"THANK YOU!" This is why I can't take his takes seriously. Last years numbers and career numbers don't support Soler over Ozuna 🤦🏿♂️ But only Braves get this treatment 😂 But this is his opinion, I guess 🤨🤥
I disagree, Im a braves fan and I'd take Soler over Ozuna in a minute. Soler is probably more likely to continue to put up good numbers. Ozuna had two terrible seasons before this good one. He's been perfectly fair with the Braves players and perhaps generous on some YOUR bias is preventing you from seeing that. If anything it's Phillies players he's snubbed this year.
@@patrickdare5356 But McGuire had decent batting averages. Schwarber is a walking hedgefund analysis. Baseball, yes, but not good baseball, imo. You have to be an old coot like me to agree..... Give me Matty Alou over Schwarber all day long.
Consistency has to count for something and Ozuna was dreadful when he played in 21, was bad in 22 and was horrific again for the first quarter of 23. Plus, he’s a massive piece of shit so who cares anyway. Lifelong Braves fan btw.
You haven’t looked into the Ozuna case it seems. I’m not saying it’s a good look, but do a little more research on what actually happened. There’s a reason nothing came of that situation. Also, his teammates seem to absolutely love him. Michael Harris credited a talk they had as the reason he turned things around after his bad start last season.
I’d say yes, 26 is too harsh on Blackmon. Not every DH has to hit cleanup and mash 30+ homers to be effective. He’s the leadoff hitter whose job is to get on base, and he does, .363 is nothing to sneeze at. Also, 79th percentile in batting run value last year, higher than Soler or Eloy in only 96 games
Just reminding people that there’s no evidence Ozuna abused his wife. Also his DUI wasn’t a typical DUI but a DUI LESS SAFE. Which was dropped because there was no evidence he was drunk
And doesn’t have to be injury prone due to all the work and lack of rest. I can guarantee Dodgers going to easily figure out a scheduling for others to rest in DH
bro the ozuna (from the braves) disrespect is crazy , he had wayyyy better numbers than soler and jd 😂 ozuna just gets a bad rep for what he did 2 years ago and outside of homeruns ozuna was way better than schwarber too give the man his respect bud
It’s also in fantasy baseball. Both espn and yahoo have him projected to hit less than thirty HR with a meh batting average. I don’t understand it bc his metrics are great.
ozuna is the third best, just look at the stats, he was way better than the other guys especially schwarber, who hit under the mendoza line and barely had any war with a slightly above average ops+
War for Schwarber doesn’t matter for the DH position because pretty much all of his negative value is because he is the worst defender in the league but at DH it doesn’t matter
People like to call Ozuna a piece of shit but they conveniently "forget" that the year before Marcell Ozunas arrest his WIFE was arrested for assaulting him. She threw a dinner plate at his face requiring him to get stitches. She isn't exactly a saint either and the violence she inflicted on him was far more damaging then him grabbing her and shoving her to the ground. Yeah violence against women is wrong, and he messed up. But this wasn't some innocent angel, this was someone who had been physically violent to the man in the past. How convenient and Scummy of you Marc to forget about the Mets signing Reyes AFTER his DV incident, I understand the way you feel but your lacking ideological consistency when it comes to your mets bias.
Some couples fight. I've seen some narlly brawls between couples. So this checks out. It's their love language if they continue to stick around eachother
Shohei just had the best offensive season he's ever gonna have. Yordan is normally noticeably better than Shohei, and I see no reason to expect 2024 to be different.
@@jaimelannister1797its not like Yordan is consistently failing to play 100 games. if he was, THEN i could actually see this as a valid argument. but as of right now, Yordan is better than Shohei. im a Dodgers fan btw.
Small market team, doesn’t play every day, and while he’s a very good player he doesn’t do anything at a special level. For example look at Matt mcclains stats last year. Great player but not everyone talking about him because of the same reasons.
Was wondering who the Cardinal DH would been, Donovan, Burleson or Baker. All three have different type of offense. Donovan is the all field type of hitter, Burleson is a sacrifice type of player who needs a sac fly or sac bunt and Baker is the one with a ton of power.
Marc. Fraley only DH’d 23 games for the reds last year. He’s the starting right fielder in cincy. CES is 1B and DH Benson and Fraley both platoon with a combination of righties.
ozuna is number 2 and i don’t care what ANYONE says stats don’t lie went from batting below .100 to be snubbed from the all star game just because the incident that happened a bit ago dosent reflect on him as a player and shouldn’t have anyone being biased to the fact of that 🤷♂️ plus he’s changed as a man and loved his wife and family a lot but ozuna is defiantly top 3
Soler has been better as a whole over the past few years, so there’s the argument for that. But him being a Brave & the off the field stuff is probably why Marc put him there
For the sake of being real, I would have categorized Trammell as the LF, Marlowe as the RF, and Canzone at DH. All the same players, just positioned differently.
Thing is that I would rather have Drury at 2B rather than Rengifo if it's for defensive purposes. Drury had 5 Outs Above Average at 2B last season compared to Rengifo's -3 OAA in roughly the same amount of attempts. If it weren't for the black hole that is Anthony Rendon, I would like to see Rengifo get some reps at 3B since his arm strength graded out in the 72nd percentile last year. The downside being that he isn't very good there, but I hope that he could learn the position. Just trying to think of how to fit all the pieces in this roster is more laborious than expected. Maybe you're right and Drury would be better utilized as the DH.
40 homers turns moral management the other way. The Ozuma syndrome. Evidently Ozuma hit balls as hard as women. MLB and its constant money grab .... I am 68.......MLB is very hard to watch these days .......I prefer the high lite real as above. Great job Marc!
Honestly, I know I may be biased as an Astros fan but without otahni pitching in 2024 I honestly think Yordon Alvarez is better. Obviously with the pitching Otahni takes the cake but he won’t be pitching in 2024.
As a Braves fan I agree on the Ozuna take but clearly it's the MLB's decision to allow Ozuna to stay and forced Trevor Bauer out for despite false accusations. I'd swap MC to TB any day. Trade Ozuna, DH Grissom, sign Bauer
Wow the anti Braves bias is real. I would swap Ozuna and Schwarber. Also I think 26 is a bit harsh for Blackmon. You can tell just by watching him play, he's a really smart hitter.
Soler over ozuna just proves the Mets bias
"THANK YOU!" This is why I can't take his takes seriously. Last years numbers and career numbers don't support Soler over Ozuna 🤦🏿♂️ But only Braves get this treatment 😂
But this is his opinion, I guess 🤨🤥
Exactly
Hey man soler only has a lower ba obp ops hr rbi and ops+. You’re completely ignoring his defensive aspect
@@ekwipes5786 true his defense is amazing
I disagree, Im a braves fan and I'd take Soler over Ozuna in a minute. Soler is probably more likely to continue to put up good numbers. Ozuna had two terrible seasons before this good one. He's been perfectly fair with the Braves players and perhaps generous on some YOUR bias is preventing you from seeing that. If anything it's Phillies players he's snubbed this year.
Mark going off on Ozuna like his team didn’t sign Jose Reyes AFTER his incident 😂😂
They choose to forget about that for some reason. They also regularly celebrate him
I’m a casual baseball fan that only follows the Cubs. Why don’t people like Ozuna?
@@J.C.3beat up a woman who he was seeing
Shoved his wife to the floor
a couple years ago just before being arrested
@@J.C.3 his wife was attacking him, he defended himself but you know how that goes. Women can do whatever they want to you.
Kyle Schwarber had 115 hits… and 47 of those were home runs. one of the craziest stats I’ve ever seen 😂
Career regular season.. 763 hits, 246 homers.
For McGwire's entire run in St. Louis he had more home runs than singles.
@@patrickdare5356
But McGuire had decent batting averages. Schwarber is a walking hedgefund analysis. Baseball, yes, but not good baseball, imo.
You have to be an old coot like me to agree.....
Give me Matty Alou over Schwarber all day long.
Schwarber had a BA of 40
@@Instramarklol get out of here
Last Full Hitting Position and it’s DH
Biggest Rise: Marcell Ozuna 21 to 6 (15 spots)
Biggest Drop: Giancarlo Stanton 4 to 19 (15 spots)
ozuna shoulda had 17 spots hes better than jd martinez and soler and even schwarber
@@aolepilikea👆This is 110% fact! Ozuna was light yrs ahead of both!
@@aolepilikeawell marc is hella bias so it’s not happening
@@aolepilikeathat’s just pure recency bias, it’s been 6 years since Ozuna had 2 good seasons back to back
@@joeriley5099 we are ranking them on their recent season not past 2 or past 6 bud
Ozuna starting off as HORRIFIC as he did.. and still finishing with those stats / slash lines is actually unreal. Easily top 5, but ofc. Mets fan
Consistency has to count for something and Ozuna was dreadful when he played in 21, was bad in 22 and was horrific again for the first quarter of 23. Plus, he’s a massive piece of shit so who cares anyway. Lifelong Braves fan btw.
in no way Is Jorge Soler better than Ozuna
Shohei or Yordan. You can't go wrong with either of them. 1a and 1b is definitely a more apt way to rank then than 1 and 2.
10000% agree
Stop that Ozuna hate. Mets bias is unreal. Marcell Ozuna was better than Soler last year and arguably J.D and Schwarber.
Get off Ozuna, dude was innocent. Defended himself against an abusive woman, got his kids and proceeded to rake
The Cubs are looking at Morel at 1st because of the gaping chasm of talent there, if he sticks there he’ll be much higher than 15. Such a good player.
He is at 3rd now
I’m in future
Crazy to say Ozuna’s stats then follow up with 3 players that have worse stats
Ozuna was better in literally every way than Soler lmao. Why even put ozuna top 10 of ur gonna put soler over him?
You haven’t looked into the Ozuna case it seems. I’m not saying it’s a good look, but do a little more research on what actually happened. There’s a reason nothing came of that situation. Also, his teammates seem to absolutely love him. Michael Harris credited a talk they had as the reason he turned things around after his bad start last season.
I just wish he could fix his backswing...
@@elasmojones it’s way easier for a catcher to back up a couple of inches than for someone to change their entire swing.
Doesn't seem to affect anyone else
I also feel that his hatred for ozuna is why he only has him at 6th. Ozuna was a t3 dh last year.
@@elasmojonesand yet the problem basically only happened with will smith. Coincidence?
I’d say yes, 26 is too harsh on Blackmon. Not every DH has to hit cleanup and mash 30+ homers to be effective. He’s the leadoff hitter whose job is to get on base, and he does, .363 is nothing to sneeze at. Also, 79th percentile in batting run value last year, higher than Soler or Eloy in only 96 games
Just reminding people that there’s no evidence Ozuna abused his wife. Also his DUI wasn’t a typical DUI but a DUI LESS SAFE. Which was dropped because there was no evidence he was drunk
I honestly don’t care. If you break the law that’s for the courts. I don’t think it should effect your job unless you actually go to jail but whatevs.
Shohei not pitching is actually a advantage because he only has to focus on hitting. I think he can easily hit 50 bombs this year
And doesn’t have to be injury prone due to all the work and lack of rest. I can guarantee Dodgers going to easily figure out a scheduling for others to rest in DH
if easy middle on the plate yes he can hit unless otherwise he is choking this is the reality
This is why Ozuna from the Braves is the best DH in baseball.
Bruh 💀
He should be but Marc lets off field cloud his judgement. If he can’t be unbiased he shouldn’t do rankings.😂😂
Shameful Ozuna Big Bear not even in top 5 on this content reel. Atrocious really.
It's always crazy seeing Schwarber numbers
bro the ozuna (from the braves) disrespect is crazy , he had wayyyy better numbers than soler and jd 😂 ozuna just gets a bad rep for what he did 2 years ago and outside of homeruns ozuna was way better than schwarber too give the man his respect bud
I love how everyone knows Ozuna is top 3 but no one will say it because they have to fake hate on the guy
Especially when he put Schwarber at 3, who had lower stats than player 4-7 and was less productive overall
It’s also in fantasy baseball. Both espn and yahoo have him projected to hit less than thirty HR with a meh batting average. I don’t understand it bc his metrics are great.
ozuna is the third best, just look at the stats, he was way better than the other guys especially schwarber, who hit under the mendoza line and barely had any war with a slightly above average ops+
War for Schwarber doesn’t matter for the DH position because pretty much all of his negative value is because he is the worst defender in the league but at DH it doesn’t matter
@@bradywright0408 maybe his defence wouldnt matter if he wasn't a slightly above average hitter, 110 ops+
People like to call Ozuna a piece of shit but they conveniently "forget" that the year before Marcell Ozunas arrest his WIFE was arrested for assaulting him. She threw a dinner plate at his face requiring him to get stitches. She isn't exactly a saint either and the violence she inflicted on him was far more damaging then him grabbing her and shoving her to the ground. Yeah violence against women is wrong, and he messed up. But this wasn't some innocent angel, this was someone who had been physically violent to the man in the past. How convenient and Scummy of you Marc to forget about the Mets signing Reyes AFTER his DV incident, I understand the way you feel but your lacking ideological consistency when it comes to your mets bias.
Some couples fight. I've seen some narlly brawls between couples. So this checks out. It's their love language if they continue to stick around eachother
1a. Ohtani
1b. Alvarez
3. Ozuna
4. JD
5. Soler
6. Schwaber
Soler over Ozuna is crazy. The bias is showing
Hay Marc love your content keep up the great work
Apparently the brewers won't put out a dh next season smh
so what was the reasoning for soler being ranked above ozuna and i could argue that martinez and schwarber weren’t better either
The only argument is that Ozuna has been bad or not played for 2 of the past 3 years
Shohei just had the best offensive season he's ever gonna have. Yordan is normally noticeably better than Shohei, and I see no reason to expect 2024 to be different.
Yordan’s made of glass and can’t play full seasons
@@jaimelannister1797 So is Shohei.
@@0ddba11Sp0r7s shohei can actually play a full season unlike yordan
@@jaimelannister1797its not like Yordan is consistently failing to play 100 games. if he was, THEN i could actually see this as a valid argument. but as of right now, Yordan is better than Shohei. im a Dodgers fan btw.
@@jaimelannister1797 Yordan played over 140 games in 2019 (including games in AAA before his callup) and in 2021 as well. I don't wanna hear it
Seeing Kerry bonds in the top 10 made me very happy
Greene, karp, Park, Tork and roge all mash
I can't help it, Schwarber is not 3rd best DH.
Kerry Carpenter future 2024 silver slugger award winner
That Mets bias is strong on this one 😂 he can't hide that Braves hate sometimes lol
Can you legit just answer us and just let us know why is Ozuna number four? Why is he behind Solaire? The numbers are not adding up?
Watch the videos to see The Braves Hate 😂Ozuna Deserves more Love Than that Lol #BRAVESCOUNTRY!!
Came here because the Mariners just signed Garver. So happy we have a DH now😂
“And that’s why Mark Vientos is the best DH in the mlb”
@@hofalphathey are funny
@@hofaltuveur crazy
@@hofalphafr
Yes sir
These comments are so recycled and are just terrible and not funny
I’m glad the Mariners went from number 29 to number 7 with the Gerver acquisition.
I keep getting home from work and seeing this as I mindlessly open my phone. I guess I’m officially a daily fan now
And that’s why Mitchel Garver was the best DH In Rangers history
Ozuna should be like number 4
At the very least. Big Bear can hone in and clutch it up in the crucial at bats.
Crazy how Fraley still doesn’t get talked about enough. He played through a pretty serious injury
Small market team, doesn’t play every day, and while he’s a very good player he doesn’t do anything at a special level. For example look at Matt mcclains stats last year. Great player but not everyone talking about him because of the same reasons.
I don't understand how Ozuna is not at number 3 spot...
Shohei is definitely #1, wish the Rangers had signed him…
This is a cool run down bro. Thanks for your work.
Dodgers just gave away Luke Raley to the Rays!
Nelson velasquez disrespect detected
that analysis by marc reeked of someone who never watched him play
Wilmer Flores is criminally underrated
Was wondering who the Cardinal DH would been, Donovan, Burleson or Baker. All three have different type of offense. Donovan is the all field type of hitter, Burleson is a sacrifice type of player who needs a sac fly or sac bunt and Baker is the one with a ton of power.
Marc. Fraley only DH’d 23 games for the reds last year. He’s the starting right fielder in cincy.
CES is 1B and DH
Benson and Fraley both platoon with a combination of righties.
ozuna is number 2 and i don’t care what ANYONE says stats don’t lie went from batting below .100 to be snubbed from the all star game just because the incident that happened a bit ago dosent reflect on him as a player and shouldn’t have anyone being biased to the fact of that 🤷♂️ plus he’s changed as a man and loved his wife and family a lot but ozuna is defiantly top 3
I keep waiting for Charlie Blackman to get traded but never does! Seems like he will finish his career with the Rockies!
damn u forgot the brewers are they that irrelevant now :(
Hey mark what you think of the idea of ranking best players for every country or ranking lineups in the opening day
Idk I think Wilmer Flores pretty darn good DH, he platooned with Joc Pedersen for the most part
Another cool thing about Rooker: one of two players to ever win SEC triple crown. The other is Rafael Palmeiro also of Mississippi State
As a gigantic Alvarez shill and his biggest fan: yeah… Ohtani is him
Wilmer and Justin Turner are so underrated. All WIlmer does is rake!!
how tf did soler have a better season than Ozuna 😂
He didn't, he had half the war and the counting stats weren't really close as well. But ya know, Marc..
Soler has been better as a whole over the past few years, so there’s the argument for that. But him being a Brave & the off the field stuff is probably why Marc put him there
@@JBullock54 I get it but the numbers are too far off. He’s human garbage but .906 ops he prob should’ve been top 3.
For the sake of being real, I would have categorized Trammell as the LF, Marlowe as the RF, and Canzone at DH. All the same players, just positioned differently.
Pay attention to how many of these bombs were against Gonslin.
he was a bum this year because he was injured all year
Brewers: Yelich/Contraras
Ozuna hit for a better average, ops, more HR and more RBI but is ranked lower than Soler
Thanks for the Brewers ranking, Mark. Very generous.
we have no dh we rotate it
… and that’s why dj stewart is the best dh in all of baseball!
Most Handsome DH is Kerry Carpenter
Woahhhh I’m surprised with how high Nuke was ranked. BUY IM HERE FOR IT RAHHHH
Like a Mets fan can talk about any team signing a bad off field person with all the wife beaters and horrible humans they have employed 😳
I think Cutch will be our DH next year
Yeah it’s weird seeing Connor Joe in there. He was always a platoon/bench guy.
should've had rengifo ranked at 2B and drury at DH so you didn't have to double drury up
Thing is that I would rather have Drury at 2B rather than Rengifo if it's for defensive purposes. Drury had 5 Outs Above Average at 2B last season compared to Rengifo's -3 OAA in roughly the same amount of attempts.
If it weren't for the black hole that is Anthony Rendon, I would like to see Rengifo get some reps at 3B since his arm strength graded out in the 72nd percentile last year. The downside being that he isn't very good there, but I hope that he could learn the position. Just trying to think of how to fit all the pieces in this roster is more laborious than expected. Maybe you're right and Drury would be better utilized as the DH.
Well Ohtani lead Alvarez in every stat didnt he? And thats after pitching...Imagine if he can just hit only...Its not even close!
Make a list of the most clutch baseball players for next season
Ohtani is the best player in the world right now not even close
Yordan is a better hitter than Ohtani
this aged well
Shoei is not a better hitter than Yordan especially when you factor in clutch hitting cause Yordans ability at that is insane 😂
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Fair Stanton ranking
Keep it up GiraffeNeckMark
Morel is underrated
bring back Ohtani the outfielder
40 homers turns moral management the other way. The Ozuma syndrome.
Evidently Ozuma hit balls as hard as women. MLB and its constant money grab .... I am 68.......MLB is very hard to watch these days .......I prefer the high lite real as above. Great job Marc!
Mets bias going crazy in rankings this year. Braves not being 100% respected
I think it’s shocking you didn’t have ohtani ranked 1 last year.
You did Ozuna so dirty, put some respect on his name (Ozuna from the braves)
Can u make a mid season rankings in 2024
I really think calling it DH/Utility would fix your problems here
Cardinals would be much better off DH’ing Gorman or Walker imo. As long as his arm is healed Donovan is superior defensively to both guys.
average soy Mets fan Ozuna take. You obviously haven’t looked into what actually happened. His teammates love him.
A healthy Yordan is #1
Honestly, I know I may be biased as an Astros fan but without otahni pitching in 2024 I honestly think Yordon Alvarez is better. Obviously with the pitching Otahni takes the cake but he won’t be pitching in 2024.
As a Braves fan I agree on the Ozuna take but clearly it's the MLB's decision to allow Ozuna to stay and forced Trevor Bauer out for despite false accusations. I'd swap MC to TB any day. Trade Ozuna, DH Grissom, sign Bauer
Yordan is elite 🧡
Who’s Yordaddy?
Oh he KNEW what ue was doing with the thumbnail
Wow the anti Braves bias is real. I would swap Ozuna and Schwarber. Also I think 26 is a bit harsh for Blackmon. You can tell just by watching him play, he's a really smart hitter.
Good stuff as always Marc
Shohei is obviously the better baseball player, but Yordan is the best hitter in baseball besides maybe Judge. He is the best DH in the league
Bro.. where’s your reaction to the Yamamoto to Dodgers??
Enjoyed your rankings. Another great season for you Marc!
No Cutch for the pirates DH?
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