Good video! A good one would be best September call ups. I remember as a yankee fan Shane Spencer being called up and hitting bombs. Didn't do much after but it was fun to watch.
Being a Cards fan, anytime I see this topic, it makes me think of Bo Hart and Rick Ankiel's rookie campaigns. Both became instant fan favorites. For Ankiel his career was one of redemption. Bo Hart unfortunately only played 88 total games in the majors before retiring.
As a Nats fan, I immediately think of Danny Espinosa. He was in top 5 of rookie of the year voting, and his first AB was a grand slam. He just really loved to strike out tho
Dereck Rodriguez had a promising rookie year for the giants in 2018. While he is still playing, he hasn’t looked like anywhere near the same pitcher he was for that season. Plus he’s the son of Pudge Rodriguez which is cool
Bob Hazel came up with the Braves in 1957 and hit .403 in 155 plate appearances, with 7 HRs, 12 doubles and 27 RBIs. His 3-year lifetime BA was 310. Very few remember this phenom. His story is unlike any other I have ever known, and would be worth mentioning.
He's not bad, he's just always probably gonna be one of those guys who doesn't get the credit he should because he doesn't walk much and everyone is so obsessed with OBP nowadays. But his batting average is above league average, he's got power, and some speed, and his defense is above average. If he could just turn some of those strikeouts into walks, he'd get a lot more attention.
I thought Jeff Niemann was going to be a pretty good pitcher after his rookie year. Was a 1st round pick by the Rays and came in 4th in ROTY voting in 2009. But that was his best year and he had such a short career. Amazingly I think he's already forgotten by Rays fans.
I think Matt Duffy is a good fit for this type of vid. He was a Gold Glove Award Finalist and finished 2nd to Kris Bryant in ROY voting in his first full season but then got injured and was never the same. Funny thing is he replaced Casey McGehee.
Damn my memory so great I remember those 4 (Mcgehee, Jones, Boesch, Garcia) playing with the yanks, among those 4 I think Jones had more impact than any others
Casey McGee.. remember when he signed that deal with San Fran. Hoped he’d work out there, but that’s baseball Suzyn. Happy to see he went over seas after the Giants
White Sox have a bunch of these guys through the years but 3B Josh Fields sticks out. I think he hit like 20 something HR and looked like a lock for third base for years to come only to be disappear quite quickly. I remember he was with the dodgers for a.few seasons in triple A with some pretty insane numbers. I'm probably the only Sox fan who remembers him lol
I was a scout for the Chicago cubs for 12 years - what people don’t know about prospects is that the success of the players drafted after the 1st and 2nd round is asked on how the club develops players of their personality and their skill set - most of the drafted players are not good enough to succeed on talent alone - their success will come down to how they develop in the club how hard they work and how well they take to the clubs specific development structure - for example a player taken by the twins might turn out to be a disappointment and regress never playing in the show - but that same player in an alternate universe might have been drafted to the Mets instead and with the same skill set talent and progression would have gone on to have a great career in the MLB . If the development system and the player mesh well and the results are vastly different . So if your a rookie and you had the raw skills to make and impact in the MLB but regressed soon after that means you have the base to become a good player and a lot of the time a trade could make a huge difference in that trajectory . I just wanted to mention that because the spotlight usually is on the first round and those players are different - a lot of importance is put on making sure they integrate in the community correctly and don’t get into trouble of stain their reputation because when your 17 years old and you become rich and famous overnight that leads to problems and the club is tasked with the responsibility of protecting their investment . Babe all is a game that happens on the field but playing in the MLB is a life style choice and since off field situations can be proportional to a players success in the field this needs to be managed correctly also - so there are different paths inside the club for different levels of drafted players but a players future is 40 percent babied on what happens after the draft Also if a player has. Great rookie season then regresses over night then they still have the skill set and ability they demonstrated - and this can often be the result if external or interpersonal variables But what you need to understand is there are so many talented driven players fighting for a spot within the club that unless a prospect represents significant investment (those are the players the public knows about before they they hit the show ) if a prospect stumbles or regresses it can be difficult to recover because the margin is so narrow within the club prospect pool that there are driven passionate talented players right behind and want the chance that a prospects stumble just created
Jaime Garcia is a Twins legend. Traded for him July 24. Team went 1-5 before the deadline and changed course to being sellers. The 1 game they won? Jaime Garcia started. July 31st, he got shipped out to NYY.
I feel like there was a Cubs hitter and a Mets hitter that would qualify for this dubious honor, but I can't for the life of me think of who I'm remembering. The Mets one isn't Ike Davis, I know; Cubs one might be Tyler Colvin, who actually had a second very effective season with Colorado apparently.
Nope. Check out his 1979 season, statistically better than his rookie season in practically every category, just didn't get the awards (MVP and obviously ROY) like in his rookie season. The only stats i see that were better in his rookie season were doubles (47 vs 41) and triples (7 vs 1), everything else, HR (39 - almost twice as his rookie season total of 21), hits, runs, RBI, total bases, walks, strikeouts, avg/obp/slg/ops, ops+, all better than his rookie year. And he still won gold glove and was an all star in 79.
Man, remembering how Jarrod Parker got slayed by injuries still breaks my heart. If he stayed healthy enough to pair with Sonny Gray during 2013-15 (who also went toe to toe against JV in the ALDS in '13), who knows what would've happened.
Will Middlebrooks, Shea Hillenbrand, any Red Sox hitters they called up that looked promising at all. Ever. Hopefully Casas can end it but you should look into it. It’s pretty crazy. It happens to them constantly
Casey McGehee is one of the most hated Giants in recent years. All he did was ground into double plays. That hatred was posthumously exacerbated when Luis Castillo, whom we traded for him, became a star.
He's become a solid bullpen piece Part of the issue is the Tigers badly mismanaged him and kept having him pitch in 2017 despite having obvious injury issues
Pretty hilarious that all three hitters here ended up as Yankees at some point.
You couldve added jeremy hellickson but he had some pretty good years after his rookie year
So did Jaime Garcia. Almost every time you named a player I thought "Yankees legend" in my head. Also, McGehee is pronounced McGee.
They love teams' scraps lol.
Good video! A good one would be best September call ups. I remember as a yankee fan Shane Spencer being called up and hitting bombs. Didn't do much after but it was fun to watch.
Being a Cards fan, anytime I see this topic, it makes me think of Bo Hart and Rick Ankiel's rookie campaigns. Both became instant fan favorites. For Ankiel his career was one of redemption. Bo Hart unfortunately only played 88 total games in the majors before retiring.
Jarrod Parker always makes me sad, the dude was dealing when he could stay on the field
Yeah, Parker had the absolute worst injury luck; guy couldn't buy a healthy season.
chris coghlan would be good for this too, he played for awhile but he was a stud his first year, nice vid jolly
Ah, he had a better year later on in his career than his rookie year, so not sure he counts for this.
For sure. I thought Coghlan was gonna be big.
Was pretty good for the cubs for a while
You're right
I always grabbed him for my franchise on MLB 11
As a Nats fan, I immediately think of Danny Espinosa. He was in top 5 of rookie of the year voting, and his first AB was a grand slam. He just really loved to strike out tho
As a tigers fan, Brennan boesch was so fun to watch. I remember his walkoff grand slam against the white Sox
I loved Boesch and still do
I remember being extremely upset when he was replaced by Torii Hunter and I still kinda am
@@Karmy. that's crazy talk. Tori was much better
@@sparty1846 yeah but I really liked Boesch
Jaime Garcia got the game 6 nod in the 2011 World Series. One of the best games in World Series history in my opinion.
BRENNAN BOESCH!!!!!! I LOVED THAT GUY DURING HIS TIME WITH THE TIGERS AND I EVEN ROCK A BOESCH SHIRT OFTEN!
Dereck Rodriguez had a promising rookie year for the giants in 2018. While he is still playing, he hasn’t looked like anywhere near the same pitcher he was for that season. Plus he’s the son of Pudge Rodriguez which is cool
Mike Aviles
The king of whiffle ball stances
Wow, taking me back to my teens with some of these names!
Man im old. These guys seem like yesterday
Bob Hazel came up with the Braves in 1957 and hit .403 in 155 plate appearances, with 7 HRs, 12 doubles and 27 RBIs. His 3-year lifetime BA was 310. Very few remember this phenom. His story is unlike any other I have ever known, and would be worth mentioning.
MLB the Show 11 didn’t forget these guys.
My 2013 Topps baseball card collection didn’t forget these guys
Michael Fulmer, Geovony Soto and Danny Santana
adolis garcia could turn into one of those guys or a really good player in the big leagues
He’s a really good player now
He's not bad, he's just always probably gonna be one of those guys who doesn't get the credit he should because he doesn't walk much and everyone is so obsessed with OBP nowadays. But his batting average is above league average, he's got power, and some speed, and his defense is above average. If he could just turn some of those strikeouts into walks, he'd get a lot more attention.
@@unkledoda420 well he’s a household name now 😂
I thought Jeff Niemann was going to be a pretty good pitcher after his rookie year. Was a 1st round pick by the Rays and came in 4th in ROTY voting in 2009. But that was his best year and he had such a short career. Amazingly I think he's already forgotten by Rays fans.
I think Matt Duffy is a good fit for this type of vid. He was a Gold Glove Award Finalist and finished 2nd to Kris Bryant in ROY voting in his first full season but then got injured and was never the same. Funny thing is he replaced Casey McGehee.
Matt Duffy, the Pius Thicknesse lookalike (at least in MLB the Show 17)
Kris
@@trx3640 pretty sure it autocorrected to Chris
Eric hinske kinda fizzled after his rookie year
Yep
I think of Brett Lawrie too.
Damn my memory so great I remember those 4 (Mcgehee, Jones, Boesch, Garcia) playing with the yanks, among those 4 I think Jones had more impact than any others
Casey McGee.. remember when he signed that deal with San Fran. Hoped he’d work out there, but that’s baseball Suzyn. Happy to see he went over seas after the Giants
make a part 2 and add Jung Ho Kang. Oh what could have been
I'm glad you suggested that
Ha he’ll never do that you nerd!
Sorry that was my son he had my phone when I went to the bathroom, I hope he didn’t hurt anyones feelings. Don’t worry I have grounded him for this.
I was a Pirates season ticket holder, and was so disappointed with what became of Kang.
Garrett Jones and Parker are names I definitely remember
i’m still so sad about jarrod parker. he was my favorite when he played, just kept getting hurt in recovery
White Sox have a bunch of these guys through the years but 3B Josh Fields sticks out. I think he hit like 20 something HR and looked like a lock for third base for years to come only to be disappear quite quickly. I remember he was with the dodgers for a.few seasons in triple A with some pretty insane numbers. I'm probably the only Sox fan who remembers him lol
Idk if this guy counts as a rookie because he played 43 games exceeding rookie limits, but think Brett Lawrie's rookie season is forgotten.
Hey Jolly, love your content !
I was a scout for the Chicago cubs for 12 years - what people don’t know about prospects is that the success of the players drafted after the 1st and 2nd round is asked on how the club develops players of their personality and their skill set - most of the drafted players are not good enough to succeed on talent alone - their success will come down to how they develop in the club how hard they work and how well they take to the clubs specific development structure - for example a player taken by the twins might turn out to be a disappointment and regress never playing in the show - but that same player in an alternate universe might have been drafted to the Mets instead and with the same skill set talent and progression would have gone on to have a great career in the MLB . If the development system and the player mesh well and the results are vastly different . So if your a rookie and you had the raw skills to make and impact in the MLB but regressed soon after that means you have the base to become a good player and a lot of the time a trade could make a huge difference in that trajectory .
I just wanted to mention that because the spotlight usually is on the first round and those players are different - a lot of importance is put on making sure they integrate in the community correctly and don’t get into trouble of stain their reputation because when your 17 years old and you become rich and famous overnight that leads to problems and the club is tasked with the responsibility of protecting their investment . Babe all is a game that happens on the field but playing in the MLB is a life style choice and since off field situations can be proportional to a players success in the field this needs to be managed correctly also - so there are different paths inside the club for different levels of drafted players but a players future is 40 percent babied on what happens after the draft
Also if a player has. Great rookie season then regresses over night then they still have the skill set and ability they demonstrated - and this can often be the result if external or interpersonal variables
But what you need to understand is there are so many talented driven players fighting for a spot within the club that unless a prospect represents significant investment (those are the players the public knows about before they they hit the show ) if a prospect stumbles or regresses it can be difficult to recover because the margin is so narrow within the club prospect pool that there are driven passionate talented players right behind and want the chance that a prospects stumble just created
I remember Jarrod Parker's debut - not for the 5.2 scoreless innings, but the wild Dback comeback in the 10th inning.
Dude love this type of content so much a talent that just couldn’t get it together
I remember every single one of these guys. I must be a fan👀
A new forgotten series :D This is a good idea jolly :D
Jaime Garcia is a Twins legend. Traded for him July 24. Team went 1-5 before the deadline and changed course to being sellers. The 1 game they won? Jaime Garcia started. July 31st, he got shipped out to NYY.
I loved Brennan Boesch! Really wanted him to click in Detroit!
Same!!!!
I remember being really unhappy that we replaced him with Torii
Bob Hamlin, Pat Listach, Joe Charboneau, Earl Williams, Kevin Maas, Kevin McGlinchey, Bobby Crosby
Jamie Garcia is a name I haven't heard in years damn
Who could forget Okajima? His okie-dokie breaking ball was legendary in the Boston market!
Kind of wanted Jeff Francouer to be here
He's not forgotten thanks to Jon Bois
Kosuke Fukudome is a good candidate for part 2
I remember his first series against my Brewers. That guy slayed us.
I feel like there was a Cubs hitter and a Mets hitter that would qualify for this dubious honor, but I can't for the life of me think of who I'm remembering. The Mets one isn't Ike Davis, I know; Cubs one might be Tyler Colvin, who actually had a second very effective season with Colorado apparently.
Jordany Valdespin for the Mets? If you can give me a year I could probably figure it out
Pat Listash, for an older one of these :)
I instantly think about Zach Duke
Pat Listach had a monster rookie year in 1992 and never came close to that again.
AL RoY
Angel berroa beating hideki matsui.
Fred Lynn had one of the greatest rookie seasons ever and NEVER even came close to those numbers even though he had an excellent career
Nope. Check out his 1979 season, statistically better than his rookie season in practically every category, just didn't get the awards (MVP and obviously ROY) like in his rookie season. The only stats i see that were better in his rookie season were doubles (47 vs 41) and triples (7 vs 1), everything else, HR (39 - almost twice as his rookie season total of 21), hits, runs, RBI, total bases, walks, strikeouts, avg/obp/slg/ops, ops+, all better than his rookie year. And he still won gold glove and was an all star in 79.
in part 2 you should put Robby Scott in there, had a good season in 2017 and then just faded away
I hope 2017 is a typo or else I’m severely behind on the wonders of this guy
Oh holy shit it wasn’t. Completely forgot about him
A 3.79 ERA (121 ERA+) for a relief pitcher who only threw 35 innings in 57 games is nothing all that impressive.
It's about time someone put some respect on Brennan Boesch. That kid was lights out, insanely fun to watch any time I went to Comerica
Love this channel
Man, remembering how Jarrod Parker got slayed by injuries still breaks my heart. If he stayed healthy enough to pair with Sonny Gray during 2013-15 (who also went toe to toe against JV in the ALDS in '13), who knows what would've happened.
Will Middlebrooks, Shea Hillenbrand, any Red Sox hitters they called up that looked promising at all. Ever. Hopefully Casas can end it but you should look into it. It’s pretty crazy. It happens to them constantly
Dustin Ackley! Oh what could’ve been.
Good old chris shelton in 06
Of course I remember Jamie Garcia
Casey McGehee is one of the most hated Giants in recent years. All he did was ground into double plays. That hatred was posthumously exacerbated when Luis Castillo, whom we traded for him, became a star.
I remember Hideki Okajima
I think Bobby Crosby would be worth a look
I always think of Dereck Rodriguez for the giants who place 3rd in roty in 2017 only to never get an opportunity after
Bobby Crosby??
Yermin Mercedes is gonna make this list in a couple years 😔
Fr
@@tpiet same with Akil Baddoo and Johnathan India
Feel so bad for Jarrod Parker esp as an A’s fan. He was so good when he was healthy
Jesus Montero's short but powerful start in 2011 on the Yankees that fizzled out...instantly.
Garrett Jones...loved that dude but not sure why haha
Nick Franklin would be a good one. I believe he finished 2nd in ROY voting.
Awesome stuff
Is that Brennan Boesch, Jarrod Parker, and Casey McGehee on the thumbnail? (Haven’t watched the video yet)
2003 AL Rookie of the Year Angel Berroa.
For part 2 you should include Joel Zumaya.
Somewhere I have a baseball signed by him
While he didn't pitch in a WS, Hideki Irabu is actually the first Japanese Born pitcher to win a WS ring.
Jorge Bonifacio
IMO Michael Fulmer deserves a mention. Won the ROTY in 2016 and was never heard from again
He's become a solid bullpen piece
Part of the issue is the Tigers badly mismanaged him and kept having him pitch in 2017 despite having obvious injury issues
Haven’t seen the video yet but I’m curious if Brandon Finnegan is in this
Casey McGehee.. Was that the Cub who was impaled through his jersey and shirt by a cracked bat?
Casey McGehee was a tough out back in the day
ngl i totally forgot Arozarena existed til now, he might be one of these in a few yrs
He could win AL ROTY this year though
Inexplicably, McGehee is pronounced "McGee."
God, how many of these guys ended up as 2010s Yankees?
Jung Ho Kang, Pittsburgh Pirates
Have you done one of these about Bob Hamelin?
Dice K had a great beginning.
Jordan Montgomery on the Yankees is becoming one
I do believe Hideki Matsui was the first japanese born player to play in the world series. He did not win though (lost to marlins in 2003).
Godzilla won with Ny in 2009.
I thought you might mention Joe Charbeneau or others like him. Most people say who?
being an As fan honestly sucks right now
Frenchie?
Chris Sabo!
Kyle Lewis will be on this list soon.
doesnt look like norm
tjb
Puig should get a video like this all to himself.
Left out Joe Charboneau for the Indians 1980? 1981? And Hideki Matsui was the first Japanese born baseball player in the World Series 2003
Chris Shelton in the month of April, only April
Darwin Barney
I was at the game where he got his first big league hit. I seemed to be the only one who knew it was his first hit
Hold on a second , didn’t Matsuzaka the Gyroball dude win a championship with okajima on the same team same year 🤷🏾♂️
You should do worst rookie seasons from all stars
Jose Bautista
Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes
Touted to be the Great Saviour of the Cubs for years to come.
Hit 3 home runs in his debut and fizzled out completely.
Jaime Garcia holy shit that's a throwback
I fear for Jared Kelenic being included on part 2.
This list wouldn't be complete without profiling Super Joe Charboneau
Geovany soto should be in a part 2 tbh
Wellinton Castillo.
He lost his job to Geovany Soto. Then Soto turned into a bust.
Where Jerome Walton and Dwight Smith at ? Honorable mention Dontrelle Willis
Dwight Smith passed away late last week
No Eric Hinske?
sure part 2
Ron Kittle
Reggie Willits Angels