The Puzzling Disappearance of Yermín Mercedes...
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- Yermín Mercedes took the league by storm in April of 2021, and was near the top in most leaderboards in key offensive categories, as well as a front runner for the rookie of the year award. But following a disaster run of form in May and June he was sent to the minor leagues, and in the season following, played only 31 games in the majors before once again being optioned. He spent the 2023 season playing in Mexico but with no contract in 2024, have we seen the last of Yermín Mercedes on an MLB diamond?
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Title: The Puzzling Disappearance of Yermín Mercedes
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Great video. He did play in the independent Venezuelan Major League in 2023 and put up very solid numbers there albeit in a lower level of competition
I'm glad you enjoyed! Are those stats on baseball reference? I can only find his stats from the Mexican league and then the Dominican winer.
He played for Tigres de Aragua, my hometown team
The Jeremy Lin of baseball
Naw, Lin played in 9 NBA seasons.
Jeff Francoeur is more of a Jeremy Lin than anyone else.
@@jacobredmond4127 Actually that’s more accurate lol. Gotta come up with a new analogy now
*Yeremy
Lin played like 10 years in the league bud
The 3-0 Home Run in a blowout ignoring the Take Sign was not helpful. LaRussa was unpopular and they used his chastising Yermin as an excuse to bang on Tony and his old school ways. The retirement was the same thing. It was a distraction to the MLB club even though he was in Charlotte.
Jim Callis talked to the farm director of the White Sox and Yermin was actually picked In the minor league phase of the Rule 5 draft. .He didn't have to be protected on the 40 man, he only had to be on the Triple A roster and the Sox could not have taken him. They had a scout who said Yermin could swing it, so they took him to get a look.
Excellent point, not covered in video. If you are a “career minor leaguer” and blatantly disregard instruction from your manager, who already happens to be in the Hall of Fame, you are not long for MLB. No matter how unpopular LaRussa was. And stop with the bat flips. Mickey Mantle was loved by teammates and opponents because he never showed up opponents. Hit mammoth home runs, put his head down and ran quickly around bases. Pitchers could easily have brushed him back because of leg issues, but they never did.
@@jnjtigerSo in other words, pitchers didn't act like crybabies around him.
I thought that Mercedes was the guy that caught the wrath of LaRussa, but it wasn't mentioned , so I am glad that you brought it up !
There’s nothing wrong with bat flips if you’re an elite player. They’re lame if you’re a career minor leaguer
Yermin Mercedes will always be close to my heart because I went to a giants game where he got hit by a pitch in the bottom of the ninth which led to a walkoff grand slam
That's awesome! Glad you got to see him play!
Not uncommon. A lot of rookies (no matter what age) break in to the Show with a splash and appear to be the next big thing....up until big league pitchers figure them out and then the ride is over as quickly as it started.
Yup you’re right. I’m a Jays fan, so I’m hoping Davis Schneider isn’t a part of that group. But from what I’ve seen, I’m confident he’ll be an above average hitter at the plate. 115 OPS+ next season and I’ll be happy.
Yup, this could be a vid about a thousand other players if not more. Except it has seemed to happen to the White Sox a lot recently.
Kevin Maas
@@PlasticPellets Yeah there was a frenzy in New York over Kevin Maas. He hit 10 home runs in his first 77 at bats in the big leagues. Quite the feat. Yet his career lasted....3 years.
Chris Shelton, Keston Hiura come to mind
great video! Was shocked to see such a low sub count for this extremely well done video. Look forward to watching the rest of your stuff
Thank you so much for your kind words! I’m glad to have you come along!
He is right now playing in the mexican summer league LMB for the Saraperos of Saltillo
sad his career foreshadowed the 2020s white sox so far, started off great looking super bright then out of nowhere falling off a cliff, it’s hard being a sox fan man💔
I feel for you man, it’s definitely been a tough time for you fans. At least Robert should be there for 4 more years!
@@3-0Greenlight Yeah, If he could just stay healthy for an entire season
Saw him in October 2021 at a hotel in glendale Arizona
It’s always smart to remember not to get too excited about hot starts in baseball. The season is a marathon; there are guys who have an all star first couple months but have completely fallen off by late august
This isn’t surprising tbh. Lots of good ball players come up light it up for a month or two then get figured out and can’t adjust to the league’s adjustments. That’s what separates good ball players from great.
Exactly! I'm very interested to see how Davis Schneider does in his first full taste of the big leagues next season.
After a disappointing 23-24 with Toros del Este, he played with fair success for the Tigres de Aragua at Venezuela. Season is over, so don’t know where he is right now
Ya I had trouble finding out where his next move will be, I checked his Instagram too but found nothing unfortunately.
5:15: "Pitchers started figuring him out". They usually do.
HOW DO YOU NOT EVEN HAVE 1K SUBSCRIBERS keep up the great work
Thank u so much! I’m glad you enjoy!
That is a great story. The difference between the minors and MLB is that pitchers at the MLB will figure out hitters and execution the game plan. You have to be able to adjust as a hitter as pitchers adjust. He just wasn’t able to do so. It happens but none of this takes away from what he accomplished in that short amount of time in the show.
I agree it doesn't take away for his incredible streak!
I never expected him to hold his skill, the fact he couldn't shake off the drama he was at the center of, i doubt he is gonna have the grit to even make it back let alone be good
That’s what I tell everyone who gets hyped up over any prospect who does well during their initial call up
I say let’s see them do it for 5 to 10 years before we say their great
Seen to many guys tear it up for a few weeks or months then disappear
When yasiel puig came up someone asked me you rather have him or mike trout on my A’s I said neither I’ll take Bryce. Trout is the best player in the world but a left handed power hitter is a rare talent puig can’t even get a job in mlb
In baseball it can take several years to reach your potential. Even one good full rookie season doesn’t mean you’ll have a good career.
How do you not mention the Tony LaRussa incident? It was his involvement that initiated the downturn!
You’re right, I just didn’t want to get into all the controversy surrounding that moment.
@@3-0Greenlight make a part 2 dude
@@3-0Greenlight The irony is that you did show a clip of that at bat, but only quickly and with no comment on it
As a soxs fan I thought yermin was amazing until he hit the grand slam and that was an unwritten rule and that finished him
Yup, it's pretty crazy because if you look at his game logs that's exactly the point he started to suffer with the bat...
Well, it wasn't a grand slam, it was a solo HR. But, it seems the way LaRussa handled the situation, choosing to chastise Yermin, coincided with Yermin's slide
He singing to a team in the famous los amigos softball league
I remember I bought 20 of his rookie cards and everything fell apart 😂
Oh no 😂
It was actually Tony Larussas fault for his decline
TLR was a bad fit for those young White Sox players for sure.
The “ unwritten rules “. 🤬😡🤬.
I’m a Cardinals fan but I absolutely hated TLR on that team and his treatment of Yermin was a massive reason
All these couch potatoes criticizing one of the most winningest managers of all time
dont matter if you're "one of the winningest managers of all time" if youre not changing with the times and ruining young talent stop dickriding@@mam362
Hoping when the giants had picked him up he had a resurgence
I was hoping so too.
Hitting coach took away hus stride. Notice he stopped lifting his front leg. Shoulda stuck with what worked.
He was okay on the giants, seemed to have some promise
He did have some nice moments with the bat in SF for sure, but it was hard for them to find a spot for him in the field with his subpar defense. That ended up hurting him a bit that he could only be used as a DH.
He played in the Dominican Republic Toros del Este.
he did but he didn't have a good spell there. I wonder if he'll get a gig somewhere for 2024 I can't find if he's signed anywhere.
@@3-0Greenlight I hope yeah, but he kinda out of baseball form. I think he’s moving on from the sport
745th great vid
Thank you so much I appreciate it!
you can blame TLR
He was a bad fit for the young team the Sox had...
@@3-0Greenlight terrible man i was upset and still am
Bet he wishes he'd laid off all the tacos. Always had a body that was ready for retirement.
19th percentile for sprint speed 😬
I dont know who had a bigger dropoff him or aquino
Tony La Russa ruined his confidence after he pimped a homer in a blowout against the twins
Why you didn’t talk about the 3-0 moment that’s when he declined
I don't think TLR should have been so hard on him, but I didn't want to bring up that moment because there was a lot of drama. Just trying to keep that stuff out of the vids.
Sounds like Elly Da LaCruz
Willians Austudillo fault
Ya Tony La Russ was not happy about that lol
Couldn’t hit had no defensive position
He went on such a massive steroid cycle that year and his body just couldn’t take it anymore
Ever since he pimped that home run that came off willians astudillo, he fell off😂
haha yup, ever since Tony La Russa shamed him for it he went from a .364/.410/.571/.988 to a .162/.236/.207/.443 afterwards...
Obviously, never in shape. Stunning that White Sox continually field players out of shape, Lance Lynn one of latest examples. Clearly, MLB teams developed a book on Mercedes and he could not adapt to their strategy. MLB awash in data - they call it analytics - and every team has same information. What previously might have taken months to discover about a player, now takes days. If you cannot adapt, you’re history.
Yup, and that was the case with Yermin unfortunately...
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Not puzzling at all
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