liked him. Also I'm not quite convinced he isn't Tim Lincecum trying to play the field.
Cole Tucker is on my angles franchise rebuild and he seems to always find a way to get on base it’s crazy he isn’t good at all but man he always comes through
Chavis went on a hot first few weeks, that’s why his 2019 numbers look decent. To date that’s the only time in his major league career he’s been worthy of a roster spot-the first month.
I had a feeling Flaherty was gonna be plagued by injuries after he got hurt warming up in the bullpen on opening night when he played for Peoria (class A at the time)
I saw Erik Fedde pitch on a Friday night at unlv and he had it before Tommy John surgery in college. If he didn't have Tommy John top 10 pick. Glad he has bounced back. Always say his name when he is on TV.
I feel the same way about Elder that i do Jesse Chavez. Regardless of their numbers whether good or bad, i cringe everytime they throw a pitch. My confidence level in both of them is nonexistent
I get this class is weak and you need HOF players but I think it’s unlikely either Nola or Turner make the hall. They will both be close but I don’t think either make the cut. Nola has a better shot for sure, with the control he’s got I can picture him pitching until he’s 40 maybe longer. My knock on Turner is that I don’t know how he’s gonna age. He’s really gonna have to rely on his bat in about 2 years. His bat is awesome but the speed is also a big part of his game, can’t picture his legs and subsequently his defense aging super well.
Here's another great thing about Nola. Usually, an NBA team's first round pick debuts that year, while the great majority of MLB picks, if they make it at all, don't. Nola debuted in 2015. The 76ers' 2014 pick, Joel Embiid, didn't debut until 2016!
35:56 Not only did Rodón throw a no-hitter, it was a lollipop curveball grazing Roberto Perez's backmost toe (on an 0-2 count, no less) from being a whole-ass perfect game.
Your choice to have King Kunta as the background music during the sections where you talked about the pitchers who played for the Rockies lowkey might have a deeper meaning, as the lyric “I was gonna kill a couple rappers but they did it to themselves”that is said in that song is similar to the belief that when a good pitcher signs with the Rockies, they probably kill their career. Was this intentional?
Absolutely LOVING Weaver as a Yankee, dude has been awesome and is honestly one of the best personalities on the team. It's so great to see him finally put together his talents.
I'm surprised Brady Aiken isn't talked about nearly as much as Mark Appel for the biggest MLB bust. Also, I don't know what was happening in sports in 2013 and 14 but the majority of draft classes among all major sports from those two years were pretty awful
I didn't realize how sick the Duckworth beat was until the end of this video lol. not that I thought it was bad or anything I'm just always focused on the lyrics in that song lmao
while Freeland's numbers overall are bad this year, he has a 1.71 ERA in his last 26 innings pitched, really wild stats by month, April: 13.21 ERA, May: Injured, June: 1.42 ERA, July, 1.98
Baseball is one of the sports that I never follow when it comes to the draft or player development. But I think it's because there's so little hype when it comes to young players. I feel like even the NHL has more hype when it comes to new draftees. I follow the NFL, NBA, and NHL drafts but I can't list the draft year of a single MLB player at all. Like ever.
The way the Braves leaned on 3 of the top 16 picks to pan out as part of their rebuild, despite not having a first round pick, then watched them all bust and still won a World Series anyway
for as much talk there is about pitchers struggling at coors, kyle freeland epitomizes what it ought to look like for anybody pitching at coors who wants to succeed. The numbers weren't great to start the year but he's been electric since coming off the IL and he has always been a dog that players rally around. For pitchers like Jeff Hoffman, Ryan Feltner, Tyler Anderson or anyone else (current or former rockies) that has struggled pitching at Coors this is in no way meant to put them down BUT it is so frustrating as a rockies fan all the time to just hear people give a cop out of an answer when pitching at coors comes up. Pitchers who want to succeed at coors find ways to adapt (i.e. Cal Quantrill) and they play with a chip on their shoulder. Lastly, success at coors just cant be measured the same if the excuse that "oh well he sucked cause he was a rockie and had to pitch at coors" is ALWAYS getting thrown around TLDR: kyle freeland is a dog, succeeding at coors field is not impossible, and a tired narrative combined with the perpetual suffering associated with being a rockies fan has left me exhausted. Curious for other peoples thoughts on this...
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Hey I think you should do a video about Matt bush
It’s quite telling how many pitchers in this video had a major career fall off and then the next clip is them in an Angels uniform
crazy how many of these guys were in the White Sox system at one point too lol
4 of the better picks in this draft are now current Phillies lol
So the first thing I thought of when I saw 2014 draft being bad was, at least a pretty good current Phillie, meaning their own pick, Nola, is good. And then to find 3 other current Phillies who are also decent players was a bonus.
I think having the only 2 players that could be HOFers is a bit better than decent haha
Phillies suck braves better
@@martavion873Mets are better than both!!
@@DarkKnight-px7rg Didn't the braves just beat y'all back to back?
The worst thing that could happen to a young pitcher, worst than a Tommy John, is to be drafted or traded to Colorado.
Coors will welcome you to the big leagues
Playing on extra hard difficulty
@@AndThatsBaseballespecially when they need to build up the confidence and get used to the big leagues.
Rip Chase Dollander
@@joshuaweiss8280 I get he feeling the rocks will trade him for more positional starters before than if he continues to do well in low A ball.
@@Vandakai I hope so, really fun to watch him pitch in college. It’d be sad to watch him struggle because of Coors Field
patrick mahomes was selected in this draft by the tigers and i think thats funny
There was a time when I lived in East Texas and I would often stop in Shepherd on my trips to Houston, since it's a nice and quaint little town. So I was pretty excited when Tyler Kolek was drafted second overall. It's a shame that Tyler's career never materialized, and the fact that Stephen was able to Majors this season may be one of life's greatest ironies. Anyways, fun video.
He had the gas but he didn’t have much else
I saw this and thought you were talking about the NBA player Tyler Kolek that just got drafted this year
Wow he brought it up in the vid lol
Tyler kolek like Knicks Tyler kolek?? I feel like im bout to learn something very new
The most enduring image of Nick Gordon I have is him smacking the top of the Target Field dugout in celebration when Royce Lewis smashed a home run in the 2023 postseason.
I don't know why that was the celebration he went with, but his brother includes "strange" in his name and doesn't believe that the moon is real. He's an international man of mystery, I guess.
Dee includes "Strange" because it's his mother's maiden name I believe
All my homies love Connor Joe
Rooting for him
The goat
Choosing high school pitchers in the first round is like choosing to spice your gourmet meal with arsenic.
It’s worked for a lot of teams tho you get them at 18 if you can’t develop them from that age you’re in the wrong profession
you’re right harper and soto are busts
Depends on how good your development is. They’re young, you should be able to make it work if they have the tools
@@plebobliterator did you read their comment? Soto and Harper aren't pitchers
@@plebobliteratorright, loved when Harper won the Cy young and when Soto pitched a no hitter…
I don't know why but I absolutely lost it when the Smash Bros music hit lmao. Great work as always man 👍
Classic, glad you enjoyed
I appreciate this deep dive into the careers (and the underwater levels music from Donkey Kong Country 😊).
all about that aquatic ambiance
I would nominate Ubaldo Jiménez as the greatest starter in Rockies history.
He had a 3.67 ERA , AT Coors (3.66 overall as a Rocky) compared to 5.07 for Marquez and 4.66 for Freeland.
I spent so much time looking for this comment
Man, people really forgot about him, huh?
If you watch football and have some knowledge about older draft classes, for me as a Philly fan, this Phil's class is so close to the year we drafted Lane Johnson. Both years had such a high amount of busts and yet both our teams drafted one of the very few top guys that panned out.
And it's also hilarious how out of the hits here, almost every has made their career in philly/become a key piece this year. Nola, Hoffman, Schwarbs, and Trea is such a big list of guys for us
I remember that year well. Chip Kelly had just got hired and their was that linebacker/ Defensive end from Oregon that everybody assumed Philly would draft, but Miami nabbed him the pick before. Yeah...... I'd say Lane worked out lol
You may only rank Schwarber as a hit but he's a Cubs legend for life. Im glad he's found continued success and i miss watching his bombs in Wrigley
Should be noted that current Tokyo Giants #2 starter Foster Griffin was a competetive balance pick in this draft as well.
While he never panned out in MLB, considering he's currently sporting an 80 FIP- in NPB, there was always something there
Sheesh I owe him an apology I was unfamilar with his game
@@AndThatsBaseball Also, Tyler Beede was the Tokyo Giants' Opening Day starter in 2023 because the WBC meant that ace Shosei Togo wasn't rested enough, and I may be wrong, but I think he ended up having the worst season of any opening day starter in their 90 year history.
119 RA-, 121 FIP-, only 0.1 WAR
Connor Joe is referred to as the "greatest Rockie ever" by many for the exact reasons you mentioned in this video. one of my all time favorite players
Sir, a second 2014 Draft video has hit the website
Who made the first one?
Your partner in crime mentioned the three #1 draft picks that never Made it to the big leagues (SRS).
@@TheManny717
Favorite fun fact on this: the second no. 1 overall is one of those three, a guy the Mets selected over Reggie Jackson because Reggie had a white (actually Mexican) girlfriend.
@@AndThatsBaseball I'm not gonna lie I misremembered and thought your 2013 video was a 2014 video by someone else LOL
@@AndThatsBaseballsimilar video by you, MLBs top 50 prospects from 2014, where are they now
I got chills when you announced Trea Turner lol
Great video
This is easily the best sounding baseball channel on youtube. I've never enjoyed Fleetwood Mac as I did during the Jack Flaherty segment. The volume was perfectly understated and the rhythm of the video against this music is *chefs kiss*
The most successful athlete in this draft was a 37th round pick
Who was that
@@OceanGoalie Patrick Mahomes
@@theleftuprightatsoldierfield 💀
Quick fact or whatever Bradley Zimmer was on the Rockies spring training team this year in 45 plate appearances his batting average was.378 and his on base was .430 He became expendable when they signed Jake cave. Justice for my goat Bradley Zimmer
Gotta be some reason they went with Cave over Zimmer
@@AndThatsBaseball one of the Rockies hitting coaches worked with cave in the minor leagues and he convinced management to go with cave over Zimmer
I remember playing travel ball with Derek Hill up until we graduated HS…. The dude had wheels like nobody I’d ever seen before. Saw him hit a laser one time over the centerfielders head and with absolutely 0 errors he turned it into an inside the park home run. Dude was absolutely nasty in centerfield as well. It sucks he got plagued by injuries after the draft.
Funny, mlb network yesterday posted a picture about how stacked the 2014 draft was. One guy was even arguing with me that matt Chapman and trea turner were on their way to the hall of fame
I mean there are clearly some great players, but so many guys didn't do a thing that I can't consider it a good draft
@@AndThatsBaseball what I said was that were some solid players in the draft, but nobody great or it being a "stacked" draft as MLB network classified it as and then I get clowns saying I don't know what I'm talking about and that Matt Chapman is a borderline hall of famer. The guy is a .250 hitter and doesn't even have 900 hits and is 31 or 32 years old I believe
Trea Turner is def on his way if he keeps playing this way for years to come
the call of duty zombies music is CRAZY lmao
Dude I thought I was tripping! I’m glad you noticed it too 😂
It’s pretty incredible how the Astros drafted two of the biggest busts of all time with back to back #1 picks and still managed to win a World Series 3 years later
They also got Correa in 2012 then Bregman and Tucker in 2015, 3/5 first round picks being that good is nearly impossible. Just crazy that their misses were the biggest misses
Called cheating
Well, yea. When you steal signs it’s a lot easier.
Chrono Trigger OST, MOTD round change, great music in general, and an amazing baseball video, brother you cooked with this.
While on the topic of the 2014 MLB season, we actually got a Home Run Derby format that was used for this only season. I read about it and I thought it was such a cool format. I have nothing against what Manfred did to the Home Run Derby, it’s just that we never got to see the 2014 Home Run Derby rules longer. :/
EDIT: Figured I’d bring the Derby up since it’s tomorrow.
Just an extremely small note -- in MAY of 2017, Chris Sale was the best pitcher in baseball, and Kluber had a 5.06 ERA (seriously). His second half that year was one of the craziest runs I've ever seen, and as a Red Sox fan, it caused me great pain.
W for using Pokemon music
i think aaron nola has to fight an uphill battle to even have a shot at cooperstown since he doesn’t have the accolades
shame because he’s such a great pitcher
As good as Aaron Nola's WAR and accumulation is, he is not getting in the HOF without any hardware. He has only one all star appearance and Top 3 Cy Young finish.
Nola might make it on longevity. He’s looking like one of those very few guys who will retain their effectiveness into his mid-30s.
I love letting writers decide who makes it into the hall!
Nola was unironically a victim of his team. Having the best catcher in baseball when catching is at an all time low, JT Realmuto was essentially a lock for the Phillies, pushing him out at least twice
@@DFCwastakenthis also includes this year with all the selections from the Phillies. He should have at least 3-4 by now excluding what should’ve been an all star appearance this year.
He may get a few World Series rings though which could be the hardware he needs
As a Yankee fan, I do appreciate Weaver. He’s thriving out of the bullpen!
I got to see Tyler Kolek pitch on several occasions during his final pro season (2019) in Clinton, Iowa. He always pitched like he was afraid of getting hurt again, and never seemed to be able to find the zone. Such a shame; he seemed like such a gracious guy.
Everything I read said he was an incredibly hard worker and good dude. The size, the character, and the velo were all there. That's why scouting in this sport is so difficult.
Did anyone else see the thumbnail and think the word next to the yellow line was "meth"? I immediately started wondering how many people from the 2014 draft are now doing meth lol.
Walter White has gone too far
As a Rockies fan, I got nothing but love for Connor Joe
This is random but I love the beat stops perfectly at 40:30 for the sentence like you rapping on it
Nick Gordon is the Twins prospect of all time: toolsy as all heck and even more injury prone. They can field a whole lineup from just the last decade with those guys.
Thanks for recognizing how talented Nola really is. It’s a shame he’s so criminally underrated and he totally deserved to be an all star this year. Philly needs to give him more love to say the least. If he did then he’d have more than just one all star selection. Regardless I think the odds are in his favor to make it to Cooperstown as of right now. Accolades should play a smaller part than they do when it comes to that stuff.
Connor Joe and Jameson Taillon both having cancer and injuries derail their careers is so disappointing. Especially since in a different world you could see them being cornerstones for the Pirates for years if not for their health
Something I always forget about your uploads is how good the background music is
You should also make a star category in between hit and hof I think matt chapman would have fit into this category very well
He's def closer to the HoF tier guys than most of the hits
the chain background music with the conor joe story is a great pick
It's such a good song
@@AndThatsBaseball it really is. I usually don't like fleetwood mac too much but damn even I love that one (the Yondu scene in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 helped a lot)
I will forever root for Connor Jo due to his amazing story.
Hard not to cheer for someone with a story like Connor Joe.
Honestly, even without knowing that story, I find myself cheering for the guy if I see his name, just cuz it's hard to root against a guy named Connor Joe
That turner pick/trade haunts me. When I saw the padres got wil Myers for a ptbnl I thought it was a dub until they announced who it was. Damn you Preller
Can’t believe the Nats got Turner for Steven Souza
This draft single-handedly forced teams to re-evaluate how they scouted HS pitchers.
Seriously
@@AndThatsBaseballAlthough my cubs got a really good high school pitcher in that draft in Justin Steele although he was a 5th round pick so sadly not mentioned here
MLB scouting and draft process is still stuck in the stone ages. That’s nothing new
I love the fleetwood Mack background music
Hearing the mario kart lick in an mlb video is wild to me. Elite content and elite music picks
Love the Pokemon music
I went to an Angels game a few weeks back and saw Cole play. Fell in love with the awkward intro and decided I liked him. Also I'm not quite convinced he isn't Tim Lincecum trying to play the field.
Man, that's something. Haven't seen so many meh players in the content such as this. Very good.
I’m ngl as someone named Alex Jackson when you said his name I was like what lmao
Glad Flaherty got back on track. He just didn’t fit in with the Orioles for some reason.
I can't get over the background music being from so many games I play 😂
Cole Tucker is on my angles franchise rebuild and he seems to always find a way to get on base it’s crazy he isn’t good at all but man he always comes through
Love this content i will be come a member just for these😊
Welcome aboard!
That switch pitcher was so fun to watch
Chavis went on a hot first few weeks, that’s why his 2019 numbers look decent. To date that’s the only time in his major league career he’s been worthy of a roster spot-the first month.
Love this format, please keep making these!
Grant Holmes went to my high school. He threw smoke in high school, and his curve was nutts
been subscribed for a long time man, love the videos
Thanks! I do my best
Love the Smash Bros Brawl music in the video
I had a feeling Flaherty was gonna be plagued by injuries after he got hurt warming up in the bullpen on opening night when he played for Peoria (class A at the time)
I saw Erik Fedde pitch on a Friday night at unlv and he had it before Tommy John surgery in college. If he didn't have Tommy John top 10 pick. Glad he has bounced back. Always say his name when he is on TV.
I feel the same way about Elder that i do Jesse Chavez. Regardless of their numbers whether good or bad, i cringe everytime they throw a pitch. My confidence level in both of them is nonexistent
The Aspertia City music caught me off guard. I got nostalgic
I get this class is weak and you need HOF players but I think it’s unlikely either Nola or Turner make the hall. They will both be close but I don’t think either make the cut. Nola has a better shot for sure, with the control he’s got I can picture him pitching until he’s 40 maybe longer. My knock on Turner is that I don’t know how he’s gonna age. He’s really gonna have to rely on his bat in about 2 years. His bat is awesome but the speed is also a big part of his game, can’t picture his legs and subsequently his defense aging super well.
Here's another great thing about Nola. Usually, an NBA team's first round pick debuts that year, while the great majority of MLB picks, if they make it at all, don't. Nola debuted in 2015. The 76ers' 2014 pick, Joel Embiid, didn't debut until 2016!
NC State with two of the hits in that year’s draft (including the HOF-caliber Turner)
35:56 Not only did Rodón throw a no-hitter, it was a lollipop curveball grazing Roberto Perez's backmost toe (on an 0-2 count, no less) from being a whole-ass perfect game.
Your choice to have King Kunta as the background music during the sections where you talked about the pitchers who played for the Rockies lowkey might have a deeper meaning, as the lyric “I was gonna kill a couple rappers but they did it to themselves”that is said in that song is similar to the belief that when a good pitcher signs with the Rockies, they probably kill their career. Was this intentional?
That part was actually edited by Mike from Stark Raving Sports so idk for sure, but I can almost guarantee you he’s not that smart
@@AndThatsBaseball he probably just put it because it’s a banger then ig 💀💀💀
Schwarber injury in 2016 was not the 2nd game of the szn as OD series for CHC that yr was @ LAA it was 3rd or 4th game of the szn 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦
reds fan, so i've been seeing a lot of connor joe lately. had no idea he'd been through all that.
24:30 catcher's framing has completely changed from these drills 😅
The smash brow brawl hitting different 💯
It's starting to feel like we have our old Freeland back this season
Absolutely LOVING Weaver as a Yankee, dude has been awesome and is honestly one of the best personalities on the team. It's so great to see him finally put together his talents.
Probably my favorite reliever to watch on the team
Easily a case could've been made that he deserves to be an all star over Holmes
Spent soooo much money on Bowman between 13-15, nice to see where all these familiar names ended up
I'm surprised Brady Aiken isn't talked about nearly as much as Mark Appel for the biggest MLB bust.
Also, I don't know what was happening in sports in 2013 and 14 but the majority of draft classes among all major sports from those two years were pretty awful
I was wondering what happened to Finnegan. I remembered his double World Series appearance but never knew his name.
Love the use of "The Chain"
The MOTD portion on Schwarber😭
29:59 What about Ubaldo Jimenez? He was untouchable for a few years with the Rockies.
I want good things for Nick Gordon. Really hope he sorts things out. Great dude.
Another really good vid but that D E V I L R A Y S video got me to sub. Still hoping for a brewers vid, keep up the good work.
Zombie sound effects go crazy 😂
Weaver should be the Yankees closer imo
I didn't realize how sick the Duckworth beat was until the end of this video lol. not that I thought it was bad or anything I'm just always focused on the lyrics in that song lmao
I love how king kunta instrumental is playing in the background
30:40 i will be the only person to EVER tell you that I KNOW that backround music from anywhere its IW Zombies 🔥
As a Phillies fan Schwarber has a better Hall of Fame case than Nola does.
As a Phillies fan, this video… I like this video.
while Freeland's numbers overall are bad this year, he has a 1.71 ERA in his last 26 innings pitched, really wild stats by month, April: 13.21 ERA, May: Injured, June: 1.42 ERA, July, 1.98
Baseball is one of the sports that I never follow when it comes to the draft or player development. But I think it's because there's so little hype when it comes to young players. I feel like even the NHL has more hype when it comes to new draftees.
I follow the NFL, NBA, and NHL drafts but I can't list the draft year of a single MLB player at all. Like ever.
Great video , but did I hear right that Aaron Nola could have won 2018 CYA if not for Pete deGrom?
Bro what was that background song at 6:15? That's some nostalgic times I can't put my finger on exactly🤣🤣
The way the Braves leaned on 3 of the top 16 picks to pan out as part of their rebuild, despite not having a first round pick, then watched them all bust and still won a World Series anyway
for as much talk there is about pitchers struggling at coors, kyle freeland epitomizes what it ought to look like for anybody pitching at coors who wants to succeed. The numbers weren't great to start the year but he's been electric since coming off the IL and he has always been a dog that players rally around. For pitchers like Jeff Hoffman, Ryan Feltner, Tyler Anderson or anyone else (current or former rockies) that has struggled pitching at Coors this is in no way meant to put them down BUT it is so frustrating as a rockies fan all the time to just hear people give a cop out of an answer when pitching at coors comes up. Pitchers who want to succeed at coors find ways to adapt (i.e. Cal Quantrill) and they play with a chip on their shoulder. Lastly, success at coors just cant be measured the same if the excuse that "oh well he sucked cause he was a rockie and had to pitch at coors" is ALWAYS getting thrown around
TLDR: kyle freeland is a dog, succeeding at coors field is not impossible, and a tired narrative combined with the perpetual suffering associated with being a rockies fan has left me exhausted. Curious for other peoples thoughts on this...
21:36 Now that's a heck of a sentence to say lol