Who can Draft a Starting 9 with the most Hits? (AL Central Edition)

[@theJHeykid]

The fact that V-Mart wasn't picked and spent almost all his career in the Central is criminal. Dude just hit

[@Bhowell21]

And he was a catcher too his early years in Cleveland or he coulda been a solid DH option for his Detroit years. He was incredible.

[@coreylyle4239]

Ok

[@dorianruble7807]

Damn. You just reminded me of him, and his 2014 season was nuts. 335/409/565 32 HR and 70 BB to only 42 strikeouts (!!!)

[@bryceyoungenthusiast]

False he was in Boston for a bit

[@theJHeykid]

@@bryceyoungenthusiast you must have missed the word "almost" before the word "all".

[@kjwalker1315]

Y’all should do a RUNS draft. I feel like that would be silly

[@sharksfan2041]

I like that, I'm just really hoping for stolen bases at some point

[@dfp_01]

You get 4 years of Rickey Henderson, but he's in his 40s and bounced between some weird teams

[@RileyJane7]

Shelfy: Magglio Ordonez... Me: YES SHELFY Shelfy: 2005 Me: NO SHELFY

[@zackaryhaselius2226]

Joe Mauer better be taken at Catcher. Edit: #1 pick. Nice.

[@tysonneary2180]

You were the highlighted comment and got me riled up

[@shoukatsukai]

Wrong year though, very frustrating

[@TheTEN24]

I see jolly did my strat of just drafting the 15 royals that murdered us lol

[@samuelguadi9036]

Torii Hunter had 184 in 2013 as a Tiger !

[@JoshDuggan]

2000 Royals were loaded and the way to go for four easy gets. Damon 214, Sweeney 206, Dye 193, Randa 186. Four positions where you're covered easily.

[@reed5369]

What is a Randa?

[@nwstang]

@@reed5369 3B...the "Joker"

[@philipruo]

2001 Beltran had 189. Those Royals teams had sneaky good players.

[@djtek9ine]

We need a 90’s version of these drafts, just to see them struggle with picks and see people forget about the strike year.

[@kourii]

They did a 90s version for HR's and K's, so I think you're in luck

[@GaffordVids]

Twins fan here. This was what I crafted together before watching the video. C: 2009 Joe Mauer 1B: 2006 Justin Morneau 2B: 2016 Brian Dozier 3B: 2017 Eduardo Escobar SS: 2019 Jorge Polanco LF: 2018 Eddie Rosario CF: 2009 Denard Span RF: 2009 Michael Cuddyer DH: 2019 Nelson Cruz My all Twins team netted 1492.

[@faithlarsen1257]

2016 Doz had like 40 bombs too he was so good

[@dustinhealy1676]

Tigers are better

[@rhino23mc]

Might be my favorite videos on the internet. These and Playing Guts!!!

[@baseballfan1918]

Love these episodes. Hope you guys keep coming up with more of these love them.

[@MrBigdude912]

Will Alex Gordon be in this? That would be sick, 185 in 2011 and 189 in 2012

[@jaredbrinkman3343]

racist not to pick him tbh

[@eberlchl]

Cool to see Mike Sweeney on the best possible board. Years I was just a youngin' living in KC learning to love baseball. He was obviously a high risk pick - I remember we called him Mike Weeney for being hurt all the time.

[@dfp_01]

Under slightly different circumstances, Jolly might've been able to win with a pitcher. Excluding Ohtani, Carlos Zambrano had 28 hits in 2008 for the Cubs, Jason Marquis 27 in 2005 with the Cards, and a few guys hit 24 (including Zambrano, also in '05). That's the kind of thing you only go for if you're sure on both the guy and the year, and if you either trail by only a little or lead going into your final pick.

[@Syncronym]

My pre-watch picks: C - Salvador Perez (2021) 169 1B - Justin Morneau (2006) 197 2B - Whit Merrifield (2018) 192 SS - Bobby Witt Jr. (2023) 177 3B - Miguel Cabrera (2012) 205 OF - Steven Kwan (2023) 171 OF - Shin-Soo Choo (2012) 169 OF - Lorenzo Cain (2015) 169 DH - Jose Rameriez (2023) 172 Total = 1,621

[@notsauer]

These hit drafts just aren’t it because they keep taking guys in the mini-deadball era (early to mid 2010s) instead of the early 2000s where every team had multiple guys batting .320

[@BenTheBlueGuy]

I'm just glad that LoCain was taken, and so early too! Easily one of my favorite players of all-time.

[@ravenshade266]

my first thoughts were Bobby Witt Jr. and Omar Vizquel at SS, surprised neither got taken

[@charmed1twenty4]

Literally the Indians fan in me screaming Victor Martinez and Michael Brantley at them. There’s probably at least 4 seasons where Martinez had 180 hits as an Indian or a Tiger. Brantley is more of a field full of land mines, but he’s got at least one 200 hit season before he kept getting hurt.

[@anthonyxj28]

best trivia yall do imo we need more! idk how lol but yall gotta get creative

[@WestbrookOverrated]

Best series on this channel please find another best of after this one

[@justinmontemayor310]

Shelfy is always fresh off a Red Bull butt chug

[@seaborntheunready6139]

Have you seen Dalton Feely? Shelfy is a zen-master compared to him haha

[@ravensface]

He’s too much. Doesn’t really meet the same engery as the rest.

[@astralflick]

Yeah and he’s fucking annoying

[@dmoneyyy1863]

Felt like 2021 Salvy was a safe catcher pick with all of his homers. Also wanted to see a Michael Brantley or Paul Konerko pull

[@Yoshiskyblue]

You guys should have a all star match. The guys who won the most go against each other . One American league, one national league 2000-present . Something of that sort

[@seaborntheunready6139]

How about just all time instead of 2000 onwards? Reward some old school knowledge

[@Yoshiskyblue]

@@seaborntheunready6139 thats fine by me. anything similar to this. low key jake win that concept. his old head knowledge is too good!!! Lmao

[@2dmc_brian]

I did this blind at home as a CLE fan: C - VMart ‘06 - 181 1 - Santana ‘13 - 145 2 - Alomar ‘00 - 189 3 - Fryman ‘00 - 184 SS - Lindor ‘17 - 178 OF - ‘12 Choo (169), ‘06 Sizemore (190) and ‘00 Lofton (151) DH - ‘06 Hafner (140) Would love to see these guys do a “homer” draft, only using players from their fav teams. Or heck, maybe a homer homer draft

[@ethankibbey1976]

Magglio Ordonez was my favorite player as a kid. Happy he was the best possible guy

[@thunderstruck560]

The victory lap Jose Abreu 2020 pick was perfect.

[@EeroHaapala69]

For NL Central, you could pick any Albert Pujols year from 2001 to 2011 and at worst have 173 hits (best is 212 in 2003).

[@kristopherwilson506]

This is AL Central

[@EeroHaapala69]

@@kristopherwilson506 Hence why I said “NL Central”.

[@seaborntheunready6139]

Spoiler alert for the contestants next episode but I’m sure they’ve probably already filmed it

[@dfp_01]

That may be the best 11-year span any player has ever had. Bonds gets close from the mid-90s to the mid-aughts, and there's some other guys you could argue for (Seattle Griffey Jr., Stan the Man, etc.), but prime Pujols was unreal.

[@EeroHaapala69]

@@dfp_01 Yep. .330 AVG, 40 homers and 120 RBI (with more walks than strike outs every year but his rookie season) for 11 years. Almost had more homers than strike outs in 2006 (50 v 49). 2 rings. Plus defense and smart base running. Would’ve had more than 3 MVP’s if it weren’t for Bonds.

[@TheMarshallLaw]

You should do a steals draft! Would be difficult but fun

[@kenSpiffyJr.]

Thanks.

[@chrislajeunesse5089]

Played along in real time, second seat between shelfy and jake. Thought i CRUSHED it by over 130 runs, but then i realized that year 2000 was the earliest and i took 88 kirby puckett. I redrafted my outfielder after seeing everyone elses picks and eliminating any name that was shown/mentioned... Total 1490 2b Arraez 22 (173) 3b Joram 22 (168) 1b abreu 15 (178) Of Gordon 12 (182) Of Castellanos 18 (185) Ss Whit Jr 23 (177) ***Puckett 88 (234)*** C salvy 22 (113) Dh fielder 12 (182) *compensation pick for cheating* Of Kepler 19 (132)

[@peterharris6409]

I feel like we glazed over Placido having a 200 hit season a little too quickly. That’s worth giving some dad grunts and man noises for sure. Lol

[@kennethnewberry3585]

Johnny Damon looking a lot like Jason Isringhausen these days

[@matthewsteen6611]

Was hoping to hear a Michael Brantley shoutout, 200 hits in 2014 just a dawg at the plate

[@Elijah_rips12]

Y'all should do an all time hits draft! It could be amazing!

[@ILoveMisty1985]

Man people were sleeping on the 2000 Royals. They had Johnny Damon with 214, Jermaine Dye with 193, Mike Sweeney with 206, and Joe Randa with 186! People forget how potent that lineup was just because they finished below .500 since their pitching was so bad.

[@nwstang]

Glad to see the KC representation! The WS Royals core combined with early 2000 would have been formidable...and that's leaving out KC legend Melky Cabrera before he go the PED suspension in SF. C: Perez 1B: Sweeney 2B: Merrifield SS: Escobar 3B: Randa OF: Damon OF: Dye OF: Beltran DH: Butler

[@oswaldoswald7226]

2014 Michael Brantley with 200 hits on the dot

[@LowQualContent]

We need Lucas in like, a 3 or 2v1 handicap match for one of these

[@jasonbrynsvold8460]

You rock Jolly Olive - love the content!

[@jmorrison230582]

Roberto Alomar's last 2 years in Cleveland. 189 in 2000, 193 in 2001. Victor Martinez would have been a good catcher pick for 2005, 2006 or 2007 (not sure if he would have been eligible at catcher in his Tigers years).

[@PHXNKVHXLIC]

They never bring up Victor, he was a great player

[@gaspara9817]

Even Alomar 182 in '99 would have been good. I think problem is Alomar changes teams so many times and only played in the AL Central for 3 years and they weren't positive which years he was an Indian. They seem to hate picking a player in a year he wasn't eligible for this draft.

[@northeast-dakota]

Knowing that Cain and Grandson's best seasons were 07 but not knowing that was Maggie's best year too is confusing. That Tiger's team was sneaky stacked.

[@dustinhealy1676]

C 04 Pudge 176 1B 12 Prince 182 2B 07 Polanco 200 3B 12 Miggy 205 SS 06 Guillen 174 OF 10 Jackson 181 OF 07 Granderson 185 OF 07 Maggs 216 DH 14 Vmart 188

[@JohnD27018]

I would love an extra base hit mlb draft like u have been doing with hits/k’s

[@DiscGolfDom23]

Victor Martinez is the biggest snub for sure.

[@tyneskipper]

would love to see one of these only aiming at deliberately low numbers.

[@Keonelehua]

hunter hunter hunter hunter lmfao Jake that's a deep cut

[@alexkaplan1136]

Was he imitating the Pokémon Haunter or am I just an idiot and a nerd?

[@kevinhinkle7632]

We got Kenny Lofton but not Roberto Alomar?

[@cinco_de_la_tarde]

Yall need to do a 2020 hits draft. You can only pick players from 2020.

[@Individu475]

10:25 aint no way thats johnny damon

[@JuiceGuy07]

Travis Fryman had a sneaky year with the Tribe in '00

[@bryceyoungenthusiast]

Micheal Brantley had 200 in 1014

[@bryceyoungenthusiast]

2014

[@finessedoctor]

Philly guy is always doing the most

[@harrisonbaylor1432]

4:10 knew Jose Ramirez’s best season was 2017. He finished 3rd in MVP voting, getting 1 first place vote. You can argue all day rather Altuve or Judge should have won. It was an odd year since it seemed like Judge should have got it but Altuve had 27 first place votes honestly just think voters didn’t like Judges horrible August stretch when he set a record for most strikeouts in like 20 games or whatever. But one thing is for sure either Judge or Altuve were going to win MVP in 2017 yet somehow Jose Ramirez got 1 first place vote.

[@nathanhartline9159]

2005 Jacque Jones may be my favorite pick ever

[@lucmcdowell1167]

Nobody picked Frank Thomas 2000 with 191 hits, Paul Konerko 2006, Alexei Ramirez 2013

[@luilovebug]

You know what would be a fun draft? Picking guys with the least amount of hits. Less is more, like Golf

[@sharksfan2041]

Man, people throwing around names when it's not their turn like crazy lol 😆 Fielder, Granderson, etc

[@jmg999]

You need to open this up pre-2000.

[@pwnmasteh]

Hoping to see a Derrek Lee mention in the NL Central draft.

[@therealmuffinman2001]

i was summoned to this video by shelf

[@herb9580]

Rich Homie Kwan lmaoo

[@JeradLover]

Shoulda chosen the Ross Gload Gload Mode season. In 2008 he had 229 hits

[@sethshort8686]

I went Mitch Garver 2019 at catcher knowing he hit 31 homers. He only had 85 hits!!!!

[@pacificdrumma]

Plouffe in the thumbnail seems based

[@josuemartinez1108]

Roberto Alomar 2001 man!

[@hansstennes-spidahl391]

You should do a category like OPS or ERA at some point so 2020 isn't an automatic no go.

[@thafinessekid7879]

no denard span is kinda crazy, feel like alex gordon was obvious as well im surprised he wasnt picked

[@joshuascott3428]

You guys really need pre 2000 for crazy hit totals

[@jacobnistler733]

Do a strikeout draft for hitters

[@calebwendel6017]

Shout out to Jacque Jones!

[@aidansheedy8135]

Whit Merrifield would’ve been my first pick

[@scottaaron382]

Shelfy suggested an XBH draft. May I instead suggest a Total Bases draft?

[@RikipediaGO]

Why is Jake taking a catcher so early when the other two already locked in that position?

[@christophersuto3263]

I was thinking the same. Poor form

[@lofo3232]

My Lineup C 2006 Victor Martinez*- 181 1B 2006 Paul Konerko - 177 2B 2001 Roberto Alomar - 193 3B 2005 Brandon Inge - 161 SS 2022 Amed Rosario - 180 OF 2009 Shin-Soo-Choo - 175 OF 2001 Carlos Beltran - 189 OF 2000 Bobby Higginson - 179 DH 2012 Billy Butler - 192 Total -1627 1st place * Victor Martinez had a better season but went with a year he played catcher 2014 had 188

[@andrewmoore4510]

Love the Brandon Inge pick

[@lofo3232]

@andrewmoore4510 had no choice they said every good 3rd baseman and players I wanted to use didn't play the position

[@DaBaltimoron]

Magglio had 8 seasons in the ALC with 175+ hits.

[@seaborntheunready6139]

I doubt that nobody has said this but Shelfy is Philadelphia's version of Ben Affleck

[@richardjones9513]

I love Nick Castellanos. Still have a ball he threw to me at a Mud Hens game

[@TOMahwk707]

2014 Michael Brantley would like a word

[@MLNYD]

Maybe not a great pick in a hits draft but it is funny that all three of their DHs didn’t exceed 2004-2007 Travis Hafner in hits. It’s too bad nobody in that group made a video about him.

[@intellectualmind9512]

the fact Jake thought of Johnny Damon first and not Tori Hunter and then not getting the right year right and pivoting to Tori as a replacement has me crying from laughter

[@og5466]

How about number of walks or number of strikeouts received

[@aiikryo]

show salvy some respect!!!

[@MacDaddyMace]

4:28 BRAYAN ROCCHIO MENTIONED🎉🎉🎉

[@themoeshow1343]

Before starting this video, I better see Whit Merrifield from 2019

[@LanceOnTheMic]

surprised no V-Mart, Beltran (early Royal), or Thome.

[@Fredzeppelin15]

Is Shelfy drunk in this draft?

[@RIPObamacare]

Nah, just trying too hard to be funny, as usual

[@alexkaplan1136]

He is quite annoying. I feel bad saying it because I’m sure he’s a nice guy, and I love everyone else… but he’s so difficult to watch.

[@andrewmoore4510]

15:02 did he say that the Rangers won the World Series or were in the World Series? Because one of those is very wrong

[@cararankin6892]

Nl central

[@cararankin6892]

Yes

[@cararankin6892]

Yes

[@cararankin6892]

Yes

[@cararankin6892]

Yes

[@cararankin6892]

Do it

[@DaBaltimoron]

Haven't started watching, I would think Joe Mauer 2009 goes 1.01

[@adamkoslin9302]

If 2000 counts, Frank Thomas mashed 191 that year for the White Sox

[@the51geese38]

I expect no one to say 2019 Whit Merrifield when he had 206 if they do it would shock me

[@mrldrchr167]

Came close to

[@the51geese38]

@@mrldrchr167 I know didn’t expect anyone to say him

[@kristopherwilson506]

@@the51geese38but Whit Merrifield was said to

[@MrBooblo]

These boys really don't know their AL Central (honestly fair) Spoiler: Was shouting 07 Ordonez and 00 Thomas as my first two hahah

[@connormiller5665]

2000 Travis Fryman

[@DaBaltimoron]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRAVIS HAFNER!

[@andrewd2652]

Michael Brantley had 200 hits in 2014

[@tastethevapor2067]

Kwan played in like 20 more games 2023 so yes, 2022, was better

[@Snatal13]

If you take Revere gotta take Span.

[@nicholassmith8806]

Why do I remember Austin Jackson being a lot better than he was?

[@grahamfaulkner3969]

Brian Dozier?!!!!??!???