Can we name these players who had HUGE contract years ONLY by their stats?

RefGuess is back! In this season, a select few Jomboy Media office members compete to gain points by guessing players based only on their Baseball Reference stat page. Each one guessed correctly is worth one point. If the player guesses all three correctly they advance to the trivia round. Guessing the trivia question correctly is worth two points for a grand total of five possible points per episode. The most points at the end of the season wins bragging rights and a The RefGuess Trophy.
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Featuring: Jomboy, Talkin' Jake, Shelfy, Joez McFly, BBD, Max Mannis
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[@themoeshow1343]

That Shelfy hint was hilarious. He knew right away 😂

[@rbsbentley]

As a Braves fan, I'm still scorned by that J.D Drew trade. The Braves only got him for a little bit and they gave up Adam Wainwright. This one stunk for sure.

[@matthewehrlich5157]

Stop fucking spoiling it

[@walranium]

As a Cardinals fan - I both recognized J.D. Drew almost immediately from the stats, and do think this is one of the best trades STL ever made. Way better than the Jason Heyward trade, that didn't really work out for either team long term I feel like.

[@doyce100]

Matthews Jr had one of the best homerun robberies of all time, I think that was in his walk year as well

[@ericbancker6963]

It was. I remember seeing it on Sportscenter that entire summer, coupling that with his best hitting season

[@reed5369]

i remembered the catch, thats why i was able to get it right

[@doyce100]

@reed5369 my first thought was "Milton Bradley? No, he signed with the Mariners. IS THAT GARY MATTHEWS JR!? IT IS!"

[@gadiordonez8802]

Honestly only reason why I knew he played for Texas and had gotten this one pretty quickly. Remember him not being too good with angels

[@GaylordFermin]

Gaylor Perry

[@Meetoon733]

I absolutely hate that I got Gary Matthews Jr within 5 seconds. Just a reminder of another one of the many terrible contracts the Angels have given out.

[@XxTT4theLAWLSxX]

As a Mariners kid that listened to the radio, I always remember hearing his name because of the “JR” making me think of Griffey haha

[@WalkoffGrandslam]

It can't just be luck right. What tf is going in the Angels front office.

[@Armedilla_]

I was the same way lol

[@Meetoon733]

@@WalkoffGrandslam It's not the front office, its Arte Moreno. Since he bought the Angels we have only gone for shiny names that were overpaid (Rendon, Matthews Jr, Vernon Wells, Hamilton, etc) or shorter term deals on players that were washed (Justin Upton, Matt Harvey, Scott Kazmir, Tim Lincecum, etc). All of these are driven by Arte's ego. Our current front office is the first one in 20 years thats actually been able to make moves that aren't insane.

[@soogasooga]

exactly - it's the only reason I got it too. and after seeing this, I realized that the Angels signed TWO Rangers to huge contacts who flamed out and did nothing. sigh.

[@yaakovbienstock]

Kevin Brown

[@limegreenelevator]

Was the first question in Horsehide Trivia in a recent week too.

[@zackaryhaselius2226]

Literally the only reason i got Gary Matthews is because the only Ranger outfielder i could think of back then was him because i remember that one highlight of him Robbing Mike Lamb of a homer.

[@petestevesreal]

theme idea: players who played in the league with a person who had the exact same name as them.

[@zeeks23]

Chris Young Chris Young and the NHL’s 2 Sebastian Aho’s

[@BendyDH]

Will Smith slapped his way to 4 straight World Series titles… or did he?

[@georgebush2024]

Too easy

[@capn1100]

Dibs on Jeff Robinson

[@joekuhn5608]

Did the two Adam Eatons overlap?

[@joekuhn5608]

Since you've got Gary Matthews Jr. this week, I will again suggest MLB dads for one week and MLB sons for another.

[@alecgulledge5758]

Never thought I’d see the day I’m screaming Gary Matthews jr. in my car but that’s why we love refguess

[@gabbyty7144]

ah, yes, david john drew. who somehow instead of getting the obvious nickname of DJ Drew, somehow got his name mixed up and became known as JD Drew.

[@MrNbt3pgh]

Guessing it’s the common occurrence when sharing a first name with his father, he went by his middle name. Then, with people already calling him “John Drew”, it would easily become J.D.

[@gabbyty7144]

@@MrNbt3pgh yep that is correct. JD stood for "John Drew" and when he became a professional ballplayer they tacked his last name onto the end of his nickname. Just a weird coincidence.

[@Shaninski23]

I got Gary Mathews Jr instantly. Remember him with the Cubs early on. Flashy in the outfield. I think it was very getable. His home run robbery is always in highlight vids from when he was with the Rangers

[@payton5734]

I remember Matthews because i use to play as texas a lot in Mlb 06 the show. I was proud of that one

[@drumline17]

Nobody got Gary Matthews Jr?? He had an iconic home run robbery that was replayed for years

[@griffinhays2053]

One of the greatest catches that hardly anyone talks about

[@TheBlackHand99]

Had they included “*great home run robbery” in the stats, they might’ve gotten it! 🤪

[@kotch35]

As an Angels fan I thought the "hard" one was the easiest. Matthews Jr was the first in a long line of bad contracts the Angels signed since the mid 2000's.

[@_Nvrse.Almighty]

I instantly knew it was JD Drew. He was my fav as a Cardinal until I realized who Pujols, Waino, and Molina was😂.

[@reed5369]

I mention this all the time but 1 great yr of JD Drew on the Braves gave the stinkin Cardinals 15 great years of Adam Wainwright. Still hurts my soul.

[@qsackk]

my entire memory of Gary Matthews Jr as an Angels fan is that one time he stole home against the Dbacks, at least that's what i choose to remember

[@nathansheeler1663]

I randomly remember Gary Matthews Jr. from MLB Power Pros on the DS. Always loved playing against the Angels when setting up your own playoffs in that game and he just sticks out. I don’t think it was too hard, he was a decent player and had a lengthy career that most of them seem to know, just couldn’t quite put it all together

[@6thwilbury2331]

I remember going to see the Cardinals play the Giants the year after McGwire set the HR record. Of course, everyone stopped to watch him hit batting practice. But J.D. Drew is hitting just as hard as McGwire, and people didn't seem to know who he was.

[@zeeks23]

JD Drew’s 04 is one of the better seasons by a guy in his only year with a team in recent memory. Up there with Beltre in Boston and Nelson Cruz in Baltimore.

[@ezioaltairac]

I’d add Choo’s 2013 season. Had a historic OBP season in a down offensive era, and played a new position all year.

[@pathindsley]

What's funny is that I remember both of those guys vividly and was absolutely sure that both of them were at those spots for 2 or more years. You know you had a good season when people have to assume you had more than 1 year because your season was that good.

[@kristopherwilson506]

@@ezioaltairacOBP second to Joey Votto in the NL and 4th overall (Miggy, Votto, Trout, then Choo)

[@Rubberfooted]

Alfonso Soriano with the Nats in 06!

[@connorduncan5201]

Yeah Nelson Cruz in Baltimore was kind of crazy but night and day when compared to Drew's. That man went off with the braves

[@bodenslay3348]

Gary Matthews Jr! One of the greatest home run robberies ever! Off Mike Lamb. Also the trivia question answer is Kevin Brown who signed with the Dodgers.

[@zachreacts5508]

I got all three so quickly that I shocked myself. I'm surprised no one mentioned one of the greatest catches of all-time by Gary Matthews Jr.

[@intellectualmind9512]

Gary Matthew’s Jr has arguably the greatest catch of all time. Idk how the guys don’t know who that is. I get not getting his numbers and guessing him but to not know who that is, is kinda insane. His catch is easily top 3 all time.

[@michaelrawlins1]

Can’t think of JD Drew without thinking about his freak injury with Atlanta. Jolly you should do a show talking about injuries injuries off the field.

[@shaymerten173]

Only knew it was G Matthews Jr because I’m a rangers fan and he had one of the greatest home run robbery catches in mlb history, bro turned up with the rangers when I was a wee little lad

[@mattb7014]

That was a great round I actually for the first time knew every single player I have watch almost every ref guess and i finally knew every player that you had on the video. Keep up the great programming I watch a lot of your content and wish I could be part of your guys team lol.

[@Chemica1X]

I def knew it was Gary Matthews Jr. Being a Cubs fan. But he really is remembered for that catch in center field to Rob that homerun and that is pretty much it.

[@connorcarr3073]

If I had to guess who signed the first $100 million contract probably Kevin Brown with the Dodgers. But who else was screaming Gary Matthews Jr for that last question? 😂

[@paul-gz9zh]

I got all three very quickly. Medium was kinda tough. Gary Matthews Jr made that one sick catch I remember. Keep em coming like this.

[@Burnout_COG]

Gary Matthews Jr. not only robbing Homers, but robbing perfect streaks 😂. And that trivia is Kevin Brown

[@jgray2718]

I got Gary Matthews Jr., which is crazy since I'm terrible at this game. I actually thought he was a better hitter than that, but his famous home run robbery, the only thing I actually know about him, was in Texas. As an aside, I think it's funny when the players are thinking of names and they stop on a guy who won MVP _(Jimmy was thinking about Josh Hamilton)_ with no MVP on the sheet. It's happened with basically every Giants second baseman; he'll be a light hitting base stealer with no MVP and people will still get stuck on Jeff Kent.

[@danpratscher4375]

Congrats on the Schwab sponsor - stepping up the game!

[@GooseGotBeef]

Damn. I thought of Endy Chavez and Gary Matthews Jr. for the last one and I leaned the wrong way haha

[@nickhacko4303]

best series y’all do !!

[@DumpsterM0nkey6]

I remembered JD played for the Red Sox after my Cardinals but didn't know he went west first. I hated to see him go, but man getting Waino made the trade SOOOOO worth it.

[@DaBaltimoron]

Nailed all 3 immediately! Surprised they took that long on JD.

[@Anon-yy6wm]

Ill admit Im a red sox fan and is probably a big reason why I got medium so easy, but I was shocked an office full of yankees fans (roughly my age or older) couldnt guess JD Drew easier. I feel like if you showed me most starting yankees from those yers I could get it in an instant.

[@peterharris6409]

Jake Carl Everett played for the Red Sox and hit piss-missiles to the MOON, which he does not believe we landed on along with not believing the dinosaurs existed. Used to call him Jurassic Carl

[@djtoman6875]

He’s right.

[@acrobaticvideos6178]

It took me a little longer than the first two, mostly cause I couldn’t think of his last name, but I was fairly certain his dad was a coach who went by “Sarge.” Finally pulled the name out.

[@TrocarSlushWeasel]

Shelfy claims to be a Phillies fan but needs Jolly to hold his hand and gift him JD Drew? For shame. For the trivia question, is it Georgia Tech Yellow Jacket legend, Kevin Brown?

[@CadChamberlain]

Being a bad hitter for your whole career and then getting MVP votes in your contract year as a 31 year old is storybook type stuff.

[@MrNbt3pgh]

I thought all three were pretty easy, but that’s coming from a Cardinals fan who lives in Pittsburgh. Got Gary Matthews, Jr. primary from his year in Pittsburgh.

[@JeffMiller1984]

Got Giambi and Drew real quick. Matthews Jr. had me stumped until they said CF and I was like "oh, the HR robbery! That's Sarge Jr!" (Phillies fan)

[@treyfoshee8695]

I had Gary Matthews Jr on the braves because I had a card with him as a brave as a kid, but he got cut in spring training 😂

[@theJHeykid]

Gary Matthews Jr. made one of the best catches, if not THE best catch in centerfield that I have seen in my lifetime. It is up there with the Edmonds catch over his head. If you don't know what I'm talking about please go watch it right now

[@Country786]

Knew Gary Matthews immediately as a Rangers fan lol have his catch bobblehead somewhere

[@cenriq29]

I got Gary Matthews jr right away. I still remember being so upset that he got waiver claimed by the Pirates in 2001. I was too young to realize how bad his numbers with the Cubs were but picked him as one of my favorites on vibes alone lol

[@FrshChees91]

It's weird what guys do and don't stick in your brain as the years go by. Gary Matthews Jr. is one of those guys that do stick in my brain.

[@akivafox3588]

I will always find it hilarious that JD Drew's name is actually DJ Drew.

[@skibalovesya]

He also named his son so he would have the initials JD lol

[@vidowatcher91]

Usually the theme doesn't help me. I go teams and years first, sometimes I get it there, then I go position, then I look for notable stats. Wins, home runs, average, stolen bases, etc. I was stuck on the last one for about 30 seconds, then thought, well, what was the walk year? Got it immediately. I would NOT have gotten it without the theme this time around Giambi may have been the easiest one yet. Another edit. I knew nothing of Matthew's early days. Padres, Mets, Pirates. Maybe vaguely remember Baltimore. I also didn't realize he was 31 in the walk year, I thought he was younger

[@dmlfan928]

Even as an Orioles fan, me getting that hard mode JUST off of his time with the Orioles is gross

[@welcomebackpotter722]

Joez comeback starts here and now

[@Trottah]

I got Gary Matthews Jr, though I missed JD Drew. Don't go easy on these guys, they need to get stumped sometimes.

[@mightymacheezmo6262]

LOL used hard on immaculate grid the other day and looked at his bbref afterwards./ Between that and getting medium almost instantly, what a meant to be episode of ref guess

[@lincolnmckay555]

Never heard of Gary Matthews Jr., but I got J.D. Drew immediately.

[@ryanandring2688]

You could never go too hard on us Jolly

[@TheTEN24]

JD Drew felt impossible I even thought of Stephen lol this was a tough ep

[@mindyourbuisness8104]

I still remember the night i first saw rhe Matthews jr catch on web gems. Not sure why its not talked about more with greatest catch ever

[@perSWade3]

I hate that I got all 3 of these immediately. My inner nerd comes out with these

[@intellectualmind9512]

Anything Mid 2000’s to late 2000’s is my bread and butter when it comes to hitters at least. Because I started watching baseball in 2005, and I played a lot of MLB the Show back then. Like religiously was on MLB the Show 05,06,07,08,09,10 every day on franchise mode. So I also answered all of them quickly.

[@wilrettinger3517]

Got Gary Matthews Jr! Honestly couldn't believe it. I'm 50-50 on hards typically, but I think that was the sweet spot difficulty for the round

[@un_owen]

The easy one made me think another RefGuess theme could be brothers of better know players

[@PpP-dr1od]

You did not make it too hard, I got all of them pretty quickly. Matthews Jr. was a good one though; I probably wouldn't have gotten him if I didn't know him for being a poor Angels signing that got traded to the Mets and wasn't named Mo Vaughn.

[@ILoveMisty1985]

Wow can't believe nobody got Gary Matthews Jr. I got it a lot quicker than I did J.D. Drew, but I am a Rangers fan and we still celebrate his catch to this day.

[@nyratk1]

Got all 3, GMJ thanks to that last Mets stint. (I don't even remember him on the 02 Mets?!?)

[@WASTERKY]

Medium was the real hard one, I have Garry Matthews jr without problem because I remember him from the play he robbed a Home run doing a 360 in Texas.

[@maxcho8105]

screamed Matthews Jr at first glance at the stats but only because he was good the very first year I started watching more MLB and all I remembered of him was his glove

[@user1raf]

I feel proud of getting these.

[@PoopVintner]

“I’m an impartial Yankees fan…. I mean Baseball fan”

[@johnnyrivers8110]

I’ll never forget that insane catch Gary Matthew’s Jr. had.

[@asdfaeou]

Giving them Gary Matthews is basically an act of cruelty.

[@wreckstate7778]

Rendon gotta be on here Go Nats!

[@CoreyBlase]

Maybe it’s because I’m a cardinals fan, but I’m amazed at how big of a struggle JD Drew was for everyone. I got it instantly

[@sl796]

No more hints, Jolly. I like competition.

[@jmu76featuring61]

Lol iseen rangers 2004-2006 …my brain went “Centerfield?…home run robbery gary matthews jr??…ithought he stole more bases??..but cant think of anyone else”

[@EddieUsedYawn]

The amount of times I get medium wrong but get hard correct. AGH lol.

[@travisb2846]

I got the first two within like 5 seconds but he actually stumped me this week with Gary Matthews Jr. Completely forgot about him.

[@menachemdt]

@jolly can you do an episode of PITCHERS ONLY SEEING HITTING STATS

[@DumpsterM0nkey6]

This would actually be 🔥

[@charlesbrantley1576]

I immediately thought of Gary Matthews Jr but dismissed it because I remember him playing for the Braves. I was tricked! He got released before the season.

[@BenderIsGr8]

JD Drew will never slip by me in any trivia related to his year in Atlanta. Cost us Wainwright and one of the worst trades in all of MLB history.

[@rorogonzo7867]

I got Gary mattews JR the second i saw Texas to LAA. Because I saw a video made of him last week on a clip of the worst FA signings from the angels

[@andrewbreeze27]

not me screaming out JD Drew at my screen

[@CadChamberlain]

JD Drew had a hell of a career

[@frankisfunny2007]

JD Drew was also drafted by the Giants in 1994, but didn't sign. So, he went to FSU

[@danielrasmussen2167]

What is this? How can you give Shelfy an easy hint and let him pass into the final round? Shenanigans!

[@3up3down]

I got all 3! Still remember that insane catch by Matthew's Jr

[@MrBooblo]

Just casually here screaming the medium while the boys can't get it hahaha. One of my old favorites from those STL teams

[@Rhezz12]

everyone got it tho

[@drewiiz6220]

the Questions answer is easy if you love SRS, Kevin Brown

[@NoahEurich]

That Gary Matthews Jr. home run robbery is the only reason I’d know the name of a mid 2000’s Ranger CF, and the only reason I would’ve won this round.

[@ryanedwards912]

Kevin Brown got the first $100 mil deal I believe.

[@ltbrennan25]

I think this was one of the easiest weeks yet. I got all 3 within 5 seconds of looking.

[@Gio_r24]

I got JD Drew and Gary Matthews Jr but not Giambi 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

[@EthanC_09]

I’m so pissed because I was thinking of the ‘08 Angels and said “Anderson, Hunter, and something Jr… wait, Garrett Anderson was Jr.” Fumbled hard

[@charlesquentin934]

That ref was fine

[@mattb7014]

The reason i got matthews is cause i am a die hard cubs fan and i remembered having him on the team early in his career

[@connorduncan5201]

I knew Matthews Jr just because of mlb power pros. I'm guessing the first 100 million dollar contract was kevin brown.

[@generallukeproductions]

I also guessed Marlon Byrd BBD

[@Keonelehua]

Gary Matthews Jr had the Catch of the Year on Sportscenter that's how I got that one

[@RudyMezzy]

Who else got so excited for Shelfy’s reaction to JD Drew?

[@EasyE112]

That was a good hard. 3-3 and I believe the first 100 million dollar guy was Mark Teixeira

[@djtoman6875]

I knew all three, which seemed obvious to me for once. Kevin Brown is the answer to the final bonus question.