The WORST Teammate In Baseball History Part 1

[@iTalkStudios]

What do you think?

[@elcrow113]

As a giants fan, I love it! I didn't know a lot of this stuff.

[@t0ph4t1]

I almost forgor this as a Giants fan

[@gkdunch]

he looks like if mike trout was a douche

[@Mr.Jtea3]

Definitely done for but the type of guy you’d love to pick up in mlb the show for a start or 2 then trade him for Mike Trout straight up.

[@2girls1up]

Can you make a video about Mallex Smith please? He was a SB leader in 2019 who’s out of the league only a few years later at the age of 29?

[@Mortisemo]

Every time I had Mat Latos on my team in MLB 2K13, he always did terrible. This video explains it all.

[@maxbouratoglou6718]

but didn’t he have 5 star potential? always would trade for him lol

[@RichMurrayGranite]

Lol same

[@jmillshobbies6344]

I thought for a sec the thumbnail was Papelbon

[@demonkingbadger6689]

I forget what power hitter it was and which version of the game. But, i ended up putting him in the leadoff spot, to insure him having one AB that wouldnt end in a double play (if it was man on first, less than 2 out it was inevitable, had hit into 9 of them in 11 games when i made the move.)

[@brandoncollins3617]

😂

[@mikelopez733]

I loved the video man. You just forgot to mention the time he was teasing the Giants fans in left field during batting practice and he threw the ball over their heads and into the parking lot and it broke Giant's announcer Dave Flemmings sunroof window LOL true story. Have you considered doing a video on Jim Abbott (the one handed pitcher?) or how crazy the 1986 Mets were or even the wild 1993 Phillies?

[@baseballno3214]

Thats a crazy story I’ve never heard me before 😂

[@captainawesome103]

I’ve heard that story before but dismissed it as a “baseball” story as in part truth part bologna. Mostly true though lol. The’86 Mets & ‘93 Phillies teams…. Oh my goodness those stories from both would be amazing, I hope he does!

[@shaunnichols1743]

Came here to mention that story! Latos never did pay Fleming for the damage, though I think Krukow and Kuiper might have slipped him a few bucks

[@Klanchey]

There’s a pitcher who had a cup of coffee in the MLB names Chad Benz from Juneau Alaska who had one hand as well. Really cool story on how he met Jim Abbott as well

[@CoreyAdamsonRealEstate]

He was my very first roommate when I signed with SD as a 16 year old. Was a genuinely great guy on a personal level.

[@iTalkStudios]

Glad to hear that

[@JoseGonzalez-um2cp]

Wow, that's crazy.

[@tyrone1544]

@@JoseGonzalez-um2cp another gullible schmuck.

[@Shinobi33]

@@iTalkStudios yea I bet you are. Look up yellow journalism. That's you in a nutshell

[@Gtasplayer]

Happy birthday Corey

[@TheGhostOfBucketCat]

Matt Latos aka Buster Poseys son lol

[@iTalkStudios]

Hahaha

[@t0ph4t1]

giants fan, I approve this message

[@ethanwhalen5078]

reds fan i approve this message. matt latos was horrible

[@AmtrakCSXFan457]

@@ethanwhalen5078He was 14-4 in 2012 with a 3.48 ERA. just because he gave up a pivotal hit (which still haunts me) doesn’t mean he was bad.

[@realcade]

As a reds fan I totally stood by what he said about losing valuable leadership. There’s a reason Cincy hasn’t won shit it’s because we never keep anybody who knows how to win around

[@FlatPlutoSociety]

That really sucks, but as a Mariners fan, I have benefitted mightily from your team's shitty front office.

[@ryanpacatte6054]

@@FlatPlutoSociety yes, it sucks you have us shitty players in return like Noelvi Marte, Edwin Arroyo, and Brandon Williamson

[@jap.3992]

I was thinking the same thing. Although he seems like a clubhouse cancer, there’s definitely some truth behind that. Management doesn’t want to keep leaders in the clubhouse which results in no team chemistry

[@jap.3992]

Or accountability ^

[@brianneuhaus551]

As a Reds fan, FUCK mat latos

[@DaFactsNoNonsense1713]

Everything Latos said about the Reds' clubhouse 1000% accurate & the FACT that they did nothing to remedy that issue shows WHY they're going NOWHERE FAST ever since

[@e2go]

Yeah, exactly. He said nothing out of pocket, even gave respect to Rolen's team leadership and what that meant to the franchise. The team just didn't like getting exposed for being horribly run and mismanaged.

[@bryankelly3647]

Having a good point doesn’t necessarily mean you have the right to make that point in some asshole way tho. For every mid-market team letting guys go to FA just in time for it to be the right move, there are teams like the Reds were then making moves that can be characterized as bad only years later. Was Latos trying to help the Reds get it together or making excuses for himself?

[@DaFactsNoNonsense1713]

@@bryankelly3647 so I’m right, but you’re such a weak-sauce individual, you make everything that has nothing to do with you personally, personal!? You need to seek professional help ASAP

[@grizzgrizzly7208]

But what was he trying to do about it besides whine to the media that oh Scott retired and this changed Bronson retired and this changed but where was he?

[@the7thInning]

The Giants added Cody Ross so that the Padres wouldn't add him. Most Padres fans were salty about this move.

[@mrrj44]

🤣🤣🤣 he was prolly the best pickup

[@jarradmccarthy9033]

As a Padres fan, I was more salty that padres ownership/gm never added ANYONE. I genuinely hated everything about the front office, until siedler and then preller took over the team

[@nathanielconner505]

I distinctly remember going to a game when I was a kid and Latos pitching a 1 hitter against the Giants. with the 1 hit being some measly little infield dribbler and hearing a story about him throwing balls completely out of AT&T/Oracle Park

[@acespades3284]

This guys plays on our local professional baseball team, he’s a funny guy😂.

[@iTalkStudios]

Love to hear that!

[@lzabko9982]

Yup, SOMD BlueCrabs

[@Stoniboi94]

NGL love him for giving respect to Bronson Arroyo and Scott Rolen

[@carbinehighlights5396]

I heard that the state of the White Sox locker room in 2016 was absolutely terrible, and his name was mentioned as one of the people responsible for it. In fairness though, that team did also have Chris Sale and Adam Eaton, plus Robin Ventura was managing, and as a player RV was great for us but boy, as a manager he was like Caillou's dad.

[@ralphus44]

Mat Latos was a major jerk when he played for the Reds. One of his favorite things to do was to throw sunflower seeds at announcer Jim Day's face whenever Day was on the field doing a live broadcast. Day, a true professional, always put up with it and never got outwardly mad on camera, but it was such an immature act and Latos would do it constantly. That crap got old really quick.

[@mid-lifemoviecrisis]

When he criticized the Reds medical staff, even Bronson Arroyo who was with the Diamondbacks at the time commented how he was incorrect.

[@andrewf1919]

I was a bat boy for the single A Fort Wayne Tin Caps and this guy was the only player that was ever rude to me. So satisfying to watch this lol

[@iTalkStudios]

Was he really?

[@jap.3992]

No kidding im from the FW area too. I used to always go to the Tincaps games. Did you get to see Trea Turner or Tatis?

[@billybutler4785]

Funny story about latos… one of my best friends from jersey said he went to a jersey jackals game or some shit where Mr. latos was playing indy ball and he was chirping him while he was pitching and mustve been struggling ( my boy johnny was probs 17 years old in hs at the time) and latos told him to meet him in the parking lot and actively was walking around in the parking lot after the game looking for my buddy and his group of friends… what a fcking scumbag. Really great dude it seems 😂

[@joetheastrosfan3460]

I bet that grand slam felt real nice for the Giants

[@TheChosennn]

Oh yes especially after being down 2-0 at the start of the series

[@LordDavis20]

100%

[@hugosegura6287]

@I TalkStudio, I’m sure Matt Latos, has spent more time in the majors than you ever have.

[@EmmettXIV]

2:13 Posey's grand slam off Latos is so satisfying.

[@Bigunk-hc2ri]

He shook off Ryan Hannigan 6 fucking times before he threw one that got launched.

[@EmmettXIV]

@@Bigunk-hc2ri that's a good thing to point out. Hannigan was visibly upset after that hit too.

[@greetingsmars]

In an Angels uniform he looks like Great Value Mike Trout

[@lukashood25]

I caught latos in high school I was a freshman he was a senior it was an honor to catch such a talent at a young age, he never got into it with me, I’m blocking baseballs I go home with battle scars constantly and show them off to anyone who will listen, but I saw that he appreciated my hard work, so I have nothing bad to say about Mat, he’s a good guy in my opinion.

[@matthewhasle3292]

you played at Coconut Creek? I played at Northeast and I love how many guys in Broward went on to bigger things. Never met Mat, but I knew two guys that transferred over to Northeast from creek that spoke of him being more or less how the video describes.

[@lukashood25]

@@matthewhasle3292 I did, I played with mat for his senior year, and I knew some guys that played at northeast Robbie and Greg they were brothers both really good players, but hey listen after mat he got drafted donated money for our teams trip 2 years in a row, something around 40-50 thousand dollars that we couldn’t have raised on our own, also came back to teach us when he had the time, and I was thankful for that.

[@kevincanning3051]

Not gonna lie that body slam was pretty slick

[@rupincr6082]

True Story - I was at an independent game and Matt Latos was on the opposing team sitting in the bullpen area which was down the 3B line. I asked him “Hey Matt, can you sign my baseball?” I must’ve been 10 or 11 years old. He responded with something like “why don’t you say please.” He was definitely right that I should’ve said “please,” but I feel like that was a pretty nasty thing to say to a 10 year old considering I still asked in a nice manner. I then asked again, after quickly apologizing, and he just ignored me. Pretty pathetic for a grown man to refuse signing a kids ball and act like that.

[@jeffrey7273]

I should’ve said “please” in the first place

[@rupincr6082]

@@jeffrey7273 that’s not the point

[@toilet_cleaner_man]

@@jeffrey7273 Telling off and ignoring a little kid for forgetting to say please is weak, he just sounds like a spiteful cunt who doesn't understand that he was his own undoing. He should've been honored that he still managed to have fans at that point in his career, and dangled the ball over the kid's head until he asked appropriately. You see how pros do it, they can toy with the kid to teach them the manners their parents neglected to, but they eventually give the kid the signature.

[@inconnu4961]

@@rupincr6082 You still felt ENTITLED after he tried to teach you some manners? pretty sure that WAS the point and of course you missed it! How would you like it if people asked for free stuff from YOU all the time but rarely appreciated it? Dude, grow up! You still sound like you are 10 yrs old!

[@binko6046]

Its wild how frequently you put out quality and original content, keep it up my dude

[@iTalkStudios]

❤️💪 Thank you!

[@grege5074]

Mat Latos is baseballs version of “that guy that peaked in high school”

[@brianfama5050]

Dang,you did Homer Bailey dirty showing that stat line🤣

[@KidFresh71]

One of the best NL west races of all time. Was there in person (with my dad) at the clinching game- a memory I shall never forget. Sanchez pitching brilliantly and hitting that triple!

[@e2go]

I love the quotes from the Reds players that have won absolutely nothing in the last decade and proven this guy correct.

[@Harry11152]

Interesting. I didn't follow baseball enough during this period. So i have no idea who this guy is haha. Thanks for the upload!

[@mattkominsky7308]

I was at that Jackels Boulders game where he started a fight

[@EricWBurton]

This is a great video. I am not a Mat Latos fan :) I think if you ask Giants fans what their favorite Buster Posey moment was, most of them would go to his grandy off Latos in Cincinnati. It was pretty sweet, because everyone watching that game, everyone in the park, and everyone in both dugouts knew at that moment the game was over. The Giants had won, and it was Mat Latos that ensured that.

[@jogregal]

The best part of Posey’s slam was that the ball hit a side scoreboard with Latos’s name in huge letters.

[@judahyeh]

He currently plays for our local Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. He seems pretty nice but he's not that great.

[@brianfarkas8172]

He demolished that player who rushed him. He gets points for that.

[@JeffyPDiddy]

He mad $25 million over his career I think he’s doing just fine and can’t be that mad about not being on a roster.

[@MountainFisher]

Compared to Barry Bonds? 22 out of 24 players voted to trade him away even though he was the best player on the team. Now that's a bad teammate.

[@toilet_cleaner_man]

Bonds owned up to being a cunt after his career, he grew up and admitted his mistakes, Latos just sank further into his own righteous indignation and remains there today.

[@demonkingbadger6689]

I know Mark Sweeney would vote for Bonds as worst teammate.

[@MountainFisher]

@@toilet_cleaner_man Latos nor Bonds are teammates to any team anymore. You compare some whiny dude to someone who actually assaulted and fought with his own team and the whole damn team except two players wanted him gone?

[@domdimartino6216]

cody ross sighting. best trade for that specific year

[@0wen01iv3r]

The thumbnail got me thinking of the Papelbon choke incident. He was an awful teammate in Washington

[@jakefikes8545]

Sounds like an honest guy.

[@TheBatugan77]

People got Latos intolerant.

[@e2go]

Heyoo

[@danielray9916]

I loved this guy. Always of my favorite padre

[@Radmetalmonk]

Great vid. Like hearing about this stuff after it's not hot news. Would love to hear more drama type vids from "done" players.

[@chrislewis5069]

Hey I got to give him credit for picking the guy up and body slamming him in that brawl.

[@ceave]

I still have a Mat Latos Petco Park cup. He was supposed to be the next big thing.

[@therealnick05]

My mom met Mat latos, he gave me pitching advice

[@Brhoward31]

I follow him on FB and he hasn't changed

[@iTalkStudios]

What's he like on there?

[@masongphotography]

Latos, coconut creek high school legend

[@stevennabakowski108]

This just made me think how cool a MLB game would be if The Show developers created a joint-studio with Rockstar. Like, Full on MLB game but you can also go out into the free world and be a straight maniac; behind rhe back of your franchise. I could see a lot of fun possibilities. I wpuɔd love to see what the devs could create around this basic umbrella..

[@DylanQuitoriano]

Still my favorite moment against Latos was Posey launching the Grand slam off him the 2012 NLDs

[@TheScaba100]

I kinda get the Giants comments though. Those Giants were frustrating to opponents that year because they could've been perceived as a bunch of no names with a bench full of rentals somehow coming together to win a world series.

[@devonbajek6655]

Eww Matt Latos brings back memories of the 1 year he spent on the White Sox and was awful 😂

[@davidboatright1060]

Mat is my boy I actually coach with him. He is a good dude.

[@jordantibbetts8470]

Sounds like an awesome guy to me tbh

[@chriscarter6175]

Met him at a paid signing years ago when I was younger. He was so rude to the fans that owner of the place holding the event was apologizing to everyone and said it was his first time in decades someone acted that way!

[@iTalkStudios]

Seriously??

[@CeeWallaceGo]

I forgot this guy even existed.... I can't believe there's a video based on him 🤣

[@bigdaddyj452]

I met Latos at reds fest in Cincinnati a few years back and he was absolutely rude to the people waiting to meet him and get an autograph. He was an absolute jerk.

[@shoukatsukai]

idk man, Papelbon exists too

[@GeorgeFrankPerry]

As a Giants fan, I love this video

[@Shinobi33]

So what he said about losing veteran leadership was wrong? Then why is veteran leadership even a thing? You mix one stupid thing he said with stuff you just don't agree with to make him like an all around bad guy.

[@StriderHiryu120]

everyone remember Milton Bradley? good god he had talent but such a hot head lol. not sure if you would consider posting something about him but that was a long time ago.

[@TroysSweetCornhole]

I used to play baseball in school and if you had an attitude you would get held down and towel whipped 20-50 times

[@lovetruth1776]

Sad ending for Latos.

[@drbosommd]

I gotta say I hate in season trading . Australian sport doesn’t have it thank god ( with the exception of the mid season draft in the AFL which allows clubs to pick up one or two players to cover injuries ) .

[@nicholasvetrano]

Saw worst teammate I thought it’d be papelbaum

[@allysonchavez1090]

"Always makes excuses and doesn't own up to his struggles"? He'd be a perfect fit for the Yankees.

[@Th3DarkCanuck]

As a Jays fan I was surprised they took a flyer on him. He was bad.

[@kylenewman6911]

I saw him pitch last summer maybe twice and it wouldn't take a genius to figure out he's a bad teammate based on the way he acted on the field

[@joejankoski8471]

From the thumbnail, I thought it was Jonathan Papelbon. I have no idea who Latos is and doesn't seem like I missed much.

[@Mr.Jtea3]

Gotta admit brawl don’t look to bad

[@hurerler4091]

Great video

[@iTalkStudios]

Thank you!!

[@eshep71]

Lol he looks like he is made up of spare parts when he has a tank top on

[@masonseymour2455]

This video just makes me miss Buster Posey so much more. Come back Buster we need you!

[@ehhhhhhh6141]

As a giants fan I absolutely loathed this guy in 2010. Honestly felt bad for him in 2012.

[@Kickingit06]

I only very vaguely remember this guy.

[@quiveringmoist7558]

Latos was good in Cincinnati but was never much on SF.

[@kickpuncher1892]

Still looking for that shohei otani mvp video

[@huhwhatguy]

You mean Mike Fiers and it's not even close

[@bryson1482]

@@haraldgriefbacon1373 You would be salty too if some player snitched on your team's championship run, and still wear his ring proudly even though he made it less valuable, and tainted

[@huhwhatguy]

@@bryson1482 Correct!

[@calebos268]

Man, how dare the Giants make trades to try to win the World Series in 2010

[@hugosegura6287]

@ITalkStudio, If you won’t share the name of the MLB PLAYER who told you that Latos, was the worst teammate he’s ever had, then why should anyone believe that you actually had this conversation with anyone?…🤔

[@renegadesht7918]

mat latos woulda been the guy to scream im lagging at fortnite

[@bkachief]

Forgot that he was on the New Jersey Jackals

[@Mr.MikeBarksdale]

What do you expect? His parents were so poor they couldn't even afford a second "T" for the kid. Cut him a break.

[@Mr.Jtea3]

0:43 they could have been like the giants but weren’t.

[@louisfriend6369]

Mat “Nickelback back up guitarist” Latos

[@yosmdmmg69]

when I was 12 years old I had beef w mat latos when he was on the nj jackals he wanted to fight me and my friends bc we called him a corn ball

[@iTalkStudios]

No way! Is this true??

[@RichMurrayGranite]

Lol totally thought that was paplbon

[@clifton4566]

Sorry, but this seems pretty insignificant. I mean he's a douche, but very far from the worst teammate ever. There's probably a dozen worse ones currently, not to mention all the horrible guys from "less tolerant" eras, when the average player was also paid more like a forklift operator than a modern major leaguer.

[@jlawrence0181]

Not Albert Belle? Not Dave kingman?

[@TheSkyline5467]

haha, that Dodgers team has Latos AND Puig. Anyway, I was always Latos intolerant

[@keaton2312]

Can you turn your gain down a little bit?

[@iTalkStudios]

Like, the volume?

[@keaton2312]

@@iTalkStudios like it sounds just a tad sensitive

[@rogregg29445]

He always seemed like a tool imo

[@gabrielvazquez1691]

I’ll be honest, I hadn’t heard of this guy.

[@1981bevo]

most of what you show here is Matt talking about a former team, not while he was still with them. how can you claim anyone was a worse teammate than Barry Bonds?

[@obscurehighlights]

saw latos with the new jersey jackals a number of years back and, at the time, i was a huge autograph/card collector. i think i was either 13 or 14. anyway, i asked him for an autograph after the game and he refused. i asked why and he said, "i know what you're doing. you guys sell my stuff all the time on ebay." i'm thinking to myself, "is this dude for real?" as i was young at the time, i didn't say much, but if it were now, i 100% would've said something quite nasty back at him. me, barely a teen at the time, selling his autograph on ebay for a $3 income, is he nuts? oh well, glad i'm not the only one that thinks he's a toolbag.

[@goodwoodBD]

Latos sucked when he pitched for the Reds,he pitched like it was batting practice. I’m a Reds fan and no matter what he said about the Reds true or false,he still sucked.

[@lukechernesky]

couldn’t stand him on the jays

[@belmontdwl]

Sounds like a guy who was immature but wanted to win.

[@bryankelly3647]

There are very few players I dislike but yeah Latos is NOT someone I rooted for. He had a bad attitude about so many things. His obsession with the Giants just shows how narcissistic and petty he is as a sportsman. He heaved baseballs into the Giants parking lot and broke some windshields. That’s just stupid. F him, I’m glad his career tanked.

[@matthewliberatore3832]

Mat From North Lauderdale

[@travelingman5146]

Where’s Part 2?

[@rodstone1597]

He should try to get into professional wrestling seems like he would be a damn good heel

[@toilet_cleaner_man]

nah heels have to be likeable in a sense. A pure baddy with no redeemable attributes is an overplayed gimmick, think any of the cheesy villians from Hogan's era vs The Rock during RAW is WAR.