Who can Draft a lineup with the most total bases? (AL West Edition)

[@MrDeano97]

Should be noted that the 2001 mariners, as an actual real team and not a fantasy of guys, had 2530 total bases - a staggering number

[@kenlytle4331]

I did this myself and opted for Altuve instead of Bret Boone at 2B. Bad move.

[@ASG-nm4cz]

I like it better when you go over the top names with the crew so you get the "oh yea" reaction. Def would have gotten some Tex comments.

[@delidanks]

I’m sure someone has already mentioned it. I look forward to these videos every Monday & Tuesday night. I cook and eat dinner to them after a long day. Thankful to the JM Baseball & Football crew for the long hours making these videos

[@ScreamingRamen]

Something fun would be a one off video with OPS+ or ERA+ and you try to pick a lineup/rotation that is as close to 100 (league average) as possible, really test your knowledge of random decent players

[@mattriley8503]

Next time @FoolishBaseball visits the office maybe?

[@zeeks23]

Once Ichiro was mentioned (with lots of singles) my head went right to 2000 Darin Erstad. Outfield is kinda stacked so idk how high it ranks, but he had 240 hits so he's probably up there.

[@FroyoMNS]

Check the best possible lineup at the end. He’s tied for the best outfield season at 366.

[@Briwimf]

14:39 the way jake and jolly just looked towards lucas with those expressions 😭

[@zachbrennan3522]

Jolly with the RVD mention at the end made me happy

[@jaimelannister1797]

Pudge is the second best catcher despite only playing 91 games in 2000. Insane year

[@Stacie023]

Love seeing the group pick the division live with Lucas. Not saying there was cheating. Just curious how it was picked and who knew what was coming or not. These guys being so good at their picks makes it seem like they are studying. That's a testament to them for sure.

[@XxTT4theLAWLSxX]

Man, if I had the option to leave my day job, fly out from Seattle to NYC and join the team for videos and stuff like this, I’d take it in a heartbeat. Baseball stat stuff brings me so much joy 💯

[@ChrisDeRoin]

Wild series idea for the future: Total Height Draft. Pick the tallest players to fill a lineup.

[@smokingfast]

Richie Sexson at first base for sure

[@Endalamu]

And while we're at it, one for the shortest players

[@t.r4849]

Gay

[@jfri42]

I love the channel and this series! Thank you for giving me something to look forward to on Mondays I've been re-watching old drafts and I was thinking for the "flush" answers, maybe if Lucas doesn't reveal what's wrong with the answer, other players could still have the opportunity to take them. It would prevent the reward in eliminating a good player for everyone else when you don't really know the year. For example for this video, if someone said 2010 BOS Adrian Beltre, Lucas could say something vague like "2010 Adrian Beltre isn't eligible" and then SEA or TEX Beltre would still be available to take.

[@KailV-t6o]

Ryan went Heim over Angels/Rangers Mike Napoli?

[@grantreill1966]

Hard to get the years right because he loses catcher eligibility later and he has some hurt years. 2010 and 2011 are the only years better than Jonah Heim’s 200 even

[@Smallsey42]

For the best possible line-up, if they want to have all five teams represented, to get an Oakland A in, remove Cano and slot in either Jason Giambi (2001) or Marcus Semien (2019) at DH. They both had 343 - six less than Cano.

[@troymoore4574]

Jake always forgets Alfonso Soriano and it drives me nuts.

[@danegarcia457]

Why is Ryan Cohen not in thumbnail. He's the star of these videos!

[@alexfox438]

One of the next 'milestones' that this channel hits (subscribers, video likes, etc.) absolutely must be addressed with a Lucas hair reveal. For the people!

[@Shaninski23]

People forget about 2000 Darin Erstad

[@digbickb0i809]

GA mentioned. Let’s goooooo Jake.

[@Cmass9]

Screaming for GA the entire draft. He was so good in the early 2000s. Played with zero emotion in the best way

[@DumpsterM0nkey6]

I was not expecting Jolly to pull out the RVD thumbs

[@erinkat37]

not sure how weird it would get with positions and years and whatnot, but i think it would be cool to highlight whoever got something right on the best possible lineup. like use the green, blue, red as the text for the player in the best possible lineup.

[@manny4prez05]

I do appreciate the rando 'RVD'👍 shout at then end Jolly.

[@averydavis8960]

Draft idea: Instead of picking a specific player and year do a whole team with the year.

[@TonyGarciaxProdigy1994]

forgetting Ohtani is wild ... cause i did too lol

[@samverdile684]

Gold gloves draft! Would get some new players involved. A lot of the offensive drafts get repeat players because good seasons in HR will equate to good total bases numbers and so on.

[@TheTEN24]

How was mark texaira not taken as a first baseman in this one especially from Jake! These are always fun to watch along with

[@lofo3232]

my lineup C 2016 Evan Gattis - 227 1B 2009 Kendrys Morales - 322 2B 2005 Chone Figgins - 255 3B 2004 Hank Blalock - 312 SS 2019 Marcus Semien - 343 OF 2006 Raul Ibanez - 323 OF 2023 Julio Rodriguez - 317 OF 2023 Kyle Tucker - 297 DH 2005 Michael Young - 343 TOTAL 2739 2nd place

[@6Snaus]

You need to get into fielding next. Do putouts or have Lucas come up with a formula to handle fielding percentage like he did with ERA.

[@Big_Al_10]

It wouldn’t necessarily end with high numbers, but a triples draft would be fun for the insane outlier years 😂 Maybe it’s just a one off and all teams are on the board

[@LiamCoen3]

My player 4 chase team totaling 2956 TB: C Mike Napoli 2011: 233 1B Mark Teixeira 2005: 370 2B Alfonso Soriano 2005: 393 3B Michael Young 2010: 291 SS Marcus Semien 2019: 343 OF Kyle Tucker 2023: 297 OF Julio Rodriguez 2023: 317 OF Darrin Erstad 2000: 366 DH Shohei Ohtani 2023: 325 If you switch Erstad for Tim Salmon 2000: 307 TB, the total shrinks to 2897

[@baene8336]

Do best OPS+ and just average it out at the end

[@Stearnsy1979]

My boy Ryan, throwing for content

[@coltongibson8630]

W RVD reference Jolly

[@EJLFontenot]

Errors draft, but you're trying to get the fewest errors (need a minimum number of PA or games played). Could be cool to draft a rotation for that as well. But I also really want to see a HBP draft!

[@viciousweather]

Fielding percentage draft would be cool

[@sixfourrecords]

No 2000 Darin Erstad :(

[@harrisonbaylor1432]

If they were studying I don’t think that’s a problem. Especially if they are all given the same chance to study.

[@themoeshow1343]

Another video closer to the FIP draft

[@BennyintheBoothPodcast]

C: 2012 Mike Napoli: 165 1B: 2001 Rafael Palmeiro: 338 2B: 2001 Bret Boone: 360 SS: 2002 Miguel Tejada: 336 3B: 2000 Troy Glaus: 340 OF: 2006 Lance Berkman: 333 OF: 2000 Garret Anderson: 336 OF: 2005 Alfonso Soriano: 326 DH: 2018 Khris Davis: 316 Total: 2,850

[@t.r4849]

Cap

[@rangerowneg]

I was hoping Jake picked Cal. Thought Ryan was going to grab him when he mentioned catcher

[@kevinhinkle7632]

Palmeiro deserved to be in here

[@justareyesmedia3750]

Funny how Cohen’s spin rate dropped without the pre-game help 😂

[@ruxp10]

Thats a cool gold chain jolly. Which IHOP vending machine did you get it at

[@WoodburyWrestling]

I'm surprised there was no Palmeiro shout from Jake

[@mfdixon1985]

Richard Hidalgo in 2000 will be a really good pull in the NL Central draft.

[@diegomarzan]

People forget Yainer Diaz. And I have never even heard of him.

[@wcharles7754]

Me shouting Darrin Erstad from the rafters

[@aschmidty11]

Just once I’d love to see someone take a 2020 pick just for the laughs

[@ryanhendler3329]

As long as Dalton isn’t there, there is no cheating.

[@Dontmakethishard]

Ryan must be a Reddit lurker to be using Dosh Jonaldson. That’s where I’ve seen it a bunch.

[@djpurejuju]

i want joez mcfly back on the draft teams

[@GooseGotBeef]

When you put 3 actual ball knowers it's a lot less suspicious. When you have Joez or shelfy who only know one team even remotely well, coming up with insane pulls that's when it's fairly suspicious.

[@ericposch6951]

What happens when Ryan can't study smh

[@bodavis4545]

I was screaming for Erstad but for whatever reason I had 01. Oof

[@cagren8590]

Has there been a stolen bases draft? Cause if not that'd be pretty fun to see who can pull some names

[@shootabychoppa1510]

No bullshit an errors draft would be fucking peak.

[@itsnotpiuto4661]

who remembers when jake was always in the middle of

[@jsu9575m]

How does this guy know Mark Trumbo....but not 1996-1997 Ken Griffey Jr?

[@EMBassyFIFA]

Ryan is such a soar loser! lol :(

[@RobertCalderon-xf5jo]

No ohtani is crazy 😂😂

[@BenTheBlueGuy]

They'll run out of stats eventually, and on that day, the HOLDS DRAFT WILL HAPPEN!

[@pwnmasteh]

Followed shortly thereafter by the Sacrifice Fly draft.

[@M6twelve]

Recency merchants and no one took Julio. Sad day

[@TrocarSlushWeasel]

If there is questions about cheating maybe mix up the stat categories and divisions. Do SBs for a division in one video, then do a different division's Runs Scored the next week.

[@robertphillips4617]

The lack of Tim Salmon makes me sad. Young’n’s don’t remember.

[@harrisonalexander6203]

Surprised Michael Young wasn't picked.

[@RelaxedPotato-02631]

Day 1 of asking what I would have to do to become a member of the JM family?

[@rorogonzo7867]

Darin erstad 2000 I would of picked lol

[@russellchung3119]

So ur telling me the Angels dominated this leader board...

[@hanj31]

Darin Erstad in 2000 hit a ridiculous .352 that year and didn't win the batting title. Nomar Garciaparra hit 37something that year. How about an all angels outfileder for the best possible list huh? Go Angels. How about walks.

[@paulnota3672]

So I have an idea… when will you have a viewer participate in a draft? I say you have some sort of trivia contest, and the winner gets to participate in a draft.

[@Markmen-cw8dj]

Bregman at SS is disgusting

[@Cmass9]

People forget about the Angels of the 2000s. Now they’re a laughing stock😅 (angel fan)

[@the51geese38]

Did jolly just say Jake Storybelly also haha Yankees suck

[@craverys]

Cmon no 2024 Yainer, do better

[@TnGel24]

How about a draft with most total awards/all teams and ASG appearances. At this point, idk what else we can do to keep the series going.

[@peterharris6409]

Jolly needs an adult haircut

[@Chicago8592]

The only person who consistently cheats/crams before in these is Shelfy The all time stolen base draft when he thought modern Billy Hamilton had 700 stolen bases. Only possible if you had just looked up the baseball ref page

[@cy_young_9104]

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