How One Change SAVED Giancarlo Stanton’s Swing
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Giancarlo Stanton is a man of extremes. Whether it's his 6'6, 245-pound frame, his 500-foot home runs, or the way he eats his Kit-Kats, Stanton's exploits will often leave onlookers wondering: just how does he do that?
From a young age, it seemed that Giancarlo was destined to not only be the tallest and strongest batter in Major League Baseball, but one of the most fearsome as well. As a member of the Florida - and later, Miami - Marlins, Stanton has been a highlight reel regular, setting records for everything from exit velocity to home runs, a pattern he's continued into his time with the New York Yankees as well. But this journey, one which has earned him a spot among MLB stars like Mike Trout, Aaron Judge, and Barry Bonds, has not been an easy one.
In this video, we'll take a look at how Giancarlo Stanton has, time and again, worked to fix his swing, identifying areas for improvement and making the necessary adjustments. Along the way, we'll explore the Marlins pair of World Series wins, the series of trades and fire sales that followed both, and how not even a 59 home run season was enough to save Stanton from ownership.
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TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - 0:44 Intro
0:45 - 3:32 A Fishy Past
3:33 - 4:44 Upside
4:45 - 6:56 Becoming Giancarlo
6:57 - 9:52 Adjustments
9:53 - 13:36 One Small Change
13:37 - 15:00 The Firesale - กีฬา
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Giancarlo doesn't hit the ball, he *hurts* the ball.
He *assaults* the ball
He *tortures* the ball
He *murders* the ball
He *explodes* the ball
He obliterates the ball
Can’t believe he was the 3rd youngest player at 232 years. Still a great video, love all your content and learning new things about the game we all love.
Technically 252 if you count the first 20.
@@robbiearroyo2292 232 is counting the first 20. It was "20 years, 212 years".
These videos always blow me away. The amount of work you clearly put into them is astounding and deserve a lot of credit. Thank you for doing what you do!
Not saying there isn’t a ton of research and work put into this video, there clearly is, but if you haven't watched foolish baseball's channel you will SERIOUSLY be blown away
Can’t believe people seriously called this guy washed after his first injury riddled year with the Yankees. No one has hit more homers clean post-Maris than this guy.
People just like calling Yankees free agent signings washed
@@yankmyass Stanton's not washed, rather inury-prone and strike-out prone making him expensive and vulnerable against high-end pitching......
Judge might
@@BASEBALLfreakFORlife Judge did
The Marlins short history has somehow been one of the craziest in all of baseball
It really has. They continue to seemingly be at the core or at least a junction in some of the biggest career paths of the modern era. No one goes or watches, and they continue to find themselves entrenched in some of the more bizarre scenarios we have seen teams in. With the right ownership and better asthetic/logo/marketing they could have been a behemoth fanchise. Especially considering that Latin population.
They were my first lesson in economics as a 90s kid in NY. F*ck Moneyball, where’s Marlins ball?
Every teacher preached consistency, yet I saw an expansion team win two WS using a repeating ‘on/off’ approach. Was a team judged by playoff appearances or WS titles?
Looking back I wonder why I got picked on a lot 😂… and still distrust consistency. Those f’n Marlins.
@@jeffrey.a.hanson lol Marlins gave you trust issues
2017 firesale officially ended my 12 years as a marlins fan.
From 2005 d-train, 06 back to .500 after 20 games under, 09 peak Ramirez, till the death of Jose Fernandez...
Will you come back if things start looking up next year with their prospects developing and coming up?
@@kurtwagner350 Im trying to. I'm from Ohio but I live in Miami now.
Def trying to get back into it. Honestly, the firesale killed my love for watching/keeping up with baseball.
I still use them in the MLB the Show.
What about that 2020 playoff run?
@@supermario_49 completely missed it haha
Haven't paid attention since the firesale.
Hopefully next year I can get back into it. Goto some games
@@kurtwagner350 just long enough for those prospects to blossom and be sold away again
There’s a lot of torque in that swing, but it’s so efficient in the core/mid body, I could see Stanton having relevance through his power later into his career than most. We aren’t expecting .300+ seasons from him anyway. I’m frankly just surprised Stantons numbers aren’t even better. I really thought he would end up being an Adam Dunn type but with better athleticism and contact. I thought we would be getting 40+ a year from this dude for most of this decade but injuries have taken their toll. I hope Judges ascension can elevate some of that stress and allows him to find a groove.
As a Marlins fan, I remember that July 2017 stretch so well. It was one my best moments watching marlins baseball
We need more videos,these are amazing!
This is incredible content with top notch quality keep it up!
I love this in depth analysis
How could you not like him he’s a great baseball player but he’s a great person as well
Few people know anything about him as a person. They talk about him like he's a commodity. New York is a difficult market.
Ah Giancarlo, underrated hitter. Thanks!
I remember when Giancarlo was Mike Stanton was back in 2007
😂🤣😂
I had a Mike Stanton card lmao
So long ago homie was still Mike Stanton 😂
Mike stanton sounds a lot cooler
Yeah ok bill
@@kuhfusskatsadventures it really don't though. Basic names are basic.
@@kuhfusskatsadventures no it doesn't.
@@yankmyass I respectfully disagree
I feel sorry for the few Marlins fans out there. They've seen so many great players over the course of their history and although enjoy two world championships, probably would have a lot more of them as well as more postseason appearances if management would simply stop selling off their best talent just to make a quick buck.
The new Expos
It's a weird love hate thing. I love the Marlins but every trade & free agent signing feels like death. These past 2 years have been great but now that Kim Ng is gone I feel like it's all gonna crumble away
The small change was changing his name from Mike to Giancarlo. Would of been in the record books either way. But Giancarlo is way more memorable then… Mike
Didn’t change it… he was actually just embarrassed by the name when he was young. I was lucky enough to coach him and Tyler Skaggs on a travel team in Encino, Ca my first gig out of pro ball. 🙏🏾
Great video. I always thought Stanton closing his stance had to do with calming his nerves because after he got hit in the face by that Mike Fiers fastball, he wasn't the same for a while
He said it was about finally trusting himself.
after the off season they traded stanton,ozuna, and everyone away i stopped being a marlins fan, ended up becoming a mets fan in 2018 cause of my dad. if the marlins went back to their original logo and uniforms tho i’d consider being a house divided
That possible 106 pace is insane lol still mad no sense they traded him and Yelich
Marlins Stanton was so fun to watch!
Something to watch yay
I remember going to alot of Portland sea dogs games as a kid, when Charles Johnson and Edgar renteria.where there.
I really dig this channel
Yes he does the best baby beautiful beautiful yeah baby I love this guy
that 03 team was really good
Nah the real reason is because he changed his first name from Mike to Giancarlo
Started going by his first name.
They're both his names; his middle name is hyphenated. Having an Italian name (or anything that's not common) as a kid is rough because kids are mean and lazy about pronouncing things properly, and sometimes teachers aren't great at it, either. Most people still pronounce his name incorrectly. Including people who call the games.
@@poisoninlethaldoses he's not Italian lol
@@Dezzyyy His mother chose an Italian first name for him. It's not about ethnicity. You'd know that if you were paying attention.
@poisoninlethaldoses1083 his mother chose a Hispanic first name for him, as she stated she wanted him to embrace their Puerto Rican heritage, however, many Latino and Hispanic naming conventions are derivates of Spanish and Italian and even French naming conventions.
Let's goooooooooo!!!! Got the day off and a new baseball historian video!
Well this 15 minutes is up what are you doing with the rest of the 23hrs now
@@hrjr5165 rewatching this video on repeat what you mean?
I wouldn't call it a minor change. Closing your stance off by that much is a drastic change
Judge said he learned a lot from Stanton
That's because he shares a lot of knowledge. Have you ever seen the two of them going over footage together in the dugout during the game? Other players will come over to check, too. I've seen guys double-check with him before going up to bat. He's going to be an awesome coach some day. He's really calm and patient when it comes to that sort of thing. Even when he was sitting out, guys still went up to him with the iPad to ask about pitchers. It says a lot about what he brings on and off the field.
I have noticed this also I used to have a open stance and I switched to a closed stance it has worked every since I retired in 12 but my brother retired and became a umpire look up Tyler White AA Eastern League
He’s the best
Thank you #2
Im a marlins fan 4 life
who would have guessed changing his name from mike would revitalize his career
He still hit some pretty nuts linedrive home runs before changing his swing if this video is correct.
I think a lot of players need to close up. I always felt like guys who stayed open didnt have confidence in their hand speed to catch up on inside heat but it can also make your front hip fly open early if your mechanics arent spot on. Hence the ever so common 6-4-3 DP.
Have to disagree with the stance on why the Marlins traded him and the others. After José died, there was no real point on trying to upkeep that offense when a complete rebuild of pitching was about to happen. Awful situation, but the best thing to do was blow that team up.
5 years later and the team is even worse off now. The 2017 team was at least fun to watch. The Marlins now are depressing to watch with the exception of Alcantara's starts.
I never put it together before that Mike Stanton and Giancarlo Stanton was the same person.
The change to his swing does remind me quite a bit of how Sammy Sosa adjusted his swing to bring his shoulders down and be quicker to the ball. And we know how that turned out for Sammy.
Fire
Would love to see you do a video on the rise and fall of Josh Hamilton
Fun fact: Stanton had more home runs than Aaron Judge at this point in the season. I know people were talking about Stanton during his 59 HR season, but, not as much as people are talking about Aaron Judge now. This is why I dislike the Yankees and Dodgers. Their players always get overhyped and their fan bases are toxic af.
Not all Yankees fans are toxic. I'll speak solely for myself, here. Yes, the Judge talk is enough at this point (If he wasn't such a decent human-being, I'd hate him because it's never-ending.). He will either break the record or fall short. Either way, he's had a good season.
Huh, the media was heavily invested in Stanton's historic homerun season.... Id say even more so then Judges current season, in terms of both the media and baseball fans because that season Judge was also on a HR tare and had ended the season with I believe 49 or 50 HRs himself...
so yeah, Stantons legendary season got tons of coverage because it was the first time we seen two players in such a tight HR race for the all time record since the Sosa, McGwire (tainted) era.
It was easily 10x more exciting and way more air time coverage and causal viewer excitement because it involved 2 players racing to beat the all time record.... rather then 1... who happens to be on one of the most hated teams in baseball.
@@TysonHook-22- It wasn't ALL the media focused on Giancarlo. It was emphasized more in Florida because the Marlins had nothing else going on for them to put people in seats, despite having a good core of players. Attendance was for his home runs, and what he was doing was special, so it drew additional attention to the team. The questions he was asked were similar, but his response to all of it was different. He's not Aaron, nor should he be. He constantly said it didn't matter if they weren't winning. He meant it. It doesn't seem like Aaron is counting, either. They are similarly laid back. The Marlins screwed themselves trading away a player of that magnitude, as well as dealing the rest of the core away. Hopefully the Yankees make an offer Aaron and his team are comfortable with. I don't feel the need to compare the questions and media attention, but if you want facts, I am happy to go there.
@@poisoninlethaldoseslol yes, sports media as a whole should absolutely be silent and quit discussing and covering a historic season in the happening.... we get it he hits the ball hard and far... and why even stop there, i mean, who really cares about that Ohtani fellow? we get it, he pitches and hits.... so what big deal! im sooo sick of hearing about these generational talents and there historic seasons, give us a break already, am I right or am I right!
Like did yas just start watching sports/sports media yesterday... cause these are kinda the moments that its all about and im a Jays fan but as much as I hate the Yankees, Im a big fan of Judge... and i love anytime I get to see a player in my favorite sport having a historic season.
@@poisoninlethaldoses lol im a Canadian, Bluejays fan and the 2017 Homerun record race between Stanton and Judge is when I became a fan of both of those guys, the media coverage definitely spot lighted the significance of what Stanton was doing right along side Judge that season.
C'mon now, just think logically for a second, judge is one person hitting over 50 HRs on his way to potentially breaking the Maris 61 record this season... well back in 2017 the media had not 1 but 2 players to rave about on the road to 61...
tracking there HRs each game, arguing about who will come out on top at the end of the season, whether or not either of them will even hit the milestone number or not...
Judge was a young rookie, Stanton was the veteran breaking out, Stanton was looking to take back to back HR derby wins... but a rookie all star named Judge showed up and dethroned Stanton... on his home turf in Miami... like c'mon, the media was of course heavily invested in the battle between the two.
The man should be charged with war crimes with what he does to baseballs. 😂😂
When he hits it, it goes, when he misses, he misses by 3 feet.. he’s been missing by 3 feet more often than not…
"One Small Cycle for Man, One Giant Leap for Home Run Power"
I didn't even know he was that young
This was very informative. I'm glad I watched it.
Marlins are the MLBs best Fram system
I wish he can tone back his swing effort with the Yankees. He could be so great if he made mor contact and limited strike outs
5:25 The man had an incredible debut for a 232 year old 😬😬
A baseball hill I’m willing to die on- Giancarlo Stanton’s first name is Mike.
Yooooooo, Blue Crayon Head!
We need an owner that cares more about winning than cash for the Angels
So he was 232 years old 😂
Glad I’m not the only one who caught it
Sadly he hasn't hurt the ball as much as in the past.
Yeah, i dont like pitching to this guy in video games. Its fucking hard trying to get him out. Dude really is that guy.
Slashing .226/.308. IRL isn’t “that guy” as far as being really hard to get out. You just can’t make mistake pitches or he’ll punish the ball
I don't follow baseball very much anymore and as a matter of fact I could probably only get half of the world series winners of the last 10 years correct and would probably be off a year or two on a couple of them. NFL is probably taking over everything with UFC not far behind and I've always been a big boxing fan. Also an NBA guy. There's only so much time in so many sports. But as an outsider I just wanted to point out something I found very strange. When you first show the average exit velocity change that Giancarlo Stanton made all I was doing was looking at the large drop in his numbers though he's still above 90 miles an hour in 2017 but what I did notice that was very odd about those two lists that you made was that in 2016 there is no Miguel Sano. In 2017 april/may you have him listed at 97.7 mph which is a full two and a half miles an hour more velocity than anybody else on the list. How do you go from not even being on the list to leading the list by two and a half miles an hour? I'm a numbers guy and that is part of my attraction to sports and I used to do scorecards and all of that when I was a big baseball fan in the seventies and maybe even into the early 80s but that is an oddity. So since I knew nothing about the player I went to make sure that that wasn't his rookie year but has Ricky year was 2015 so this isn't something that just happened because it's his first time there and he happened to top the list. All I can infer from your list is that he is at least four miles an hour faster than the year before and that's only presuming that he was the next guy down on the 2016 list which is a huge presumption that I'm going to guess is incorrect. He's probably somewhere in the top 20 and if I cared more I would look it up but all I'm saying is that guy made a huge leap and hugely happen naturally in sports. I don't know a thing about him I'm not saying he's on Roy's but that's an awfully big change in the exit velocity in whatever amount of time it took him to get there and I still don't know how many miles above 4 he had to change to become number one in 2017.
Did Bonds play a role at all in regards to Stanton's different approach?
4:50 “Mike” Stanton? I always confuse his name with Mike too.
Ohhh, so it DID used to be “Mike”.
Did you really title it that instead of Giancarlo Stances
Had to skip through a ton of stuff I already knew so I could watch the point of the vid
Giancarlo Stanton doesn’t get hit by pitch, the pitch gets hit by Stanton
If the Pirates would have pulled the trigger on a trade for him in 2012 they’d have won at least 1 World Series between 2013-2015
The 20 years, 212 years made me laugh. Great vid though haha
future HOF
It looks like he had yet another adjustment to make before the 2022 season that he completed, complementing Judge and carrying the Yanks on his back till the All Star game. Now he’s trying to figure it out once again.
Another excellent program. You know your baseball. . . and you know your words. At 14:46, you said, “. . . which raises the question . . . .” Thank you for NOT saying ‘which begs the question,’ which would have been, as I’m sure you know, a laughable error, suitable for the linguistic blooper reel. You post cool stuff. Thanks.
All you have to know is Luria was the Expos owner. They did this crap the whole time he owned them. I knew as soon as Stanton’s huge deal was signed, he was gone in a year or 2 max. Luria cares about profit not wins.
Derek Jeter, right after joining the Marlins, traded him to the Yankees as a gift.
They were the only team from his list that reached out with a legitimate offer. The Dodgers passed. He said yes to the Yankees immediately. He handles New York incredibly well.
Well Barry Bonds as your hitting coach doesn’t hurt. The Guardians need to hire him. We need help bad hitting
Made of quavers statue gets a video! Noice
Rob Manfred should of stopped the trade let the marlins firesale 3 times like wtf
Joey Gallo might benefit from easing his swing to 75%.
So why can’t he do this now
And Joey Votto still deserved that season’s MVP
Good to see a Yankees legend getting his due.
I felt like this was the change that made him less effective. He had some initial success but his home run numbers have been down since he closed his stance. He drives through the ball and got more hip rotation when his stance was closed.
Hi-zane-guh
Swinging so hard is causing most of his injuries
Very long video, for "ONE SMALL CHANGE".
I wish the Marlins would have kept Mike Stanton.
It was never going to happen. Old ownership group gave him that contract knowing they wouldn't be around to pay it. It was never likely a new ownership group would want to keep such a massive contract either. Fish got some great years from Stanton, and likely his best ever single season at least.
His name is Giancarlo
@@georgesiblesz Was really awful how Jeter got set up as the fall guy on that one.
Truly the only thing anyone could levy as a negative in this guy's whole life. Very underrated, IMHO.
@@harrison127 He didn't decide to be ethnic until is was cool. Soft, IMHO....
@@pullt he did it because people in america couldnt say it, roberto clemente did the same, calling himself bob clemente
I really enjoy alot of your videos.
If I could make a couple suggestions for the future, perhaps take a few steps back with the video titles and go for something shorter and a little less baity. Might just be me, but I wrote off your videos at first because I assumed they'd be lower quality than they are by their titles.
Lastly, perhaps practice taking a less formal tone and manner of speaking when your doing your videos. I refuse to believe you actually talk like this (deep apologies if you do), and as of right now you sound a bit like a newscaster, or a documentarian on ESPN at 2am. A more informal tone is less tiresome on youtube I think, makes it feel like a friend telling you some cool stats/histories rather than a lecture.
Regardless, I'm just a guy. Keep it up man, this site needs more quality baseball content.
Wow the Marlins had so many good players play for them. And they all left or got traded . Idiot front office or did mlb not want them to take over mlb? Florida is a high market no? Idk why they wouldn’t let them shine.
The Marlins are the MLB equivalent of ADHD.
Shatter records? I don't know what record book your looking at but he doesn't have ANY homerun record of significance.
Totally not drugs...
Whut
So that's why when he stands at the plate, it looks like he's not even ready to swing the bat? He has the ugliest swing in baseball... but it works.
How come no one talks about his unsual size difference from when he was a Marlin? Steroids forsure.
Was the change steroids?
marlins are the reason i stopped watching baseball
As plausible as Joey Bats changing his swing and hitting 52 homeruns... its called PEDs!
TL;DW
It's the roids. Another Mcguire story. Nothing to see here
dude is all natural. Don't even try to say he juices
Lmao somebody's jealous
Bro his performance changed overnight mid season. That’s not juice lmao
@@blakebailey23 I agree that he's not juicing but your reasoning sounds exactly like a juiced player
IDK - He looks like he's juicing.
@Milo Romeo Why do you think that?
He's a Yankee now. Yankee stars get special treatment.
@@Inquisitor6321 no they don't lmao, Yankees players get the most hate in the league. Stop creating this "Yankees are so previleged" narrative
When the name change happen that wasnt why he change his name. Not even gonna finished the video u have no clue what u talking about. ..why u little kids doing videos like this?
Half this guys at bats hes on his heels waiting to walk back to the dugout