@StarkRavingSports do a video on Eric Davis he had one of the only 30-50 seasons and the only player besides Rickey Henderson to have a 20-80 season. He could have been the best 5 tool player every but he couldn’t stay healthy Edit: I thought of this bc Bobby Witt jr is 1 homer and 2 steals away from a 30-50 season
@@gretz5792yeah, every team in baseball has enough to be good, but most owners don't care about winning. They just use the team for money and tax purposes. Don't be upset because the dodgers actually care about winning.
God, thank you for this man. This wonderful monster of a man. Those rough years in the late 90s and early 00s. Mannywood teasing us. Kershaw, Kemp, Ethier and Greinke carrying our sorry asses to as many playoffs as they could. To pass that torch to Seags and Belli. Only to finally lock down the greatest monster to wear Dodger Blue for the rest of his career. (Yeah i said it). Who destroys our enemies and slaughters baserunners. One day we gonna look back and think. Damn man that man really gave us his everything from Day One. Baseball gods protect "[our] precious" it's not about the MVP, but he's our MVP FINISH THEM MOOK! Go DODGERS!!!!!
Sox fan here. Unforgivable that the Sox didn’t write a blank check for Mookie. One of the best players to ever wear our uniform with plenty of prime left in front of him. Glad he’s still producing at this level and that he’s not in the AL. But man. Wish he was a Sox for life. Miss him
Braves fan who wants Ronnie to win MVP so bad, and he will, but just here to say I remember when Mookie was a little 2b at single A Greenville hitting .330. He’s a legend and so good, but this is the year of the Acuna.
Acunas stolen base is so inflated. Think about it. It’s Freddie freeman’s all time high in stolen bases this year at age 34. Also Z they got Corbin Carroll rookie year with over 50. When you got a vet in his mid 30s breaking his all time stolen bases and rookie making same feat. You know acunas stolen bases is inflated.
If acuna dosent win it’s going to be because of his defense. Mookie is a better two way player. Acuna is one of the worst outfields in the MLB and leads the league in drops this year.
@@WaVePalmzmookie has a negative OAA at every position he has played this year. He was awful at SS. Neither of them are having good defensive years. It’s Ronald’s award easily
@@salexweldon lol he’s one of the best right fielders when he’s at his main position 😂 do you know why he went to short?? But Ronald didn’t have a great season last year as well? He hasn’t had a “solid” season as a defender ever lol. Go check the stats mookie dosent have a negative OAA at right field😂 shortstop yes but it’s his first professional year at that position?
The NL is nonsensical this season. No pitcher has had a really remarkable season for the Cy Young race but you have four players in Acuna, Betts, Olson, and Freeman each having a year that would make them a slam dunk MVP in almost any other year
@goldmo2427 i dont know. Acuna may score 150 runs, which has only happened once in 80 years, 220 hits, close to 400 total bases, a BA of .340, with 70 stolen bases, and 40+ homers. Acuna has an oWAR of 8.1. Over the past 20 years only two players in the NL have had an oWAR over 8 in a season (Kemp in 2011 and Harper in 2015)
Ronald Acuna Jr just joined the 40/40 club and he is closing in on 40/80 so despite how great Mookie Betts is playing it still most likely not be enough
@brandocalrissian3294 well while I will agree that Mookie is going in the hall of fame and go even further to state that he is going in on the first ballot I don't think he is all around better than Ronald he is better in defense and more versatile Ronald has more power and speed on offense
7:00 failures of the NL EAST is kind of Harsh… especially with how Philly consistently gives the Braves tough series as well as even taking a few. I don’t think the failure of the east is a thing. The Mets are the only team that have fallen beneath expectations in that division
As a Braves fan that actually loves Mookie Betts, and great baseball players in general. I will give credit where it's due. Mookie is a phenomenal player, and a great human being. He has had a historic run at the end of the year, but anyone who wants to debate the NL MVP is not well educated. Ronald has been the overall best player in all of baseball this year. If you wanna give the player or the month to Mookie I would agree, but don't be ignorant and say Mookie has given Ronald a run for his money in the MVP race. Freddie Freeman has had better numbers than Mookie in every month, but August for goodness sakes. He isn't even the MVP on his own team! 😂😂😂
Im soo happy Mookie threw me a baseball in between innings 9/25/22 vs the Cardinals (Albert Pujols last game in Dodger stadium) it was a day before my birthday too I literally could not believe it going to try to hold on to that baseball for the rest of life thanks Mookie!
STOP IT ABOUT MOOKIE, MVP?, JUST STOP IT! He had ONE GOOD MONTH, "ONE!".(August). In his last 15 games in September, .245 Batting Avg, 1 (ONE) HR, 5 (FIVE) RBI 12 BB 13 SO 3 SB .743 OPS..!!! WHAT is so special about that??? PLEASE, JUST STOP ALL THE MOOKIE MVP NONSENSE! STOP IT! ONE VERY GOOD "MONTH" DOES NOT WARRANT MVP DISCUSSION, PERIOD! MVP IS FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON! April .242 BA 3-HR 10-RBI, .766 OPS 14-BB 21-SO, 1-SB, 1-CS, May, a bit better .269 BA 9-HR 22-RBI 17-BB 18-SO MVP? REALLY? STOP IT!
First it was Acuña vs Carroll Then it was Acuña vs Freeman Then it was Acuña vs Olson (briefly) And then it was Acuña vs Betts. The one constant in all of these races? Ronald.
Mookie is great! Always has been. But the numbers Mookie put up in one month SHOULD NOT be over shadowing Ronald's ENTIRE YEAR! To be honest. The only other player who should be getting MVP recognition with Acuna is Matt Olsen! Nobody is mentioning Matt!
As a Dodgers' fan............I still can´t believe the RedSox traded Mookie for peanuts. Like......they could've asked for Belli and Seager. But they took Verdugo and 2 prospects. WTF?
Yup. And now Chaim Bloom is also gone. What did we even get for Mookie except years of regret? I guess John Henry got to save some money, so we can all be happy for the billionaire right?
😊20,5000 men have played baseball only one has hit 40 hr & stolen 70 bases in the same season. Thats literal history & thus deserving of the mvp. Not giving it to him is as tragic as Sammy Sosa taking the mvp the same year he lost the historical hr race... seems like the voters handing out conciliation prizes
Bruh, Betts doesn't lead the league in a single category. While he is close to doing so in a couple, the person he is tied with is Acuna who is going gang-busters in terms of leading the NL and the entirety of MLB in. Acuna has this in the bag.
lol. Seems like you didn’t watch the whole video. Acuna has the MVP in the bag, and this video was not trying to argue against that. Just to point out how absurdly good this Betts season was.
Oh, I watched the whole thing. Regardless of him explicitly stating it or not, this was a video to not only showcase how good he has been but to try and pedestalize Betts for when he doesn't win the award. Prototypical SRS. @@jamese4729
@@mitch5944 mookie has been a little better than average two of the six months. I don't know that I'd say he was amazing the whole year. Some ridiculous hot streaks and some slumps to offset them. I would agree with third best player though for the year
Acuna is hands down the MVP. Mookie been great, but his chance of him winning comes down to him being a Dodger. Let's be honest, if Acuna was a Dodger, he would be unanimously picked.
Matthew has been better than Frederick and Ronald has been better (statistically) than Markus this year but now that a dodger wont win an award this year I will no longer hate them 🥰
I am surprised this is as close as everybody thinks it is. Acuna's leading the league in like 10 different stats, Betts zero. Acuna with the 40 HR/70 SB. Acuna with the head-to-head series against the Dodgers a couple weeks ago where the Braves all but clinched the #1 seed in the NL. Actually my favorite Acuna stat is the 146 RS; only one player since 1950 has scored more runs in a season than this!
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@StarkRavingSports do a video on Eric Davis he had one of the only 30-50 seasons and the only player besides Rickey Henderson to have a 20-80 season. He could have been the best 5 tool player every but he couldn’t stay healthy
Edit: I thought of this bc Bobby Witt jr is 1 homer and 2 steals away from a 30-50 season
As a dodgers fan. I always try to watch mookie and freeman as much as I can. Can't take that for granted. And never can forget king Kersh
As a Dodger fan, its insane we get to watch Mookie and Freeman everyday. The front office hooked it up.
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money money money
@@gretz5792yeah, every team in baseball has enough to be good, but most owners don't care about winning. They just use the team for money and tax purposes. Don't be upset because the dodgers actually care about winning.
And probably Ohtani after this season 😅 or Snell I could see them stealing him away too
Yeah if your team was anywhere but LA you wouldn't have shit.
God, thank you for this man. This wonderful monster of a man. Those rough years in the late 90s and early 00s. Mannywood teasing us. Kershaw, Kemp, Ethier and Greinke carrying our sorry asses to as many playoffs as they could. To pass that torch to Seags and Belli. Only to finally lock down the greatest monster to wear Dodger Blue for the rest of his career. (Yeah i said it). Who destroys our enemies and slaughters baserunners. One day we gonna look back and think. Damn man that man really gave us his everything from Day One. Baseball gods protect "[our] precious" it's not about the MVP, but he's our MVP FINISH THEM MOOK!
Go DODGERS!!!!!
Sox fan here. Unforgivable that the Sox didn’t write a blank check for Mookie. One of the best players to ever wear our uniform with plenty of prime left in front of him. Glad he’s still producing at this level and that he’s not in the AL. But man. Wish he was a Sox for life. Miss him
Braves fan who wants Ronnie to win MVP so bad, and he will, but just here to say I remember when Mookie was a little 2b at single A Greenville hitting .330. He’s a legend and so good, but this is the year of the Acuna.
Acunas stolen base is so inflated. Think about it. It’s Freddie freeman’s all time high in stolen bases this year at age 34. Also Z they got Corbin Carroll rookie year with over 50. When you got a vet in his mid 30s breaking his all time stolen bases and rookie making same feat. You know acunas stolen bases is inflated.
You got that right, brother. 40/70
It's amazing that it's already been 5 years from his Red Sox MVP year
And he has the chance to win another one 5 years later most guys are never in that position only the greats
@@thatboydre8649acuna hit 40/60 so I doubt itll happen
Now that Acuna passed him in ops and home runs, it’s over
@@JackDeSilvermookie did just set the all time record for most rbi for a leadoff hitter, which is extremely impressive.
@@brandocalrissian3294 which is 4 more rbi than another leaf off hitter, Acuna
I can’t believe he’s playing some middle infield at this stage of his career
Dodger fan, but I’m giving it to Acuna because his seasons is so rare.
love me a bowling god
when ronnie hits his 40th HR the MVP race will be over but Mookie's august was actually ridiculous
If acuna dosent win it’s going to be because of his defense. Mookie is a better two way player. Acuna is one of the worst outfields in the MLB and leads the league in drops this year.
Outfielders^*
@@WaVePalmzmookie has a negative OAA at every position he has played this year. He was awful at SS. Neither of them are having good defensive years. It’s Ronald’s award easily
@@WaVePalmzRonald is 100% winning. It’s over dude.
@@salexweldon lol he’s one of the best right fielders when he’s at his main position 😂 do you know why he went to short?? But Ronald didn’t have a great season last year as well? He hasn’t had a “solid” season as a defender ever lol. Go check the stats mookie dosent have a negative OAA at right field😂 shortstop yes but it’s his first professional year at that position?
The NL is nonsensical this season. No pitcher has had a really remarkable season for the Cy Young race but you have four players in Acuna, Betts, Olson, and Freeman each having a year that would make them a slam dunk MVP in almost any other year
None of them would be slam dunks in other seasons lol it’s been a lot of better seasons for players who won mvp especially in recent years
@goldmo2427 i dont know. Acuna may score 150 runs, which has only happened once in 80 years, 220 hits, close to 400 total bases, a BA of .340, with 70 stolen bases, and 40+ homers. Acuna has an oWAR of 8.1. Over the past 20 years only two players in the NL have had an oWAR over 8 in a season (Kemp in 2011 and Harper in 2015)
As a Red Sox fan, these 2023 Mookie videos just hurts too much to watch.
Ronald Acuna Jr just joined the 40/40 club and he is closing in on 40/80 so despite how great Mookie Betts is playing it still most likely not be enough
That's fine, mookie is the better all around player and will end with the better career.
@brandocalrissian3294 well while I will agree that Mookie is going in the hall of fame and go even further to state that he is going in on the first ballot I don't think he is all around better than Ronald he is better in defense and more versatile Ronald has more power and speed on offense
In a normal season, Matt Olson and Freddie Freeman would be battling for MVP. But nope. They arent even the MVPs of their own teams.
7:00 failures of the NL EAST is kind of Harsh… especially with how Philly consistently gives the Braves tough series as well as even taking a few. I don’t think the failure of the east is a thing. The Mets are the only team that have fallen beneath expectations in that division
There might be 3 NL East teams making the playoffs this season. The Braves are just the cream of the crop.
Amazing vid and shoutout to mookie
2 SB away from 40-70 yo, Acuña MVP
As a Braves fan that actually loves Mookie Betts, and great baseball players in general. I will give credit where it's due. Mookie is a phenomenal player, and a great human being. He has had a historic run at the end of the year, but anyone who wants to debate the NL MVP is not well educated. Ronald has been the overall best player in all of baseball this year. If you wanna give the player or the month to Mookie I would agree, but don't be ignorant and say Mookie has given Ronald a run for his money in the MVP race. Freddie Freeman has had better numbers than Mookie in every month, but August for goodness sakes. He isn't even the MVP on his own team! 😂😂😂
Why ain't nobody talking about September, because Mookie haven't held par to Acuna this month. I'll wait.
I like the Toto Africa instrumental. Cool mix with the video.
Most underrated future HOF
I miss Marcus more and more every week he's not a Red Sox. Long live the king.
Im soo happy Mookie threw me a baseball in between innings 9/25/22 vs the Cardinals (Albert Pujols last game in Dodger stadium) it was a day before my birthday too I literally could not believe it going to try to hold on to that baseball for the rest of life thanks Mookie!
7:09 is real af
STOP IT ABOUT MOOKIE, MVP?, JUST STOP IT! He had ONE GOOD MONTH, "ONE!".(August). In his last 15 games in September, .245 Batting Avg, 1 (ONE) HR, 5 (FIVE) RBI 12 BB 13 SO 3 SB .743 OPS..!!! WHAT is so special about that???
PLEASE, JUST STOP ALL THE MOOKIE MVP NONSENSE!
STOP IT! ONE VERY GOOD "MONTH" DOES NOT WARRANT MVP DISCUSSION, PERIOD! MVP IS FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON! April .242 BA 3-HR 10-RBI, .766 OPS 14-BB 21-SO, 1-SB, 1-CS, May, a bit better .269 BA 9-HR 22-RBI 17-BB 18-SO MVP? REALLY? STOP IT!
First it was Acuña vs Carroll
Then it was Acuña vs Freeman
Then it was Acuña vs Olson (briefly)
And then it was Acuña vs Betts.
The one constant in all of these races? Ronald.
Mookie is great! Always has been. But the numbers Mookie put up in one month SHOULD NOT be over shadowing Ronald's ENTIRE YEAR! To be honest. The only other player who should be getting MVP recognition with Acuna is Matt Olsen! Nobody is mentioning Matt!
Now let’s look at the stats for September. The MVP race was sealed after the braves vs dodgers series.
Matt Olson deserves this one
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Mookie had a cold September and acuna is going crazy this month. Acuna is going to win the award.
His season isn’t going under the radar at all 😂 people haven’t shut up about how he’s “challenging” Ronald for MVP for a month and a half now
I think MVP should be based on WAR alone…
7:09 sent me hahaha
love mookie outstanding player was rooting on him he woulda won in this mvp but his september had been really bad
Yessir, push the narratives so acuna doesnt win 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Betts is a super ball player but if anyone thinks he'll beat out Acuna for mvp, needs to have their head examined.
Love the channel. Do a video of my crappy white sox
Bro it still is a blow out wtf Dookie Debts ain’t winning anything 😂
8:15 Could you cover the entire Astros roster? Thanks
national league mvp should be voted on after the dodgers-braves championship series
7:07 haters gonna hate
Acuña is now .1 war behind betts
Not even noticeable.
It's a rounding difference, so less than .1. Both round to 84 runs above replacement
The SpongeBob. Battle for bikini bottom playing during the ad read is. A1
As a Dodgers' fan............I still can´t believe the RedSox traded Mookie for peanuts. Like......they could've asked for Belli and Seager. But they took Verdugo and 2 prospects. WTF?
Yup. And now Chaim Bloom is also gone. What did we even get for Mookie except years of regret?
I guess John Henry got to save some money, so we can all be happy for the billionaire right?
Where’s the Acuña video?
Every time you say "Betts's" I murder a puppy. Their blood is on your hands.
It ended ❓❓❓
Hey, anybody remember when there was a converation about which player was better: Acuna or Soto?
So. Whos here ater the d backs series
Where's the Acuna video
Benny the Jet Rodriguez is the true MVP btw
U failed to mention that home run by acuna was a grand slam. You left out a lot of context
12 homers from the lead off spot are the most in MLB history? I'm confused....
I'm sorry, Mookie is definitely great, but Ronald deserves the MVP more.
😊20,5000 men have played baseball only one has hit 40 hr & stolen 70 bases in the same season. Thats literal history & thus deserving of the mvp. Not giving it to him is as tragic as Sammy Sosa taking the mvp the same year he lost the historical hr race... seems like the voters handing out conciliation prizes
Well it's gonna be 40/70, and if you do the math on that it comes out to MVP for Acuna. 😂
Acuna still got the mvp
This man is a stud cooking can’t let my wife see this video
no homo
7:08 😳
He deserves this MVP
This makes me a sad Red Sox fan.
MOOKIE COME BACK.
YOU CAN BLAME IT ALL ON JOHN. HE WAS WROOONG AND WE JUST CAN'T LIVE WITH OUT YOU.
Bruh, Betts doesn't lead the league in a single category. While he is close to doing so in a couple, the person he is tied with is Acuna who is going gang-busters in terms of leading the NL and the entirety of MLB in. Acuna has this in the bag.
lol. Seems like you didn’t watch the whole video. Acuna has the MVP in the bag, and this video was not trying to argue against that. Just to point out how absurdly good this Betts season was.
He literally said that in this video 😂
Oh, I watched the whole thing. Regardless of him explicitly stating it or not, this was a video to not only showcase how good he has been but to try and pedestalize Betts for when he doesn't win the award. Prototypical SRS. @@jamese4729
mookie did beat acuna in alot of stuff until september mookie been slumping this month as acuna stayed hot
mookie ain’t gonna let you hit bro
what if he did tho
asking for a friend. Can you do a video on aaron judge??
Betts is 180 he’s a big boy
He took two months off and played one good month, so he deserves MVP?
Lmao hes been amazing the whole year literally the 3rd best player in baseball after ohtani and acuna
@@mitch5944 mookie has been a little better than average two of the six months. I don't know that I'd say he was amazing the whole year. Some ridiculous hot streaks and some slumps to offset them. I would agree with third best player though for the year
Pipe dream.
Rafael Devers
Can we give him a co mvp
it’s happened before 🤷♂️
Francisco Lindor
Acuna is hands down the MVP. Mookie been great, but his chance of him winning comes down to him being a Dodger. Let's be honest, if Acuna was a Dodger, he would be unanimously picked.
Quest been over. Betts been trash ever since he missed those 2-3 games.
Matthew has been better than Frederick and Ronald has been better (statistically) than Markus this year but now that a dodger wont win an award this year I will no longer hate them 🥰
Acuña jr mvp mvp mvp mvp mvp
I am surprised this is as close as everybody thinks it is. Acuna's leading the league in like 10 different stats, Betts zero. Acuna with the 40 HR/70 SB. Acuna with the head-to-head series against the Dodgers a couple weeks ago where the Braves all but clinched the #1 seed in the NL. Actually my favorite Acuna stat is the 146 RS; only one player since 1950 has scored more runs in a season than this!
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Acuña MVP! Sorry mookmook...
He might not win the MVP, but this season, he was the MVP.
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Too bad actual is getting mvp😊
I’m probably in the minority that thinks Betts should be mvp
You definitely are