Grading Every MLB First Overall Pick Since 2000

[@madethecut]

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[@benlorimer9309]

I am stunned that Strasburg is being compared to Upton in terms of grade. Sure they have similar WAR, but as you said Stras drove the Nats to a title. While he underperformed his expectations, he was as good as you can expect from a 1st overall pick

[@RealBrizz]

Ok and what’s your argument that upton doesn’t deserve the grade lol?

[@alexschubertcomedy]

I’m right there with you. Strasburg was an incredible player in short spurts. Upton was just a good player for a long time.

[@benlorimer9309]

@@RealBrizz Strasburg should be at least A-, maybe A

[@antonioreconquistador]

While Stephen Strasburg had quite a lot more hype and year-in year-out buzz, Justin Upton had expectations so high that he debuted at 19. Both had most of their major injuries after setting a hall of fame trajectory around 30- Justin Upton had about 1600 hits and 286 home runs at that age.

[@mikerinaldi2786]

​@benlorimer9309 you must be a Nats fan

[@zaumen32]

That Delmon Young Orioles moment was one of the biggest moments in Orioles history. You can find videos of that event all over the internet

[@SmoothCriminal12]

And who did the Padres take Bush ahead of? Justin Verlander and Jered Weaver... and all because they were Scott Boras clients.

[@peterskrobola8753]

My dad said that he was honestly a little bit disappointed in Harper because he thought Harper had the opportunity to be an inner circle hall of famer based on his high school numbers. Harper will just have to settle for merely being a first ballot hall of famer, a tragic fate.

[@decker528]

I don't see him as a first ballot guy yet. I feel like he's overrated. Not saying he isn't really damn good but you can still be overrated even if you're great but he's only played one or two season that really seemed super impressive to me Full disclosure, I don't like him or the way he plays. I admit he's a great player though, just not as good as he's been depicted

[@tomomalley50]

@@decker528buddy Harper is a machine and has won multiple MVPs already

[@ShrexyGuy]

​@decker528 you are not wrong. First ballot guys have the counting stats to match the peripherals. Bryce is about 900 hits and 120+ bombs short of that

[@brandonsalemme2002]

😂

[@skalty9868]

@@ShrexyGuyand has many more years to play. Let’s not right him off yet. He has 7 years contracted still, barring major injury he could totally maintain a pace of 120 hits a year on average and 17 HR a year. Those numbers aren’t untouchable with the rest of his career

[@brysonking56]

I was today years old to learn my favorite player as a kid Justin upton was a 1st ovr pick

[@justindale30]

Same i loved him

[@zacharyhansen2234]

Going straight into it was so refreshing

[@christopherkimber7679]

So I’m an Orioles fan. But I admittedly walked away from baseball from around 2002-2018. I always went to a game every year in Baltimore though. Always rooted for them. And between 08’ and 14’, I at least new the bigger stars in the league. So I wasn’t completely detached from baseball. But it never dawned on me that the same Delmon Young that hit the bases clearing double against Detroit, was the same guy that threw the bat at the umpire in the minors. I’ve seen that clip for years now. It just clicked. Had no idea that was the same guy. And he hit one of the biggest hit for my team in the past couple decades. 😂

[@bryanb6217]

If Royce Lewis can stay healthy he'll be a perennial MVP candidate. With his current stats, if he were to play a 162 game season his stats say he would hit 46 homeruns.

[@BenKoch-p4t]

I hope so I am twins fan!!

[@bryanb6217]

@BenKoch-p4t I am too! I don't quite know if my math is correct lol. I took his 27 homeruns divided by 94 games to equal .287 homeruns a game times that by 162 to equal 46 homeruns.

[@johnnydepp4866]

Let’s hope he won’t become Buxton 2.0

[@CosmicStar3]

@@bryanb6217Yeah it’s correct but you could have just looked as baseball savant lol

[@bryanb6217]

@CosmicStar3 I realized that after I did my math lol. I was on Base Reference and didn't see right below where it said 162 game average. Guess I'm blind lol.

[@dbsuper2928]

I love this channel it has taught me the history of baseball.. growing up I only watched basketball and football!! I was aware of baseball but when I turned 28 I really started watching and this channel along with some others has helped me understand the history thanks

[@johnf1235]

I’m happy that Mark Appel eventually made it to the league (took almost 10 years) but he did it.

[@ShimejiiGaming]

Seen so many just vanish, so much potential just gone in an instant in the hardest sport ;o

[@alexvanmeter398]

What’s crazy is Adley is an A and you can argue he wasn’t even the best pick the orioles made in that draft

[@castlevaniaking5]

Its crazy how quickly Harper ended up in the bigs considering he was drafted to play a position he wasn't playing. He was a catcher and by all accounts a good one but the Nats drafted him to be an OF. I think a pretty good move though.

[@antonioreconquistador]

Happens to a lot of catchers

[@TomCat2563]

Carlos Correa is a future Hall of Famer,, despite what happened in Houston. I'm glad that he's staying with the Twins, he just needs to stay healthy. Joe Mauer deserves to be in the Hall of Fame.

[@tillitsdone]

It's admirable that Matt Bush turned his life around. Not many troubled guys can do that.

[@theblazegamer8204]

You can’t properly grade Delmon Young without mentioning the trade tree that’s netted the rays over 60 war and is still providing value to this day 17 years later.

[@Dan-vt9dv]

I was ready to defend several players in this video but was proven wrong once I looked into the stats. Great content!

[@GhostShark357]

😀😀😀I love when MTC makes their weekly vids

[@SONICX1027]

There’s some drawbacks with Cole signing with the Yankees though, since he has to face his daddy, Rafael Devers until he retires

[@provincialfish]

It's still crazy to me that in 2019 the O's got Adley 1/1 and Gunnar Henderson 2/1. It's amazing Gunnar was passed over by 29 other teams. Right after you made this video Holliday came back up and it's killing it so far. Only a few games now but he looks great

[@hgsgvdc4869]

Great vid but I wouldn’t say Skenes was a lock for the first pick. Most people had Crews going first until right before the draft when rumors swirled of Crews not wanting to play for the Pirates or something like that.

[@LumpyAdams]

The Pirates had a dinosaur as their #2 starter in 2023. He was a lock..

[@hgsgvdc4869]

@@LumpyAdams look back at the mock drafts

[@treysonmcgrady4750]

I absolutely love Adrian Gonzalez, big part of my childhood as a Padres fan.

[@ryanbowiephotography]

Jackson Holliday is starting to get comfy in MLB with a grand slam for his first HR a dew days ago and a nice 2-4 day today against the Guardians (one hit coming off of Emmanuel Clase no less). Paul Skenes might be the best draft pick in a very long time. Bro has ROTY basically locked up and could even win a Cy Young in his ROOKIE YEAR.

[@siphonzyno7378]

Here after Jackson Holliday hit his first career Homer being a grand slam

[@Recon_Ravens]

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[@Carson-yr8lv]

Your Make good content

[@Corey-kk2dp]

Need Royce Lewis to stay healthy, man. He's so fking good.

[@zacharybaas1553]

Jackson has been racking since coming back up. 375 avg since July 31

[@somerandomguy5977]

Can't judge recent years yet. Not enough time has passed.

[@twobrosesgaming]

You have a great baseball voice

[@BuccaneerBruce]

Hochevar was drafted by the Royals when they didn't have a GM. He was never worth a first round pick.

[@seanmedvitz9056]

Ahhh Henry Davis going first overall was not a shock in the slightest. Everyone knew he was going first after his insane in college right before the draft

[@ashtonatron6240]

My brother played with Royce Lewis in little league

[@aidanmiranda6140]

Aliso Niguel little league legend

[@User-b9q2z]

Tons of kids have lmao

[@tylercooper1551]

With as shitty as my royals were in the early 2000s until 2013 its so surprising that we only held the number one overall pick once

[@MookelDookel5623]

As an O’s fan, I hope Adley stays forever

[@yukikimura8204]

Strasburg should at least get a A- for that world series MVP

[@ShrexyGuy]

Bryce is a career negative defender with one year with a 6+ WAR. He can hit, sure. But hes nearing the end of any kind of peak and is near 1400 hits short of 3k, and over 150 HRs short of 500. He is not a first ballot guy and probably won't get the counting stats to justifiably be one

[@BenKoch-p4t]

Day 3 of asking for a video about Willians astudillo

[@markeastridge9649]

He is still playing at age 32. .292 with low power in the Mexican League playing everyday.

[@brianstancato3945]

For Matt Bush.. You should have provided multiple grades.. as for being drafted 1 by the Padres... That grade is easily an F.... For him to some how get his shit together over a decade after being drafted and make it all the way back to and including making it to the majors and changing positions and having some success this should qualify as a C IMO....

[@philobeddoe8342]

You were far too kind with your grade on Delmon Young. Remember, these are #1 overall picks you are talking about. The numbers he put up would have been ok if he was drafted at the end of the first and would have been commendable if he was a 5th or 6th rounder.

[@aaronmaher2297]

That there's no major team in Louisiana other than LSU

[@dpglounge4900]

I'm surprised the brewers didn't have a #1 they have been relatively medicore in the 2000s hmmmmmmm

[@agrofindastation]

Skenes clearly hates Lux.

[@BenKoch-p4t]

Day 4 of asking for a video about willians astuddio

[@ThomasBraun-j5d]

I was in until you gave Correa an A+. Video over

[@jonaswright897]

Lewis played his first game in 22 not 23

[@mpaulm]

Correa and Harper both being A+ is hilarious.🙄

[@Brendan-gv3vd]

Why? I’m confused, Harper has been elite his whole career, and Correa has a few elite years too, and with the standards of this video, the at would get you A+.

[@mpaulm]

@@Brendan-gv3vd I’d give Correa a B. Harper beats him on every level so he’s not equal to Correa.

[@seanmedvitz9056]

but this video isn’t comparing Harper and Correa to each other. It’s ranking how good teams did picking in the draft and how good a player is/was based on the players own stats

[@miguelangelsucrelares5009]

Let me give you a hand, mate. It's pronounced Oo-get Oor-bee-nah (Ugueth Urbina).

[@ADRgman]

Delmon Young didn’t win the Rookie of the Year

[@murdowurdo]

As a non American. Why are the grades ABCDF. What happend to E?

[@skalty9868]

There’s basically two ways to think about it- ABCD are grades of passing and F stands for Failure, so not being consecutive like the others makes it stand out more, and at the time when it was being widely adopted, there was no standard nationwide and education was spotty, so E was being interpreted as being for “Excellent” as opposed to being seen as the last of the grade system, since the parents had not been graded with such a system and it was unfamiliar

[@flood7203]

Is Trent Grisham supposed to be on this list or am I just tripping?

[@antonioreconquistador]

He was taken 1-15, not 1-1

[@flood7203]

@@antonioreconquistador ah thanks 🤙

[@jozefgames1997]

Bush did all of that, yet Trevor Bauer can’t come back……. No comment…..

[@christopherkimber7679]

I’m with you dude. But I’ve given up on any hope that he comes back. For MLB to bring him back, that’d mean that Manfred would have to admit he was wrong. I just don’t see it ever happening.

[@antonioreconquistador]

Delmon Young too lol. Playoff hero as well

[@jahmun]

Can someone explain how Orioles got 3 1st picks since 2019?

[@AJ-ny1ox]

Last place teams get first pick in the draft the next year. That's how it worked when the Astros were so bad in 2013-2015 at least

[@johnhyland3675]

tanking

[@jeremyvisser3877]

They were the worst franchise in baseball from 1998 to 2010, an Owner that out right refused to pay players what they're worth. Development 0 pitchers, tho over a dozen of them went kn to be stars for other franchises. An overall embarrassment of a professional sports team. Still the best stadium in the MLB tho.

[@jahmun]

@@jeremyvisser3877 basically what the A's are experiencing right now?

[@skalty9868]

They sucked

[@DeclanJack44]

giving delmon young a C is preposterous

[@jimmij]

ABCDF

[@Honeybread-ox5ho]

Repent and trust in Jesus you will be saved

[@jeremyvisser3877]

Bless Satan