He Was MLB's Next Superstar, Then He Disappeared From Baseball... 

I say this as one of the biggest Kingery supporters you’ll ever meet: At some point in the summer of 2019, the league realized he couldn’t hit a high fastball. Maybe that was skill based, maybe that was because the organization changed his swing to have more launch, I don’t know. But he struggled mightily after that for years. As the creator said, he changed his swing in the 2022-23 offseason to be more flat like it was years prior, and he raked in 2023 spring training and probably deserved to make the Phillies out of camp but didn’t. There were also two different times in the summer of 2023 different Phillies battled slumps and injuries while Kingery was hot in AAA where he probably deserved a look again but never got one. I have no clue if he is ever going to have success at the MLB level again, the percentages would tell you no, but he has deserved another chance and it’s obvious the Phillies have given up on him. Hopefully they change their mind. If not, I hope another MLB team gives him a chance

Phillies screwed this kid up. Gave him an ill-advised contract then asked him to learn 7 positions and change his swing as a rookie. Smh.

I've followed his career since he was a freshman at Arizona. While he hasn't proved yet that he can hit to the standard of a mlb regular, I don't see why he isn't valued more within the game as a utility player. He can give you gold glove caliber defense at four positions and competent defense at two more, steal a base -- something like 29 of 30 in Triple A last year -- and hit some HR's. But the Phillies signed Whit Merrifield to do exactly what Kingery does, so it would be great if he could catch on with another organization. He was arguably the best player in the minors in 2017 when you consider his gold glove defense at second, and one of the two best players in Florida in spring training 2018 (along with Acuna), so if he can just find a comfort zone with some team maybe he can produce like that again.

As a Phillies fan I’ve never stopped rooting for kingery to figure it out and atleast make it as a utility guy who’s first off the bench, but fyck man his stats have still been god awful even after playing in the minors the last two years

The mistake as blowing Kingery up to be a star, nothing about his career up to his Major League debut would even make you think that

Man, I’m rooting for him. I kind of hope he finally does well with a different team though, those stories are always fun.

It must be super weird to play a season with no fans or anyone really other than necessary people for the game at the stadium. Almost eerie feeling watching back on that time in 2020

I think most to all Phillies fans want to see him succeed

The craziest thing about this videos is I saw an old instagram account today and it had a scout comment that said “like pedroia but with more potential”. Crazy. I JUST SAW THE PEDROIA PART OMG😭😭

SCOTT KINGERY JUST HIT A HOMER WHILE I WAS WATCHING THIS LMFAO

The same exact thing happened to Hiura. Had a good rookie year then COVID ruined him and he never was the same

I have no idea if he will become a day to day major leaguer, but I'd be willing to bet good money that he winds up rising through the ranks as a coach one day.

Phillies gave Kingery such a raw deal. Signed him long term and then immediately signed a player at the same position

I watched this guy in AA and AAA and really liked him. I described him as a “ball player.” I played with a guy like that too, who just seemed like he grinded with everything he did. Just unfortunate how the Phillies handled him.

A fun series would be the best and worst contracts before players debuted

Wow super good video. I think you just opened up a whole genre of youtube videos for me to deep dive into

happy this one blew the hell up for you man haha

Used to be one of my favorite players. He was a top prospect, supposed to be Dustin Pedroia, but he was never a super prospect, he was never hyped up like Acuna or Vlad Jr.

He’s gonna pop off this yeah his offseason was great. Hit the crap out of the ball. He is gonna be good!

I'm a Phils fan and I gotta admit the franchise didn't do much to help this kid at all. They expected too much from him early in his development and he got punished for not being able to handle it.

I think if he's able to stay healthy and maintain the same drive to improve his game he still has the talent to perform well enough to earn him another shot in the majors. When you think about how many kids get drafted each year compared to the number of roster spots available at the top level it's easy to imagine the pressure being the major hurdle that so many guys are never able to overcome regardless of how gifted they may be physically.

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Salvy getting THAT for a contract is crazy lol

his best claim to fame was his dad being in the show and him getting to do an interview at the little league world series

New sub. Keep up the good work.

Make a video on Khris Davis rise and fall. He was a monster in 2018 then disappeared

As a LIFELONG Phillies fan, I'm rooting for Scotty JetPacks

Good vid. Subbed.

There’s something more to it tho when you go from next superstar to no at-bats in over a 1,000 days. You can disappoint projections and still just be a serviceable player even if you don’t meet the superstar expectations. But something much more to it to go from Superstar, to an average player to actually not even taking an at-bay in over 3 years. Something more to it than what’s on the surface.

saw the notification and screamed 3-0 greenlight at the top of my lungs .😭

He's still the only player to have given up a home run in one game of a doubleheader and to have hit a home run in the other game.He did that in 2018.

Kingery is back, he will be a star this year

Scott, I'm praying for you.

Man as a Phillies fan, I def thought Scotty Kings was gonna be a corner stone for years to come after 2019. Unfortunately, that was as good as it got and even though he’s having a decent ST so far, it would take a miracle for him to make the opening day roster with the entire infield set and utility players like Whit and Sosa already on the roster.

Like father (scrub); like son (scrub)

You missed 1 MAJOR aspect to this story, and it’s that the Phillies don’t have a place in the field for him, so they forced this young kid to be a “jack of all trades” player. This 100% screwed him up as it never let him get settled in. He’s a natural middle infielder, but was forced to bounce between 2nd, 3rd, Shortstop, and Center Field. Add to this, the Gabe Kaepler years were HORRENDOUS for the team, and then the Phillies went on a spending spree bringing in big name guys in Jean Segura and Didi Gregorius, he was never really given a fair chance. Looking at the 2024 Phillies, I don’t see a roster spot for him either (as the Phillies have decided to keep both Castellanos and Schwarber, of which, I believe one has to go). The infield is set with Bohm (3B), Turner (SS), Stott (2B), and Harper (1B). The outfield is interesting, as I would imagine it will be Schwarber (RF), Rojas (CF) - though this is still a battle between him and Pache from what I hear, and Marsh (LF). Castellanos would be DH. So, unless someone goes down, I don’t foresee a spot opening up for Kingery anywhere, unfortunately. Though, to be fair, I do think a change of scenery might do him some good at this point.

Felt the same way about Brett Lawrie!He burst on as a rookie and looked like he was going to be a star, but then couldn't get above an .730 ops

I love Scotty Jetpax! There isn’t really a roster spot for him now unfortunately

I think this video shows every hit Kingery ever had in his MLB career

I think you exaggerate Kingery's prospect status. He was never, ever, ever, "the next superstar." The Phillies move was baffling. "Next superstar?" Yeah, I don't think so. No 2B/3B is ever the next superstar.

The tigers just did this with colt keith. Hopefully it works out for them.

Can you do a David Bote video next???? Whatever happened to that the cubs had and seemed promising!

Good content. 👍🏼

as an orioles fan, 2019 was my 9/11

guys gonna leave us and be elite

Twins did the same to Randy Dobnak. Went from Uber driver to playoff starter in a year big contact then non roster invite

Comparing Kingery’s first MLB season in his middle 20’s to Trout’s first season as a 19 year old is a stretch.

We wanted him to be Utley so bad

Dood. I’ve been seeing him in The Show for years with that fat contract and always wondered what’s up.

kingery will see time in the majors this year mark my words

Its 7 yrs. At least my first contract with the Expos was 7.

LFG

It hasn't been 1000 days since his last MLB appearance in June 2022. That's only 638 days.

One gargantuan difference between Trout and Kingery starting slow. Trout was 19, Kingery was 24. Other than that, carry on.

i mean he had 2 hits on 2 ab and homered yesterday against the Marlins…i was wondering what happened to him as i sat at the b team game of the split squad (phillies @ tigers) i know they declined his option but what does that mean going forward since they invited him to train? like no other teams were interested? kids got some life left in him…i’d like to see the phillies pick him back up but i don’t think he can take the spot back from scott so he’d be second string,

The track record of buying these guys out of their arbitration years is interesting. As a fan of baseball hopefully Chourio can break the trend

What position is he playing with the infield solidified?

Just wanna say he hasnt disapeared and has been in the lineup this spring training

Phillies development staff forced him to develop a power oriented swing. His whole career and the year he broke out in the minors he was a line drive guy who just got stronger and stronger and the Phillies got greedy. Once he got to the higher levels it hurt him because he had a hole in his swing where upper heat could eat. Mentally that create another hole, breaking balls down. Just awful work from the old regime and their development staff

I remember seeing him play for the blueclaws.

At least he didn't pull an Andruw Jones and literally eat his way out of HOF.

The constant with Kingery is...he's a contact hitter who doesn't make contact...high whiff and K rates just aren't going to work

That's a good analysis on Scott Kingery. Now I'm curious as what happened to Nick Senzel, the second overall pick in the 2016 Draft. Dude hasn't even been a league average hitter nor defender. EDIT: Actually, come to think of it, the top _15_ overall picks that year were ALMOST ALL horrible. How could that possibly happen?

Sounds like a change of scenery would benefit him. Sometimes a new set of coaches with a new set of eyes on him could work out. I hope he finds his way .

Matt Olson shouldn't really be included in the Braves signing stars pre-Arb/Arb. They traded for him during the last year of his Arb years and then signed him long term.

The Phillies screwed this kid up badly. They changed his swing multiple times and wanted him to hit homers.

I would like to hear from Scott and then decide

Max Clark is a similar story to follow.

I honestly hope he is our bat off the bench this year and is able to help us make a run in October. Like the video said organization did him wrong with all the mind games about where he would play, changing his swing when the launch angle BS took over the league, and then never giving him proper time to heal from injuries. On top of that he had two dip shit managers in Kapler and Girardi who hated young guys and would jerk him around game in and game out over the smallest things like going hitless in 1 game or committing and error in another. If he did that he would get benched for 2 games and then get sent out to a different position 5 games in a row and the pressure started to get to him. They did the same shit with Alec Bohm, luckily Bohm only had to deal with Girardi and he got fired before he could really screw Bohm up too much.

Shoulda got the jab. He woulda been a HOFer

Kapler messed him up. He is a product of the Phillies when they struggled to develop and train.

His defensive ability/versatility has a lot of value but he’s so bad offensively (outside of a couple months in 2019) that it almost cancels it out. If he could be just an ok hitter, he’d be a good guy to have on your roster. I do think people’s expectations for him were way too high though. As a Phillies fan I thought he could be good but never really saw superstar potential.

He is a victim of coaching. They tried to add more power into his swing and it ruined him.

I mean highly touted prospect isn’t a guarantee for anything. Crazy how much hype some of these guys get just to fizzle out and forgotten. Scouts=people who think they know things, but know jack all! Paid Guessing Experts!

Philly will cut him, only to see my Braves pick him up and turn him into a really good utility player. Kevin Seitzer does wonders as a hitting coach for The Braves.

Long Covid. Bahaha. Dopes.

Phillies already has reached out to acuña jr if he wants to sign with the Phillies

Well, good on him making some bank at least. Sometimes you hear about athletes betting on themselves and losing, Kingery cashed in his chips and won.

Teams discovered he would chase

He’s making a comeback mark my words

He was the victim of the Jim Bowden Curse and Gabe Kapler and Matt Klentak's spreadsheet.

Nobody wants to be remembered as a flash in pan. That is why he is still out there trying

actually I believe rusney Castillo got the biggest deal before playing in the majors lmaooo dude signed a seven year 72.5 million dollar contract and was a bust

Kingery’s 2017 power numbers were most certainly inflated playing with AA Reading, whose home stadium is a home run paradise. I also believe Kingery’s 2019 power numbers inflated as well due to that being the year of the juiced baseballs. Nonetheless, I always liked him. Wish it panned out, but clearly didn’t. The Phillies did all they could not to promote him last season. Going as far as to hire Drew Ellis literally off the streets to take a bench spot over Kingery. The organization appears to be completely done with him, only keeping him around with the hopes a good spring will entice trade candidates to take a flier on him. Would be nice if he somehow found his way back on the 40-man roster and found a way to contribute, but that’s a dream at this point.

Reds should pick him back up I've always like kingery and the reds love giving guys a major league shot who normally wouldn't or shouldn't get it why not try Scott in the outfield we need another righty out there anyway and he can field

While I agree the Phillies messed up by changing his swing and not sticking him in one position, Kingery is just flat out not that talented. He definitely has value as a super utility defender who can play multiple positions well, but he can't hit for squat. He always reminds me of Cody Asche, who I thought would be a solid MLB 3B, but was never able to learn to hit big league pitching.

Anyone remember elijah dukes? Lastings millege?

He made 24 million I dont feel for him at all

scott kingery mentioned‼️‼️ what the fuck is a successful prospect⁉️⁉️

Dude was my god damn enemy on The Show 17. Every god damn time I started against the Fighting Phils this dude was taking me yard

The Phillies were poorly run during the Matt Klentak era. They were awful on drafting and player development. So Scott was another victim of the dark era of the Phillies.

Gab kaplers falt

As a Phillies fan, I never had hope in Scott Kingery. He came around when Phillies were trying to find themselves after Ruben Amaro Jr. Took over as owner and knew when people we hyping him as the savior of the Phillies that he wouldn't be much of anything and the more I watched the more I got pissed off at his approach as he seemed to me to be a free swinger which is why he has the high strike-out rate

I don't remember hearing his name before. Weird. It's unfortunate how the Phillies ruined his career, though.

was anyone thinking scott kingery would be a superstar?

Phillies fucked Scott up

Number 1 reason……..Gabe Kapler

Waste of a ton of money

High A, not single A plus

The fact that Kingry took that deal showed that he hedged on himself and didn't totally believe in himself to begin with.