Does Being Fat Make You Better At Baseball?

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[@BaseballDoesntExist]

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[@RobbZipp]

You got a code for that nasty vape shop you put in your ad?

[@MrHeroicDemon]

I'm assuming having enough lipids allows elasticity to apply while maintaining the mass on your body/arms as your body swings to hit the object or throw. There is a way to maintain both weight, elasticity, and uh balance/ clumsyness. Hard to balance, even with expects.

[@nicklauschristofonoXXII]

Being fat doesn't make anyone better at anything! And these stories aren't proven just hear say...

[@nicklauschristofonoXXII]

​@@MrHeroicDemonbruh get a life lmao

[@MastemaJack]

$11 a meal is way more expensive than going to the grocery store

[@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231]

It still cracks me up that CC got skinny AFTER he retired. I love that freaking dude, he's a national treasure.

[@BrklynBread]

I'm happy for CC's health post baseball. But man, beer gut CC was a PROBLEM! 😂

[@yoavbeneliyahu6686]

Its a thing with some nfl linemen to lose the weight after playing days. I heard a former panthers linemen lost all the weight and ran a marathon

[@PlusSFC]

he was skinny for a short time late in his career, and it was probably his worst season, I knew that weight distribution thing was real because of it. glad he's healthier in retirement, though.

[@tengille]

@@yoavbeneliyahu6686 in today's NFL, most get fit/skinny post career. In the NFL particularly, you have to eat and lift tons to get "muscle big". Post career, few keep that up, especially now they all know about the health concerns of getting huge post career with their battered bodies. Most of those guys aren't naturally 290+. Linemen, while some of them look overweight, are 10x more fit than any baseball player mentioned in this video. Fat baseball players don't run, jump, and barely throw. They play 1st base, or DH. They get up and hit the ball, and don't even run 40 yards at a time. All these guys are 250 with beer guts. NFL players, during their career, are 250 with abs, or at worst dad-bods.

[@WilliamSt.Clair1399]

Mass=Gas in the words of CC. He said he wasn’t getting the velo when he was in his best shape.

[@parkercrossland410]

In short: If you're heavy, you hit the ball harder, which is kinda the most important thing with baseball these days. If you're heavy, you suffer fewer arm injuries because you pitch with your mass, not your arm. As pointed out in some other comments, some of these numbers are misleading because they look at weight rather than the way the weight is carried. Jumbo Diaz and Aaron Judge should not fall into the same category.

[@sethroelke2311]

However, a decent amount of the stars listed aren't particularly fat.

[@thomascevallos5042]

He ignores fat vs muscle, doesn't factor for height at all, and even misrepresented weights on his hitter lists. For example he has Miggy at 267 which was his 2023 weight when his 2013 Topps Card lists him at 240. He also had trout listed at the same weight for every season on there. And counted Ohtani as overweight

[@ayarzeev8237]

⁠@@thomascevallos5042he literally said Miggy weighed 240 in 2013 11:15

[@thomascevallos5042]

@@ayarzeev8237 in the top OPS+ seasons earlier in the video, he lists 267 next to his 2013 OPS falsely increasing the correlation between weight and performance

[@ayarzeev8237]

@@thomascevallos5042 I see the point you are referencing now. That may have been a typo on the slide given what he said later in the video.

[@benjaminmudd2071]

Bartolo truly lives the American dream. Immigrated here like our forefathers, loves Mcdonald’s and Taco Bell, and made a living off of America’s past time😂😂😂 True American hero at work

[@TheJustinT]

You are onto something. Pablo Sanchez was always the best Backyard Sports athlete.

[@coolmanrandom]

kiesha dmitri and mikey are also good at baseball and they're big to

[@hellasalvy]

Goat

[@JoeRogansForehead]

On the old slow ass PC . Great childhood memories , that little midget could ball

[@jonahperson8627]

no hes not

[@epicbirdy42069]

This needs to be discussed in Food Theory

[@clarkwing9507]

To be fair, most of the “overweight” players are not actually overweight, they just are big guys with lots of muscle mass, look at Kris Bryant or Bryce Harper who were listed as “overweight” its pretty clear theyre not actually overweight, just shredded and 6’3-6’5

[@user-pi1bc9pc8p]

Exactly, if these guys were 5-9 or 5-8 they would be way overweight but these guys are very tall

[@PatrickHogan]

Yeah, I saw Aaron Judge on that list and was like???

[@nickpillow5692]

The thing is the standard that determines overweight are outdated to be fair, and don’t take into account muscle.

[@VLAPredz]

Basically weight is weight. Your body is not designed to deal with it whether its all muscle or all fat. Muscle being denser and the actions you take to gain it tend to be healthier then just being a blob but your still going to run into problems from the added wear and tear.

[@tillitsdone]

This was David Ortiz. On TV he looked fat, but to see him in person, he was just a massive human being altogether.

[@natedafien]

there’s zero way mike trout and kris bryant were overweight in the 2014-2016 season

[@MisterVicky9]

Tall and muscular counts as overweight I guess 😭😭😭

[@54raynor]

Yeah, the biggest reason baseball players are heavier than ever is because they are more muscular than ever. People don’t realize that weight training was not a widespread practice in MLB circles until the 1990s, and that practice is not going away any time soon.

[@nathanlee1161]

@@MisterVicky9 They're using BMI so anyone who's built is gonna count as overweight...I hope to god that paper he's mentioning doesnt also use BMI as its criteria for overweight

[@nicolasmartinez795]

Well if it's based on the BMI, which is a very flawed metric, then it would make sense they would be "overweight"

[@welcome_to_the_own_zone]

im 6'4 / 215 and I'm technically overweight

[@freakdavis3241]

Pablo avoiding that tag while doing the splits is a thing of beauty. That statue belongs in the Big man Hof.

[@MarloSoBalJr]

Kung Fu Panda dodge

[@vetoland92]

"even his voice sounds fat" got damn 😂😂😂

[@krystalissoojung5114]

that whole paragraph is soooo funny 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kosakukawajiri5007]

I want whatever he ate now. You know he eat good.

[@willnyc377]

That publisher literally had something against fat people 😂😂

[@erickaguirre4888]

Best quote ever

[@RubyBlueUwU]

@@willnyc377they probably did, but honestly that exact statement could be made in an admirable, positive way depending on intention, tone and context. It’s not inherently insulting and could believably be affectionate…but considering it was 2000 I’m gonna assume it wasn’t. Fuckin brutal though.

[@zebrafish8603]

I've never thought about the existence of an underground cheesesteak eating contest, but now that I know it is out there, there's nothing I want to be a part of more.

[@jtherealmccoy9450]

This is just evidence of how bad BMI is as a metric. Because while there are exceptions of "overweight" players that play well despite not having an athletic body type, a big reason for why so many of the best players are getting heavier is because it is more common for them to build much more muscle. And guys like Mookie Betts and Jose Altuve aren't lighter because they're more fit, they're just limited by height.

[@user-pi1bc9pc8p]

Realisticly if the average height of Americans was 6-3 none of these guys would be overweight

[@kingyellowman5762]

My BMI is perfect but I'm skinny fat 🤷

[@Akkbar21]

It’s only for normal people

[@Akkbar21]

@@kingyellowman5762skinny fat? Gtfo here

[@jtherealmccoy9450]

The big problem with BMI is that the number itself is meaningless without context, and because of its nature, the context that's provided is super generalized. The "healthy" BMI range is based upon the "average" person, but the nature of humans is that we aren't average, we all have unique quirks that require much more relative metrics. Someone that has a larger overall build might not actually be healthy by getting their weight into the healthy range. On the flip side someone that has a low percentage fat composition can be considered obese if they build enough bulk, but the nature of getting to that level of fitness means having to be the most healthy you can be. So at the end of the day the only thing that BMI alone is good for is comparing your weight to people of a similar height. It takes other metrics to understand whether a person's weight is a problem or not (or in this case to compare whether baseball players are better because they're fatter or have just bulked up more)

[@DunkTheMonk]

107 beers is LITE

[@loganking9543]

Nice lil warm up

[@MystiqWisdom]

Probably was light beer, yeah

[@allkene]

Nah

[@truss3518]

Lite*

[@thetradereaper]

Natty lite

[@cargopilotguy305]

Best baseball content on KZbin. This and Jomboy got me into baseball

[@MystiqWisdom]

Seeing as it doesn't exist, saying that it's on KZbin is sort of redundant, don't ya think?

[@corywilson2007]

I loved jomboy so much and still do that I couldn't imagine someone coming along and doing baseball content even better. But this guy is it.

[@z.r.r4593]

@@corywilson2007 jomboy has fallen off and just shills out content now.

[@corywilson2007]

@@z.r.r4593 I feel that too. Seemed like he barely did any baseball videos last year compared to the previous years.

[@zeldafreak1975]

​@@z.r.r4593 He never does the lipsync stuff, which is what made him blow up. 😮‍💨 😢

[@bigfloridapimp]

As a fat guy, who was a fat kid, i can confirm that just by the eye test youre always going to get picked first to play baseball and football. Youre either getting picked to be an offensive lineman or tap into home run potential and get thrown out in right field or 1st base. I drove football coaches nuts because i didn't love or enjoy it like i did baseball. Imagine Pablo Sandoval as a 2nd basemen. That was me lol. Theres obviously a breaking point to where it'll effect you. But if youre s natural athlete, a realistic chubby body really is the peak for baseball. I'd argue baseball is the most body image friendly, realistic body image sport out there

[@Kobe_Jay_Kenobii]

I was the fat kid but was able to get pretty fit in high school to play baseball 1B because I loved it so much and used Kobe mentality as a model to approach the game. Although I lost weight I still had a big body mass, but because I stayed active I was quick and knowledgeable at base stealing, and slides. My coach used to be impressed because during our sprints he would say "u got a set of wheels, kid". There were players much bigger than me on the team but they were not as active and it showed because they didn't field or run as good. I think there can be a method to finding a good balance of being husky but active to improve any baseball player. I think running is essential to a players regimen because of stamina and energy required to make great plays. But that's my 2 cents

[@capybaraponque611]

Nah, fat is only good for hitting, not for fielding, even pitching can work since they don't have to move.

[@Kobe_Jay_Kenobii]

@@capybaraponque611 or base running, production wins gamss

[@202cardline]

@@capybaraponque611There’s probably a middle ground like most things. Sprinting around the bases is not the same as cross country. I was chubby and one of the hardest hitters on my team, also one of the fastest runners and was catcher, doing squats all day. Maybe the consequential legs of steel from squatting with the extra weight made me run faster…

[@capybaraponque611]

@@202cardline lemme see those buns

[@fio6620]

Also something to consider, a guy who is 6 foot 2, 210 pounds of pure muscle, chiseled like a sculpture, is considered overweight by bmi.

[@charlesclark3840]

And at 6 foot 1, 220 pounds, considered obese.

[@dawashingmachine9158]

I mean, Babe Ruth is a downright mythical and he had a beer belly. This seems like something that’d be just common sense

[@kevinbeazy]

What does this say about baseball

[@griftinggamer]

​@@kevinbeazy What does it say about power lifting? Who cares. Big dudes bring power.

[@dontwannaname]

Body weight and %body fat are two very different things. Nor does it take height into consideration

[@joelbergsma7019]

Dude legit called Mike Trout overweight. Wtf

[@holstorrsceadus1990]

BMI only takes height and weight into consideration. Height is definitely considered. Body fat is what's missing.

[@jaywebb0113]

@@holstorrsceadus1990 BMI is body mass not body fat. in general if it fat or muscle you can still be over weight , look at body builders who are like 5 ft 9 and 250 lbs who are 5% body fat ... they still are considered over weight.

[@shaolinotter]

muscle is whats missing. most strong men are fat simply because restricintg your calories is stressful@@holstorrsceadus1990

[@nofurtherwest3474]

He should look at BMI. But still, the physics make sense. In positions of leverage (ie hitting and pitching) extra weight / more mass helps generate power. In positions of running/speed/agility (eg fielding, running bases) it will work against you, slow you down.

[@MystiqWisdom]

Bartolo Colon looked like a model in his rookie pic 🤣

[@Cap7171]

Favorite player of all time.

[@frenchfrey65]

and he's still a model today ;D big and sexy

[@tillitsdone]

'Big Sexy' is one of the best nicknames in MLB history

[@theleap2946]

My friend’s aunt, who is a current anchor for a local station in Cleveland, got her first real job talking to the players because she knew Spanish. She said Bartolo was a riot even then and a huge flirt. Apparently Bartolo stopped chasing women and started chasing Taco Bell. What a legend. Haha

[@atpyro7920]

they don't call him 'big sexy' for nothin

[@traviswhitfield7629]

Stopped watching baseball for years - but I gotta say that this channel has gotten me back to watching & keeping up with the games! Thank you for this dope content

[@shawn-zx9xt]

I click and I watch to the end everytime.

[@dtha_truth6079]

I'm from England and have never watched a baseball game in my 29years , but I like the vids/storys

[@chimchu3232]

I also watch jomboys cricket videos, even though ive never watched a match haha. ​@dtha_truth6079

[@father7713]

Same

[@harrisonshouldice5451]

This always made sense to me. Every time in Little League with a fat kid stepped up to the plate we always took five steps back

[@Bigfluffinfluff]

Bro called Mike Trout "techically overweight" 😂

[@tofuBot]

And judge, ohtani, freeman and more... really makes you think the whole thesis of the video is wrong...

[@fio6620]

They are technically overweight by bmi. BMI doesn’t account for muscle or where your weight comes from

[@Bigfluffinfluff]

@@fio6620 thats why scaled bmi's are dumb

[@fio6620]

@@Bigfluffinfluff I mean I agree, but my point still stands, and it’s 100% where some of these figures in the video are coming from

[@tengille]

Every pro athlete and most Olympians would be considered "overweight" on outdated measuring like BMI, simply due to muscle mass. Most long distance runners would be considered underweight. LeBron is overweight on the BMI scale (6'9" @ 250lbs) with a BMI of around 27. Eluid Kipchoge, the world record holder in the marathon from Kenya, is at ~18 on BMI (5'6" @ 115lbs)

[@PaladinLarec]

IT worked for John Kruk. He was a lifetime .300 hitter that, according to reports, would go inbetween innings and microwave hotdogs in the team microwave. He'd also order pizza and cheesesteaks and be surrounded with the wrappers.

[@JK-gm6kk]

John Kruk is not a good siiingerr We mask his hideous voiiice with more voluumeee

[@JK-gm6kk]

Wehwehweh doodoo

[@roji556]

In the words of John Daly: "You can't pull fat"

[@JK-gm6kk]

🎶 sixty niiiiiine when you eat a junk lunch

[@kingyellowman5762]

Lots of cocaine too

[@austintomlinson7863]

While it doesn't account for the players who lost weight and then sucked, it should be noted that the disproportionately good stats from heavy players could be affected by the fact that fat players clearly had a shorter leash than thin players. Only the best got to the show and those that did had significantly more pressure to perform than the average player. There still may be a correlation but not as direct as it may seem.

[@jamesdrake142]

Exactly. Survivor bias. People look at antique furniture or houses and they say “things were better made back then.” Wrong. They made plenty of things poorly or cheaply 100 years ago. And that stuff didn’t exist anymore. We see only the 100-year old products that happened to have been well made. People also take better care of the best made products.

[@mat5473]

The players that lost weight on team orders and started sucking probably lost muscle weight because losing the fat was too hard in such a short time. Everyone knows muscle is easier to lose than fat. That would easily explain their regressions.

[@eyflfla]

@@jamesdrake142Same is true for music.

[@Denzelwashington123]

Aaron judge being 282 pounds shouldnt be overweight because hes 6"8

[@tabo51]

For the record, Ichiro would deliberately start the season about 20 lbs over his ideal weight because he'd lose it all, and then some, over the course of the season. He explained that it's the exact reason why his April and May numbers were the worst throughout the season. My point is whether you're big or small, I believe productivity has more to do with a balance between consistency and adaptation. Bartolo remained consistent with his diet and was able to successfully adapt to the changes in his body while Pablo couldn't. It also takes a toll psychologically when you have to start being cautious of something you never had to think twice about before.

[@saniwada]

I have never played baseball, but I was a fat kid and played cricket growing up. I was one of the fastest bowlers (cricket pitchers) in the school and was able to throw fast balls with a fraction the run up of my teammates.

[@JohnSmith-ct2yc]

I one time was in alcohol rehab with a pro ball player and as a big baseball fan I would chat with him and he told that the Seattle mariners set his ass there because his bottle of liquor per day habit was keeping him fat, and that was the primary reason they wanted him to give it up

[@ratchet44455]

finally, some sports content i can relate to

[@kingyellowman5762]

Being fat sux unless you're rich

[@stewpitteejit]

@@kingyellowman5762 not for Chris Farley

[@kingyellowman5762]

@@stewpitteejit I assure you he lived a better life than a skinny broke mf

[@kaleiwahea]

Big Sexy getting offered 50 grand to cut weight, getting FATTER instead, and then winning a Cy Young, is one of the most hilarious developments in baseball. Going on to become EVEN FATTER and be the MLBs oldest to hit their first HR is the cherry on top.

[@khohlt4]

I watch a video based on Wade Boogs 73 beer flight. They did the math, and he have been super dead if it happened. But I admit it's a great baseball storytale. His BAC would be over 1%, which is more than double the lethal limit of 0.40%.

[@howardmenkes2926]

Andre the Giant put away 100 beers in a sitting. Wade Boggs did not.

[@paytonwandzy8054]

The Kenny Powers archetype

[@TheWizardofOzymandias]

I LOVE baseball because the health grind obsession and body shaming doesn't apply. As John Kruk said in Sports Illustrated like 30yrs ago when interviewer tried to shame him for his unhealthy habits as an athlete, and he repsonded "i ain't no athlete, I'm a baseball player." He had a monster season.

[@54raynor]

I’ve long wondered if slimming down was the worst thing that happened to Felix Hernandez in his career. When King Felix arrived in the majors as a teen prodigy, he was noticeably thicker than pretty much every pitcher in his age bracket. After fulfilling his potential and becoming one of the most dominant pitchers in the game, Felix started to slim down noticeably and almost immediately started losing velocity on his fastball. This also had the effect of turning the best changeup in the game into just another pitch. Felix also seemed to lose durability and endurance, rarely pitching more than 5 innings in a start after turning 30.

[@dishantithomas4198]

It's possible but it could easily be a chicken or the egg sort of situation did the weight loss cause his struggles or did his struggles cause his weight loss. Then again, you could just be one of those situations You can find and basically every sport where a really great player has a really short prime

[@54raynor]

@karlwithak. you do realize that King Felix was 33 when he threw his last pitch, right? Also, players tend to put on weight as they age, not the other way around.

[@JoeRogansForehead]

THAT UMP ACTUALLY TAKING A BITE OF THE BURGER THAT WAS ON THE BASE 😮 😂

[@qqw743]

Like you wouldn't. We all would.

[@clickmynameifyouloveANIME]

Yes.

[@nofurtherwest3474]

In summary: extra weight helps in positions where leverage is important - hitting and pitching. Makes sense. Extra weight will reduce performance where speed/cardio/nimbleness are needed - fielding and base running.

[@Bobby-Dingers]

My son is the chubbiest ( I wouldn't say hes "fat" but hes hefty) kid on his team but he's also the best pitcher and the best hitter. Funny enough he also plays ss if he's not pitching or playing 1st.

[@Akkbar21]

Hello heart disease

[@Bobby-Dingers]

Says the guy laying around playing video games, foh.

[@ItsMarco_777]

Huge respect for you, keep doing what you do and help your child, don't let others opinions affect you nor your son.​@@Bobby-Dingers

[@MrPAULONEAL]

He would still be the best pitcher if he carried less mass. Correlation isn't causation.

[@FuckYoutubeAndGoogle]

Congratulations, your kid is fat. What a great parent you are.

[@danielard5574]

I love how people in this day and age still think the most bogus unscientific statistic, BMI, means anything in regards to your health or fitness. Would love to see a video on how 99% of all NFL players not named Devonta Smith are "overweight" when he's less than 2 BMI points away from being "overweight" lol

[@lw3764]

THIS comment. The BMI wasn't even invented for what it's used for now. The guy who came up with it was only trying to see what averages were for men, and he only studied white European men. He specifically said it shouldn't be used for any individual recommendations. It wasn't meant as a measure of who should lose weight or not, it was just a measure of what average was. If they had all been fatter, the average would have been fatter, too. But now we're all reduced to a number and most people aren't going to get down to the "right" BMI and stay that way.

[@AwsamNick]

As a bigger guy playing baseball, I see this as a win. My nickname in the dugout is Thicc Nick btw.

[@kylelilley4814]

Fuck yeah

[@Cap7171]

Pablo Sandoval is a legend here in SF. Always brought the house down.

[@mmonkeyman1403]

I’ve seen photos of Miggy recently and he’s a lot slimmer now. Pretty crazy stuff since a lot of his physical ailments were affecting his mobility

[@jfthome]

I used to get annoyed as hell when watching Miggy jog to first base when he hit a grounder.

[@D.J._S]

Loved it. Great video as always. This channel continues to prove why baseball is the greatest sport of all time, and the strangest one.

[@kitchkitch-my7uo]

your videos are so well done so well informed and just completely enjoyable to watch keep it up!

[@yincycle]

107 beers is pretty much 107 shots, you’re dying at least 5 times over doesn’t matter who you are. Never heard more cap in my life

[@kristintassone1871]

Alot of those ovrerwieght listed players are just tall. Aaron Judge is 282 lbs. but hes 6'7

[@hiredgunrp3893]

Exactly. For Example, Yordan Alvarez weighs 225, and is included in the "overweight" category in the video, even though his BMI (26.5) is lower than his teammate Jose Altuve's (26.7). Freddie Freeman is also "Over 210 lbs" but he's nearly a foot taller than Altuve, so his BMI is lower. It's not just about being "fat" it's about being big.

[@CplVelasco]

Bartolo is every casual rec players hero. That man is a national treasure LUL

[@Papajasco]

Literally burst into tears at the sponsor choice on this one. Top tier stuff

[@JackTuretzky]

BDE-another excellent video, as usual! Glad to see you posting cool vids even in the offseason! 🙌

[@jasonroyer9870]

This is the funniest baseball video I've ever seen

[@garlicbread9875]

The fear of running makes them hit harder

[@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231]

No joke, the longest homerun I ever hit in my modest playing career was a game where I was sick as hell, I had been throwing up all night and barely could walk. I was hitting leadoff so I just took a big vicious hack at the first pitch, because I was hoping to hit it a mile and not have to run the bases, fastball right down the middle, I cracked that sucker over the scoreboard in left center, probably about 380 maybe 400 ft.

[@hammersgotgame]

Love the vids bro. Keep me entertained

[@MaskofAgamemnon]

I can't believe how often you're able to release videos with this kind of depth. I feel like your masterpiece on Japanese baseball just came out! This channel is a wonder.

[@bheemabachus5179]

Eating lunch during this video is an experience. 10 cheesesteaks in a day???

[@user-pi1bc9pc8p]

In the list of the best players of 2016, most of them were more muscle than fat I will give you Ortiz Cruz and Cabrera but the rest of those guys were mainly muscle or were simply taller guys

[@nickpayne7267]

Their is no way he went this whole video not talking about Babe Ruth 😂

[@John-wr9eu]

There are also many past and current players that were great despite being fat or not. It might work for some as you pointed out, but I also think of Ted Williams, DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, Bob Gibson, Hank Aaron, Griffey, Aaron Judge, Ohtani, Ichiro, Nolan Ryan, Pedro Martinez.. The list can go on all day, but I would say that fitness and strength is directly related to athletic performance. The players today look pretty strong and in shape, but it’s also interesting to see how that’s not the case at all like the evidence in the video. This is what makes baseball interesting to me. It’s mental, unpredictable and relies on instinct more than athleticism sometimes. Great videos, man! Keep it up!

[@ep7975]

I think Boggs had 107 ROOT BEERS!

[@stainlesssteelrat2821]

as a brit your vids are great . love the game

[@kelliJANSEN]

a lot of baseball players are naturally more bottom heavy than the average man -- more of their weight is distributed more evenly throughout their whole body (no stick legs in sight) so even if their body fat % IS also in fact too high, they STILL won't necessarily "look" overweight cuz they're guys with thighs -- baseball booties are the best in sports

[@kelliJANSEN]

@breadandcircuses8127i like big butts, & i cannot lie

[@Swampfoxtrd]

6:20 You got hype for the meal prep breakfast haha

[@raysup0862]

Ozzie Guillen calling Jenks out of the pen is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen

[@emilyg3758]

Very funny as a Mets fan that a Vogelbach clip was used for “hit balls farther than ever.”

[@mikerogers5086]

I am a mets fan, and vogelbach was really good besides the 2 months slump in the beginning of 2023 season

[@emilyg3758]

@@mikerogers5086 never said he was bad, but the man sure isn’t a power hitter. His strength is his discipline.

[@mikerogers5086]

@emilyg3758 his strength wasn't home runs, but his exit velocity was in the top category in the league. His hitting came from his power.

[@emilyg3758]

@@mikerogers5086 Well yeah, but the comment was about driving the ball far, not hitting line drives into gaps. One doesn't typically refer to a gap hitting leadoff center fielder as a "power hitter" even if he can hit the ball hard, so why should we apply a different principle to Vogey? There's more than EV that goes into power hitting. Side note, if you looked further into the stats you're referencing for 2023, you'd see that his 17.6% bump in hard hit% and 4.1mph increase in average exit velo was accompanied by a nearly 10% bump in ground ball percentage. His ground ball/fly ball ratio increased by .24 points! All of this resulted in a whopping... .032 point decrease in slugging and a 0.8 point reduction in hr%. Oh and to do all this he took a nearly 5% point hit in his walk rate. So he isn't hitting the ball any farther than he has in the past. And that's okay! HRs aren't his strength. Historically, his value has come from his on base skills, not his average or slugging. A good example is to look at years where his EV and hard hit% have been down, like 2022 or even 2020. His effectiveness really doesn't reduce that much. He's still walking, he's still hitting line drives, and he's still effective. That's discipline, not power.

[@separatepeace2432]

I have to thank you for making interesting content. This is a video that’s not only informal but it’s also entertaining . Cheers my guy. 🍻🍻

[@dougefresh8029]

You’re seriously the best sports show on the internet or tv. Nobody even comes close flemlo is probably second. But you keep people interested in baseball who’s interest is either fading or never had any to begin with.

[@Percyripped]

Ive always loved the concept of fat players in baseball. What other major league sport has that. You can be fat, wear jewlery, chew on tobacco, while playing in a professional sporting event. Thats badass to me

[@theleap2946]

Apparently you have never watched darts. Those dudes used to smoke during live television broadcasts. 🤣🤣

[@JasonThomasLionHeart]

love your content. some guys are just huge and heavy but by no means over weight - like judge and stanton, they are just monsters among men. but i always thought the big guys had a distinct power advantage as well

[@Savroge]

I have basically zero previous interest in baseball but I’m SO glad this channel showed up in my recs. This stuff is SO interesting!!

[@Yaboifatback]

When BDE posts a new video, I stop what I’m doing and watch. Even when I’m driving.

[@Miguel-sh1yv]

Rest in Peace, Wade Boggs

[@trublaze]

Wade Boggs is very much alive

[@BrassPlayr]

@@trublaze This meme never gets old.

[@Toast2005]

​@@BrassPlayr I must be new because I was very confused by the comment

[@jamesesterline]

BDE is asking the real questions here

[@sethroelke2311]

Nah, the real question is is: how fat would Ohtani have to get to win cy young and the triple crown in the same season?

[@markfiala6730]

Great video. Prolly one of my favorites from the channel

[@ajconstantine3593]

6:29 - Yer FACE on that fadeaway! 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@bgmich9098]

Aaron Judge is 6'7" 280 isn't THAT heavy for that height

[@sloshtugz4087]

Height doesn’t matter

[@Doctor2Delaware]

Yeah it does

[@theywouldnthavetocensormei9231]

And he's muscular, not fat. Statistics would suggest he'll probably be a giant whale after he's been retired for a few years 🤣🤣, but as of now, he's not fat at all.

[@sar4806]

He’s also built like a titan so he doesn’t count in this regard

[@maxbublik4545]

@@sloshtugz4087are you slow

[@thatoneguyzig]

Pablo Sandoval is an example of “the bigger you are, the better you are”

[@unkledoda420]

That makes zero sense. Explain how he got worse when he ballooned up then.

[@thatoneguyzig]

@@unkledoda420 he was simply getting older

[@Clownlife432]

George Foreman famously won the heavyweight crown back in his late 40s. He had always been a power puncher young, and when he was older it was more of the same. He gained a substantial amount of weight and that was just more force into his punches. Makes sense to me from the stand point that the force is generated from your hips and having more weight around your hips puts more mass into movement at the most critical stage.

[@brettkozak3479]

LOL "This video is brought to you by cook unity" That made me lol in the context lol

[@sandycrash8868]

Well baseball being America game makes sense now. Babe Ruth would be proud

[@kadefabila813]

Love ur vids❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤

[@davesoverthere]

Tall and muscular is not the same as being fat. There's no universe in which Bryce Harper and Aaron Judge are overweight.

[@johnreesekl6249]

Not sure about Lincecum in this video. He was always a smaller guy who threw gas, but his size scared many teams away. He got sick one offseason, and lost all kinds of weight and was a string bean. He gained the pre-illness weight back, but he never recovered his velocity.

[@daelinproudmore5068]

Hi.... Nobody can drink 73 beers on a flight. Assuming he drank cans that's 6 gallons of liquid. That amount of liquid consumed in a short time can kill you, even if it's water.

[@macipod00]

There's a difference between over wight and being fat.

[@jonathansykes4986]

both are bad

[@macipod00]

@jonathansykes4986 not really I'm overweight with single digit body fat

[@outwest100az]

This video made my day as I have often thought about this subject but not seen anything about it. The before and afters are just epic and show what our shittte American diet can do to even supposed in great shape baseball players. Colon is and was a freak of nature. His home run was one of the most fun Mets (big fan) moments of my baseball life.

[@F-Society-Mr.Robot-]

This is one of my favorite Channels on KZbin but all I could think about the whole video was “more longer”

[@rrameir]

The whole premise of this video is stupid. Saying guys are “technically overweight” when they are 220-240 pounds of muscle is ridiculous. BMI is incredibly outdated and if it was taken seriously in sports the majority of athletes across all sports would be considered obese.

[@timothystamm3200]

I think his point is that if that's the case, then MLB is behind the times because they are trying to get people to hit target weights simply based on their height. Also, it seems like Baseball is the closest to Sumo and American Football in encouraging being so muscular that it almost makes you look fat.

[@thaddeusodonnell3986]

Every like this comment gets ill drink a beer

[@MESteve85]

I met CC at the Panda Express in the Houston airport during the 04’ AS Game. He was with Matt Lawton. Can confirm: he’s enormous.

[@mrxtravagent7130]

It may not be the best for performance, but watching Pablo Sandoval's belt bust from swinging the bat is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time....

[@mouseinurhouse]

Tony Gwynn. He was a chunker. One of the greatest hitters of all time

[@jonnyt16]

Yeah I can't believe he wasn't mentioned in this video.

[@PandaMojo26]

All of his compilations now have full length videos he has completed the infinity stones

[@hateusernames2]

Just a few days after watching the Serie del Caribe tournament including the finals between Venezuela's Tiburones and Dominican's Tigres... won by Tiburones and managed by Ozzie Guillen.. And now this. Larger players may be better offensively but not defensively. Anyways thanks BDE. Gracias

[@PurelyBaseballYT]

The video i’ve been waiting my whole life for 😂

[@theathlete1903]

I weight 210 when I got drafted, gain 38lbs in the offseason and the A’s were furious the next year but I did well! Got up to 254 at 6’6”, and played for 12 years!

[@aryansharma808]

whats your name if you dont mind me asking?

[@theathlete1903]

@@aryansharma808 Mike Rossiter 38th pick in 91!

[@engell3707]

@@theathlete1903hey I looked up your name. It’s true, the A’s drafted you 1st round 38. You even played in Mexican league one year. You were a real baseball player.

[@theathlete1903]

@@engell3707 that’s me… actually played a couple years down there but only one shows hp! Fun times!

[@cokesquirrel]

That's really cool thanks for sharing it

[@ericxpenner]

I haven't watched a single baseball game in 20 years, and this is insane. A bit like waking up from a coma and wondering, "what's going on in baseball?" Oh, there are loads of fat guys now.

[@54raynor]

Also, the Mariners catcher referenced in this video was Jesus Montero, not Miguel Montero.

[@johnnygunzfilmbuff7821]

I remember he was a skinny kid on thr yankees and he really lost himself.

[@themitchlewinsky]

I didn't realize how many big fellas played baseball until after my freshman football season when there was three other linemen (including me) showing up to baseball pre conditioning that winter. unfortunately i switched to a school with no sports so i couldn't play with my buddies but i heard they weren't too bad.

[@dfloriza]

The sentiment echoed by many players and coaches in baseball: "You can't pull fat". Ozzie Guillen was a champion of this, and recalled players eating cheeseburgers and slamming beers, and said that they were never on the DL as a result. It's still interesting seeing how it affects offense and defense.

[@Laicn]

I straight up gained 50lbs after cutting to like 165 and 1 it looks better on the stat sheet and 2 batting power and pitching velo went up exponentially but height and muscle mass play a huge factor

[@epicbirdy42069]

You should show this to Matpat's team(since he's retiring). This would make a good Food Theory video.

[@seattleslackers7872]

The MLB scout that sent Montero the ice cream sandwhich is named Butch Baccala btw. He now coaches a program in california and is pretty damn cool.