I reset MLB to 2012 and created an alternate universe (2016-17)

[@berr21able]

The Pirates trading a great closer away for a middling catcher prospect, who is then traded along with more prospects to the same team for a awful closer is a very Pirates thing to do.

[@reillymcwriting]

pirates gms are attracted to c tier relief pitchers

[@yfAchoone]

Kinda reminds me of the Archer trade

[@michaelrobinson1533]

@@reillymcwriting I

[@Legault397]

Extremely Angels that Mike Trout is leading Slugging, OPS, WAR, and Home Runs and isn't even on the RBI or Total Runs lists

[@nighttrain1319]

The Phillies making semi-big to big signings every year and still underperforming... yeah what a wild and different universe

[@buckleyourseatbelt0982]

lol

[@GaIeforce]

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@alexvonholten1311]

This sim: Manny Machado: *disappears into thin air* Aramis Ramirez: *has career renaissance, bats over .300 at age 38*

[@Ian00003]

Brett Lawrie betta

[@TheNudeSon]

more like manny machado tranforms into brett lawries body

[@seda_11]

This alternate reality where Felix never got soggy arm makes me happy and at peace with the world.

[@legogandalf5453]

Same, except I’d probably have killed myself if he went to the Yankees irl

[@seda_11]

​@@legogandalf5453 I probably would be upset but if the Mariners had won a WS + they were garbage at the end of his contract, I would understand if he wanted to leave.

[@jarodarmstrong]

20:00 I’d just like to point out that the Padres are on an 18 game losing streak 💀

[@reedl.wilton312]

There’s nothing I can think of that’s more Padres than that.

[@Legault397]

Looked up Cody Kukuk, he was in the Red Sox system from 2012-14, then spent 2015-2019 in prison for armed robbery, after which the Red Sox released him

[@broncos435]

i wonder what possesses someone to turn to armed robbery when they're already a pro athlete

[@milesman347]

The Yankees swept the Twins in the playoffs. Seems pretty realistic

[@cliffdemboski355]

Never thought I'd hear the sentence: "Mike Trout, he's decent let's be honest."

[@VIeshPilled]

He's alright.

[@jjslider00]

As a Jays’s fan, Brett Lawrie ended up being just as good for us in real life since he got flipped for Josh Donaldson

[@amazingkook143]

It finally worked. Getting all the best players on one team finally won a World Series. About time, been waiting for 10+ years in real life and the sim delivers in only 8 years which is pretty neat. Now to just run it back again.

[@danielschu3152]

Gonna be interesting to see what happens with Ohtani. He’s listed as an RP having gone to the Dbacks in the second round

[@ryanrau1626]

That Dakota Mekkes involved in the Astros trade hosts the Compound podcast with Ian Happ and Zack Short, kinda cool

[@mrcnub]

Oh hey, my Brewers were finally bad enough to draft high after spending the first four seasons of this hovering in "not in the playoffs but not bad" purgatory. Hopefully they're a contender in 2020/2021 here.

[@retro_retro_retro]

This is about to be the most amazing three hours of my entire life.

[@brandonl576]

Well I guess this is the only baseball season we're getting for a while

[@joshuapatrick682]

I know when I search for Brian Mundell in baseball reference it gives me a link for Mark Corey who played from 1979-1981…

[@Legault397]

Love that the Angels made it to the playoffs and didn't let Trout play

[@davidschmitt4624]

This is as much baseball as I’m gonna get until mid April so please keep this thing rolling highly entertaining

[@chronusx877]

Even in the alternate universe, even though he puts down a GOAT season, you still don't get to see Mike Trout in a world series. Is this destiny? Is it truly an unbreakable curse?

[@lydiaambrose]

But he was in the World Series in the previous video. Lost to Atlanta though.

[@fishskeezer]

The alternate universe evil Joey Votto is hilarious

[@baileys5673]

Jose Fernandez pitching in 17 makes me glad.

[@almightysosa3007]

Would’ve loved to see a Trevor plouffe watch through these videos

[@PoopVintner]

Holy fuck perfect timing. I was just getting to the end of your 14-15 video and was worried about how long I’d have to wait

[@BoyYuKrazy]

This is such a fun series. I keep it on in the background while I work.

[@FNJL]

seeing wander franco now makes this too funny lmao

[@bryanzzz748]

currently at 28:28 but I’m really hoping you go back and revisit the fact that joc pederson had 24 HR and 24 steals at the all-star break

[@Legault397]

so excited for the next three hours of footage

[@maxisboxedin]

The Angels get worse by Pujols leaving… That’s such a weird scenario.

[@joshuapatrick682]

The Mariners winning a World Series and King Felix having a no doubt HOF career is making me sad for what might have been…

[@TheCnstgrad]

I see you remembered to toggle the 'disable trashcans' setting before the 2016 WS.

[@utlonghorns104ever]

Nats over Astros in 7.. some things never change !

[@37willdog]

Aramis Ramirez is the Nelson Cruz of this save

[@GaIeforce]

Interesting, kind of skimmed over the 2017 draft, and not a single mention of Shohei Ohtani, the 2021 MVP in real life. Did you make any changes to him like the rest of the draft class? I'm curious about his ratings; in particular his hitting.

[@shapshooter8669]

Same… think it was an oversight

[@steelers3321]

Felix to the Yankees even in ootp gives me even less hope for the yankees not signing soto

[@maxb0923]

That 2016 Reds offseason is so much fun

[@traviswrigg5158]

Nationals? Collapsing after a World Series win against the Astros? Could you imagine such a thing happening?

[@Legault397]

Shohei Ohtani is an Arizona Diamondback!! 52nd overall jeez

[@InessentialMotionPictures]

Is it possible to export a spreadsheet of the stats from this save file? I’m sure the fans would love to sort through them.

[@BarteeThePartee]

TIm Locastro was drafted in the previous video, must've not signed. Also didn't Albies exist under another name? Did the game change this or is this a 2nd Albies in the league

[@FoolishBailey]

There's an Albies clone. I fix it at the beginning of the next episode.

[@BarteeThePartee]

@@FoolishBailey Awesome, loving the series so far!

[@lukeholuj5135]

I'm currently trying to rebuild the White Sox from 2015 and it has been a STRUGGLE. Chris Sale, Jeff Samardzija, and Carlos Rodon are all down with injury. Five of my starting position players have a below average OPS+. The season started with us in a financial hole as well (Alexei Ramirez has an albatross of a contract). Any tips or tricks as to how to start a turnaround?

[@MadContender132]

57:37 Chris Sale wins the Pitching Triple Crown and comes 3rd in Cy Young Voting SMH

[@Legault397]

Things I know about Brian Mundell: 1: His initials are B.M. 2: He doesn't have a wikipedia page

[@mattmurphy5805]

3. His first name is an anagram of “brain”.

[@gavinr1425]

Brian Mundell is a rockies spring training legend

[@trevorm1876]

Eric Thames' stats are so weird. Goes from single digit homers 3 years in a row then suddenly jumps to 30+ for 2 years and then drops back down to the teens?

[@ruyn1]

Brian Mundell is a gentleman and a saint. He also plays for the Albuquerque Isotopes.

[@chrisajose-nixon6697]

Trout went from being really good but not quite real life Trout, to being real life Trout for a year, to being prime Bonds

[@maaarcus7227]

Prime Bonds with Lofton Basestealing and Andruw Jones defense lol.

[@realcoleholland]

49:40 Stephen Strausburg suffering a season ending injury in the previous World Series Is the most Stephen Strausburg thing ever

[@gosto328]

I received not one, but two Brian Mundell autos from 2018 Bowman Platinum. 1B prospect for the Rockies in real life. Is that what you want Bailey?

[@bxbomber129]

1999* World Series rematch. ‘98 was the Yankees-Padres series

[@legogandalf5453]

So the Mariners regressed to their real life form. Can’t say I’m surprised, but at least we got Felix a ring in this sim. On a similar note, I wonder what happened to Ichiro in this sim, he was a Mariner in 2012 but got traded irl.

[@scoodsie9949]

probably retired after 2012, he never looked at the mariners roster in the 2012 sim edit: actually nvm, if he had retired he probably would've at least been on the HoF ballot by 2018 and I didn't see him there.

[@KcBaseball]

Twins fans know whats up when they play the yankees lol

[@dariusmcclain5584]

Looks you might have time to go even further back in this series, Bailey! 😀😐🙁😢😭

[@1berrylover178]

1st in defense, stolen bases, and bullpen era. That 2016 astros team seemed built to win despite not dominating in other key stats.

[@rodolfoflores6659]

I heard from a friend of a friend who had once heard from his friend that Brian Mundell would one day restore the peace between the MLBPA and owners

[@philpuget7293]

2:17:42 Rematch of the 1999 and 1996 World Series

[@reedl.wilton312]

32:57 Pause here. The Padres have two players on this entire league leaders screen. One is in 4th place for most strikeouts. The other in tied 3rd place for the most caught stealing. The Padres can’t even be the best at being the worst.

[@kylejohansen689]

Just to clarify, Blevins didn't have anything to do with Oakland acquiring Morris. (Sorry Blevinsheads) Norris was traded back a few months later for Blevins.

[@bxbomber129]

Also, CC won a ring with the Yankees in ‘09

[@jimsturm2061]

2:17:25 LMAOOOO not even OOTP can say the twins have a chance☠️☠️

[@VeryCrankyPants]

Twins getting swept by the Yankees 😂

[@nutmaster652]

Brian Mundell went to my high school & went stag to prom.

[@cebolla1449]

What happened to ichiro in this save?

[@dawg7846]

MORE MORE MORE GIVE ME MORR OOTP CONTENT BAILEY

[@RyanMKE_]

Fair warning with Ozzie Albies but I've done some modern historical saves in this game and I've had it to where two separate Ozzie Albies show up. One named Ozahino Albies and one named Ozzie Albies. The one named Ozahino always has mediocre potential while the one named Ozzie has really good potential like irl Ozzie. So just a heads up about Ozzie being in the draft twice in this series, might be a glitch.

[@FoolishBailey]

Yup. You'll actually see me fix this right at the beginning of the next episode.

[@RyanMKE_]

@@FoolishBailey Awesome, having two Ozzie Albies would've ruined my immersion. Although it would make for quite the alternate universe

[@staciemohler4624]

26:50 look at Nick Sawyer 2.13 ERA -0.1 WAR

[@phantomdust9162]

How did you set up the draft part. I want to try doing a simulation like this

[@edmeyer501]

What is going on with the Cards in this sim? They’ve been projected 1st nearly every year only to go 70-90 besides 2017

[@tucker4pf]

As a reds fan this is as close as i’m gonna get to us actually being active in free agency, pain

[@-Hoods]

Alternate universe didn’t take in the “ Anthopolous effect” for my Blue jays 😢

[@Berk.Buyruk]

Goodness gracious this is a great save.

[@aguywithcommonsense7503]

Also what happened to Miggy he just disappeared off the face of the Earth for the 2017 season

[@jets4687]

If I got OOTP I could do this or is it some mod u did to go back in time? This is so cool

[@vyskmk]

chris sale won triple crown and didn’t get the cy young... this simulation is indeed bizarre

[@bossniper15]

Time to find out if Matt Holiday can carry the Cardinals to a World Series

[@bossniper15]

Update: pain

[@JurassicParker13]

Should we go ahead and order our Lincecum Twins jerseys?

[@Ehloheim]

Why is Trout wearing #29? Just noticed that

[@MegaKenny]

This makes me want to put on my Brett Lawrie jersey.

[@dillonmundy]

Classic Rockies. Refusing to sign free agents

[@KVirello]

"Kershaw, like Seager, did not pitch last year" It would have been weird if Seager DID pitch.

[@darianmonaghan4920]

It could be really cool if you presented these in stream format an uploaded the vods

[@darianmonaghan4920]

Ooo ooh and mabye do a sequel where you rest the league further

[@snix7613]

Poor Mike Trout... yet still better than our universe version...

[@samogden4265]

Semi mad that the simulation changed CC’s number, I hate when that happens

[@FrshChees91]

Mmmm Ben Zobrist on the Yankees. The dream.

[@dawg7846]

Franco should be a 1 star rating with 5 star potential, 16 and 2.5 star seems a bit too good for him.

[@matthewvanzandt6589]

Hopefully Mark Trumbo can pull off an MVP

[@evanbishop567]

Love these videos

[@nb_nic]

Of course Ronald and Ozzie end up on the same team lol

[@ItsNiaNow]

did you boost every single player that has ever played for the royals in real life by a whole star or something?

[@benheal6466]

Brian Mundell’s birthday was yesterday

[@adopted_connor]

Padres rebuild incoming 👀

[@xeterh]

This game predicted Mike Moustakas to the angels LOL

[@trevorm1876]

lmao at the red sox getting sandoval

[@zacherygoldstein1810]

What happened to my man Trevor Plouffe in this simulation?

[@The_Diesel4]

Wait wait wait, Albies was drafted before and traded to the Braves? Now he back again in a new draft with his name being "Ozzie Albies" and not "Ozhaino Albies" lol

[@owenladner6496]

that 2017 trout season is fucking insane

[@milesbrown8055]

HUGE Bryan Morris guy here

[@DrAnarchy69]

As a Yankees fan, I am happier now.

[@matthewsteen6611]

I’m confused how Ozzie albies is in that draft class because he got traded to the braves last video in the 2014 offseason, unless there are two Ozzie albies and I’m not aware of that?

[@FoolishBailey]

The game cloned Ozzie Albies. You'll see me fix that at the beginning of the next episode.

[@ericford7778]

you can't be uploading this when i have a test tomorrow man