10 BEST #1 Picks ALL TIME in the MLB Draft
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The Top 10 BEST #1 Picks in the MLB Draft all time! Who do you think will end up being the best #1 overall pick in MLB History? Let me know in the comments!
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The Mariners never even had a winning season until they called up Griffey without him they may not even be a team any more he is far and away the the best number one draft pick
2:57 anyone else think he was about to say dansby Swanson and was just like 🤨
yes i was about to dislike
Yes I thought
Yeah I was hovering on the dislike button 😂
I was FR about to he like what??
Yeah
Griffey’s swing is still the best looking ever. You can’t change my mind
Ted Williams might be up there, but I never saw him play
Manny Ramirez
Barry Bonds and Manny Ramirez
Joe Wiseman playing Mlb the show
nobodys swing beats griffey
Harper has 219 homeruns and 219 doubles.
Perfectly balanced as all things should be
Only a Sith Deals in Absolutes.
ricky99la wtf
@Matthew Rider he really only had 1 bad year defensively. He is know for hustling and diving all over the field so idk what you mean by calling him lazy. Ig not running out a pop up once in a while? But yes he is prone to outbreaks but go watch video of him getting ejected, he's usually in the right
Matthew Rider um his fielding is pretty good absolute cannon and he hustles a lot on the bases so I wouldn’t say lazy and I think he’s overrated so that kinda says alot
.219 batting average next season too
Griffey had one of the sweetest swings in MLB history, you really couldn't pitch to him, he was that good
Marc can you do a top 10 undrafted players in MLB history?
Mike trout has gotta be on there
Clayton Cruise mike trout was drafted
Clayton Cruise lol mike trout was drafted
Clayton Cruise Mike Trout went in the first round lmao
The that means international free agents
Griffey should be #1
cobes Ψ agreed, but the explanation here makes sense. Arod really had the best career, regardless of roids his production was still there. Plus he is one of the greatest third baseman’s of all time as a fielder too, Griffey was a great outfielder but was mostly known for his swing. It’s definitely a hard choice, but I don’t think arod even needed the steroids to succeed. That’s what he took when he got injured later in his career, that is really what helped him mostly at the end. But yeah Griffey is probably a more realistic choice here
@@Rpaddy07 Griffey was an elite defensive CF'r, best of his era easy, 10 GG's.
Patty Cakes arod never needed the steroids. He robbed himself of 700 homers and a hof sendoff by taking roids
yup
Stats wise, no. For MLB,excitement and baseball cards - sure. Most important yes. Best? No.
A-Rod cheated, Griffey didn’t... nuff said
Arod was still better
He cheated and still only had about 30 more home runs and a couple hundred hits then Griffey. Griffey would of been better without injury’s without cheating then cheating arod
Gold-Kingz Griffey with a fully healthy career might have hit 800 homers
A-rod often choked in the playoffs
A-rod got “caught”. That’s the only difference between him and a ton of other players.
"AROD took PEDs...but it doesn't change what happened on the field"
Yes, it does. He shouldn't even be on this list, and if he is, he definitely should not be ahead of Griffey.
Arod was better
Exactly!! Griffey should be #1 by a landslide.
@M If they haven't put Clemens or Bonds in, I doubt A-Rod makes it.
@2:55 HAHAHAHA WHY DID I THINK MARC WAS ABOUT TO THROW LOVE TO DANSBY LMAOOOOOO
Conveniently forgets to mention that Strasburg was the first No. 1 pick to ever win WS MVP
Marc: Astros should be stripped of their ring
Also Marc: A rod is the greatest #1 pick of all time
Holmeslice there’s a difference between roids and knowing what pitch is coming 😂
QuackedDaniel you’re definitely right
@@nysportsfan31 yeah A-Rod still had to know what was coming unlike to Astros. They knew if it was a fastball or a changeup or a slider
I doesn't matter he is still one of the best players of all time.
I’m pretty sure knowing a fastball or change up was coming is a lot more helpful then taking steroids
Griffey was one of the best players ever, for like 10 years no one could get him out. He devastated me as a Yankee/Don Mattingly fan in that 95 wildcard game. He was better than A-Rod and remember I'm a die hard Yankees fan.
Arod was a more complete hitter, a better 5-tool player, and played a more important position on defense and did it well. You being a Yankees does not make you smart.
@@jirikurto3859 being a rando with a j emoji instead of there real face doesn't make your opinion better than mine.
Ken Griffey jr was my idol when I was a kid
He is My idol lol 😂 I have plaques of him in my room and all of his rookie cards , I have a hoodie with him on it 😂 Griffey is my Favorite player of all time and no one is changing that
@@natedonaldson1681 love it bro
Jr. legitimately saved the Seattle Mariners from being nixed from baseball
The Stadium the Mariners are in now is called the Stadium that Griffey built. Because they were about to move to Tampa Bay. Griffey hated the park because it was considered a pitchers park so he left for Cincinnati. Also he was pissed ownership didn’t keep Randy Johnson
they created griffey to be a superstar...cmon man...small park...tipped pitches.......
With the help of A-Rod, Randy Johnson, Edgar Martinez and many others. It wasn't a one man team.
Mark: This might be controversial
The comments section: Hold my beer
10:14 "his numbers may be inflated" 1 sec later. "The numbers don't lie" 😂😂 so if the numbers are inflated. Then the numbers don't represent his true stats. Meaning his numbers do lie. 😂
I literally thought the same exact thing lol
Ikr lol
I think he means that even with steroids, you can’t just get those kinds of numbers over such a big period without an insane amount of skill. As a yankees fan it pains me that a rod took steroids, because he still would have been a perennial all star without them.
Joe Bedard I honestly hated him when he played but he’s turned it around he doesn’t seem like that much of a douche
Arod is the goat
Who else thinks that stausberg should definitely be higher up than David price
What argument is there for that? Price’s career has been in inarguably better, to this point.
Who else thinks that if your gonna make a comment about him you should learn how to spell his name
tf, price has a cy young, strasburg doesn't
The Moose! 662 winning percentage!
Time will tell. Prices’ career numbers are better..
When you showed Stephen Strasburgs first clip I didn’t know who were talking about him or Dansby Swanson. And yes I am a idiot
Hard to not have Griffey at 1 when he was the first ever number 1 pick to reach HOF
He also missed by 1 vote on being the first ever unanimous vote for the HOF
Day 2 of asking to make a video on how every mlb team got their name
I like that idea
👍👍👍
Day 2 of asking to make a video on how every mlb player got their name. Lol
Griffey is the greatest of all time(No Enhancements Required)
Damn Injuries Cost Him The Title of Greatest of All Time
Even with injury’s he’s up there in my opinion top 5
still wasn't as good as pre or using roids bonds. bonds was the most feared hitter of the 90's! ppl like to hate on bonds because he was a dick and then used roids but stats are stats.
As a 71 y.o. geezer who has closely watched baseball since '58, nobody compares to Willie Mays...I was lucky enough to grow up in SF watching him play...in my mind, never has there been a more entertaining player and a man who loved the game and the fans...I'd take Willie over Jr, but without the injuries (which you can't exclude) I rank him 2nd behind Willie...as it is, though, I'd take Aaron #2,
Arod won a batting title at 20 well before any PED use.
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Every baseball youtuber in 2020-tOpS
Lol so true everyone be copying Zach hample when it came to seat geek dont know who started the tops bunt
It is AROD, no question. Legend
Always thought this was a fascinating group: Chipper is one of seven players with 10,000 PAs and a .300/.400/.500 slash line
The rest are
Ty Cobb
Stan Musial
Tris Speaker
Mel Ott
Babe Ruth
Frank Thomas
If you lower the threshold to 9,500 PAs, you add
Ted Williams
Manny Ramirez
Jimmie Foxx
Lou Gehrig
Not a bad bunch of baseball players. ;)
Marc really does know how to get channel engagement. People will comment to disagree with "Controversial" opinions!
Griffey Is one of the few first pics to senselessly work His ass off to get where he is now lets be honest it doesn't matter if you're in a very first pick or the very last pick of a draft if you work hard great things will happen
When you realize 24 teams passed up on the greatest player of this generation: Mike Trout
I truly cannot believe that. When I saw that he wasn't listed, I looked at when he got drafted. Strasburg's year, but 25TH! HOW!?!
Lost all respect for this page when you put Griffey at #2
Facts, he lost legitimacy for that in my eyes as well
I saw Griffey Jr play early in his career as a child in the late 80’s at Fenway park against the Red Sox. years down the road in ‘02 I saw him play in his final years at Colorado as a member of the Reds. It was a special moment because I was now an adult. I stood up a clapped for him when he pinched hit in the 9th inning. I have huge respect for this player. I saw A rod too in Fenway as a Mariner. Randy Johnson too.
I'm so happy you put Joe Mauer on this list. There was a controversy with his draft too. At the time Kerry Wood was the pitching phenom that was supposed to go first. Twins got a lot of flack for picking the "Hometown" kid... lol critics.
You might be mixng kerry wood up he went in the first round in 1995 and won ROY in 1998.
Jr. Not only saved baseball in Seattle, but when the dust settled from the steroid era he was one of the few you could look back on and say he was clean, along with maybe Jim Thome and a handful of others.
Chipper Jones haunted your childhood like Strawberry haunted mine. Seeing Mike Bielecki give up an easy HR over the head of Barry Bonds brings back memories I did not want.
As a MN resident, I can't believe you put Mauer in there. He tanked as soon as we gave him his giant contract. Not an awful player, but making the top ten list of #1 picks. Not even close! I can't believe how much we overpaid him for what we got.
I was literally about to say you forgot A rod when he came up as #1 and it gave me chills tbh much love marc good list
As much as I love Jeter, A-Rod is - without question - the greatest shortstop ever. Talent doesn’t turn off like a light-switch.
Can we get a list of best draft steals?
1 Mike Piazza
@@alexventrone1120 big fax
Mike Piazza was the greatest draft steal of all time..
@LethArctico #3 Ryne Sandberg, 20th round
Trout
Ken Griffey Jr is easily the best #1 pick of all time not just because of the PED situation with A-Rod, but he saved baseball in Seattle. A-Rod rode Junior's coattails in Seattle, went to Texas and put up historic numbers for a crappy team, and went to New York, only to become 2nd fiddle to Jeter (I know he's better than Jeter but if he performed more admirably in the playoffs, then there would be no issue). From the beginning of his career to his 5th year in Cincinnati, it was the Ken Griffey Jr. show.
Griffey had a bigger impact on the game of baseball and put Seattle on the map. A-Roid put up numbers, but was known as a diva, hated by almost everybody, and won a championship while taking PEDs. The only thing that makes me happy is that Jeter gets most of the credit for the Yankees 2009 World Series win. Cardinals fan btw.
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Griffey is a definite legend...mini goat...it helped that another great Ichiro was batting leadoff...ARod was great also...dominant numbers for a lonnggg time...he didn't get the injury bug like McGwire did...Strasburg could easily be in the top 5 with another strong 4-5 years...Price is undervalued in whole (contract was too big though)...if it wasn't for Price having a Cy type year followed by a horrible year like 3 times then he'd be higher on this list
Marc I loved the Pokemon Stadium collab with the 4thGenGamer
Bruh Arods numbers are inflated Bc he took steroids. He’s not number 1. Griffey no steroids
Arid steroids
arods homeruns are inflated his other numbers are sadly much lower than they ever would have been if he wouldn't have taken them
Griffey did so much more for the team that drafted him...a good pick will work in the system and stay there. Griffey's only hangup was his dad's connections to Cincy
And the dimensions of Safeco Field 😞
Griffey is the goat
Nah Bonds and A Rod are better even if they took steroids
'Even if' or 'because?'
David Ozab arod you could argue it’s because. bonds was better than griffey in the 90s even when he wasn’t taking steroids
Hi Marc I have been a fan of your channel for over a year and I'm knowing a lot more about baseball then ever I really enjoy looking on CZcams every night and watching all of you videos I hope you keep up your baseball knowledge I learn more from you then from school
Great list, Marc though you could have flipped #1 and #2 and people would still agree with you.
Also, the 90's Mariners had three (maybe 4) generational talents yet couldn't make a world series.....
Marc, yes A-Rod has better stats than Griffey. However Griffey is so ridicicously close to every single stat. Also, he is that close and he did his whole career clean and with injuries. You said it yourself numbers don't lie what if Griffey was healthy he would have had 2,000+ RBI's, easily 3,00 hits, and easily 700+ home runs. To top it all off, Griffey is also a top 3 defensive center fielder of all time, great range, great arm, and the plays he made were so athletic. He also ran better than A-Rod by a lot, Griffey stole some bases here and there. A-Rod hitting wise, it slightly better than Griffey but Griffey did his whole career clean, A-Rod took roids, and Griffey is arguable the best defensive center fielder of all time, AND almost everyone agrees that Griffey has one of if not the sweetest and best swing of all time. That is why Griffey is better than A-Rod.
Aye I liked that Kick, Push in the background for Harpers part good song Marc
Your video inspired me to do some research. Here is the Top 10 #1 Overall Picks by career WAR:
1. Alex Rodriguez (1993) 117.5
2. Chipper Jones (1990) 85.3
3. Ken Griffey Jr. (1987) 83.8
4. Joe Mauer (2001) 55.3
5. Adrian Gonzalez (2000) 43.6
6. Darryl Strawberry (1980) 42.2
7. David Price (2007) 39.4
8 Harold Baines (1977) 38.7
9. (tie) B. J. Surhoff (1985) 34.4
9. (tie) Justin Upton (2005) 34.4
As you can see it very similar to your list with three notable exceptions:
1. You have Adrian Gonzalez at #10, he is #5 here.
2 & 3. Stephen Strasburg & Bryce Harper rank 11 & 14 respectfully. However at 33.5 & 31.8 WAR respectively it won't be long before they're in the top 10 once play starts back up.
As of today (7/31/22), Bryce Harper would be #6 on the career WAR list. Unfortunately, Stephen Strasburg has been injured or ineffective in the last two years, and his WAR has dropped.
a rod is not just one of the best ss in history but also one of the best 3b. he might be kind of a duche, but he was a god
Hmm, looking at these numbers which are closer than I thought, factoring his post-season numbers, consistency and durability, a case could be made for Chipper to be #1.
Pretty accurate list. Nice work! 😊👍
I noticed Dansby Swanson before I realized you were talking about Strasbourg and I almost spit out my milk thinking you were about to say Dansby was the 8th best #1 overall pick.
Man I used to absolutely love Darryl Strawberry!!!! Strawberry and Canseco were my two favorite players when I was a young boy.
do best player at each number of all time
Stupid statement
@@modus_operandi2508 wha
Kimberly ulatowski I make MLB videos on my channel and it would mean a lot if you could support me.
Me and my brother got very lucky once as we got to sit in the current $1000.00 seats. Behind the Red Sox Dugout. My dad scores tickets from a season holder at work. The strange part I remember is Wade Boggs coming up to bat for the Devil Rays. We noticed his baseball pants were tighter than most players so we chanted out “ Hey Butt Cheeks!” He heard it most likely we were only 20 feet away. That’s the story of Butt Cheeks Boggs.
The amount of people who said "first" in this video really triggers me. (Smh)
Ikr
Honestly. Literally no one, including Marc cares that they're first
You guys seem to care enough to get triggered by it though
Isaac shaking my head
first
Damn they didnt draft the big hurt at #1 ...i remember the huge buzz around him before the draft
I can understand why you put A-Rod at 1, and I think it’s a toss up between him and Griffey, but I think Griffey is number one because of the impact he had on culture. He was ICONIC. The backwards hat joke run derby, the sweet swing, the flare he brought to the field, the acrobatic catches he’d make... he inspired this generation of ball players. As great as A-Rod is stats wise, he wasn’t the culture changer Griffey was.
How about doing a video on "Top 10 Best Late-Round Draft Picks"?
2:56 I though he was going to say Swanson and got pissed for a second 😂
Five tool players are how I rate the greatest of alltime. Players like Willie Mays, Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey, Rickey Henderson, Mickey Mantle, Dave Winfield, Roberto Clemente ect...
Need to do a video on people drafted late and turned out to be really good like Mike piazza 62 round pic lol
I can probably understand the argument for Arod at #1 but I have Jr at the top spot because of defense.
Exactly yea number wise A-Rod has better numbers due to being healthier in his career and PEDS if you care enough to bring that up. But Griffey I honestly believe would be looked at as the best player of all time if it wasn’t for injuries
Can’t help but see your Aek shirt 😂🤣🤣🤣. Always remember Olympiakos#1 THRYLOS!!!
The best of top 10 overall picks and the best late round picks of all time would be a good video. Verlander should have been the 1st overall pick over Matt Bush
I never would’ve thought you would’ve put A-Rod #1, but good thing you did. He was a fucking animal steroids or not his skills were out of this world.
Fun fact: Adrian Gonzalez also got his older brother Edgar some MLB time while playing with the Padres. Not a knock on Edgar, but speaks to how good Adrian was.
The A-Rod hate train is really cancerous.
He only took PEDs with Texas, while yes they were his best years, he was no where near a schmuck with Seattle or NY. During his time in Texas, he produced 25.5 WAR, in comparison to his 117.5 career WAR. Despite the negative stigma around steroids, those years only accounted for just under 5% of his total WAR, and if we remove the Texas years completely from history, he is still far and beyond a HOF worthy player.
Basically what I'm trying to say, is that please stop treating him like he was a total schmuck without PEDs, and that they are the one and only reason he had so much success.
Those top 3 are tough to separate. But I agree with A-Rod as 1 and that's coming from a Boston fan. I really like him and Papi together as analysts
Hate me, but Chipper should be #1. Spent the whole career as a brave, Arod and Jr went to other teams, Chipper stayed, helped with the 14 nl east championships 1 WS, MVP Batting Champion and all for the same franchise, so as a more significant pick Chipper takes the cake.
Marc as a South Carolina fan what do u think of Colin Burgess he’s an absolute stud
I'm a yanks fan and love a-rod but Griffey jr. should be #1. He saved the Mariners
You should do a mlb 2020 mock draft if you know alot of guys in the draft
That Strausburg slider is nasty!!
For anybody wondering what the background music for this video is, it is “Kick, Push” by Lupe Fiasco. Oddly enough, this track was also used as part of the soundtrack for NBA Live 07.
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The mariners drafting the best 2 in this list, having them play together and never playing in a world series is the most mariners thing ever.
Griffey played his whole career in “clean” fashion point blank period.
Could you do more collaborations with other youtubers ( like so he can see)
Funny thing: I like Topps Bunt. I had fun with it for a while. But I got so mad when I realized I was locked out of my Guest account collection after a phone transfer that I didn't go back. So... I don't know, maybe I'll give it another shot.
The difference between ARod's career WAR and Chipper Jones (number 2 by WAR barely over Jr.) is basically Harold Baines's career lol
Do a vid for the best players in every round until basically there aren’t any good players any more, also do the worst busts from rounds 1 to 20 or 25 or I guess u pick
Do the best draft steals ✨✨ ever
I miss my guy Chipper he was my idol
Josh hamilton should be in the top 5 if only he made better choices during his career. When focused, healthy and sober he was such an amazing player.
Ken Griffey Jr. Slugfest for the Nintendo 64. Probably the best baseball video game ever.
Griffey is number one why 1) never used steroids 2) had a perfect swing 3) could field with the best of them 4) is in the Hall of Fame second highest percentage ever!!!!!!!!!
Josh Hamilton had issues but when he was right he was a top 5 player in the game. Also the 2008 derby
Could a Top 10 Best Undrafted Players be next?
Mark :uploads
Me:*HAPINESS NOISE*
As a mariners fan it saddens me to know that Griffey and arod never surmounted to anything together... esp with ichiro only a few years away....
100% agree with the a-rod placement
Look up Will Clark’s highlights. Best looking swing in baseball history. He was a second overall pick too!
Next vid you should make a team choosing one person from the past 10 drafts
Griffey saved Seattle from moving out of of SEA. While playing through the steroid era he never even had any red flags. AROD was one of the most aggressive steroid users of the 2000s, of course his numbers are inflated because of that
Even before steroids A-Rod was equal to Griffey. He almost won a MVP at 20
Griffey and Big Hurt deserve a lot more credit for all the time that they missed to injury. Griffey was also such a threat as a base runner, you couldn't just deliberately walk him.
A-Rod's best season ARGUABLY was when he was 20, and not taking steroids. So if you ask me, steroids actually made him a worse OVERALL player, the only thing it helped was home runs.
You should go over the last 10 first picks