@@JordanRunge14no. He had really bad mental health issues and I agree I’m happy for him to see him succeed. If you see his T-shirt or wrist tape it says F%ck em All and he’s saying to his stress, depression and anxiety
Definitely meant biased. Just looking at the bottom where he has all the statistics, it doesn’t make any sense how Brandon Nimmo is ahead of Jameswood or Profar.
@@dcparadise3401ugh. It’s not just based on 2024. Nimmo was significantly better than all of those guys in the 3/4 seasons prior. If he doesn’t return to that form, he will go lower. Or if Profar somehow repeats his year. (Highly unlikely)
The disrespect for Steer is insane. Any good ball knower knows just how versatile and quality of a player he is. May not be a top 10 or 15 guy, but he’s gonna be in the league for a while
Facts. Cowser absolutely handled all that space made by Waltimore. Mostly O'Neill will be platooning right field with Kjerstad to start the season. To not even mention the guy who *should* have been AL RoY!? Bruh. What's a guy gotta do?
as a tigers fan, steven kwan pissed me off during the playoffs. he couldn't stop getting on base, he didn't chase, and that one diving catch he had. he's too good.
Same honestly, I was yelling at my TV because of Steven Kwan being such a fucking thorn and then immediately cooled off against the Yankees which pissed me off even more lol. Like he reminds me of those pesky Royals hitters in the early to mid 2010s who never hit for much power, but always hit and were stealing every ball hit even within 20 feet of him. I don't like him, but I'll respect the talent he has.
Ian Happ really is underrated-you can pretty much lock him in every year for 120 OPS+ and 25ish home runs along with gold glove quality defense. No, he’s not interesting, but that kind of consistent production is very valuable.
@@elasmojones his past three seasons he has an OPS+ of 117, 118, and 120 while winning a gold glove each year. Maybe this is his ceiling, but it’s also his floor, and it’s a very good one. Calling him middle of the pack while being one of the best defensive left fielders and a solidly above average hitter is just straight up inaccurate.
Like Marc said, if he’s your 4th or 5th best hitter/player, you have a pretty good team. Last season, he was 2nd on the Cubs in bWAR and OPS+, and appropriately, the Cubs were mid AF. I’m a Cubs fan, but personally, not an Ian Happ fan. I don’t think defense in LF is all that valuable for someone who is just above average at the plate. He’s also just kind of the perfect representation of what the Cubs have been since winning the WS. He was every bit as much apart of the offensive failures that the Cubs had in postseason/late season games from 2017-20, yet never really got dragged for it by fans/media the same way that Rizzo, KB, or Baez did. It also doesn’t help that the one guy that left that Cubs core that’s still great is Kyle Schwarber; someone who plays the same position as Happ and is much worse defensively, but would probably be way more valuable to this current Cubs team if he had stayed instead of Happ. While Happ does have some pretty notable great defensive plays and his hitting numbers always seem to stay consistently above average, I can’t think of one moment at the plate that he’s had since becoming a regular everyday player that really sticks out as a signature moment like the aforementioned Rizzo, KB, and Baez all had plenty of. I’d gladly take Profar, Reynolds, or any of the LFs Marc listed ahead of him over him and not think twice about it. He’s good. He’s just not good enough. But hey, if he’s regularly leading off with Kyle Tucker hitting behind him, maybe he could be due for a breakout this season. Just please for the love of God, Happer, stop being so fucking boring.
If Yelich plays, frelick will be in right. If Yelich doesn't play, churio is the left fielder and frelick is in right. Thats the way the brewers outfield breaks down Edit: in other words fangraphs is wrong about frelicks placement
Can't really be mad about the Noot rating. It feels like he took a massive step back even though he really... didn't? We just kinda came accustomed to loving the guy but 10% better than average just isn't doin' it, and it would be great to see more from him.
With the exception of only a few years, the Red Sox left field from 1940 until 2008 was incredibly Ted Williams to Yaz to Jimmy Rice to Mike Greenwell (severely underrated) to Manny Ramirez. Wow!
Crazy that the Guardians have at least 3 players in the top 10 in these so far, 2 in the top 2, and people still doubted them so heavily last year, all year.
Wyatt outside the top 10 kind of crazy. If you can justify the small sample size for James Wood getting him in the top 10. then the 2nd half of Langford> Wood
what michael conforto's stat line doesn't tell you is that he was one of the most unclutch players ever last season. idk if there's actual statistical evidence to back that up, but it felt like every time he came up in a big spot, he'd make an out. then in garbage time when the giants were losing by like 6 runs, he'd go deep. infuriating. on the bright side, heliot ramos rocks. i'm soooo excited to watch him for a full season and beyond. great video!
I came into this as a Giants fan, praying you didn't put Conforto in this video haha Ramos did really well. Can't wait for JHL to come back next season in Center!
As a cardinals fan, Lars nootbaar is incredibly impactful to our team. Looking at the number and hearing your discussion, I think that he should be ranked higher than someone like Randy
What is interesting to me about Benintendi is that he had an .830 OPS after the All-Star break. Meanwhile he was terrible at the plate the first half of the season, and in the field for the entire season. I think at one point he was at something like -2.3WAR, before finishing at -.8WAR. Based on his overall performance last year, I would say you ranked him fairly. I'm just wondering what he figured out at the plate, and if it's something he can sustain. He's definitely a useful player if he can hit like he did the 2nd half of last season. Even better if he could return to being at least average in the field. I won't be holding my breath, but I would say that I'm cautiously optimistic. The talent is still in there.
As a royals fan I have given up on Melendez and I wish other royals fans would agree. I’ll be disappointed if he’s in the starting lineup next year I really hope the royals can grab a good outfielder this offseason
It still blows my mind that there were Sox fans who wanted to trade Duran AFTER the season ended. Glad the Sox have made him untouchable. You can’t trade electric players like that
I doubt Fangraphs would project this but if for some off reason Toronto doesn’t bring in a new Left feilder than I’d guess Alan roden is the opening day LF. He isn’t a big name prospect but he’s raked everywhere in the minors
Yeah, I was wondering who he would choose for the Brewers, but Frelick was not one of my choices. Yelich or Chourio, Frelick would be in Right. I'm assuming Chourio for RF, who is going to be in CF?
Lmao Spencer Steer and Brandon Nimmo have put up identical stats over the last two seasons but somehow the younger one is one of the worst LF in the league and the 31 year old is top 10 and better than Tyler O’Neill?
Nimmo put up more WAR each of the last two seasons. He also had a significantly better OPS+ in each. The surface level stats are the same but it doesn't matter because GABP is much easier to hit in than Citi Field.
Dominguez is probably the Yankees center fielder. He’s played center his whole career and he should play the easier position. Bellinger should play left especially since he’ll be learning center or left in Yankee stadium.
as a first time watcher and non-subscriber, i think you should intro exactly what it is you’re doing. you named two yankees players…so i gathered this is projected started left fielders for the following season. but there wasn’t anything to indicate that to me, a first-time viewer and relative baseball newbie. including info about where they played/who they played for in the prev season BBRef graphics would be nice, too.
Bro, Sal frelick literally won the gold glove in right field… he doesn’t play left field. The brewers have two players who played left field more than frelick last year. Their literal 2 best outfielders
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thanks 🙏 can’t believe marcs lazy ass can’t just put this in himself
Thanks alot 👍
hell yeah thanks dude
big if true
thx
I love Duran getting the respect he deserves, what a comeback story for him
@@JordanRunge14no. He had really bad mental health issues and I agree I’m happy for him to see him succeed. If you see his T-shirt or wrist tape it says F%ck em All and he’s saying to his stress, depression and anxiety
#DuranStans
as a red sox fan, watching Duran everyday was such a blessing
As a Red Sox fan I got scared you forget about us, then I remembered just how good a year Duran had.
yeah, its weird, Duran played more CF than LF in 2024, but in 2025 hopefully rafaela will be in CF and duran in LF
Nimmo ahead of O’Neil Profar Wood Ramos is wild
Absolutely
Mets Bias. Nimmo was trash after his hot start which is worse than starting cold
Definitely meant biased. Just looking at the bottom where he has all the statistics, it doesn’t make any sense how Brandon Nimmo is ahead of Jameswood or Profar.
He had an injury. Yeah he's Mets biased but when Brandon Nimmo when's MVP you'll know who told ya
@@dcparadise3401ugh. It’s not just based on 2024. Nimmo was significantly better than all of those guys in the 3/4 seasons prior. If he doesn’t return to that form, he will go lower. Or if Profar somehow repeats his year. (Highly unlikely)
And that’s why Pete Alonso will resign with the New York Mets as a Left Fielder and lead them to the promised land.
Why are all astros fans gay?
@@RobbPanicI think I get ur point😂
Bc they’re trying to cover up their cheating scandal so they act gay so they’ll forget but us Yankees fans will always remember and dodgers fans
@@Washingtonwieners factually correct.
As an A’s fan, our starting left fielder is for sure going to be Miguel Andujar. Seth Brown will probably play 1st base
The disrespect for Steer is insane. Any good ball knower knows just how versatile and quality of a player he is. May not be a top 10 or 15 guy, but he’s gonna be in the league for a while
As an Orioles fan, Cowser is staying in left. O'Neill will play right, (especially if Tony doesn't get resigned)
Facts. Cowser absolutely handled all that space made by Waltimore. Mostly O'Neill will be platooning right field with Kjerstad to start the season.
To not even mention the guy who *should* have been AL RoY!? Bruh. What's a guy gotta do?
Ian Happ 🔥🔥🔥
Ian Happ 🗣️🔥🔥🔥
as a tigers fan, steven kwan pissed me off during the playoffs. he couldn't stop getting on base, he didn't chase, and that one diving catch he had. he's too good.
Same honestly, I was yelling at my TV because of Steven Kwan being such a fucking thorn and then immediately cooled off against the Yankees which pissed me off even more lol. Like he reminds me of those pesky Royals hitters in the early to mid 2010s who never hit for much power, but always hit and were stealing every ball hit even within 20 feet of him. I don't like him, but I'll respect the talent he has.
@@Nirvana24826 personally he reminds me of ichiro in mlb the show lmao
Ian Happ really is underrated-you can pretty much lock him in every year for 120 OPS+ and 25ish home runs along with gold glove quality defense. No, he’s not interesting, but that kind of consistent production is very valuable.
My boy Happ is a RL default skin, but man do I love him on our team. 🔥
I kinda think that Happ is middle of the pack. Left field is kinda weak tho it's like 2nd base...boring.
@@elasmojones his past three seasons he has an OPS+ of 117, 118, and 120 while winning a gold glove each year. Maybe this is his ceiling, but it’s also his floor, and it’s a very good one. Calling him middle of the pack while being one of the best defensive left fielders and a solidly above average hitter is just straight up inaccurate.
@@JSO18 True, I hadn't finished watching the video yet. Didn't realize just how weak left field was.
Like Marc said, if he’s your 4th or 5th best hitter/player, you have a pretty good team. Last season, he was 2nd on the Cubs in bWAR and OPS+, and appropriately, the Cubs were mid AF. I’m a Cubs fan, but personally, not an Ian Happ fan. I don’t think defense in LF is all that valuable for someone who is just above average at the plate. He’s also just kind of the perfect representation of what the Cubs have been since winning the WS. He was every bit as much apart of the offensive failures that the Cubs had in postseason/late season games from 2017-20, yet never really got dragged for it by fans/media the same way that Rizzo, KB, or Baez did. It also doesn’t help that the one guy that left that Cubs core that’s still great is Kyle Schwarber; someone who plays the same position as Happ and is much worse defensively, but would probably be way more valuable to this current Cubs team if he had stayed instead of Happ. While Happ does have some pretty notable great defensive plays and his hitting numbers always seem to stay consistently above average, I can’t think of one moment at the plate that he’s had since becoming a regular everyday player that really sticks out as a signature moment like the aforementioned Rizzo, KB, and Baez all had plenty of. I’d gladly take Profar, Reynolds, or any of the LFs Marc listed ahead of him over him and not think twice about it. He’s good. He’s just not good enough. But hey, if he’s regularly leading off with Kyle Tucker hitting behind him, maybe he could be due for a breakout this season. Just please for the love of God, Happer, stop being so fucking boring.
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As a giants fan this makes me so happy!
Also, can we acknowledge he hit one in the mccovey cove as a right-handed rookie
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Hell yeah! He is a beast and it looks great for the giants
Even a Yankees fan, I have to admit I absolutely love Jaren Duran and think he is a fucking beast! Great vid man
If Yelich plays, frelick will be in right. If Yelich doesn't play, churio is the left fielder and frelick is in right. Thats the way the brewers outfield breaks down
Edit: in other words fangraphs is wrong about frelicks placement
3 Oregon State LFs all starting next year in Kwan, Larnach, and Conforto 🤯
Can't really be mad about the Noot rating. It feels like he took a massive step back even though he really... didn't? We just kinda came accustomed to loving the guy but 10% better than average just isn't doin' it, and it would be great to see more from him.
a healthy season with ever day playing time could be good for him so we shall see.
With the exception of only a few years, the Red Sox left field from 1940 until 2008 was incredibly Ted Williams to Yaz to Jimmy Rice to Mike Greenwell (severely underrated) to Manny Ramirez. Wow!
Crazy that the Guardians have at least 3 players in the top 10 in these so far, 2 in the top 2, and people still doubted them so heavily last year, all year.
Sal Frelick is our RF. Chourio is our LF and Yeli will DH/split time in LF with Chourio
Riley Greene at #3 is very impressive
Spencer Steer below Jesus Sanchez should be a crime
And that is why Brandon Nimmo deserves to win the next 5 MVPs and World Series Champs
He's a great guy. Sadly that doesn't earn rings... at least not world series rings
Wyatt outside the top 10 kind of crazy.
If you can justify the small sample size for James Wood getting him in the top 10. then the 2nd half of Langford> Wood
as a cardinals fan I do not mind the noot disrespect, he had a mediocre season(partially due to injuries)
Ay btw Seth brown is in the minors and Miguel andujar is the left fielder
Im so sick of the "and that is why" comments bro 🤦🏾 please stop
Yelich and chourio are the brewers LFs. Not frelick buddy
Yeah that drove me crazy
Yeah marc has to pay more attention than take one look at fangraphs projected lineups
Nice job Marc! Looking forward tomorrow's rankings
what michael conforto's stat line doesn't tell you is that he was one of the most unclutch players ever last season. idk if there's actual statistical evidence to back that up, but it felt like every time he came up in a big spot, he'd make an out. then in garbage time when the giants were losing by like 6 runs, he'd go deep. infuriating.
on the bright side, heliot ramos rocks. i'm soooo excited to watch him for a full season and beyond. great video!
I think Noot being at 15 is right. I think he has potential to be top 10 at the position but injuries really set him back.
Thank you for the happ recognition. He’s too underrated
Ever told how much I love this channel
Ian happ definitely 1😂
Where’s Christian yelich?
I get there would be some bias...but Nimmo over Profar? I mean...come on.
I came into this as a Giants fan, praying you didn't put Conforto in this video haha Ramos did really well. Can't wait for JHL to come back next season in Center!
Christian Yelich?
I legitimately hope Morel gets it together with the Rays. He's one of my favorite players and him being successful would be a huge bonus for the Rays
Your videos are always so diverse and interesting! I look forward to new releases! 💕😚
Thank you for your attention to detail! Your videos are always top notch! 🐱💞
Your videos are always so informative and informative! Thank you for this! 💋🔥
Man, I remember Benny Biceps when he was part of the Red Sox Killa Bees defense
Glad to see Duran get more recognition
Very cool! Thank you for your attention to detail! 💖😘
As a cardinals fan, Lars nootbaar is incredibly impactful to our team. Looking at the number and hearing your discussion, I think that he should be ranked higher than someone like Randy
Halfway There, wow!! Outfield has begun!
Biggest Rise: Tyler O’Neil, 19 to 10 (9 spots)
Biggest Drop: Chas McCormick, 8 to 27 (19 spots)
What is interesting to me about Benintendi is that he had an .830 OPS after the All-Star break. Meanwhile he was terrible at the plate the first half of the season, and in the field for the entire season. I think at one point he was at something like -2.3WAR, before finishing at -.8WAR. Based on his overall performance last year, I would say you ranked him fairly.
I'm just wondering what he figured out at the plate, and if it's something he can sustain. He's definitely a useful player if he can hit like he did the 2nd half of last season. Even better if he could return to being at least average in the field. I won't be holding my breath, but I would say that I'm cautiously optimistic. The talent is still in there.
As a royals fan I have given up on Melendez and I wish other royals fans would agree. I’ll be disappointed if he’s in the starting lineup next year I really hope the royals can grab a good outfielder this offseason
It still blows my mind that there were Sox fans who wanted to trade Duran AFTER the season ended. Glad the Sox have made him untouchable. You can’t trade electric players like that
I doubt Fangraphs would project this but if for some off reason Toronto doesn’t bring in a new Left feilder than I’d guess Alan roden is the opening day LF. He isn’t a big name prospect but he’s raked everywhere in the minors
Great to see the James wood recognition😊
Sal Frelick is definitely not the brewers LF
Yeah, I was wondering who he would choose for the Brewers, but Frelick was not one of my choices. Yelich or Chourio, Frelick would be in Right. I'm assuming Chourio for RF, who is going to be in CF?
@ Mitchell will be in CF
@@chasewitty1149 Not Perkins?
@ No, mitchell is the better hitter and plays pretty good defense. Perkins will be a bench player
Lmao Spencer Steer and Brandon Nimmo have put up identical stats over the last two seasons but somehow the younger one is one of the worst LF in the league and the 31 year old is top 10 and better than Tyler O’Neill?
Nimmo put up more WAR each of the last two seasons. He also had a significantly better OPS+ in each. The surface level stats are the same but it doesn't matter because GABP is much easier to hit in than Citi Field.
@@LaptopGuy-km4bhand? That doesn’t excuse them being 16 spots apart. This guy is horribly biased
Thanks for reminding Giants fans that we traded away Bryan Reynolds for half a year of Cutch.
Dominguez is probably the Yankees center fielder. He’s played center his whole career and he should play the easier position. Bellinger should play left especially since he’ll be learning center or left in Yankee stadium.
And that’s why the Mets will sign Roki sasaki and he will pitch to a 0.46 era with 300 strikeouts and lead the Mets to the World Series
THE 12 DAYS OF MLB RANKINGS
I think steer is better than jones for sure
❤️! OUT TIGER: Riley Green! The number one reason that Detroit's momentum will continue. Fun stuff,! 💫💫💫
1:10 keep calling them the oakland a’s
Pretty good list
The Langford disrespect is wild. Ain't no way James wood and Arozarena's ABYSMAL season are better than him
Duran certainly doesn't need a tennis racket!
if colton cowser isn’t #1 right fielder we’re gonna have a problem
W rankings😊
Please react to Sammy Sosa's confession
Nimmo over Profar is wild, no way
I can’t wait till he does RF and obviously puts Soto 1
Why do I feel like every single player had a clip of them teeing off on my Red Sox 😂
This is truly one of the left fielder rankings of all time
ramos at 14 is crazy
12:42 angels fan here, calling wards defense good is head scratching at best
Which Duran cards did you buy??
Utility players tier list
Owners tier list
That’s why Brandon Nimmo is the best left fielder of all time
IAN HAPP MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
Verdugo is underrated. Just watch the 2024 World Series.
As a red Sox fan it was excruciating to watch him play
Love Nootbar but he’s never had a full season and always hurt or his numbers would be up around the other top 12
Mets glaze is crazy
Nootbaar just got slapped in the face by Marc’s hand 😢😭
riley greene respect finally
as a first time watcher and non-subscriber, i think you should intro exactly what it is you’re doing. you named two yankees players…so i gathered this is projected started left fielders for the following season. but there wasn’t anything to indicate that to me, a first-time viewer and relative baseball newbie.
including info about where they played/who they played for in the prev season BBRef graphics would be nice, too.
Jaren Duran played center for us, why would he switch to left
Kristian Campbell or Roman Anthony are going to get called up soon
respect chazzy fizz aka meatloaf aka chaz michael michaels
God damn I love me some Jaren Duran
I think Bellinger is playing left and Dominguez is playing center
Larnach homerun against Littell knocked a fan out lol
Bro, Sal frelick literally won the gold glove in right field… he doesn’t play left field. The brewers have two players who played left field more than frelick last year. Their literal 2 best outfielders
You know it’s bad when the dodgers don’t have someone in the top 15😂
9:30 brag
love the jersey
Nimmo will be top 5 next year!
just look at nootbaars savant page, all the signs show that he should be a top 10 lf next year
JASSON DOMINGUEZ FC, WE ARE HEREEEE
brandon marsh prob moving back to center field. Nick Castellanos prob in Left field
Tirso Ornelas erasure smh
Heliot Ramos will propel himself into the top 10.
I'll bet Colton Cowser starts in LF with Oneill in RF
Duran did not need a tennis racket