MLB's Biggest Bust Is Getting Out Of Hand

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MLB's Biggest Bust Is Getting Out Of Hand
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@iTalkStudios Ай бұрын

Do you agree that the Detroit Tigers should send Javier Baez to the Guong Dong Tigers?

@Jimmy-the-hampter.12 Ай бұрын

Yesn’t anyways I got the poll right 🤟😎🔥🔥🔥

@Trojandcarts Ай бұрын

No bro you overreact about Baez

@Jimmy-the-hampter.12 Ай бұрын

@@TrojandcartsYesn’t

@CommentConqueror Ай бұрын

Yes those tigers are more his speed. Baez is what you get when you go shopping for what you want but what you're after isn't in stock.

@fatssalvador9140 Ай бұрын

Pay 70 million and ship him ANYWHERE

@christendo5733 Ай бұрын

At what point does Baez finally start asking himself "maybe swinging at every damn pitch just isn't working out"?

@tommyfu9271 Ай бұрын

as long as the money keeps hitting his bank account never

@wingracer1614 Ай бұрын

Swinging at every pitch gets him off the field quicker. Now all he has to do is fake an injury and he can sit at home while collecting all that dough

@otgbaby4615 Ай бұрын

It got him over 100 mill, I think it’s working just fine.

@DionysusAlS Ай бұрын

His strikeout rate is actually lower with the Tigers compared to the Cubs, according to Baseball Reference. But his hard hit rate has fallen off considerably. When he was in Chicago, he would mash the ball... when he didn't strike out, that is.

@MichaelHawkins-yd6ge Ай бұрын

Cant teach old dog new tricks this is who he was when he was getting mvp votes and he hasnt changed

@jimc.goodfellas226 Ай бұрын

Javy Baez has over 1000 more strikeouts than walks in his career....let that sink in

@goldlion9066 Ай бұрын

There's no sink here wdym

@BrutusJrThe3rd Ай бұрын

That’s insane. Idk what happened to buddy

@Denozo88 Ай бұрын

@nomercyinc6783 the stats don't mean shit on their own but their indicative of how your performing.

@Brah42 Ай бұрын

That's unbelievable.

@lw3764 Ай бұрын

He drew walks so infrequently that Cubs announcers were like, "Oh wow!" when he'd get a walk.

@TheGOOFYLAUGHS Ай бұрын

I was at a tigers game a couple of weeks ago and had a vendor throw me a bag of peanuts. Baez swung at it and struck out. Edit: I will say even though Baez is just awful at the plate, his defense is top tier and he is an animal on the base path. He might not be anywhere worth his contract but he really does make some highlight reel plays at short that I think one maybe two other SS would be able to make. Credit where credit is due.

@username-kn3oh Ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@dvbagnasco Ай бұрын

This is great

@user-xi5qt7zs5w Ай бұрын

great joke :)

@marktaronji4694 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@davidburke9596 Ай бұрын

The throw must have been low & outside.

@paulhampel8084 Ай бұрын

Javier Baez is married to the low and away pitch. I mean he is ten kids and a farm married to swinging at the low and away anything.

@dalhousiekid Ай бұрын

🤣👍

@danielwallsten332 Ай бұрын

Yea I noticed the same thing throughout this vid. It’s always a curve or breaking pitch low and on the outside part of the plate

@johnjost4033 Ай бұрын

Award winning comment 😂😂😂😂

@RandallBalls Ай бұрын

I think you meant to say Nick Castellanos, signed abPhillies fan

@samcotten2485 Ай бұрын

People identifying this as an award winning comment have no clue 😂 I understand the point, but reading this out loud makes it completely incomprehensible. Put a few more words in there lad

@iamsithazagoth3728 Ай бұрын

Javier Baez knows the strike zone as well as Angel Hernandez.

@lightechoes Ай бұрын

Ouch. 😂

@wolftanktreads9085 Ай бұрын

That’s why he’s swinging, angel would call it a strike anyway haha😂

@NOT_Brian 29 күн бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

@jameszetterman4487 Ай бұрын

As a Cubs fan, it really hurts to see so much of the 2016 core struggle this much. I guess I'm glad we let them all go, but I would have enjoyed seeing them succeed at least a bit on other teams.

@waffles2waffles Ай бұрын

Same. I feel bad for him as I still see him in his Cubs jersey, but the worse he and the other 2016 players play, the better letting them go looks for Chicago.

@Sicaughtik Ай бұрын

Same. Javy was my favorite Cub for like 3 years in a row. I watched him develop all the way from 2A ball and told my mom how he was gonna be a star before he even hit triple A. Before she passed in 2018 (thank god she lived to see them win it all) one of the last things she said to me was "you were sure right about Javy." I'll never forget that and it makes it even sadder to see him turn into this.

@user-sx9ds6dk7c Ай бұрын

We'll always have 1-0 over the Giants in the playoffs. Solo home run by Javy Baez.

@ZombieKid-.- 23 күн бұрын

As a White Sox fan, I can't laugh any harder 😂 Cub fans acted like they were gonna easily three peat after needing 7 games and 10 innings to beat the Indians lol😢

@jameszetterman4487 23 күн бұрын

@@ZombieKid-.- Imma let that slide because I know you're struggling right now.

@yogaflame30 Ай бұрын

We should at least acknowledge that Baez is showing us how the average human being would compete against Major League pitching.

@thebeauchinator Ай бұрын

Not really, most average humans would probably just leave the bat on their shoulder and not swing at pitches a foot out of the strike zone with that much consistency.

@Sicaughtik Ай бұрын

He's so far from average, that's the crazy part. With the Cubs we watched him make superhuman defensive plays and put up crazy offensive numbers and then it just... stopped. I'm beyond thankful our front office knew when the jig was up but I'm still stunned to see the player he's become. How does it all go so wrong after playing well for years? Did the guy make a limited time deal with the devil?

@addisonfrance Ай бұрын

@@SicaughtikDetroit sucks the soul out of people. They leave here and do great. They come here and do bad 😂

@Sicaughtik Ай бұрын

@@addisonfrance I mean, he was definitely in decline before he left Chicago but then he put up decent numbers with the Mets so who knows. I just can't believe how he fell off a cliff when it comes to offense. It's like he's going blind and hiding it from the team looking at some of those pitches he swings at.

@addisonfrance Ай бұрын

@@Sicaughtik 🤣 yeah he swings for the fences I love Javy tho. But being from Michigan, Detroit teams don't have the best culture excluding the bad boy pistons.

@chrisuncleahmad Ай бұрын

He’ll always be beloved by Cubs fans for what he did on the North Side, but man the fall has been steep

@ftb3817 Ай бұрын

He was so fun to watch on cubs and so painful to watch on the tigers

@MCHammer79 Ай бұрын

Baez is straight cheeks 😂

@Mannyr-bu7qv Ай бұрын

It sucks he's so fun to watch when he's on.

@ftb3817 Ай бұрын

@Mannyr-bu7qv he actually since getting booed after hitting his first Homer this year like 4-5 games ago has been one of their better players. Not saying much since they got a bottom 3 offense and small stretch but I hope he can just be close to average and have some flair in big moments again

@jamesrawlins735 Ай бұрын

As a Cardinal fan, we had our own version: David Freeze. We owe him a ton for what he did in 2011 - but outside of that post season in 2018 for the Dodgers never was worth the money he kept asking for.

@brendan9868 Ай бұрын

If you need perspective on just how bad Chris Davis’ contract was, he will be making more money retired this year than Gunnar Henderson, Adley Rutschman, Jackson Holliday, Jordan Westburg, Colton Cowser and Grayson Rodriguez combined.

@eamonkelley3811 Ай бұрын

The curious case of the 2016 Cubs. Most of the players on that team fell off a cliff shortly after that championship.

@paulwt9783 4 күн бұрын

That is simply not accurate, no. There is a span of time between the 16 title and all the core position players leaving in free agency. If they had fallen off a cliff right after 2016, they wouldn't have signed massive contracts elsewhere.

@eamonkelley3811 4 күн бұрын

The core players didn't leave in free agency they were traded because that young team that won in 16' couldn't maintain their success after 2018.

@paulwt9783 4 күн бұрын

@@eamonkelley3811 ? They were traded ahead of leaving in free agency, bc they would have been extremely expensive as a group and the team had no pitching in the system.

@sickboy703 Ай бұрын

At this point why would any pitcher ever throw a strike to him? He'll swing at garbage off the plate.

@user-pp8fe7ht6n 28 күн бұрын

Well he walked out once this season so...

@kevhead1525 Ай бұрын

With some guys it seems to be, once you get the money, the drive goes away.

@brandon-ww3mu Ай бұрын

But to be honest, Baez has never been a superstar. Sure, he is talented defensively and USED to hit some homers, but he was/is always too much of a free swinger with no plate discipline whatsoever. He's never improved

@astoriacub Ай бұрын

@@brandon-ww3muwhich was only going to get worse as Baez ages and his bat slows down.

@billmcg1676 Ай бұрын

Rendon is in that club - granted he has had injuries - perennially.

@jasonfullerton7763 Ай бұрын

Bryce Harper proves it doesn't have to be that way.

@TheScotian82 Ай бұрын

Wait spoiling the F out of a guy makes a spoiled F of a guy?? Shocking.

@unklesalty3732 Ай бұрын

The Baez signing is why Al Avila is collecting unemployment. The guy is literally a guaranteed out. I’m still holding out hope Scott Harris can convince Chris Ilitch to buy Baez out.

@Yahtzee_09 Ай бұрын

Al was the only person that wanted Baez and now he's gone. He also passed on drafting multiple shortstops in the last draft he was involved in (took Jackson Jobe) and then passed on all other shortstops available as free agents.

@robertcampbell8070 Ай бұрын

Honestly, Baez might be the LEAST of Avila's mistakes, that's how bad he was.

@Jack-iu5um Ай бұрын

Scott Harris is too much of a moron himself to do anything good for the org

@CalebWilliams2030 23 күн бұрын

If they buy him out, maybe he can go to the Cubs and it might light a fire in his eyes and rekindle past success. Wishful thinking on my part lol.

@jeffrey.a.hanson Ай бұрын

His struggle is tied to the rise in pitchers with multiple curveballs and not being part of a winning team. Winning hides the mistakes and build confidence. Kris Bryant was also much better when every game was meaningful.

@Lucky-sh1dm Ай бұрын

Bro KB’s fall off was insane. Genuinely was hyped up as the next Trout Lmfao.

@nightruler666 Ай бұрын

Krys bryant wasnt the same after he got hit in the head

@greghughes6098 Ай бұрын

That's the biggest BS causality loop I've ever seen

@CalebWilliams2030 23 күн бұрын

@@nightruler666 I looked it up. Ironically it was the Rockies that did that, for who he plays for now.

@seen48 Ай бұрын

As a Mets fan, I did not want to resign him and am so glad we didn’t. Same thing with Carlos Correa. Dodged a few bullets there. Baseball needs to adopt some sort of incentive based payment system. These 6-7-8 year contracts at 20-30 million per year are just ridiculous in my opinion, with zero incentive.

@bkjustice9390 Ай бұрын

Absolutely! If they ever tried that though, the players union would not let it fly. Baseball would literally have to end and then a new league started minus a union. Which might not be a bad idea!!

@seen48 Ай бұрын

@@bkjustice9390 definitely wouldn’t be a bad idea at this point.

@SDSOne Ай бұрын

Yet so many people did. Unfortunately that trade ends up not working out but it made a lot of sense at the time and he had some big hits for the team. But yes thank goodness they avoided this disaster

@DemonKingBadger 27 күн бұрын

I am generally of the opinion more than 5 years is a mistake, albeit with some exceptions

@alwilsonwastheman Ай бұрын

I was wondering why it was so windy here..i just live 3000km away from detroit..finally figured out its the " javier baez swing and a miss effect" .

@Luke7169 Ай бұрын

Not often the Cubs get the best years out of a player

@dennisdezarn5895 Ай бұрын

Lou Brock and Greg Maddox agree wholeheartedly. So does Raphael Palmero.

@billmcg1676 Ай бұрын

Big LOL when you said "teams told Boras to eff himself" - just your tone and delivery - spot on.

@Eveanator Ай бұрын

The GM that signed him has since rightfully been fired by the Tigers.. Al Avila is possibly the worst GM ever in MLB history. He also traded away Verlander and JD Martinez and got almost nothing in return. Total failure.

@PeopleRTellingme Ай бұрын

He’s even worse when you consider what he inherited, he took an organization that won the division, or challenged for it every year and turned it into the laughing stock of MLB.

@DemonKingBadger 27 күн бұрын

As a Royal fan, I had to deal with 15 years of Herk Robinson and Allard Baird. We essentially traded Jermaine Dye straight up for Neifi Perez during that time

@stillaboveground2470 Ай бұрын

I thought Morganna the Kissing Bandit was MLB's biggest bust.

@bak-mariterry9143 29 күн бұрын

😆😅🤣

@cahg3871 9 күн бұрын

That’s awesome,remember her back in the day,lmao.

@stillaboveground2470 9 күн бұрын

@@cahg3871 I remember her front in the day! 😁

@heyitswesty Ай бұрын

I'm a Tigers fan. Javy has an OPS+ of 7. Single digits. He's the best defensive shortstop the team has. The only person who could potentially push him out of his job is injured in the minors right now. Say what you will about how bad Javy is -- and he's been awful -- he's the best option the team has at the position right now. Sad to say but there it is.

@unkledoda420 Ай бұрын

Hey his OPS+ was 3 like a week ago, so he's improving....ever so slightly (and slowly). Maybe he can get it up to 50 by the end of the season. 😂

@robertgordon7983 Ай бұрын

Wencell perez could play ss

@heyitswesty Ай бұрын

@@robertgordon7983 he can't ht. He shouldn't even be up.

@robertgordon7983 Ай бұрын

@@heyitswesty he hit pretty good at aaa. I’d rather take a flyer on him than the garbage Baez has been for the last 3 years

@RM-pg4js Ай бұрын

Baez was never a SS..his POS is 2nd base..when he started this SS crap?

@JFred720 Ай бұрын

Al Avilla single handely ruined the tigers.

@aidanwow1593 Ай бұрын

2:29 Bruh the catcher is setting up behind the LH batter's box. The pitches could've hit an LH batter and Baez still swung at them.

@ftb3817 Ай бұрын

Watch a tigers game it' happens every day man Actually don't watch the tigers none of them can hit super boring

@cmason87 Ай бұрын

and angel hernandez would call it a strike

@DemonKingBadger 27 күн бұрын

He pretty much always been that way

@markeverhart-xu7hh 23 күн бұрын

Over and over and over . Think dude would learn

@eddiecruz4521 Ай бұрын

Baez doing his best Pedro Cerrano impression 😂😅

@AS34N Ай бұрын

It's wild. My military buddy and I used to say up late on guard shifts talking about how wild baez was doing and how much of a phenom he was. This was in 17-18...how times have changed for all of us.

@michaelpagano7819 Ай бұрын

What does Baez not swing at omg lol. Those clips. Not even close! 😂

@trublaze Ай бұрын

Pitches in the zone?

@SgtPrice1000 Ай бұрын

At this point, I'm fully convinced that any one spectator selected at random from the stands and sent up for one at bat would have better plate discipline than Baez. His mind is on a constant setting of "if I see baseball, I swing bat" 😂

@DemonKingBadger 27 күн бұрын

I will either walk or strike out looking.

@dalethelander3781 Ай бұрын

On the plus side, nobody could punk the Pittsburgh Pirates like Javy Baez. That slick baserunning also gave Jomboy the best and fastest-produced breakdown video ever.

@L34VITT Ай бұрын

Pretty sure I could strike out Javier Baez by intentionally throwing my mean 65 mph fastball one foot left of the strike zone every time 🤣

@slyjokerg 4 күн бұрын

May 17 & 18th... Baez: 7 for 9, 4 doubles, 6 RBIs, 3 runs.

@cassandranugent2443 Ай бұрын

The problem with Baez is the plate discipline. If he could correct that, he’d look more like he did in Chicago. He’s incredible on the defensive end, but at what point does his inability to hit become too much?

@Big_Chungus96 Ай бұрын

Im a dedicated tigers fan, i look on each brightside i can, even with baez seeming as his glove at SS seems great and he's overall pretty smart on the bases, but it's getting so hard to defend him. I had hopes when he showed up to spring training early because to me it meant he was dedicated to trying to improve for the fans but how is it you can have a whole offseason, hours of clips, with top dollar trainers and you STILL cant hit? I get players get the yips but this is absurd.

@nickromo6383 Ай бұрын

I’m a cards fan and have seen Baez for years. Dude looked like a flashy hot shot when you have hitters like Bryant, Schwarber, Rizzo, and Contreras to back him up. Literally take the movie signs and “swing away”. Just knew it was a matter of time before the strikeout king was exposed. Sitting here with my popcorn and a smirk. Tigers should have hired me as a consultant.

@titusgroen Ай бұрын

Baez swings at things out of the zone like he’s being played by me in the MLB the Show 😢

@edgardbmedia Ай бұрын

Its nuts because he has crazy pop. But that swinging at the invincible ball is just insane. Im happy the Mets didn’t sign him

@SparJar Ай бұрын

Fans need to try a standing ovation like what seemingly help Trea Turner last year and Lindor this year.

@aye_yo_mick Ай бұрын

As a Cubs fan, it was obvious Baez was an iffy player, and not worth a huge contract. But I could've never imagined he'd perform THIS bad

@FrayedQube Ай бұрын

I love that he believes the solution to his terrible plate discipline is getting stronger to swing harder at the air

@iTalkStudios Ай бұрын

Very bold strategy

@noahfrizzell2737 Ай бұрын

As a Cubs fan I saw a lot of “prime” Baez and I was shocked when he got that deal. He would swing at ANYTHING. There’s a lot of pitchers with better plate discipline

@Soma2710 Ай бұрын

God, as a Cubs fan, watching that compilation of Baez whiffing on breaking balls was painful. Anytime he got down in the count, we all knew what was gonna happen.

@SeanMcConkey27 Ай бұрын

4:27 is crazy

@ericheisler5351 Ай бұрын

Author doesn’t remember how disasters the Ryan Howard contract was for Philadelphia. Once he tore his Achilles that was it.

@275Vet-RLTW Ай бұрын

Cough, Anthony Rendon... Cough

@alandesgrange9703 Ай бұрын

The worst!

@ftb3817 Ай бұрын

I'd take Rendon over baez. Atleast Rendon admits he don't fookin care

@MBJ000 Ай бұрын

At least rendon is actually good and led a team to a championship

@dalhousiekid Ай бұрын

He was so great for us Nats, but since then...dunno what happened to him

@rcruz262 Ай бұрын

@@MBJ000 Baez didn't?

@username-kn3oh Ай бұрын

Baez is playing cricket with some of those swings 😂😂😂

@user-xi5qt7zs5w Ай бұрын

good joke

@elchancho8432 Ай бұрын

Coach Trev said Baez would have a monster year with 40 bombs 😂 Never let him live that down lmao

@greeneyesms Ай бұрын

Coach was talking about 1 hour after the buffet.

@DemonKingBadger 27 күн бұрын

Baez is the type to hit 40 HRs and still hit .180

@greatlakes4753 Ай бұрын

Looks like a slider way outside is his favorite pitch to swing at.

@TheLeroy125 Ай бұрын

Jesus, that highlights reel of my man Baez taking cuts at balls progressively further and further off the plate was cold. Why you do him like that xD I'm not a tigers fan, or a cubs fan so I'm hoping this is a specifically edited reel of his most egregious fails and not just a reel of consecutive at bats cause if it's just consecutive at bats that would be insane. My man is routinely chopping at balls that would hit a left handed batter. On the bright side he's ready for that angel hernandez strike zone. Noone's gonna catch him looking for strike 3 8 inches off the plate, he was already swinging anyway xD

@staidenofanarchy Ай бұрын

Its like he decides to swing before he even sees the pitch

@fr2ncm9 Ай бұрын

Boy the Mets dodged a bullet by not signing him. I remember at the end of his fantastic half season with them, some fans were urging the brass to sign him to a long-term deal.

@jrm2383 6 күн бұрын

Brewers fan here. I love watching the Mets, cubs etc. flailing around with enormous payrolls, as the smallest market has made the playoffs consistently the last 6 years

@Sicaughtik Ай бұрын

Javy was my favorite player for years as a Cubs fan and it's so sad to see what he's become. Did he hurt his eyes or something? How does someone go from 2nd in MVP voting to this shell of a player in just 5 years?

@DemonKingBadger 27 күн бұрын

Aged 5 years, and his hitting style didn't leave much room for decay.

@kiefdemon1979 Ай бұрын

Javi said the same thing about booing when he was on the Mets.

@TheScotian82 Ай бұрын

Man. Imagine your organization giving these guys HUNDREDS of MILLIONS of dollars, for F ALL. What a deal. Just ridiculous. It needs to stop. Pay them like human beings and charge fans something affordable to go to games..Because treating these guys like gods simply isnt warranted. Never was.

@notsosilentmajority1 Ай бұрын

What ever happened to "diminished skills" clauses in contracts? Have teams really been stupid enough to do away with them? I'm pretty sure they are still in effect in the NFL, and most of the NFL contracts are not long term guarantees. If you sign a player and are paying him a huge salary and he just stops being able to produce to the point of Baez, the "diminished skills" clause should go into effect and Baez should lose a lot of money and/or be released outright. These fully guaranteed, multi year deals without a "diminished skills" clause are ridiculous. Imagine a "regular person", like a plumber or something, receiving a normal salary of around $75,000 dollars a year and all of a sudden the guy can't solder, thread pipe, stop a leak, install a toilet, etc.. That guy that 's making a heck of a lot less than $20+ million dollars a year will be gone quicker than you can blink your eye. The same should hold true for athletes, especially with the amounts of money that's being thrown around. That clause used to be a thing. We, the fans, are paying $8 - $10 dollars for a hot dog so this guy can hit .200 and then mock the fans by cupping his ear when he FINALLY gets an extra base hit?? Really?? I'm not a huge fan of booing my own players either but at some point you have to light a fire under the guys butt. What should everyone do, act like everything is great and not put a little pressure on the guy? That can lead to "acceptance", or something similar. Pressure can be a good thing, especially at $20 million dollars a year and fans chipping in for those salaries.

@pray4us955 Ай бұрын

You missed the part where MLB contracts are guaranteed unlike the majority of the other major sports. Also remember that both the players union and the owners agreed to those terms. The MLB players union is not afraid to go on strike to get what they want, which is evident by the multiple strikes they've had in the last 30 years.

@pray4us955 Ай бұрын

Comparing a common plumbers diminished skills to an elite athletes diminished skills is in no way comparable. First off, you are ignoring the massive amount of economic value sport teams and players bring to their respective cities. Athletes can have an economic impact for cities for decades after they are retired. The best plumber in the city can get in a car wreck one day and break his leg. Yeah he might miss work for a couple weeks, but eventually they'd go back to work and be just as productive as they were before or close to it. A plumbers diminished skillset and their economic impact is negligible when compared to a professional athletes. And their are "diminished skill" clauses for MLB players. These are called team options/free agency/DFAs/trades/arbitration. Baseball players have rights just like any other employee and they have fought hard for years to be protected. Look into the Oakland A's teams of the 80s that were perennial WS contenders and see what their owner did to those players and avoid paying them.

@notsosilentmajority1 Ай бұрын

@@pray4us955 I covered the fully guaranteed contracts. Apparently, you missed the part where I said these fully guaranteed contracts without a diminished skills clause are ridiculous. Yes, the owners and players union agreed on certain conditions that take care of the overall terms but they do not cover the details of each individual contract. Each player has their own specific contract, so these clauses can be placed in any contract, it's up to the player to sign it or not. I'm sure most players today would just refuse to sign a contract with that clause in it. Although, you never know how a player feels about their ability or if they feel like they are fortunate just to make it to MLB and are willing to sign a contract like that. As a matter of fact, in September 2002 the Chicago White Sox invoked a "diminished skills" clause in Frank Thomas' contract and refused to pay him his full salary for that season. Here's a portion of the ESPN story - The White Sox sent Thomas a letter on Oct. 6 telling him they were invoking a "diminished skills'' clause in his contract, a lawyer with knowledge of the talks said Tuesday on condition of anonymity. That clause would reduce his base pay to $250,000, and defer most of his nearly $10 million salary. Thomas can choose to terminate the contract and become a free agent. If he does, he would then have 45 days to explore the market or return to the White Sox contract. I'm not sure what the final outcome of this situation was but it just shows that there can be these clauses in contracts, and there have been these clauses in contracts of MLB players. www.espn.com/mlb/news/2002/1015/1446467.html

@notsosilentmajority1 Ай бұрын

@@pray4us955 So, you now agree that there are "diminished skills" contacts in MLB? Your initial comment seemed different. Also, I responded to your prior comment as well, showing an actual "diminished skills" clause being initiated against a big named MLB star. Also, one player does not a league make. One contract does not affect a city, town or state. Not sure why all of the economics are being brought into this discussion, we are talking about a "clause" being put into certain players' contracts, nothing else. Yes, the A's "management/ownership is a train wreck, just as some other ownership groups have been, but that's not what was being discussed at all. There shouldn't be a rabbit hole to jump into and discuss other things. Now that you agree that there are "diminished skills" clauses there's really nothing more to discuss. Those clauses should be in place for certain players, or even most players, and apparently they are in place for certain players. That's all that was really said from the beginning.

@TheScotian82 Ай бұрын

@@pray4us955Let them f'n strike then. Remember last time when fans were literally willing to say "K Bye"?

@edinzecena3874 Ай бұрын

One of the best channels I subscribe to, keep going brotha!

@metfish Ай бұрын

Mets dodged a bullet by not resigning this strike out machine

@iamsithazagoth3728 Ай бұрын

9:18 First time he didn't swing. Unfortunately, it was a strike.

@robustbottlecap Ай бұрын

You reckon maybe at one point he does stop trying, and just do whatever to justify his contract at the very least? It's like faking attendance to at least justify your good grades you don't even earn

@OilCompany95 Ай бұрын

Im glad my prime watching was 20 years ago, when the players played

@frankez1975 Ай бұрын

Subbed, great perspective on Baez!

@richs3655 Ай бұрын

If you've been booed for you're entire career, then that says more about him than any fan. He comes off as a prick.

@HHH-ye1ro Ай бұрын

Baez: off speed outside. Damn! ADJUST!!

@killeh6083 Ай бұрын

Its unfortunate that half of the Tigers lineup are automatic outs because they have a pitching factory.

@anthonygenovese7578 Ай бұрын

Surely he gets told by his coaches to stop swinging at crappy outside pitches. Probably just says "shuddup I know what i'm doing i'm an mlb shortstop"

@NigelThornbery 20 күн бұрын

I know Rosario is nowhere near the same situation and the Nationals are only paying $4Mil this year for him but id say Rosario is the worst hitter in baseball right now.

@YouTubeCommenter8 Ай бұрын

As a cubs fan I have to admit, I don’t know why they thought he was a franchise player to begin with. He doesn’t have it like that, he’s just electric to watch sometimes. I love everybody on that World Series team but just based off that daddy hack type swing you had to know right?

@anthonyradu5154 17 күн бұрын

The Tigers picking the cheapest of that shortstop class will haunt them for years.

@illiniguy34 Ай бұрын

I remember being sad in 2021 when the Cubs traded Baez along with Rizzo and Bryant but after seeing his tenure in Detroit, I’m amazed by how bad he’s been.

@PeterTea 18 күн бұрын

As a Cubs fan, thanks Tigers.

@robertbluestein7800 Ай бұрын

I’d like to see what you think about a similar situation in Houston with the .083 hitting Jose Abreu. He is loved by players and fans much like Carlos Lee was - but anaemic at the plate. The Astros have holes defensively and are aging and need a spark plug in the worst way.

@fatdingo8251 Ай бұрын

Loperfido will be that guy

@michaelbaucom4019 Ай бұрын

Never has the adage " Learn to take a pitch " been more apt

@hempbox-ec4xq Ай бұрын

Love the channel

@ThatOneDude219 Ай бұрын

Dude swings at anything within 3 blocks of home plate

@shayab20 Ай бұрын

Congrats on 150k 🎉🎉

@tankeater Ай бұрын

1:02 he got hit with a strike... That's pretty embarrassing 😂

@DionysusAlS Ай бұрын

I'm wondering if he's injured and concealing it from the team (not likely) or if he might not even realize it and the damage has become a normal state for him. If so, it's something that doesn't show up in a physical. If he's completely healthy and still playing like this, that's really bad news for the Tigers. They can't keep trotting him out there every day and expect to contend. They'll have to do some sort of platoon with another player, or make Baez a late-inning defensive replacement and utility player. I'm in Chicago and Javy was obviously a fan favorite here. His decline has been pretty shocking. Looking at the advanced metrics, his strikeout rate is actually down a tad since he joined the Tigers, but his hard hit rate is way down. He's just not squaring the ball up like he used to. Injury might explain that, or maybe he's simply lost it. It happens to professional athletes all the time.

@toms7114 Ай бұрын

I can understand making a short term contract with extensions at a premium, and allowing for renegotiations after a couple of years. Yet making a contract for more than 4 years doesn't make sense from a team perspective. Assume a pitcher will have UCL issues in those 4 years, so you are only going to get 2 years from them. For position players they will be at a minimum 25 when entering free agency, meaning after 4 more years they will be 29 and a lot of players start to lose their skill at the plate in their early 30s, and injuries happen a lot more once a player gets to their late 20s so expect to only have them play for half a season each year. No player is a good long term investment unless they are big league ready at 19 and you sign a big contract for at most 10 years with a possible extension for up to 5 more for the same value as the 10 first years.

@qnvk2232 Ай бұрын

I don’t know why, but I swear I thought Javi Baez had already retired. I was probably very drunk or daydreaming

@Noah-tu2nw Ай бұрын

Bro keeps blasting out the best videos every day

@josetabora4444 28 күн бұрын

As a Mets fan, I was so surprised to see Baez drawing walks im his 2nd half of the 2021 season to the point where he actually improved his OPS, OBP, and B. Avg from when he compared to when on the Cubs that season and ended up having a good year. He was the power bat that they needed that year (unfortunately they missed the playoffs), but he just fell WAYY off after that. This needs to be studied.

@SDSOne Ай бұрын

The irony that baseball players get the most absurd contracts but stay on the bench or IL for things that hockey players would call minor annoyances, is obvious and stark. As a NYC fan, listening to radio hosts, and reading articles from writers who speak to the lowest common denominator fan about why Steve Cohen should go and literally burn money on big names , is legitimately funny. Thank goodness fans don't run teams. So easy for them to tell an owner to hand some guy a 8 year 300 mil deal so he can suck by year 3 and get hurt by year 4.

@NotMeNaNaNa Ай бұрын

6:01 and 6:12 the rare times it seems big league coaching actually worked and he had an inside-out approach to drive those outside pitches the other way vs the seemingly 1000’s of terrible swing to pull so hard it hurts at pitches on the outer 1/3 or 6” or more off the plate.

@imoorzy 7 күн бұрын

that video intro was great. making the audience think the video was gonna be about story just to fake us out was a 10/10 also it's pretty funny how the only pitches he didn't swing at in the video were actually in the zone

@stephenswinehart 28 күн бұрын

Al Avila’s crowning achievement in a long line of sweet moves right here. Dude swings at everything and it hurts to watch.

@krishisel5316 Ай бұрын

That outside pitch just eating Baez up. 😂😂😂😂

@tommybotts 18 күн бұрын

This is why I'm against baseball expansion. There are already not enough good players at the major league level to populate the existing 30 teams. Adding 2 new teams to MLB isn't going to make the sport better.

@person1192 Ай бұрын

Bro bamboozled us with the poll again

@Erschophone Ай бұрын

A video that compares the Anthony Rendon contract with the Javier Baez contract would be interesting. An argument could be made about either one being the worst.

@chrisweidner4768 11 күн бұрын

The most expensive defensive wizard in the game; Baez. Guy hits like he’s a big guy. Needs to scale it back and put the ball in play where they aren’t.

@unkledoda420 Ай бұрын

Damn Javy is bad. I've never seen a player strike out so often on pitches a foot or more off the outside of the plate. Dude is up there swinging away at pitches that would hit a left-handed batter.

@dme1016 Ай бұрын

Well, he didn't strike out with that big-azzed contract. Bro deserves major props for that....

@charlienelson8026 Ай бұрын

Whenever I’m bored I come to u, thanks 🙏

@jwspiker 20 күн бұрын

as a cubs fan, i love baez, he has to be in the right system and right team IMO. his time in Chicago will always be remembered.

@triggertimetraining6963 Ай бұрын

The best and worst thing the Astros owner and GM did was not give Bregs a new contract (best thing) and sign Jose Abreu (worst).

@georgelambrakos5819 Ай бұрын

That's on the Tigers, the moment that contract was signed any baseball fan who knows anything about baseball knew it was a terrible signing...

@Paulburg3r Ай бұрын

Where is the recaps

@JobberJim Ай бұрын

That’s fuzzys deal

@hennybreenssports9388 Ай бұрын

@@JobberJimfr

@Paulburg3r Ай бұрын

@@JobberJim I like watching both, different perspectives

@JobberJim Ай бұрын

@@Paulburg3r fair enough

@e-erg-mann3111 Ай бұрын

Can you talk about the Alek Manoah fall iff

@TheScotian82 Ай бұрын

I thought we had our CC Sabathia. 😅😅

@bazzer124 Ай бұрын

Cubs fan here. During his tenure with the team, Baez was exciting to watch. The excitement was for his defense as his offense was average to mediocre at best. He parlayed that into a hugely overpriced contract with the Mets, then the Tigers. Personally haven't missed him here in Chicago. Cheers....