Drafting Players You Should Remember with Foolish Baseball | Wake n Jake | June 17

[@MrSlapmonkey]

This is a killer trio. You should have Foolish Bailey back.

[@ARMTOAST]

we get there!

[@ahronr25]

2 years later and he’s still going

[@jacksonb.8267]

Chris Taylor is gonna be one of those guys at the end of his career

[@PoopVintner]

Maybe. Justin Turner certainly

[@solomonster.]

Justin turn has more than 30 war so no

[@nottarealla9336]

I need to see this trio more often! Bailey is great fit with you guys and id love to see him work with you guys more. Also idk how but i need more of this post-2000 era baseball talk. It's a nice trip back in time for this 30 year old baseball nerd.

[@millennialwhoop]

Gotta say, as a lifelong Angels fan, I do appreciate the little break you took to acknowledge how freakin solid they were in this era, and how PERFECTLY they all fit this draft conceptually 🤣. I was honestly listening to this whole episode waiting for someone to pick someone like an Anderson or an Erstad or even an Eckstein. Those were my guys back in the day, I'm glad they get their due here haha!

[@bdogthebadger72]

Surprised Richie Sexson wasn’t picked at first. Name factor, and some monster years

[@pdraggy]

And amazing clubhouse personality

[@heyitswesty]

huge bailey guy. Thanks for having him on. Glad you got your own show, Jake.

[@CadChamberlain]

Raul Ibanez takes pride in his defense

[@SegaGenesisEvangelion]

Something to consider whenever an outfielder is remembered for having a good arm - iconic tosses like Mays', Puig's, Clemente's, and Bo's are great, but if there are TOO many memorable throws from an outfielder it might be because there's a lot of pop flys they're not catching... you know who I never remember for lasers from deep center? kenny lofton. he was elite and had an arm, but he was getting to everything before it hit the ground and lobbing it to his teammates while signaling how many outs, not chasing it down and barehanding it before launching it toward home to stop an impending run

[@gavinwatkins6526]

This is probably the best draft I have seen from Jomboy Media

[@TheCoolreaper44]

This episode was such a nostalgia trip

[@rockofshame]

Love hearing Jake Bailey and BBD in this long form format

[@freeminerz]

I'm waiting, nay praying, for the Bailey x Jake Out of the Park Baseball content. It will happen I'm sure.

[@bv6377]

we need the tandem diamondbacks series to World Series glory

[@freeminerz]

@@bv6377 Yup yup yup

[@FoolishBaseball]

hmmm

[@omaarkk23]

Bailey looks like he took wake n Jake literally here. Ya love to see it

[@lousassle9387]

Iykyk

[@opMajesto]

Not often Jake looks like the toughest guy in the room

[@opMajesto]

Bake the alg

[@GaIeforce]

My draft (without taking what's on video): P: A.J. Burnett C: Charles Johnson 1B: J.T. Snow 2B: Brandon Phillips 3B: Martin Prado SS: J.J. Hardy LF: Rondell White CF: Juan Pierre RF: Raul Mondesi DH: Mike Sweeney I went with a more speed/defense-oriented approach here. I put about an hour into this so there were probably better players I could've gone with.

[@Bigballer69420xxx]

Someone giving my boy BP some love. You love to see it. Dude was so underrated, great defender and average hitter who always seemed to get a hit when you needed it most

[@SiltyCellar]

I would go micheal young at short ngl

[@baseknock8229]

Melvin Mora and Chone Figgins definitely the first two names to pop in my head

[@DT-xw9rr]

Ben Sheets (his pants) is an all time great pick

[@FoolishBaseball]

It was worth the early draft capital.

[@EdStrudas]

Do this annually and call it the Jose Vidro Memorial Draft

[@CadChamberlain]

Pablo Sandoval has 19.4 WAR, if he wasnt still twirlin the stick, he would be the star of this draft

[@don_brodka]

A lot of the guys drafted today were absolute BEASTS in MVP Baseball 2005. I would trade big stars for two or three of these guys and dominate for years.

[@trevorjones2556]

Man that was a fun segment. Kazu Sasaki was a short-lived closer with great seasons.

[@rockofshame]

Not sure his war numbers but Eric Chavez seems like he’d be an interesting look

[@FoolishBaseball]

Too high unfortunately. 38.3 WAR.

[@jasonb809]

jake and bbd give off extreme 2006 vibes in this lol

[@Iansanity1995]

YES JAKE. I was waiting to see if anyone went with Guillen at short. He was my all time favorite to watch play growing up

[@anthonyoneill376]

Bbd got the Clark Kent look goin I dig it

[@SportsANDshish]

He needs a haircut desperately , he basically has an Afro

[@BigBabyDavidJM]

@@SportsANDshish I got a haircut one week ago.

[@OhAnd]

@@BigBabyDavidJM I think the hair lookin good bbd

[@vincedennis7144]

Wow, what a fun idea this is. I know that exact feeling when you hear one of those names. BTW, Jake looks hot today.

[@Roysorb]

Vaughn Grissom is in the braves system actually. He's killing it

[@jasoncring7675]

Loved this draft. All the nostalgia feels. My pics (chosen after I heard the rules and paused the video): SP: Ben Sheets C: Jason Varitek 1B: Mike Sweeney 2B: Edgardo Alfonzo (my favorite player of all time) SS: Mark Grudzielanek 3B: Michael Young LF: Geoff Jenkins CF: Randy Winn RF: Jermaine Dye DH: Travis Hafner

[@Mjr1752]

Love the Geoff Jenkins pick! One of my favorite players of all time

[@TheTylamo]

@@Mjr1752 very solid list

[@zachengland8208]

Edgardo was the first person I thought of when they mentioned the draft

[@spinaltap526]

I can't believe Sweeney's WAR was that low. I didn't even think to look at him for this.

[@yustinauong4426]

brian roberts is my al time favorite player, love loved him as a kid, made me very happy to hear some brob love

[@ars6492]

Looking up guys myself now and how wild is it that Matt Kemp had only 21 career WAR?!

[@jrob1059]

Coco Crisp huge snub, adds elite baseball name value too

[@ethansementelli9743]

Coco Crisp and Michael Cuddyer immediately popped in my mind

[@mattheagerty4864]

Was really hoping my boy Cuddyer would get picked up..

[@GamesSavedMyLife]

Raul Ibañez's glove was perfectly suited for DH 🤣🤣🤣

[@shaneg4383]

My team with what you guys missed P: Kerry Wood C: AJ Pierzynski 1B: Mike Napoli 2B: Brandon Phillips SS: JJ Hardy 3B: Juan Uribe LF: Bobby Higginson CF: Coco Crisp RF: Andre Eithier DH: Jay Buhner

[@ryandeeken1554]

yess JJ Hardy is one of my favorites

[@shaneg4383]

@@ryandeeken1554 underrated shortstop for sure

[@spinaltap526]

I feel like Kerry Wood falls in that injury category, he seemed like he was going to be a much bigger deal than he ended up being.

[@tedorbach3430]

My picks (not ones taken in the video) P: Kevin Millwood C: Darren Daulton 1B: Carlos Peña 2B: Neil Walker 3B: Martin Prado SS: JJ Hardy LF: Cliff Floyd CF: Coco Crisp RF: Jayson Werth DH: Hideki Matsui

[@chrismoore5276]

So many Mariners busts from the early 2000s taken or eligible to be taken. From Aurelia to Vidro to Figgins. Could’ve also gone with a Jarrod Washburn, Scott Spiezio, or Jeff Cirillo. Carlos Silva and Miguel Batista also come to mind. Edit: made this comment, then unpaused only to hear BBD select Erik Bedard. LOL Mariners

[@nkmitchell95]

Few names that came to my head that I missed if they were mentioned: grudzelanik, eckstien, adam dunn, carlos lee, adam kennedy, coco crisp, matt morris (shane victorino just misses with 31 war)

[@ars6492]

Carlos Lee is a great pick. Killer stats and longevity to boot.

[@ARMTOAST]

if it wasn’t for his -28.4 dwar i’d say dunn was too good to be considered but YEESH that glove

[@ARMTOAST]

also i love the coco crisp pick. his great seasons always seemed to average out his mediocre ones. wild how close he flirted with 30 WAR

[@michaelmeis2953]

@@ARMTOAST I mean he was the ultimate strikeout or hit a home run guy. He might be greatest home run hitter of all time, he just couldn't connect most of the time

[@spinaltap526]

@@ars6492 And his nickname is El Caballo (The Horse), which is great

[@bradwurst8141]

16 consecutive seasons played under the name "Marquis Grissom" is an untouchable MLB record

[@happinessiscereal]

Bailey the baseball bro coming through!! Lovin it!

[@Christian-qg9jh]

I would love to see a draft of even more random baseball players a tier below these guys

[@anthonygordon4515]

Michael bourn in center was always tearing the tigers up

[@SportsANDshish]

Bailey awesome as always

[@mattswenson9576]

Bailey loves the opening song

[@hellas214]

Love how bbd says “cAtchers”

[@GamesSavedMyLife]

For some reason thought about Eric Karros with the Dodgers in the 90s, horrible defender but pretty solid offensively, 5 100 RBI seasons, NL ROTY in 1992, and only 10.4 career but 284 career HRs

[@AE0323]

if he hadn’t won that one MVP award in 2006, this list would’ve been perfect for justin morneau. i thought another twins guy michael cuddyer could’ve been on here. maybe a little cliff floyd action? perhaps a little mike lowell?

[@heliophoner]

This is kind of a sentimental favorite, but Jim Eisenrich could sneak in. Had several seasons in .800 ops and topped out at .889. He lost some early seasons due to his struggle with tourrette's and one could argue he wasn't even an everyday player outside of '93, but he was always a key player who could hurt you at just the right time. Also, he's one of the '93 Phillies who DIDN'T turn out to be a huge scumbag. That and the great name should be the X factors that put him over the top.

[@momanta9912]

Yo Foolish baseball,Marquis also made the last out in the only perfect game in Expos history(El Presidente)...a fly out from Chris Gwynn

[@LindyCity]

Awesome topic: I wish it was my idea. Here is my team: SP - Juan Guzman 24.3 C - Charles Johnson 22.6 1B - Richie Sexson 18.0 2B - Bip Roberts 20.5 3B - Vinny Castilla 19.4 SS - JJ Hardy 28.1 LF - Shane Mack 21.7 CF - Juan Pierre 17.3 RF - Joe Carter 10.6 DH- Josh Willingham 18.9

[@grantprobert5154]

I thought Carlos Lee was a lock for a pick and I was so surprised when he didn’t get drafted. His career was made for this draft.

[@spinaltap526]

I thought that too. He had 7 or 8 straight years where you could lock him in for right around 30 HR/100 RBIs

[@spinaltap526]

Also his nick name is El Caballo (The Horse), which is great.

[@VantagePoint12]

Epic collab. Keep em coming!

[@ryandeeken1554]

Coco Crisp would've been an elite pick

[@TheTEN24]

Exactly what I thought

[@djradrick]

We need more of this

[@josephtitus6318]

Frank Thomas to Paul Konerko to Jose Abreu to Andrew Vaughn next 🤯

[@ZevAidikoff]

Superman made an appearance

[@avipaulson9898]

pissed no one picked marco scutaro. dude was a beast plus a great name

[@37willdog]

Mike Sweeney is another one. Had some amazing seasons but was stuck on some historically bad Royals teams at the turn of the century

[@louisminati]

C: Benito Santiago 1B/DH: Richie Sexson/Sean Casey 2B: David Eckstein SS: Royce Clayton 3B: Ed Sprague RF: Rusty Greer CF: Franklin Gutierrez LF: Bernard Gilkey SP: Jason Schmidt - Mark Mulder - RP: Eddie Guardado - Jose Mesa -

[@thpisland2423]

I would waive my DH and pick Carlos Zambrano. When that guy was in his prime he was fun to watch and also watch hit as a switch hitting pitcher.

[@jacobbyers7914]

Wish one of y'all at least mentioned Hiroki Kuroda. Especially after that caller on Talkin' Yanks reminded Jake and Jomboy that he exists and is criminally underrated. He didn't really strike too many people out, but he was a grinder and actually had a better ERA+ and FIP than Cain, Bedard, and Sheets (according to BR) with pretty similar inning counts. At least Bailey mentioned Kuma, but I'd have veto'd him because of his 3rd place Cy Young finish in 2013. I was a little upset y'all didn't at least pick a closer for the bullpen, I may have gone with Koji Uehara or Takashi Saito.

[@lofo3232]

My Lineup based off career war C Mike Napoli - 26.3 1B Carlos Pena - 18.1 2B Brandon Phillips - 28.4 3B Chase Headley - 25 .9 SS JJ hardy - 28.1 OF Hideki Matsui -21.2 OF Jason Werth - 29.2 OF Dave Roberts 9.1 DH Mike Sweeney 24.8 P Daisuke Matsuzaka - 9.4

[@anthonymendoza9129]

Derek Lee would be my first baseman

[@aidenwedmore3457]

This hit my Angels fan nostalgia funny bone

[@Il_Exile_lI]

The steroid era sure was something. Richard Hidalgo with 44 HR and over 1.000 OPS and he finishes 20th in MVP voting. Sammy Sosa hit .320 with 50 HR the same year and finished 9th. There were tons of players putting up MVP caliber offensive numbers every year for a several year stretch during that era.

[@thesunabsolute]

I'd love to see this again but with borderline HOFers. Will Clark, Dave Parker, Dale Murphy, etc.

[@codycrossman5791]

Will Clark is my favorite player in life. Grew up a Giants fan just south of SF and, when I was a kid, if you told me anyone was better than him I would've fought you

[@rydermiles8980]

Few misses although I have a Jays fan bias. Aaron Hill, Lyle Overbay and Orlando Hudson.

[@FoolishBaseball]

I looked at Hill. O-Dog is just over the 30 WAR unfortunately, or else I probably would've picked him.

[@CadChamberlain]

Dee Gordon and Rajai Davis are two guys I would want to have on my underdog playoff team

[@almightysosa3007]

Thought my angels fans bias was kicking in but I always thought figgins, Anderson, glaus, erstad, eckstein were some of the most underrated guys in the league not to mention more recent guys like howie Kendrick and Erick aybar

[@joshhicks3620]

Glaus was a problem. That Angels team was always rough. Good MVP 2005 nostalgia there!

[@charleshess3764]

Need an all time lineup of batters who don’t wear batting gloves.

[@evanwolf6677]

Carlos Lee would have been a top tier pick in this draft

[@tobma_]

still a perfect game. gotta love it

[@MagicalDuck]

I’m surprised nobody went joe crede at 3rd after Paul konerko got picked. He was HUGE in that 2005 ws push for the white Sox

[@dbzfan667]

As an orioles fan, all the orioles on here are who i grew up with. Still have my b-rob poster

[@thpisland2423]

My picks: SP: Carlos Zambrano C: Mike Napoli 1B: Richie Sexson 2B: Mark DeRosa SS: JJ Hardy 3B: Joe Crede LF: Carlos Lee CF: Scott Podsednik RF: Jay Bruce CP: Jonathan Broxton

[@ryandeeken1554]

yankee legend Jay Bruce

[@thpisland2423]

@@ryandeeken1554 on second thought I might’ve wanted Juan Pierre over Podsednik

[@AE0323]

so glad to hear ricky weeks’ name

[@zaccrutchfield6841]

Not sure if someone said this but Juan Pierre

[@coltonmartinez4434]

Professor BBD in the corner

[@Darren43622]

Was surprised Yunel Escobar wasn't taken, checks all the boxes

[@Basic_Nerd]

For context I drafted along with the guys and picked 3rd before foolish. 1st Michael Young SS 2nd Hideki Matsui DH (definitely too high, but he was one of my favorite players and with 2 yanks fans drafting I wanted to make sure I got him. Disappointed he wasn't even mentioned tbh, but it's cool) 3rd Carlos Lee LF 4th Brandon Phillips 2B 5th Richie Sexson 1B 6th AJ Pierzynski C 7th Juan Pierre CF 8th Ted Lilly SP (really wanted Matt Morris when I first thought about it, but over 30 war and top 3 cy young finish) 9th Mike Lowell 3B 10th Adam Dunn RF (or Nick Swisher if you want to veto Dunn for not playing enough RF)

[@jacobbyers7914]

I was honestly super surprised to find out that Matsui only cracked 30 HR ONCE in the MLB and still set the single-season HR record for Japanese-born players. Of course that's about to be literally atomized by Ohtani this year but Matsui was super duper solid.

[@pdraggy]

Don't mind what Nola is doing this year but he has one special talent (whip) that makes him unique

[@gavinwatkins6526]

Tanaka will be drafted 10 years from now

[@brucelambert4889]

1-ubaldo Jimenez 2-joe girardi 3-Mark Reynolds 4-Eric young sr 5-vinny castilla 6-Walt Weiss 7-Carlos Gonzalez 8-Juan Pierre 9-Dante bichette

[@Reavezz]

I’m shocked that Richie Sexson didn’t get taken in this draft! He had some MONSTER years and somehow even after a 12 year career he only had a 18 career WAR

[@ljtuohey-kay2937]

first baseman was probably a stacked position. lots of guys that fit this criteria. i’d say i’d rather have kruk and klesko because of the on base ability of those two. i’d take sexson oover konerko but it can go either way. sexson was definitely the best home run hitter of the four which i guess is the more traditional first baseman archetype

[@BigBabyDavidJM]

Sexson was my pick if Konerko was ruled illegal

[@Reavezz]

@@BigBabyDavidJM I LOVE that you noticed the legend himself! This was an amazing episode keep up the amazing work BBD 💪🏼

[@Reavezz]

@@ljtuohey-kay2937 yea you’re right as far as walks, sexson didn’t do much of it lol but definitely the best power hitter of the bunch for sure

[@Reavezz]

@@BigBabyDavidJM also even though you’re already famous, you have a criminally low subscriber count so I can forever say I was your 10th sub hell yes

[@booradley6832]

Jesse Orosco is the pinnacle of "pretty good" and consistency. But he did have a Cy young 3rd place finish once but if you cut that single year out the rest of his career is 23 years of reliable consistency.

[@hustlecrowe9440]

Delino DeShields 2B (24.4) Marquis Grissom CF (28.6) Garrett Anderson LF (25.4) Cliff Floyd DH (25.9) Ryan Klesko 1B (26.7) Rondell White RF (28.2) Edgardo Alfonzo 3B (28.8) Charles Johnson C (22.6) Tony Batista SS (13.8) pitcher - Charles Nagy (24.8)

[@KC-bg1th]

JM, Foolish, Stark Raving Sports, and Baseball Doesn't Exist putting Baseball on the map with their trending baseball videos. These guys are doing more work than Manfred, while making nothing in comparison. I hope that baseball gains more traction with all of your guys' work. 👍

[@FoolishBaseball]

Thanks!

[@erc6943]

Under 30 WAR is rough, wanted Aramis Ramirez, but I’m a baseball casual so there’s that too

[@brandoncook3126]

Michael Young is way too good veto. Best Texas Ranger ever

[@brandoncook3126]

Hank Blalock or CJ Wilson would’ve been nice picks

[@keithfoley3360]

I never thought id see the day where cbd is being advertised

[@matthewvanzandt6589]

Adam Dunn👀

[@skylermcmillan7665]

And Mike napoli needs to be a catcher on the board

[@SmedleysCinema]

Brandon Phillips would have been my second baseman easily

[@skylermcmillan7665]

Garret Anderson should be the first overall pick

[@williambaumert7726]

Does Hideki Matsui count? World series MVP but career WAR of 21.2 (also Honorable mention to Adam Jones who's just over 30war)

[@kylecramer8489]

Choooooooch! Great pick

[@kylecramer8489]

Him and Shane Victorino were key to that World Series

[@FoolishBaseball]

Big fan of Chooch.

[@tibistibility]

No mention of Carlos Lee!

[@tedorbach3430]

Coco Crisp is the best baseball name ever and falls below 30 WAR

[@cstinybaby]

please look at bill simmons redraftables and take some of what he does, show the picks being made on screen please! more drafts!

[@TheTEN24]

Not bay lol, but chone figgins and coco crisp I thought of right away