Baseball's Age Fraud Just Got Worse

[@michaelcastellano588]

oh boy i sure hope that baseball's age fraud hasnt gotten worse! baseball's age fraud:

[@joshuaavery5486]

The older you get, the more the "I am 12" scene from the benchwarmers becomes more of a reality and enforces the movie actually becoming a prophet of lying about your age to enter the league

[@Wolf-wc1js]

Apparently that joke was written based on the Danny Almonte situation so it’s one of those where it goes from “art imitates life” to “life imitates art”

[@user-sn2nd4kr6q]

1.) The Padres are a poverty franchise 2.) David Sampson knows more about baseball than you.

[@rwa2play]

I mean, this is why there's such a thing as DNA testing for age in African soccer.

[@billsalas9612]

We can tell the age of dinosaur bones but we can’t tell the age of a young Dominican boy. There’s still a lot to discover about this mysterious world.

[@willybe6427]

epigenetic tests can't predict an exact age. the closest you can get with DNA epigenome is like 3-5 years at best.

[@rowdyghost4713]

They can’t give you an exact age. That’s why those players even still are usually older than the age given. Teams are obviously going to go with the low end of the estimate.

[@SpecialAgentEBunny]

No way in hell Juan Soto is only 26. That guy looks like he’s nearing 40.

[@vicvic2081]

Hating

[@flaquis2729]

I'd say he's probably 32 at least.

[@ilvinnova2122]

I'm dominica myself and I've always thought that he looked older lol.

[@elianmanuelfelizalcantara5811]

Right now I'm 17 and I live in FL but when I lived in DR, and I was looking for a minor league contract I was in a famous academy, I practically lived in the academy and I was going to school only on Saturdays, but when they brought a Player 1 year younger than me in my same position (CF) they immediately cut me off from the academy, so I wasting a 3 yeasr of my life looking for that contract but thank God I have the Chance to Play in Collage in US ❤ (PD) the player they cut for was 2 years older than me and don't play baseball anymore .

[@HeathGrady-i3k]

What all did you learn at collage?

[@elianmanuelfelizalcantara5811]

@HeathGrady-i3k I'm a senior at high school but I'll go to college when I finish school

[@texsion]

@@elianmanuelfelizalcantara5811what school

[@ppourinup]

@@elianmanuelfelizalcantara5811good luck to you friend

[@abigaildurannn]

wow what a cool story! very happy for you and wish you success in college 😊

[@therealtombrokaw]

Juan soto is 31 huh

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

How old is Carlos Correa

[@therealtombrokaw]

@@Frankieefootballmundial probably 40

[@michaelchen1838]

People wonder why the drop off of Pujols was so drastic in Anaheim. Its cuz he was 39 when he signed that contract instead of 32

[@billsalas9612]

Juan Soto is actually old enough to retire!

[@selw0nk]

He has to be close to 40 now.

[@ohhnobb]

i thought i was the only one questioning his age, he looks old tho he is younger than shohei.

[@UnproductivelyFun]

Based of his facial structure and wrinkles I wouldn’t doubt he’s lying about his age

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

He’s 26 to young to retire name me a player who retire at age 35

[@leonkincoln-dp8vs]

His definitely not 26. The guy debut looking like in his 30s

[@110metsfan]

MLB is predatory in knowing they're poor so, they'll sign w/e which is significantly more than their family has ever had. So the fact they lie about age, isn't shocking at all, and it's just finessing the finesser. Pretty equal exchange

[@doublem1975x]

Juan Soto is 33-35 not 26.

[@MatthewSmith-cv7op]

Don’t forget Fausto Carmona, erm, Roberto Hernandez. That was a big deal when it happened. Miguel Tejada was another one.

[@elchancho8432]

As a Cardinals fan I think Albert lied but it’s whatever he’s one of the best hitters of all the time They should definitely do DNA testing prospects outside of America

[@asianbeowulf4276]

For Latin American countries. There’s no risk of age falsifying from countries like Japan or South Korea.

[@hansel7532]

Real question, How old is Juan Soto?

[@rainbowhouse3427]

35 😂

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

@@rainbowhouse342726

[@T_K7]

Dunno, but regardless, in 5 years the salt from the fanbase of whoever signs him is going to be insane lol

[@gabrielpaganBASEBALL]

Awesome video!!!👍⚾💥🔥

[@jimharper2180]

0:34 Not trying to attack you, but people need to know what the term "third world country" really means and learn why the term is very outdated in the 21st century. The "third world" was a Cold War-era term for countries not in the "first world" aligned with the U.S. and the West and not in the "Second World" aligned with the Soviet Union and the communist bloc, which is why Cuba is not a "third world" country but a "second world" country. The Cold War ended more than 30 years ago, and we really should leave the term "third world" in the past as well. The more accurate term is "developing country" or just low-income country.

[@Copeharder99]

DR is a developing nation, can’t wait for their prosperity

[@flaquis2729]

What's really sad is that after 16 kids from the DR are no longer considered prospects. That's the real tragedy here. If that kid was in the states, or almost anywhere else, being 21 yrs old wouldn't be an issue and he'd still be considered a top prospect.

[@thehomie1461]

Guess they weren’t messing around when they brought out blink 182 to perform WHATS my age again lmao😂That’s what’s in 😂Go Dodgers World Series Champions baby!!!

[@JaysYoshiYT]

Should we call this the age era?

[@chrislewis5069]

The whole, I'm poor so I have to cheat or lie is ridiculous. People make it all the time coming out of tough situations doing it the honest way

[@treesloth9]

If I could of passed myself off as 12 year old at 15, I would been in the show

[@israelledesma1917]

Why insist on Pujols if he was drafted in the US? Problem here is the verbal agreements, paying for a 12/13 y/o kid is illegal and MLB knows... And we know they know.

[@CellBlok69wLamp]

I didnt expect to hear a Tommy Wiseau reference in this one

[@PurplePaperPrius]

I'm surprised this doesn't happen more often. A couple million dollars is generational money to these kids. I'd be willing to bet that at least half of all Dominican players in baseball are older than they say they are.

[@charlielong8941]

It's Danny Almonte all over again!

[@ahmadburhanhabibi]

well ,5 years is a couple of years so... 😆

[@jaylenbarnes2.079]

Great Video

[@iTalkStudios]

Thank you for watching!

[@ShelleyLevyMusic]

Alfonso Soriano somewhere laughing

[@cptjockitch]

This is insane for a bunch of reasons. American kids get screwed because of these strange international rules. An american kid has to go thru high school, college and the draft and then team has control of him and hes making peanuts for the first 6 years? International player lies about age and gets $4 million bonus? International players should get drafted too. Im not sure how the players union is seen as the strongest union in the world and allow this to happen. American kids get screwed by there own league. In the Japanese league they only allow a few american players per team to help japanese players while MLB ios ok screwing american players. How is the union not doing something about this? My step son is 5 and was born in colombia. My step son would be better off being a bad international player than a great american player. It makes zero sense. An american player has to play amazing baseball for a 10 year stretch to get the amount of money an international player gets for being good for only 1 year when hes 16. Every other sport has international players enter a draft and no other league has issues with birth certificates. The birth certificate excuse is an excuse. I dont know what its like in the dominican republic but in Colombia birth Certificates are certified with seals and you have to go in person to the city you were born to get them. None of this makes sense and the Baseball union is literally insane for allowing the mlb to screw american players. Just to show how insane this is Paul Skenes got a $9 million bonus while this unknown 16-21 year old dominican got a $4 million bonus. The number 15 pick of this years draft got a $5 million bonus and after him the other picks got below $4 million.

[@darthbauer5153]

Players can get to the draft earlier in America as well and boost their bonuses if they choose, Bryce Harper set a blueprint for it and no one has followed suit. I do agree that international rules are too lax when compared to US/Canadian prospects though. I think the fairer way would be to just have an international amateur draft. Posting of professionals is fine imo it’s the amateur situation that’s way too “Wild West”. I don’t like the idea of rewarding dropping out of school to compete so allowing players in younger in America seems problematic for American youth while the current system is problematic for Dominican youths. Need to better prioritize becoming good adults before they start exploiting them.

[@cptjockitch]

@@darthbauer5153 The MLB wants everyone to think that everywhere except the usa is a 3rd world country and dont have real birth certificates. Its crazy that no NBA international player has lied on there birth certificate but in the mlb an entire country "dominican republic" is in on the certificate scam. The nba has been drafting players out of africa for years with no issues. The MLB is either in on the scam or just plain dumb. When players want to come to the united states they have to fill out paper work for a visa. They dont just give those out to anyone. You have to do interviews for the visa and passport. Real paper work is needed. Is it possible players have found a way to lie and cheat the system? possible but highly improbable. These international players need to be drafted. its the only way to make it fair for american players. Why does a japanese pitcher make $300 million in his first contract while the number 1 pick makes pennies for his first 6 years? Im not saying rookies should get $300 million but international players shouldnt be making millions.

[@asianbeowulf4276]

There isn’t a large available pool of american players for NPB and the ones that do want to play there are not automatically skilled enough to be able to compete with NPB talent. Good on NPB for protecting Japanese players from being squeezed out by foreign mercenaries.

[@MIKELIN8]

I'm a Dodgers fan, and I honestly feel bad for the Padres in this situation. No joke.

[@aldojuarez4453]

Great vid

[@veggiedisease123]

Cuba's actually a "second world" country, based on the original meaning of the term. The West (Europe and it's settler colonies + Japan) is the first world and the Soviet aligned or communist countries the is second world. The third world were countries that were not industrialized and didn't fall into either category (non-aligned during the Cold War).

[@Jfa5252]

Bench warmers ahh play💀

[@nickr3441]

Jackson churio is not 20

[@ayee4258]

Just looked at Margot’s age bro is not 30 looks more like 40

[@leonkincoln-dp8vs]

Soto is waving

[@huhwhatguy]

Any time you see a player come out of the DR, Cuba, PR, etc; always assume their age is at least N+3.

[@basedjenny7362]

People from PR are literally American citizens 😂😂😂

[@huhwhatguy]

@@basedjenny7362 And?

[@basedjenny7362]

@@huhwhatguyyou might as well assume people from Kansas are lying about their age too

[@willl_dabeast]

@@basedjenny7362you just compared Americans in Kansas to Puerto Ricans 😂 💀your a clown bro , don’t ever comment anything again 🤡

[@basedjenny7362]

@@willl_dabeast 30+ year old and mad at KZbin comments lmfao

[@jeffrey7273]

Of course its the padres

[@timotmon]

So is Soto actually 26 or more like 29?

[@7yo__]

Love your channel I’ve subscribed for about 2 years. No fault on you but I’m gonna have to unsubscribe. I’m an A’s fan and how the team left breaks my heart and it’s hard to watch or support anything that has to do with the MLB. I’m rooting for your continued success.

[@Reddison]

In DR, for these kids. It’s baseball or nothing. The sheer will of these kids alone is nothing to scoff at and the doping scene is horrendous.

[@smallcd]

Danny Almonte is 18 years old in 2024.

[@Tacozrule12]

Damn imagine people getting shot, never happens in America!

[@_Donovan]

America has very little gun crime outside of like 10 cities lmao

[@samuel-nq6he]

Lol ​@@_Donovan

[@Tacozrule12]

@@_Donovan you’re on crack brother

[@_Donovan]

@@Tacozrule12 except im not. People think that gun crime is widespread in america. Couldn’t be further from the truth it’s very concentrated. If you’re not a gang member, 15-24 minority male hell even white male, criminal (usually domestic abuse) or suicidal the likelihood of getting killed by a gun drops below fists and legs killing you. That is to say, very unlikely.

[@nrox1051]

Juan Soto is only 26* lol

[@marcm9999]

Jose Abreu anyone?

[@deadclutch]

Juan Soto enters chat......

[@mp02393]

I want a coca cola for being early.

[@iTalkStudios]

Anything for Captain Rex🫡

[@FF18Cloud]

... the whole 14 year old thing getting signed thing is a quest right out of cyberpunk 2077, man... I thought AAU basketball was a wackadoo system, but now this stuff, too, man... Like I get it... for sports teams, but man... like... what happens when the age to enter goes lower and lower? How much would these teams abuse these systems to take advantage of people to make their teams better... :/

[@tywalraven4936]

The Padres were the victims, right. The prospect’s wife and kids didn’t give it away?

[@fredyuen2489]

Albert pujols, that’s all I need to say.

[@malkinmalone]

I’m glad people from DR get an opportunity to play major league baseball and make a ton of money. I don’t know how I feel about what MLB does down there. If you were from another country you could get hundreds of thousands of dollars just as a prospect but you will get pennies on the dollar if you’re a Dominican kid or from any number of impoverished countries. Teams know if they throw 10,000 dollars at some kid it will be more than that kid has ever seen but in other countries no one is dropping out of school because they got 10k. It seems kinda shady.

[@JoseEspinoza-fj9ij]

Wassup

[@cassianandor4103]

How the heck did you not show the I am 12 meme from Benchwarmers? I'm so disappointed in you iTalk studios 😂. It would've been so much more relevant a meme to use than the Buscemi how do you do fellow kids meme, especially for a baseball channel lol

[@T_K7]

Since the comments took up that Pujols remark (despite being drafted as an American college student lol) I'll add that if you suspect that he's even a few years older than he claims, you're also saying you believe he hit .270/.345/.550 in his mid-40's.

[@thegoodfella2045]

R Kelly’s son

[@ratedRblazin]

We somehow need to force the MLB to start DNA testing International players. Should also make it mandatory that they can speak enough English to be able to communicate with teammates, coaches, and the media

[@flaquis2729]

What if their teammates and/or coaches speak Spanish or even Japanese? Do they need to speak English to them?

[@stephenhubbinett1287]

Now I'm wondering about Juan Soto hope all is legit

[@APD-cv2wk]

100% older than 26