Javy does things that no other baseball player does. He is an extraordinary athlete with an equally extraordinary mind and extraordinary instincts. His ability to dodge tags, apply tags, find his way to home when getting picked off, his defense in general, his hitting, everything he does is exciting as all hell to watch.
That steal of home against the Dodgers is one of the smartest plays I've seen. Hesitates like he's going to retreat to third just long enough to cause the catcher to make the throw and swipes home
I remember when fans was saying trade baez during the first couple of season when baez was struggling in the bigs. Now where are those haters at. Every year he has gotten better and better and one thing this video shows is he gives it his all and strides to be better than the day before. 2018 was a breakout year and I look forward to the rest of his career and enjoying videos like this because there will be many more highlight moments
You can teach baseball skills but this is straight up instincts. You either have it or you don't. Javy is baseball encyclopedia. No one thinks the way he does in the majors.
No he didn't. He got hung up on a safety squeeze and just committed to going home once the catcher threw the ball. If the catcher would have pumped faked he would have been dead in the water.
Man o man he was so exciting to watch this whole 2015-2016-2017 team was amazing talented special, and just plain good what a complete team Go Cubs since the 80s till now die hard!!
I’ve been watching baseball since the mid 80s and Javy is the smartest ball player I’ve ever seen. His baseball iq is amazing and his instincts as well.
So impressive. It’s almost like he can slow down time and make his adjustments and avoid the tag only he’s doing it in real time. Like a real life Neo in The Matrix or Quicksilver in X-men
before javy baez there was no such thing as being a great slider or being a great tagger. these terms had to be invented after almost 180 years of baseball. think about that.
My boyyyy....dale papi! Boricuaaaaa....if he learns to hit the ball to the right field more often....and stops trying to hit HR's everytime hes steps on the box....He will be a HOF player!!!! PROUD OF YOU BOYYYYY.....BORICUAAAAAA.....
It's so much fun watching him do the things he does I just can't stop laughing and wondering; how the hell did he just do that? His nickname EL MAGO fits him perfectly like a glove.
I was at his 6/10/2013 Daytona Cubs game when Javy hit 4 home runs . I knew El Mago was something special to see back then. Chicago called him up just a few days later.
One of the most entertaining baseball players in history. Never have I, nor likely will see again, someone steal first base. I really hope he plays a very long time so he builds up the WAR needed for the hall of fame. He needs a comeback player of the year first, though. Maybe this year?
I'm 41years die hard Yanks fan And I'm proud of Javier Baez as a Puerto Rican we dream that our player bring the most exciting effort to make their team to be in a contender category and help to win championship games 💪 To made it us very proud country i How can not love and fallow up javy baez
I’m Puerto Rican and remember watching the game of Puerto Rico vs Holland and seeing him trying to steal third at first thought he was out but replay pops up and seeing him pull that off had me like omg how did he do that!? 😂😂😂
Dios mío!! He visto muchísimos videos de jugadores con grandiosas habilidades y espectaculares demostraciones de ellas, pero jamás he visto un talento como el de Javy Báez!! Nada más que decir.🤦♂️🥇atentamente: ( Josè Rosario, Orocovis, Puerto Rico ) 🇵🇷
Baez es increible para mi es la mejor bujia que existe en las grandes ligas es una maquina de hacer carreras...Si los Cubs le dieran mas tiempo de juego a Caratini se complementarian ambos y serian un duo ganador..ojo cubs..
This is so bittersweet to watch now. Thanks for all the memories, Javy.
I can't stop watching that 5:24 slide over and over again. The way he transition pops up from slide to standing in one fluid motion,
mark akira neither can I
Beautiful
Perfect slide
With flow
one might say he's slick with it
Javy does things that no other baseball player does. He is an extraordinary athlete with an equally extraordinary mind and extraordinary instincts. His ability to dodge tags, apply tags, find his way to home when getting picked off, his defense in general, his hitting, everything he does is exciting as all hell to watch.
I've watched this vid so many times the past three years, and javy is just not the same😢
That steal of home against the Dodgers is one of the smartest plays I've seen. Hesitates like he's going to retreat to third just long enough to cause the catcher to make the throw and swipes home
As a young life long Cubs fan it’s so heart warming to have watched him turn into a star
He’s traded now :(
@@InspireEveryDay_Official He’s trash now
I remember 3:00 how people reacted here in Puerto Rico, everyone went crazy, we love him, good times
Hell I’m a Puerto Rico fan purely because of baez. I was going crazy😂
Having Javy Baez and Molina as a catcher on the Puerto Rico's team is a blessing
I remember when fans was saying trade baez during the first couple of season when baez was struggling in the bigs. Now where are those haters at. Every year he has gotten better and better and one thing this video shows is he gives it his all and strides to be better than the day before. 2018 was a breakout year and I look forward to the rest of his career and enjoying videos like this because there will be many more highlight moments
True dat
This didn’t age well lol. He’s a shell of himself now. It’s sad.
Ufffff ese el Mío Coño Javy Báez eso se llama tener IQ De Béisbol qué clase Caballo el es el más duro ahora mismo 🇵🇷🔥
It didn't matter but crazy good throw at 7:04
Didn't even notice that the first time. That's crazy!
A Baseball Channel jojed
Hell yeah, if that wasnt JB that would be an out for sure
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Baseball today
The reaction, the timing, the athletic instinct. It was flawless.
The real life Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez. Javy deserves his own shoe. I would buy them.
Same here I would buy them also because Javy would make them look awesome
Same
Swayday I feel the same way
Swayday ikr why isn’t this a thing already?
I would buy them because I have grown outta my shoes already and I wanna walk around my high school like a fuckin boss
You can teach baseball skills but this is straight up instincts. You either have it or you don't. Javy is baseball encyclopedia. No one thinks the way he does in the majors.
I totally agree
No, it’s not that he was born with it, he worked hard enough to achieve it.
Latinos gotta be good at running real fast and sliding through the dirt to escape border patrol!
Facts
@@serious.business haha you're a sad little man 😂
Never been more proud to be a Boricua Chicagoan! 🇵🇷
1:40 he baited that catcher into throwing down to 3rd lol. I love his energy for the game. Glad hes on my team
I agree!! Go cubbies!!
No he didn't. He got hung up on a safety squeeze and just committed to going home once the catcher threw the ball. If the catcher would have pumped faked he would have been dead in the water.
Nah it was a failed suicide squeeze but he made it work
So much fun to watch this guy play!
The only problem with Javy is that he is responsible for more replay delays than any other major leaguer! haha.
Jeremy Mullins he’s so good he even dekes the umps.😂😂😂
That's true but as long as the replay go's our way GO CUBS GO!!!#FlyTheW😎
Its fine, if hes right
I'd rather a game be delayed to get the proper call, regardless of team
@@traves7y308 me too if the umps are wrong I'm fine with it
Love this man, freaking love it. Outstanding player. Cannot wait for baseball to resume!
He's the best tagger of the baseball I ever saw tho
Elias Ayala definition of playing both sides
I am a braves fan but i absolutely love watchin baez play! That dudes a superstar
They call him “El Mago” for a reason
Yes
Moises
This goes to show how many times Javi has been so close to being out.
Go Cubs!
Man o man he was so exciting to watch this whole 2015-2016-2017 team was amazing talented special, and just plain good what a complete team Go Cubs since the 80s till now die hard!!
We will miss ya Baez... Please be well and hopefully we can get ya back soon...
I'm "boricua" like him. He's a showman, i like him so much!! He's a great infielder, no doubt about it!! It's good to see him doing his magic!!
Javair baez has been my favorite player since I started playing baseball
Little did I know this dude is from my country. He's really amazing!!!
I can’t stop watching this video
I’ve been watching baseball since the mid 80s and Javy is the smartest ball player I’ve ever seen. His baseball iq is amazing and his instincts as well.
I miss you, Javy. 😥
So impressive. It’s almost like he can slow down time and make his adjustments and avoid the tag only he’s doing it in real time. Like a real life Neo in The Matrix or Quicksilver in X-men
Or pod racer
manager's reaction at 4:35 says it all
Báez simply the BEST 🇵🇷🇵🇷
Love seeing guys in the bigs play/base run aggressively like this. Just makes me miss the game too much
Javier Báez el mejor jugador de la historia
Que posición juega?
@@SakumaLoveEiji campo corto cerca de segunda
Yo soy de puerto rico
@@anasantiago7632 Pense que era segunda base . Pero de verdad si lo considero el mejor jugador actual de Puerto Rico, saludos desde venezuela.
@@SakumaLoveEiji ss
1:53 is really sweet the little smirk on Lesters face when he goes and talks to Javy after his great play.
Javy is my favorite player by far and he always has been
5:32-5:33
a close second best slide in this video by the guy in red
So sad he’s gone
Hindsight’s 20/20, it might have been the right choice. I was still sad too, though.
POV: Your not a cubs fan but now love them
The face of the coach in 4:37 is priceless 😅
I was there at the ballpark in San Francisco with my son when he hit the inside the park home run
Cool
I'm more surprised that 1.1K people hit the dislike button. This dude is so fun to watch period, end of story
DIOS TE BENDIGA🙌🏾Q BUENOOOOO ES⚾️ ESTE ORGULLO BORICUA🇵🇷❤
before javy baez there was no such thing as being a great slider or being a great tagger. these terms had to be invented after almost 180 years of baseball. think about that.
Wes DeKoda yes there has idiot
Ok
@@robloxsportsnetwork-peter4538 don’t give him hate have you realised that he is pointing out that Javy is one of the first that is great at both
Yeah it was practically you play baseball you have to be a ok slider or ok tagger
Some of you guys need to learn to not be so literal and understand hyperbolic speech.
Favorite player in mlb
I wonder how many times I am going to watch this one!?!
My boyyyy....dale papi! Boricuaaaaa....if he learns to hit the ball to the right field more often....and stops trying to hit HR's everytime hes steps on the box....He will be a HOF player!!!! PROUD OF YOU BOYYYYY.....BORICUAAAAAA.....
Baez played his best baseball with the cubs and provided so many memorable moments!
I don’t think anything will ever be as magical as what he just did to the Pirates, goddang Javi
As a Cubs fan I am always in awe of Javi, but the pirates could have easily avoided everything if e for basemen had just stepped on the bag
That was amazing
@Elias Martinez My mother’s name is Karen so technically yes I do use it as a swear. But I’m sorry for offending you big man.
@Elias Martinez I appreciate your opinion
It's so much fun watching him do the things he does I just can't stop laughing and wondering; how the hell did he just do that? His nickname EL MAGO fits him perfectly like a glove.
The most exciting player I've every seen, bar none.
Hola
@@magomartinez5582 Hola mi amiga nosotras que hablan español nunca recibimos amor
Literally the best at both avoiding and applying the tag
I was at his 6/10/2013 Daytona Cubs game when Javy hit 4 home runs . I knew El Mago was something special to see back then. Chicago called him up just a few days later.
One of the most entertaining baseball players in history. Never have I, nor likely will see again, someone steal first base. I really hope he plays a very long time so he builds up the WAR needed for the hall of fame. He needs a comeback player of the year first, though. Maybe this year?
the best in baseball in the whole world
It’s so FUN to whatch Javy Baez he’s just so smooth and fast
Javy is just a god at sliding fielding and playing and as a Yankee fan I still have respect for him
We’ll miss u javy
Javy is a human breaking ball. He’s there one minute, then just disappears when someone tries to tag him.
I'm 41years die hard Yanks fan
And I'm proud of Javier Baez as a Puerto Rican we dream that our player bring the most exciting effort to make their team to be in a contender category and help to win championship games 💪
To made it us very proud country i
How can not love and fallow up javy baez
I’m Puerto Rican and remember watching the game of Puerto Rico vs Holland and seeing him trying to steal third at first thought he was out but replay pops up and seeing him pull that off had me like omg how did he do that!? 😂😂😂
Raimel
Raimel
Even if you're not a Cubs fan, you gotta love Javy. Every day there's a Web Gem.
Javier Baez P.R. lo mejor del base ball,.humilde ,y tremendo jugador ,en el stadium. ....El Mago....salud y bendicines para ti ,y tu familia .
Baez is AMAZING! He's smart and magically escaping difficult tags!
THERE E GOES!
He’s just the best... no questions asked
Talk about been gifted,,,Baez is fun to watch,,,my favorite player..
JAVY BAEZ IS A GOD AND I LOVE THE CUBS THERE GODS
Yes Jason, I did enjoy that video.
Dftujhbvuy😈😈😈👅👊👊👇👎👎%/_^&^&*&
3:00 “No No No No Ay Ay!” Javy Baez
GREATEST BASE RUNNER AND GREATEST DEFENSIVE TAGGER I HAVE EVER SEEN...
Wish he was still on the cubs😞
Yep
We love you Javy!
Javy Baez is reason enough for having replay.
The confidence of this incredible man, I like those decisions to run those bases.
Straight Master level base running!
And now you can add 'stealing first' to his resume. Javy puts pressure on the defense till they do stupid things.
love javy with my whole heart
That's cool to see all the Javier Baez magical slides and steals on RUclips.
El Mago Papá!!! 🔥🇵🇷
This is first time listening JAVIER BÁEZ it’s his B-Day today so Happy Birthday to him!!!!!!🥳🎉🎂 12/01/23
Who else is watching after he got traded 😭😔
Hindsight’s 20/20, it might have been the right choice. I was still sad too, though.
Dios mío!! He visto muchísimos videos de jugadores con grandiosas habilidades y espectaculares demostraciones de ellas, pero jamás he visto un talento como el de Javy Báez!! Nada más que decir.🤦♂️🥇atentamente: ( Josè Rosario, Orocovis, Puerto Rico ) 🇵🇷
The best player in MLB....worth every penny.
Defense highlights next???🤔🤔🤔
I’ll never get over the Cubs trading Baez… I’m happy that he is already having success though and still gonna be a fan of El Mago
This is the thing about Javier Baez he’s just such an advanced players
Absolutely phenomenal base running
He is an OP runner and player
2:14 Love ricketts reaction when he stole home.
EL Mago means.. the Magician
Then Javy in EL Mago
El mago means javy
Chaoran Shan el mago means the magician lmao, javy comes from his name Javier 💀🤣
Zeljito Kekreisi I don’t think you get the joke
EL MAGO IN THA HOUSE!!!
When - in his mic'd up video - Joe says "you never want to coach instinct out of a player"...THIS is what he is talking about. Javy.Baez.All.Day.
Amen.
This guy is already a hall of famer
These are the best highlights! What player has stolen home the most?
From a brief search, I'm coming up with Ty Cobb with a whopping 54.
Javier number 9 for cubs
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Lp
Great stuff. Nice to see the art of the slide in an era of bowl-em-over aggression.
Absolutely couldn’t stand baseball until a saw Baez. Now I’m the store manager for a mostly cubs store 😂😂😂
Javy just does it better. It is fun to watch him play ball.
Baez es increible para mi es la mejor bujia que existe en las grandes ligas es una maquina de hacer carreras...Si los Cubs le dieran mas tiempo de juego a Caratini se complementarian ambos y serian un duo ganador..ojo cubs..
Caratini es mi ídolo
He is the definition of a star
uhm well not anymore