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It’s quite telling how many pitchers in this video had a major career fall off and then the next clip is them in an Angels uniform

4 of the better picks in this draft are now current Phillies lol

patrick mahomes was selected in this draft by the tigers and i think thats funny

The worst thing that could happen to a young pitcher, worst than a Tommy John, is to be drafted or traded to Colorado. Coors will welcome you to the big leagues

There was a time when I lived in East Texas and I would often stop in Shepherd on my trips to Houston, since it's a nice and quaint little town. So I was pretty excited when Tyler Kolek was drafted second overall. It's a shame that Tyler's career never materialized, and the fact that Stephen was able to Majors this season may be one of life's greatest ironies. Anyways, fun video.

Choosing high school pitchers in the first round is like choosing to spice your gourmet meal with arsenic.

All my homies love Connor Joe

The most enduring image of Nick Gordon I have is him smacking the top of the Target Field dugout in celebration when Royce Lewis smashed a home run in the 2023 postseason. I don't know why that was the celebration he went with, but his brother includes "strange" in his name and doesn't believe that the moon is real. He's an international man of mystery, I guess.

I don't know why but I absolutely lost it when the Smash Bros music hit lmao. Great work as always man 👍

I appreciate this deep dive into the careers (and the underwater levels music from Donkey Kong Country 😊).

I got chills when you announced Trea Turner lol Great video

Should be noted that current Tokyo Giants #2 starter Foster Griffin was a competetive balance pick in this draft as well. While he never panned out in MLB, considering he's currently sporting an 80 FIP- in NPB, there was always something there

Connor Joe is referred to as the "greatest Rockie ever" by many for the exact reasons you mentioned in this video. one of my all time favorite players

Sir, a second 2014 Draft video has hit the website

If you watch football and have some knowledge about older draft classes, for me as a Philly fan, this Phil's class is so close to the year we drafted Lane Johnson. Both years had such a high amount of busts and yet both our teams drafted one of the very few top guys that panned out.

I would nominate Ubaldo Jiménez as the greatest starter in Rockies history. He had a 3.67 ERA , AT Coors (3.66 overall as a Rocky) compared to 5.07 for Marquez and 4.66 for Freeland.

The most successful athlete in this draft was a 37th round pick

the call of duty zombies music is CRAZY lmao

Funny, mlb network yesterday posted a picture about how stacked the 2014 draft was. One guy was even arguing with me that matt Chapman and trea turner were on their way to the hall of fame

Quick fact or whatever Bradley Zimmer was on the Rockies spring training team this year in 45 plate appearances his batting average was.378 and his on base was .430 He became expendable when they signed Jake cave. Justice for my goat Bradley Zimmer

It’s pretty incredible how the Astros drafted two of the biggest busts of all time with back to back #1 picks and still managed to win a World Series 3 years later

This is easily the best sounding baseball channel on youtube. I've never enjoyed Fleetwood Mac as I did during the Jack Flaherty segment. The volume was perfectly understated and the rhythm of the video against this music is *chefs kiss*

Chrono Trigger OST, MOTD round change, great music in general, and an amazing baseball video, brother you cooked with this.

W for using Pokemon music

While on the topic of the 2014 MLB season, we actually got a Home Run Derby format that was used for this only season. I read about it and I thought it was such a cool format. I have nothing against what Manfred did to the Home Run Derby, it’s just that we never got to see the 2014 Home Run Derby rules longer. :/ EDIT: Figured I’d bring the Derby up since it’s tomorrow.

Did anyone else see the thumbnail and think the word next to the yellow line was "meth"? I immediately started wondering how many people from the 2014 draft are now doing meth lol.

i think aaron nola has to fight an uphill battle to even have a shot at cooperstown since he doesn’t have the accolades shame because he’s such a great pitcher

You may only rank Schwarber as a hit but he's a Cubs legend for life. Im glad he's found continued success and i miss watching his bombs in Wrigley

As good as Aaron Nola's WAR and accumulation is, he is not getting in the HOF without any hardware. He has only one all star appearance and Top 3 Cy Young finish.

I’m ngl as someone named Alex Jackson when you said his name I was like what lmao

As a Yankee fan, I do appreciate Weaver. He’s thriving out of the bullpen!

As a Rockies fan, I got nothing but love for Connor Joe

This draft single-handedly forced teams to re-evaluate how they scouted HS pitchers.

Nick Gordon is the Twins prospect of all time: toolsy as all heck and even more injury prone. They can field a whole lineup from just the last decade with those guys.

the chain background music with the conor joe story is a great pick

Just an extremely small note -- in MAY of 2017, Chris Sale was the best pitcher in baseball, and Kluber had a 5.06 ERA (seriously). His second half that year was one of the craziest runs I've ever seen, and as a Red Sox fan, it caused me great pain.

I got to see Tyler Kolek pitch on several occasions during his final pro season (2019) in Clinton, Iowa. He always pitched like he was afraid of getting hurt again, and never seemed to be able to find the zone. Such a shame; he seemed like such a gracious guy.

I love the fleetwood Mack background music

That switch pitcher was so fun to watch

Thanks for recognizing how talented Nola really is. It’s a shame he’s so criminally underrated and he totally deserved to be an all star this year. Philly needs to give him more love to say the least. If he did then he’d have more than just one all star selection. Regardless I think the odds are in his favor to make it to Cooperstown as of right now. Accolades should play a smaller part than they do when it comes to that stuff.

Something I always forget about your uploads is how good the background music is

I will forever root for Connor Jo due to his amazing story.

Connor Joe and Jameson Taillon both having cancer and injuries derail their careers is so disappointing. Especially since in a different world you could see them being cornerstones for the Pirates for years if not for their health

Love the Pokemon music

You should also make a star category in between hit and hof I think matt chapman would have fit into this category very well

That turner pick/trade haunts me. When I saw the padres got wil Myers for a ptbnl I thought it was a dub until they announced who it was. Damn you Preller

Love the Smash Bros Brawl music in the video

This is random but I love the beat stops perfectly at 40:30 for the sentence like you rapping on it

Hearing the mario kart lick in an mlb video is wild to me. Elite content and elite music picks

Glad Flaherty got back on track. He just didn’t fit in with the Orioles for some reason.

Love this content i will be come a member just for these😊

The Aspertia City music caught me off guard. I got nostalgic

I remember playing travel ball with Derek Hill up until we graduated HS…. The dude had wheels like nobody I’d ever seen before. Saw him hit a laser one time over the centerfielders head and with absolutely 0 errors he turned it into an inside the park home run. Dude was absolutely nasty in centerfield as well. It sucks he got plagued by injuries after the draft.

Man, that's something. Haven't seen so many meh players in the content such as this. Very good.

Grant Holmes went to my high school. He threw smoke in high school, and his curve was nutts

Hard not to cheer for someone with a story like Connor Joe.

Love this format, please keep making these!

A more literate Tyler Kolek 😂😂😂

I went to an Angels game a few weeks back and saw Cole play. Fell in love with the awkward intro and decided I liked him. Also I'm not quite convinced he isn't Tim Lincecum trying to play the field.

Chavis went on a hot first few weeks, that’s why his 2019 numbers look decent. To date that’s the only time in his major league career he’s been worthy of a roster spot-the first month.

I had a feeling Flaherty was gonna be plagued by injuries after he got hurt warming up in the bullpen on opening night when he played for Peoria (class A at the time)

been subscribed for a long time man, love the videos

I saw Erik Fedde pitch on a Friday night at unlv and he had it before Tommy John surgery in college. If he didn't have Tommy John top 10 pick. Glad he has bounced back. Always say his name when he is on TV.

21:36 Now that's a heck of a sentence to say lol

Love the use of "The Chain"

Zombie sound effects go crazy 😂

The MOTD portion on Schwarber😭

Cole Tucker is on my angles franchise rebuild and he seems to always find a way to get on base it’s crazy he isn’t good at all but man he always comes through

The smash brow brawl hitting different 💯

I love how king kunta instrumental is playing in the background

It's starting to feel like we have our old Freeland back this season

Schwarber injury in 2016 was not the 2nd game of the szn as OD series for CHC that yr was @ LAA it was 3rd or 4th game of the szn 🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

reds fan, so i've been seeing a lot of connor joe lately. had no idea he'd been through all that.

I thought I recognized Pokemon music. I definitely noticed it during the part about Brandon Finnegan.

I feel the same way about Elder that i do Jesse Chavez. Regardless of their numbers whether good or bad, i cringe everytime they throw a pitch. My confidence level in both of them is nonexistent

I was wondering what happened to Finnegan. I remembered his double World Series appearance but never knew his name.

I get this class is weak and you need HOF players but I think it’s unlikely either Nola or Turner make the hall. They will both be close but I don’t think either make the cut. Nola has a better shot for sure, with the control he’s got I can picture him pitching until he’s 40 maybe longer. My knock on Turner is that I don’t know how he’s gonna age. He’s really gonna have to rely on his bat in about 2 years. His bat is awesome but the speed is also a big part of his game, can’t picture his legs and subsequently his defense aging super well.

Spent soooo much money on Bowman between 13-15, nice to see where all these familiar names ended up

Just wait until we get to 2026 v. 2016 lol

need to give props to Chavis’ nickname though. The Ice Horse.

As a Phillies fan, this video… I like this video.

Here's another great thing about Nola. Usually, an NBA team's first round pick debuts that year, while the great majority of MLB picks, if they make it at all, don't. Nola debuted in 2015. The 76ers' 2014 pick, Joel Embiid, didn't debut until 2016!

35:56 Not only did Rodón throw a no-hitter, it was a lollipop curveball grazing Roberto Perez's backmost toe (on an 0-2 count, no less) from being a whole-ass perfect game.

I didn't realize how sick the Duckworth beat was until the end of this video lol. not that I thought it was bad or anything I'm just always focused on the lyrics in that song lmao

It just doesn't feel right seeing a Schwarber home run without the Home Run Bat sound effect

Absolutely LOVING Weaver as a Yankee, dude has been awesome and is honestly one of the best personalities on the team. It's so great to see him finally put together his talents.

The chain solo in the background ⛓️‍💥

I'm old enough to remember when Mets fans thought Michael Conforto was better than Judge. 😂

U got a lot of cod zombies music in this video, u hear infinite warfare zombies theme and also mob of the dead music which is so damn iconic

That's 2024 All-Star Jeff Hoffman to you

NC State with two of the hits in that year’s draft (including the HOF-caliber Turner)

Bro what was that background song at 6:15? That's some nostalgic times I can't put my finger on exactly🤣🤣

while Freeland's numbers overall are bad this year, he has a 1.71 ERA in his last 26 innings pitched, really wild stats by month, April: 13.21 ERA, May: Injured, June: 1.42 ERA, July, 1.98

Smash bros music in the background goes hard

30:40 i will be the only person to EVER tell you that I KNOW that backround music from anywhere its IW Zombies 🔥

24:30 catcher's framing has completely changed from these drills 😅

Your choice to have King Kunta as the background music during the sections where you talked about the pitchers who played for the Rockies lowkey might have a deeper meaning, as the lyric “I was gonna kill a couple rappers but they did it to themselves”that is said in that song is similar to the belief that when a good pitcher signs with the Rockies, they probably kill their career. Was this intentional?

I'm surprised Brady Aiken isn't talked about nearly as much as Mark Appel for the biggest MLB bust. Also, I don't know what was happening in sports in 2013 and 14 but the majority of draft classes among all major sports from those two years were pretty awful

Another really good vid but that D E V I L R A Y S video got me to sub. Still hoping for a brewers vid, keep up the good work.