A Pro Explains The 9 Baseball Positions

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Komentáře • 74

  • @DanBlewett
    @DanBlewett  Před 2 lety +4

    Check out my full video on baseball rules for beginners: czcams.com/video/tEckJtLgPIs/video.html

  • @paulyC
    @paulyC Před 2 lety +62

    Great video. As someone new to baseball, I've always wanted to know why certain players play in certain positions. How they hit, throw and run makes a big difference.

    • @FastDuDeJiunn
      @FastDuDeJiunn Před 2 lety +1

      with the new stat cast measurements for games now its evolving fast. showing spin rate on pitches, hit balls launch angles, and exit velocity to name a few. ground ball hitters are a thing of the past and are quickly being phased out to people who hit it up. my baseball simulator game i play. many of my batters ground out.. even though my team has really high Battin average, like .320 team avg to next best being around 290. my team didnt get the most at bats, becaues of all the double plays we hit into. 1 at bat and giving up 2 outs. is very costly. especially when u got a team like mine that avg around 360 on base.
      for first time viewer baseball can be boring. but if u learn all the aspects to it. at least imo it becomes really fun. The only game that i know of where every single thing is recorded. that happens on the field.

  • @ricky5369
    @ricky5369 Před rokem +11

    Jose Altuve has to be the most inspirational athlete for me I've ever seen. I'm the same height as him and even though I was a decent athlete and have built up a lot of muscle, my height always kept me from playing Varsity and College sports.
    When I heard that he was the shortest in the MLB and everyone calls him midget, I felt kind of bad since we are both the exact same height at 5'6. But when I found out he hits 30 homeruns a season!!?!?!?!? That brought me so much joy!!! I've heard there might be controversy around him, but he is such a feel good story he made me so happy. It made me question all the limitations I thought I had about myself

    • @thebasedgodmax1163
      @thebasedgodmax1163 Před 7 měsíci

      keep ya head up fellow short king. you're taller than me haha. as much as it's taboo of me to praise an Astros player, but cheating scandals aside Altuve is really good.

  • @jasoncaballero8251
    @jasoncaballero8251 Před 2 lety +14

    This channel is such a great ressource for coaches!

  • @SosaSolo44
    @SosaSolo44 Před rokem +1

    As a guys that knows little to nothing about baseball and is starting a online franchise with my friends who also knows very little about baseball this video helps a lot I’m sending it to all the homies Great video 👍🏾

  • @benfanman
    @benfanman Před rokem +3

    Starting to get back into baseball, and this is exactly the video I was looking for!

  • @cricketexplained8526
    @cricketexplained8526 Před rokem +4

    Interesting and well-presented.

  • @ruochenlin7994
    @ruochenlin7994 Před rokem +2

    Great explanation, thanks Dan!

  • @FatalChaz33
    @FatalChaz33 Před rokem +2

    Excellent video! I love to hear someone with a great baseball IQ.

  • @jxliospeaks
    @jxliospeaks Před 19 dny +1

    Huge help

  • @PersiaX582
    @PersiaX582 Před rokem

    Thanks for sharing this!

  • @Seriously_Unserious
    @Seriously_Unserious Před 2 lety +7

    I think the most interesting play I've ever seen is the rare 9-3 ground out. Always come from the arm of a Right Fielder with a cannon of an arm grounding the batter out who didn't respect the RF's arm enough. The first time I heard of this type of play was when Larry Walker threw some dude out on a liner to Right Field that Larry played on the 1 hop and fired a throw into 1st to get the runner by about a half a step. Good head's up play to not just concede the base hit when he realized he had the chance at an unusual ground out.

    • @patrickbaklava7297
      @patrickbaklava7297 Před 2 lety +1

      That's funny cuz I found this video from a 9-3 compilation

    • @Seriously_Unserious
      @Seriously_Unserious Před 2 lety

      @@patrickbaklava7297 There may be enough such plays to form a compellation, but it's probably from decades of plays to find enough of them. You don't see 9-3 groundouts that much. Maybe 1 every 1-3 years or so.

    • @AzureKite
      @AzureKite Před 2 lety

      Ichiro would get so many 9-3 outs because his arm was godlike.

  • @billbrasky1288
    @billbrasky1288 Před 2 lety +2

    I don’t know why I love watching these when I’m a lifelong baseball fan

  • @Fallout3131
    @Fallout3131 Před rokem +1

    Thank you!!
    I am new to trying to learn baseball as I have only followed Hockey my whole life, this has been so helpful!
    Cheers from Canada

  • @timbarry2743
    @timbarry2743 Před 2 lety

    Great vlog…. Never understood the position numbers till now.

  • @Dgenz24
    @Dgenz24 Před 2 lety +2

    Great video! As a guy who played other sports growing up and wants to learn the nuts and bolts of Baseball, these videos are perfect!

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  Před 2 lety

      Great to hear! I also have a full rules video and a few others.

  • @yourbilingualchild1757
    @yourbilingualchild1757 Před rokem +4

    Thanks, Dan! It will be the first time I come to see a game (Yankees) and am trying to get a grip on positions and rules, many thanks for these basics. I will try and understand a bit more. Regards L

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  Před rokem +2

      Good luck. Check out my baseball rules video as well if you haven’t.

    • @yourbilingualchild1757
      @yourbilingualchild1757 Před rokem

      @@DanBlewett Yes, I am watching that but slowly because it is quite complex. Thanks! L

  • @ADBP
    @ADBP Před 2 lety +1

    Esto video es oro puro, gracias por todo!

    • @ADBP
      @ADBP Před 2 lety

      Este*

  • @mattwest8146
    @mattwest8146 Před 2 lety +1

    Another excellent video coach

  • @henokbaarez7464
    @henokbaarez7464 Před 3 měsíci

    This was Great !!! Thank you so much !!!

  • @ManukaMelanin
    @ManukaMelanin Před 3 měsíci

    I love this game so much

  • @xavierthomas1280
    @xavierthomas1280 Před měsícem

    Thank you for telling me the different positions for base ball

  • @lukegerwig614
    @lukegerwig614 Před rokem

    Thanks bro

  • @HailAnts
    @HailAnts Před rokem +1

    Great stuff! I'm not a sports fan in that I don't follow any teams, but I can watch and be entertained by a baseball or football game (basketball is crap). Have been my whole life.
    Consequently I know the major rules but few of the details and certainly none of the nuances. Until this very moment I had no idea what a "standard 6-4-3 double play" meant.
    I'm a typical nerd in that I don't like sports but I love learning the technical details of things. The "math" of baseball if you will, the mechanics of the game not the statistics..

  • @JordanWellness
    @JordanWellness Před rokem

    Amazing videos and explanations. Coach in todays game who are the examples of long reliever ? I usually see first and second bin more often .

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  Před rokem

      its because the players who are long relievers are lesser known, basically because theyre not as good. Go through a team's roster and stats and look for pitchers who have an innings-to-appearances ratio of 2:1 or more, such as 25 IP with 10-12 appearances. Those are the long relievers - guys going 2 or more innings on average per appearance.

  • @michaelnewton5873
    @michaelnewton5873 Před 2 lety

    The Number system is based off a very old ball game called One o' Cat. The SS batted sixth in the order of batting in that game.

  • @parkerroskowiak9253
    @parkerroskowiak9253 Před rokem

    Thanks this helps a lot, I’m a 14 year old who has never played a school sport and I’m trying to learn and understand it so I can play it with my friends next year. Do you have any advice for someone like me trying to learn and get better and the game?

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  Před rokem

      this video of mine will also help: czcams.com/video/tEckJtLgPIs/video.html

  • @LinktheSamoyed
    @LinktheSamoyed Před rokem +1

    I was a pretty big and strong kid for my age when growning up, and for some reason my coaches always put me at 1st. This explains a lot.

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  Před rokem +1

      yeah, i dont think it gets explained as often as it should, despite being pretty much universal how these positions are doled out. glad you solved the mystery!

  • @jwillisbarrie
    @jwillisbarrie Před rokem

    Thanks for adding actual captions for the Deaf

  • @floofydogger4085
    @floofydogger4085 Před 2 lety

    im a longtime baseball fan but for whatever reason this was interesting

  • @moo9067
    @moo9067 Před 2 lety

    Hi coach im generally larger usually largest on my team and I've been playing 3rd should I try to switch over to first / start practicing there more or should I stick to third

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  Před 2 lety +1

      either position probably would work fine for you

  • @adamnorton1734
    @adamnorton1734 Před 2 lety

    In a rundown situation where a single player touches the ball several times before tagging the runner out, does he get a put-out AND an assist?

  • @tychotholen5598
    @tychotholen5598 Před 2 lety

    Hello Dan, i am 21 years old and started playing baseball when i was 7 years old. In my youth years i played the most of the time at 3rd base, 2nd base and 1st base but since last year my coach plays me in the outfield because "there is no place in the infield for me due to too many infielders in my team." Last weekend my coach told me he wants a fast outfield this season and to be honest, i have decent speed but i am not fast enough for him. So i asked him where i can play this season and he doesn't know and just puts me somewhere in the field, or on the bench. I am a decent player within the team (not the best but also not the worst). As it wrote earlier i have decent speed and also a decent glove. I do have one of the strongest arms on the team and when i look at my hitting, i can hit for contact and for power. I also have very good bat speed, good read on the ball and a natural swing, as my coach tells me. Right now i feel like i don't really belong on the team because "there is no place for me". I would like to aks you for some advice. What should i do? And based on what i described above, where do you think i can fit on the field and within the batting order? I've already talked with my coach about it but he doesn't cooperate....

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  Před 2 lety +5

      I really can't say. It sounds like you're not being honest enough with yourself about your abilities, as you describe most of your attributes as good, but yet you're not good enough to earn a spot in the starting 9.

    • @JS-jf7gv
      @JS-jf7gv Před 2 lety +1

      You better have a top 3 batting average and slugging percentage. If you can rake, they’ll find a spot for you. Hit the cages bro. Practice hitting everyday.

  • @divinecomedy7311
    @divinecomedy7311 Před 2 lety +2

    sorry if this is a silly q, but why not just use another starter instead of a long reliever?

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  Před 2 lety +3

      depends on the depth of your staff. long reliever(s) are typically the next to start if one is needed

    • @moo9067
      @moo9067 Před 2 lety

      well it depends if your playing a short 7 inning game you may just want your starter to go through 3 - 4 innings and use a long reliever instead if putting that type of hole

  • @ViniZiello
    @ViniZiello Před 4 měsíci

    Guys help me out here.
    I'm short 5'9 but i'm also quitr strong batting and have a strong arm (tho i don't have much discipline when I swing) i'm quite slow running and I weight 204 lbs.
    Which position should I focus on? (Currently I can play C, 1B and 3B (3B being the one i'm worst at due to having to catch to the left instead of to the right)

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  Před 4 měsíci

      sounds like those three positions are about right - are you saying you throw with your left hand? That would make 3B a bad position for you - you pretty much have to be a righty to play any infield position except 1B

  • @TheOtherBradBird
    @TheOtherBradBird Před 2 lety

    Sometimes I think the conventions surrounding the Long Reliever are due for a shakeup. Were I managing a team with young talent in the rotation I might keep a reliable veteran arm or two on call to work 3-5 competitive innings. Some days the starters just won't have their stuff or command, especially if they're still a bit green.
    It seems like having the option to call a mulligan on behalf of your starter while the game is still competitive could be good all around.

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  Před 2 lety +2

      Sounds good but it’s too problematic. 4 innings requires 3 days of rest. And predicting when a starter will blow up - either inning by inning or week by week - is impossible. So your quality long reliever sits on the bench waiting. You’d have to pull the starter before the damage was done which isn’t as easy as it appears in hindsight, on tv. What you’d end up with is one of your best pitchers sitting on the bench too often hoping to save a game that often can’t quite be saved in time. You don’t pull the starter after 2 runs in the third, do you? No. Long relievers usually go the longest without pitching of the whole pen for these reasons. Waste of a good pitcher, the right move for a marginal one.

  • @JLW667
    @JLW667 Před 8 měsíci

    1:38

  • @winstong7438
    @winstong7438 Před rokem

    ❤😊

  • @jeremiahwilliams2171
    @jeremiahwilliams2171 Před rokem

    I am very short but not fast what position would I play

  • @the-eye-is-watching
    @the-eye-is-watching Před 2 lety

    You forgot to mention that with certain positions throwing right handed is preferred.

  • @petezm
    @petezm Před 2 lety

    What’s the right position for someone who is:
    - average height
    - not so big
    - lefty
    - no strong arm

  • @Sphere723
    @Sphere723 Před 16 dny

    You skipped over arm power which is important to where guys end up playing.

    • @DanBlewett
      @DanBlewett  Před 16 dny

      it matters but its lower on the list of factors.

  • @Irisheddy
    @Irisheddy Před 2 lety

    MY position was always 10

  • @davidmcaninch4714
    @davidmcaninch4714 Před rokem

    Who’s on First.
    What’s on Second.
    I Don’t Know’s on Third.