The Best 'Prove-It' Deals in Baseball History
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- Опубліковано 27 чер 2024
- They could be on the wrong side of 30, embroiled in a controversy, or simply just not be the player they used to be. But sometimes, all it takes is one team taking a chance for their career to turn around.
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Pillow Contract: www.nbcsports.com/mlb/news/wh...
Beltre Three-Year Offers: www.espn.com/blog/boston/red-...
Frank Thomas White Sox Departure: www.deseret.com/2006/8/27/199...
Kazmir's Cleveland Contract: www.espn.com/mlb/spring2013/s...
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With all of the Power Pros references, seeing a Jolly Olive Success Mode playthrough would be ELECTRIC
Makes me want to buy a wii and get power pros. Fucking loved that game
I always love seeing Scott Kazmir in these videos.
Let us never forget that Scott Kazmir vs. Albert Pujols is a pitcher/batter matchup that happened... in 2021.
Juan Gonzalez with Cleveland, 2001. Signed a one-year deal after turning down a mega-offer from Detroit. All-star in Cleveland, 5th in MVP, then went back to Texas.
Jolly I LOVE the amount of humor you added to this video. I don’t recall many videos of yours where the edit was this heavy on the levity and I think it’s something you could experiment more with. It’s oozing with personality. Love it.
Thank you! I had a conscious effort here to try and get some laughs in so I really appreciate this.
@@JollyOlivethe segways were great too! Overall an awesome video.
@@nicholassmith8806segues* not segways
@@JollyOlive@JollyOlive I feel you bring just enough sassy with the right kinda information 😉. Not bad for a Mets fan. Speaking of the Mets big sexy would have been a good one 👍 😉
I like the humor, but I disagree that this video had the best showing of them. I like the quick little jokes or clips thrown in, but the couple of longer gags at the beginning felt odd to me. They felt too long, which made them seem forced. They would have been better if they only lasted half the amount of time.
Kevin Millwood with Cleveland, 2004. One year deal, won the AL ERA title, then signed a 5-year deal with Texas.
2020 Marcell Ozuna was a great prove it deal. Almost won the triple crown and parlayed his performance into a 4 year deal.
Oh yeah I know that guy he’s Marcell Ozuna from the Braves
Same with 2019 Josh Donaldson
He beat his wife...
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Thank you so much for this 🙌
this is just confusing me more
The humor, the knowledge, the Power Pros tracks on the background...this channel has been a joy to discover over the past month, fantastic stuff!
Josh Donaldson was a good "prove-it" deal with the Braves even if he didn't end up doing well afterwards.
Worked well for him, got 92 mil
He was playing well in Minnesota, but I think father time caught up with him.
Yeah, this was the first example that came to my mind as well.
I love the MLB Power Pros music.
I was about to comment this👀👀
My very first MLB game was Frank Thomas’s final career grand slam with the Blue Jays. Despite the fact that this is one of the more memorable highlights I’ve seen in person, I still have a hard time thinking about Frank in a Blue Jays jersey. 😂
Love the content Jolly! Great vid as always. As a Canadian I always love remembering what Marcus Simein and Robbie Ray did in 2021
Juan Gone with Cleveland was the ultimate one year deal for both the team and player
It was farther back, but Andre Dawson and the collusion scandal where he took $700k to play for the Cubs and then went on to hit 49 HR and 137 RBIs, was one of the big ones back in the day.
No mention of Juan Gonzalez 2001? 1 year deal, 35 HR, 140 RBI
I dont think anything gets me hype for baseball in the offseason like a Jolly Olive video. Great stuff
Anytime I see an old Mariners commercial in these videos it puts a smile to my face :)
1987 Andre Dawson
49 homeruns, 137 RBIs and MVP with the Cubs.
9:18 bro… why did I have to relive that 😭
Loved the video idea as well as the execution. Part 2 definitely needs to happen!
One of your best scripts ever man this rocks! I’d love to see a vid similar to the 2022 video of bargain deals when FA is over and we’re into spring training, I loved that video
We NEED a part 2, Jolly.
I remember that injury to Beltre. It was listed as "left testicle contusion". They specified left, like that was his throwing nut.
I think Andrew Heaney’s 1-year deal with the Dodgers would be a good one for a potential part 2!
Reached 100k!!! Congrats Jolly
Jolly! Been watching you play!
Youre a great leader and good sport! Keep at it!! Happy for you
Brought back years of pain with that big papi HR😢
Just subscribed but been watching your videos for a while now one of my favorite baseball channels
I was going to say, all I could think of when seeing Joaquin Benoit's face was that shot of his hands on his hips, looking like he stubbed his toe in the 2013 ALCS. 🤣
Love the power pros music in the background! Big nostalgia vibes
Jolly your videos make life better. Cheers
We need a part 2! 👏
I really can’t believe this channel doesn’t have 100k subs yet. That criminal.
Awesome idea for a video. I would def watch another one.
I’m totally fine with the Segway. It just shows how much thought you put into the vid. Keep up the good work man
You’re a legend for playing the MLB Power Pros 2008 sound track in the background of this video
love the transitions
Congratulations on soon to be 100K subs. Been here since 15 ish K. You deserve it
Brandon morrow in 2017 had an awesome prove it year season. Then got a good little last paycheck with the cubs. He didn’t let up a single homerun until the playoffs. Where he let up two. And one in the World Series against the cheating stros. He also pitched all 7 World Series games
This is some of the best baseball content out there
Part 2, part 3, part 4 just keep them coming!!!
The Power Pros music in the background (if im not mistaken) is absolutely LEGENDARY
Surprised you didn’t mention another one of the more successful “Prove It” contracts with Bartolo!
Gets hurt in 09 as a 36 year old in Chicago with declining numbers.
Misses ‘10
Signs with the Yankees as a 38 year old on a 1 year/900k deal for some potential rotation depth back when they were signing every past-their-prime former allstars (Eric Chavez, Andruw Jones, and Freddy Garcia were on this team!)
Puts up decent enough numbers for Oakland to grab him on a 2 year deal, then the Mets for 3 and quickly becomes the Big Sexy that we all know and love today ❤
Jolly listen I love you and I love these videos. WHEN are we getting the MLB Power Pros retrospective? You keep using these songs I know you love the game LOL I gotta have it! Appreciate the content and keep up the hustle!!
Great video jolly
You are forgetting the one-year 1.5 million deal that brought Donovan Solano to the Rangers in my OOTP franchise... He hit .307 with 800+ OPS and ungratefully asked for 5+ millions on the next free agency
Mariners have some of the best player based commercials I've seen.
Beltre in HOF now gives me a big smile
I think about 2010 year in a Red Sox uniform a lot and just see th green monster being peppered with baseballs ⚾️ hit by him
Of course we want a part two
MLB power pros 2008 soundtrack was my childhood man.
Shoutout to the Braves offering Lonnie Smith a 2 way prove-it deal for him at age 33 only for him to have the best season by bWAR of anyone in the NL his first full season with the team.
the setups are clean homie
POWER PROS MUSIC!?!??! I LOVE IT JOLLY
Jolly olive is always a delight
Boomstick refers to the Evil Dead/Army of Darkness where Bruce Campbell calls his shotgun his boomstick
Charlie Morton signed a flyer with the Phillies, blew out his leg, signed another flyer, and is still around! I think he would be a great addition for a part 2!
Big Hurt! I used to play his video game on SEGA and sent him a letter and he responded with an autographed picture!
Cleveland always seems to land fantastic pitching
awesome video
LOVE THE POWERPROS MUSIC!!!!!
Uhh the cheesy segways are the best part keep doing them til the end of time!
We want pt2 dawg!
want to see part 2 for sure
I think players are more motivated with these one-year deals. I hope there are more incentive based contracts.
Another video another banger, keep up the segways they are funny!
Love the MLB power pros background music
Love the Powerpros music 🥰🥰
We need a full Joaquin Benoit video. I've always said that he's baseball's cautionary tale (an elite 2nd half of his career, but he's known for 1 total highlight in his entire career)
The on-camera segments just sap all of the enjoyment from these videos. They’re getting harder to watch in one sitting.
Thank you for great videos.
3 seconds in and I just know this video is going to bang.
Part two would be awesome, but so would a video on the worst prove it contracts
Mad respect for the use of MLB Power Pros music, that sold me
this video was awesome
Yessir Nelson Cruz rays legend + Rays pitching lab at its finest 🙌👍
Earned a sub with this video
You make baseball videos. Tacky transitions are part of the gig.
Does Josh Donaldson count? His career was basically over until he signed a one year contract with the Braves and looked like an MVP again. He used that season to get a big contract with the Twins. He sucked for them and the Yankees but he still got paid.
Boomstick bit was on point lol
My god I love the Power Pros music and references
new sub love it
Toronto hasn’t been the same since Semien left especially Vladdy 😭
This is outside the timeframe here but Jack Morris with the 1991 Twins has to be #1 all-time by far, both from an individual and team pov
the power pros music love it
Best baseball channel on UA-cam
Aint no way you threw in the power pros music
As a Detroit fan as soon as Benoit was first mentioned I knew exactly where this was going. I knew the clip of 9:19 was going to be shown or discussed before it was shown. Idc how good his numbers look on paper or back in hindsight, whenever Benoit took the mound every Detroit fan was on the edge of their seats...not in a good way
Perhaps I've missed it, but there should be a video on the O's power hitting from 2012-2016. The Cruz-Trumbo-Davis seasons.
great vid as always but why does the first part of the vid have music that sounds like I'm watching Family Matters and the rest sound like elevator muzak?
I really dig this style of video. Part documentary, part YT poop. Keep ‘em coming!
transitions are great jolly that belter one actually had me dying
the MLB power pros music hit me like a truck
Shout out Nelson Cruz man!!! That guy was so good for my Mariners and it’s rare for Seattle to sign a FA that works out
Josh Donaldson on the Braves was a good one
Guys we’re still trying to replace Giambi, but what we can do is recreate him in the aggregate
Billy: okay first player - Frank Thomas. He might be old but he gets on base a lot for someone that only cost $500,000
Call this man scooter, he got the segwaysssssss 🔥😂
the O's letting Cruz go was a classic Dan Duquette move. reference Clemens, Mo Vaughn, John Valentin.....
"Nugenix" did wonders for Frank Thomas.....
I always liked Scott Kazmir. he is one of those guys if he had stayed healthy and didn't lose his touch how great would he have been. seemed to always be a pain the backside for the Red Sox when he was with the Devil Rays. yes the Devil Rays.
Marcus didn’t need a prove it contract. He was top 3 in MVP in 2019
He had a really bad 2020 and between 2015-18, he hit below average so it’s very possible that 2019 was an outlier. He definitely had that 2019 ceiling, but he was not a sure thing, especially moving to a position that requires more hitting
Carlos Rodon, the white Sox parting ways before signing him back real cheap, led to a massive contract after his great 2021 season
How come every baseball UA-cam has to invoke deep ptsd from that 2014 ALCS. Torii Hunter flipping over the fence is in my nightmares.