The 2014 MLB Draft was HORRIBLE. Where are they Now?

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[@alexshirley6096]

Hey I think you should do a video about Matt bush

[@lunarumbreon7699]

It’s quite telling how many pitchers in this video had a major career fall off and then the next clip is them in an Angels uniform

[@SamOliver4]

crazy how many of these guys were in the White Sox system at one point too lol

[@davidcaceres9184]

The curse of the Angels strikes again

[@rymca4758]

4 of the better picks in this draft are now current Phillies lol

[@rslitman]

So the first thing I thought of when I saw 2014 draft being bad was, at least a pretty good current Phillie, meaning their own pick, Nola, is good. And then to find 3 other current Phillies who are also decent players was a bonus.

[@FamilyGuyRoks6]

I think having the only 2 players that could be HOFers is a bit better than decent haha

[@Datfalconfan]

Phillies suck braves better

[@Bigboy-r4k]

@@DatfalconfanMets are better than both!!

[@Datfalconfan]

@@Bigboy-r4k Didn't the braves just beat y'all back to back?

[@FBJack]

patrick mahomes was selected in this draft by the tigers and i think thats funny

[@averyshaham1697]

He would've gone earlier than round 30-something if he wasn't widely expected to pursue football

[@nickfury8973]

The worst thing that could happen to a young pitcher, worst than a Tommy John, is to be drafted or traded to Colorado. Coors will welcome you to the big leagues

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Playing on extra hard difficulty

[@nickfury8973]

@@AndThatsBaseballespecially when they need to build up the confidence and get used to the big leagues.

[@joshuaweiss8280]

Rip Chase Dollander

[@Vandakai]

@@joshuaweiss8280 I get he feeling the rocks will trade him for more positional starters before than if he continues to do well in low A ball.

[@joshuaweiss8280]

@@Vandakai I hope so, really fun to watch him pitch in college. It’d be sad to watch him struggle because of Coors Field

[@warlordofbritannia]

Choosing high school pitchers in the first round is like choosing to spice your gourmet meal with arsenic.

[@cod16p]

It’s worked for a lot of teams tho you get them at 18 if you can’t develop them from that age you’re in the wrong profession

[@plebobliterator]

you’re right harper and soto are busts

[@skalty9868]

Depends on how good your development is. They’re young, you should be able to make it work if they have the tools

[@Ben-ff6hc]

​@@plebobliterator did you read their comment? Soto and Harper aren't pitchers

[@zubsiro]

@@plebobliteratorright, loved when Harper won the Cy young and when Soto pitched a no hitter…

[@manwithamic2372]

All my homies love Connor Joe

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Rooting for him

[@King_rd-u8x]

The goat

[@purodeathcore]

he’s great

[@ILoveMisty1985]

There was a time when I lived in East Texas and I would often stop in Shepherd on my trips to Houston, since it's a nice and quaint little town. So I was pretty excited when Tyler Kolek was drafted second overall. It's a shame that Tyler's career never materialized, and the fact that Stephen was able to Majors this season may be one of life's greatest ironies. Anyways, fun video.

[@AndThatsBaseball]

He had the gas but he didn’t have much else

[@lucaswarmbo5203]

I saw this and thought you were talking about the NBA player Tyler Kolek that just got drafted this year

[@lucaswarmbo5203]

Wow he brought it up in the vid lol

[@CF73737]

Tyler kolek like Knicks Tyler kolek?? I feel like im bout to learn something very new

[@backsgl]

The most enduring image of Nick Gordon I have is him smacking the top of the Target Field dugout in celebration when Royce Lewis smashed a home run in the 2023 postseason. I don't know why that was the celebration he went with, but his brother includes "strange" in his name and doesn't believe that the moon is real. He's an international man of mystery, I guess.

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Dee includes "Strange" because it's his mother's maiden name I believe

[@DrCornwater]

I don't know why but I absolutely lost it when the Smash Bros music hit lmao. Great work as always man 👍

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Classic, glad you enjoyed

[@lemmiwinks09]

I appreciate this deep dive into the careers (and the underwater levels music from Donkey Kong Country 😊).

[@mrwwwebs]

all about that aquatic ambiance

[@no_reason2755]

Connor Joe is referred to as the "greatest Rockie ever" by many for the exact reasons you mentioned in this video. one of my all time favorite players

[@HamsterK37]

Kopech is yet another example of how bad the White Sox ciaching staff is. He just won a Workd Series with the Dodgers. 4-0, 1.31 ERA, 24 innings, 29 Ks, ERA+ 348

[@qizwiz]

This is easily the best sounding baseball channel on youtube. I've never enjoyed Fleetwood Mac as I did during the Jack Flaherty segment. The volume was perfectly understated and the rhythm of the video against this music is *chefs kiss*

[@claytoncourtney1309]

I would nominate Ubaldo Jiménez as the greatest starter in Rockies history. He had a 3.67 ERA , AT Coors (3.66 overall as a Rocky) compared to 5.07 for Marquez and 4.66 for Freeland.

[@jackfinnegan8688]

I spent so much time looking for this comment

[@soapsatellite]

Man, people really forgot about him, huh?

[@GaijinBaseball]

Should be noted that current Tokyo Giants #2 starter Foster Griffin was a competetive balance pick in this draft as well. While he never panned out in MLB, considering he's currently sporting an 80 FIP- in NPB, there was always something there

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Sheesh I owe him an apology I was unfamilar with his game

[@GaijinBaseball]

@@AndThatsBaseball Also, Tyler Beede was the Tokyo Giants' Opening Day starter in 2023 because the WBC meant that ace Shosei Togo wasn't rested enough, and I may be wrong, but I think he ended up having the worst season of any opening day starter in their 90 year history. 119 RA-, 121 FIP-, only 0.1 WAR

[@chasebingaman]

If you watch football and have some knowledge about older draft classes, for me as a Philly fan, this Phil's class is so close to the year we drafted Lane Johnson. Both years had such a high amount of busts and yet both our teams drafted one of the very few top guys that panned out.

[@chasebingaman]

And it's also hilarious how out of the hits here, almost every has made their career in philly/become a key piece this year. Nola, Hoffman, Schwarbs, and Trea is such a big list of guys for us

[@southbeachtalent]

I remember that year well. Chip Kelly had just got hired and their was that linebacker/ Defensive end from Oregon that everybody assumed Philly would draft, but Miami nabbed him the pick before. Yeah...... I'd say Lane worked out lol

[@daleftuprightatsoldierfield]

The most successful athlete in this draft was a 37th round pick

[@OceanGoalie]

Who was that

[@daleftuprightatsoldierfield]

@@OceanGoalie Patrick Mahomes

[@OceanGoalie]

@@daleftuprightatsoldierfield 💀

[@willb6913]

Hard not to cheer for someone with a story like Connor Joe.

[@soapsatellite]

Honestly, even without knowing that story, I find myself cheering for the guy if I see his name, just cuz it's hard to root against a guy named Connor Joe

[@Boxghost574]

The Connor Joe story brought and actual tear to my eyes. It's beautiful to see someone overcome that much and still find a solid career.

[@Perisov]

Chrono Trigger OST, MOTD round change, great music in general, and an amazing baseball video, brother you cooked with this.

[@fredwilliams748]

I remember playing travel ball with Derek Hill up until we graduated HS…. The dude had wheels like nobody I’d ever seen before. Saw him hit a laser one time over the centerfielders head and with absolutely 0 errors he turned it into an inside the park home run. Dude was absolutely nasty in centerfield as well. It sucks he got plagued by injuries after the draft.

[@allahmonkegaming5962]

Quick fact or whatever Bradley Zimmer was on the Rockies spring training team this year in 45 plate appearances his batting average was.378 and his on base was .430 He became expendable when they signed Jake cave. Justice for my goat Bradley Zimmer

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Gotta be some reason they went with Cave over Zimmer

[@allahmonkegaming5962]

@@AndThatsBaseball one of the Rockies hitting coaches worked with cave in the minor leagues and he convinced management to go with cave over Zimmer

[@TheNookOfficial]

Sir, a second 2014 Draft video has hit the website

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Who made the first one?

[@TheManny717]

Your partner in crime mentioned the three #1 draft picks that never Made it to the big leagues (SRS).

[@warlordofbritannia]

@@TheManny717 Favorite fun fact on this: the second no. 1 overall is one of those three, a guy the Mets selected over Reggie Jackson because Reggie had a white (actually Mexican) girlfriend.

[@TheNookOfficial]

​@@AndThatsBaseball I'm not gonna lie I misremembered and thought your 2013 video was a 2014 video by someone else LOL

[@kurior5265]

@@AndThatsBaseballsimilar video by you, MLBs top 50 prospects from 2014, where are they now

[@BKF0]

Just an extremely small note -- in MAY of 2017, Chris Sale was the best pitcher in baseball, and Kluber had a 5.06 ERA (seriously). His second half that year was one of the craziest runs I've ever seen, and as a Red Sox fan, it caused me great pain.

[@nikonuggage]

I got chills when you announced Trea Turner lol Great video

[@t206kid]

Funny, mlb network yesterday posted a picture about how stacked the 2014 draft was. One guy was even arguing with me that matt Chapman and trea turner were on their way to the hall of fame

[@AndThatsBaseball]

I mean there are clearly some great players, but so many guys didn't do a thing that I can't consider it a good draft

[@t206kid]

@@AndThatsBaseball what I said was that were some solid players in the draft, but nobody great or it being a "stacked" draft as MLB network classified it as and then I get clowns saying I don't know what I'm talking about and that Matt Chapman is a borderline hall of famer. The guy is a .250 hitter and doesn't even have 900 hits and is 31 or 32 years old I believe

[@theamaeve8175]

Trea Turner is def on his way if he keeps playing this way for years to come

[@Jeterfan906]

Connor Joe and Jameson Taillon both having cancer and injuries derail their careers is so disappointing. Especially since in a different world you could see them being cornerstones for the Pirates for years if not for their health

[@cinco_de_la_tarde]

You may only rank Schwarber as a hit but he's a Cubs legend for life. Im glad he's found continued success and i miss watching his bombs in Wrigley

[@daleftuprightatsoldierfield]

It’s pretty incredible how the Astros drafted two of the biggest busts of all time with back to back #1 picks and still managed to win a World Series 3 years later

[@AndThatsBaseball]

They also got Correa in 2012 then Bregman and Tucker in 2015, 3/5 first round picks being that good is nearly impossible. Just crazy that their misses were the biggest misses

[@moshenewman7019]

Called cheating

[@JahWontPayTheBill]

Well, yea. When you steal signs it’s a lot easier.

[@lunarumbreon7699]

Something I always forget about your uploads is how good the background music is

[@yougotnolife20]

This is random but I love the beat stops perfectly at 40:30 for the sentence like you rapping on it

[@hankglidden1463]

Quick update on Grant Holmes because the feel-good story has continued. He served a very important role in shoring up an absolutely battered Braves rotation as a long reliever and emergency starter. He pitched 66 innings in half a season to a 3.56 ERA, 3.20 FIP. Crazy career bounceback. It seems very likely that he'll be a mainstay in the Braves long relief.

[@thestruggler992]

Luke Weaver's become a go-to in the bullpen for this (now) World Series Yankees team, so he definitely seems to have found his calling. I guess I should add that Flaherty is pitching for the Dodgers going into the World Series also, so that's something.

[@CanuckGod]

As a Yankees fan, it's nice to see how solid (outside of that one outing) Weaver has been in the post-season, and Flaherty is scheduled to start Game 1 for the Dodgers despite being lit up in his last outing against the Mets, so we'll be seeing both of them very soon in this 2024 World Series.

[@mkpanther1343]

Love this format, please keep making these!

[@wizardoferror9942]

While on the topic of the 2014 MLB season, we actually got a Home Run Derby format that was used for this only season. I read about it and I thought it was such a cool format. I have nothing against what Manfred did to the Home Run Derby, it’s just that we never got to see the 2014 Home Run Derby rules longer. :/ EDIT: Figured I’d bring the Derby up since it’s tomorrow.

[@goodish9765]

W for using Pokemon music

[@shoukatsukai]

As good as Aaron Nola's WAR and accumulation is, he is not getting in the HOF without any hardware. He has only one all star appearance and Top 3 Cy Young finish.

[@warlordofbritannia]

Nola might make it on longevity. He’s looking like one of those very few guys who will retain their effectiveness into his mid-30s.

[@insurgencybuffoonery8065]

I love letting writers decide who makes it into the hall!

[@DFCwastaken]

Nola was unironically a victim of his team. Having the best catcher in baseball when catching is at an all time low, JT Realmuto was essentially a lock for the Phillies, pushing him out at least twice

[@collin82684]

@@DFCwastakenthis also includes this year with all the selections from the Phillies. He should have at least 3-4 by now excluding what should’ve been an all star appearance this year.

[@theamaeve8175]

He may get a few World Series rings though which could be the hardware he needs

[@Nathan-hy2hf]

the call of duty zombies music is CRAZY lmao

[@ericwillis8984]

Dude I thought I was tripping! I’m glad you noticed it too 😂

[@justinsalomon3760]

I love the fleetwood Mack background music

[@ThatSockmonkey]

Trea Turner. Definite HOF potential. He is an absolute master of short stop, and he hits incredibly well. He's fast in defense and offense, he's consistent as a hitter and (mostly) ss or behind the plate, and hes an absolute asset to my team, The Fightin Phils!

[@swaggod1]

i think aaron nola has to fight an uphill battle to even have a shot at cooperstown since he doesn’t have the accolades shame because he’s such a great pitcher

[@SCSAsJorts]

Man Joe’s a hit in my book to fight through all that adversity and to be able to be in the big leagues and contribute in some capacity. Success

[@maxp2305]

As a Rockies fan, I got nothing but love for Connor Joe

[@martin1873]

Three of the first four players you cover are going to be on NLCS or ALCS rosters

[@PaloVerde1414]

Dodgers are loving Kopech and Flaherty right now 🐸 ☕️

[@GeorgeWKush-nh8xz]

Hearing the mario kart lick in an mlb video is wild to me. Elite content and elite music picks

[@christianbooth6235]

I got to see Tyler Kolek pitch on several occasions during his final pro season (2019) in Clinton, Iowa. He always pitched like he was afraid of getting hurt again, and never seemed to be able to find the zone. Such a shame; he seemed like such a gracious guy.

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Everything I read said he was an incredibly hard worker and good dude. The size, the character, and the velo were all there. That's why scouting in this sport is so difficult.

[@Hogtownboy1]

Love this content i will be come a member just for these😊

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Welcome aboard!

[@aidenblow59]

luke weaver is now a world-series bound closer for the new york yankees. crazy

[@makattack930]

I never knew about what Conor Joe went through I feel so bad I hope he can have a long mlb career

[@collin82684]

Thanks for recognizing how talented Nola really is. It’s a shame he’s so criminally underrated and he totally deserved to be an all star this year. Philly needs to give him more love to say the least. If he did then he’d have more than just one all star selection. Regardless I think the odds are in his favor to make it to Cooperstown as of right now. Accolades should play a smaller part than they do when it comes to that stuff.

[@daltonbrowne7980]

I was wondering what happened to Finnegan. I remembered his double World Series appearance but never knew his name.

[@davidbaer2906]

That turner pick/trade haunts me. When I saw the padres got wil Myers for a ptbnl I thought it was a dub until they announced who it was. Damn you Preller

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Can’t believe the Nats got Turner for Steven Souza

[@Joepnwgeorge]

Bro what was that background song at 6:15? That's some nostalgic times I can't put my finger on exactly🤣🤣

[@tmackster69games31]

Menu 1 - Super Smash Bros Brawl OST

[@iannichols8020]

The brawl theme baby

[@ashtonkline3128]

been subscribed for a long time man, love the videos

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Thanks! I do my best

[@figarden1]

AND NOW JACK IS A WS CHAMP!!!

[@AndThatsBaseball]

A ton of 2024 World Series participants in this video

[@ericveneto1593]

Schwarber is a borderline HOFer to me.

[@zach7193]

Man, that's something. Haven't seen so many meh players in the content such as this. Very good.

[@PaloVerde1414]

New York is loving Weaver right now 🐸 ☕️

[@TheBadBaseballFan]

17:53 "Excellence in this game is both fragile and non-linear" Baseball in a nutshell, well said!

[@warlordofbritannia]

Nick Gordon is the Twins prospect of all time: toolsy as all heck and even more injury prone. They can field a whole lineup from just the last decade with those guys.

[@JediSithord23]

As a Yankee fan, I do appreciate Weaver. He’s thriving out of the bullpen!

[@spartanlongshot]

I went to an Angels game a few weeks back and saw Cole play. Fell in love with the awkward intro and decided I liked him. Also I'm not quite convinced he isn't Tim Lincecum trying to play the field.

[@eggjohnson5280]

the chain background music with the conor joe story is a great pick

[@AndThatsBaseball]

It's such a good song

[@eggjohnson5280]

@@AndThatsBaseball it really is. I usually don't like fleetwood mac too much but damn even I love that one (the Yondu scene in Guardians of the Galaxy 2 helped a lot)

[@beagle_uah]

As a Braves fan, I love Grant Holmes’ story. He has so much potential to continue growing for our team and becoming a great long reliever/back-end starter!

[@Blaxk_tl]

The smash brow brawl hitting different 💯

[@Samitien]

Another really good vid but that D E V I L R A Y S video got me to sub. Still hoping for a brewers vid, keep up the good work.

[@Chance_2018]

You should also make a star category in between hit and hof I think matt chapman would have fit into this category very well

[@AndThatsBaseball]

He's def closer to the HoF tier guys than most of the hits

[@Cornwall1298]

Absolutely LOVING Weaver as a Yankee, dude has been awesome and is honestly one of the best personalities on the team. It's so great to see him finally put together his talents.

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Probably my favorite reliever to watch on the team

[@Cornwall1298]

Easily a case could've been made that he deserves to be an all star over Holmes

[@wasteofspace20]

Thank you for making me aware of Connor Joe, what an incredible history of adversity.

[@charliem1525]

As a Phillies fan Schwarber has a better Hall of Fame case than Nola does.

[@ajgonzalez8451]

Baseball is funny sometimes, Flaherty and Kopech were traded to the Dodgers at the deadline, became key contributors in their playoff run and are now World Series Champions.

[@geoffodensos7187]

Glad Flaherty got back on track. He just didn’t fit in with the Orioles for some reason.

[@leaf98]

Derek Hill losing his prime development years to every injury imaginable sucks ass. God he had talent

[@LOLMAN9538]

Kyle Schwarber is maybe one of the better players to come out of the 2014 draft class

[@CarterDomb]

Love these videos

[@EricKoonitsky-s1d]

I would have bit on Kodi Medeiros, too. 97 from an athletic 18 year old lefty. The organization needs to put prohibitions on drafting high school pitchers or people are going to keep doing it regardless of the horrendous odds of them actually hitting.

[@kylecuzick1296]

Kopech, flahery, and weaver all in the World Series and all meh 😂

[@4lyeskas]

Tbf Weaver was meh until he changed his mechanics by watching Yamamoto of all people. Kopech underwent some sort of sorcery in the Dodgers' pitching lab to get that ERA from 4.74 to 1.13. It's JFlare who's still pretty meh since he was VERY inconsistent at the top of LA's rotation... There's a reason his FA market hasn't really materialized at the end of December 😬

[@kyleOWillFixIt]

Did anyone else see the thumbnail and think the word next to the yellow line was "meth"? I immediately started wondering how many people from the 2014 draft are now doing meth lol.

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Walter White has gone too far

[@brysonking56]

That switch pitcher was so fun to watch

[@gabeqb]

Freddie freeman just hit a grand slam walk in game one of the World Series. It’s 2am in LA and I see a few guys who are key figures in the dodgers playoff run.

[@Lfkxl]

MLB scouting and draft process is still stuck in the stone ages. That’s nothing new

[@Iamhungey]

That one year in KBO must have boosted Fedde's confidence.

[@Jrose11]

Love the Pokemon music

[@rslitman]

Here's another great thing about Nola. Usually, an NBA team's first round pick debuts that year, while the great majority of MLB picks, if they make it at all, don't. Nola debuted in 2015. The 76ers' 2014 pick, Joel Embiid, didn't debut until 2016!

[@PurplePaperPrius]

This draft single-handedly forced teams to re-evaluate how they scouted HS pitchers.

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Seriously

[@MustacheDLuffy]

@@AndThatsBaseballAlthough my cubs got a really good high school pitcher in that draft in Justin Steele although he was a 5th round pick so sadly not mentioned here

[@thomasmason6631]

Cole Tucker is on my angles franchise rebuild and he seems to always find a way to get on base it’s crazy he isn’t good at all but man he always comes through

[@warlordofbritannia]

Chavis went on a hot first few weeks, that’s why his 2019 numbers look decent. To date that’s the only time in his major league career he’s been worthy of a roster spot-the first month.

[@limegreenelevator]

For anyone not arsed enough to pause, the little word blip at 16:56 says "Let's go Brandon," which (not knowing his political affiliations) seems exactly like something that might come out of Josh Donaldson's mouth.

[@emeraldaly7646]

35:56 Not only did Rodón throw a no-hitter, it was a lollipop curveball grazing Roberto Perez's backmost toe (on an 0-2 count, no less) from being a whole-ass perfect game.

[@THEDisneyNerd]

I’m ngl as someone named Alex Jackson when you said his name I was like what lmao

[@xdal6975]

30:40 i will be the only person to EVER tell you that I KNOW that backround music from anywhere its IW Zombies 🔥

[@danieltomola9235]

I saw Erik Fedde pitch on a Friday night at unlv and he had it before Tommy John surgery in college. If he didn't have Tommy John top 10 pick. Glad he has bounced back. Always say his name when he is on TV.

[@nick1daly]

Love the Smash Bros Brawl music in the video

[@iangrinols4370]

I feel the same way about Elder that i do Jesse Chavez. Regardless of their numbers whether good or bad, i cringe everytime they throw a pitch. My confidence level in both of them is nonexistent

[@itsmooseskins]

Grant Holmes went to my high school. He threw smoke in high school, and his curve was nutts

[@conedx]

reds fan, so i've been seeing a lot of connor joe lately. had no idea he'd been through all that.

[@BNSF2184]

I had a feeling Flaherty was gonna be plagued by injuries after he got hurt warming up in the bullpen on opening night when he played for Peoria (class A at the time)

[@Radel623]

Fun video, you got my subscription

[@AndThatsBaseball]

Welcome aboard