MLB's Most Disappointing Hitters of 2023 

Every Mariner but JP Crawford, Cal Raleigh, and Julio were disappointing at the plate.

The Tim Anderson fighting jokes were awesome 😂

It’s crazy how Vlad JR. hit 27 HR and got 94 RBIs which would be a career season for many people but was in a massive slump all year

I will forever stand by this. I’m so happy the cubs moved on from Bryant, baez , and Rizzo. The last few years with them we weren’t getting enough production and now all 3 of them have been struggling on their new teams. Can’t imagine how they’d be if the cubs kept them

The fact that Rendon has plus fWAR is amazing...

The Tim Anderson bit… I see what you did there 😏 Also, I do hope that Trevor Story can bounce back and go off in 2024

Three of the biggest guys in the 2016 Cubs run ended up on this list lol. It hurt but grateful that the Cubs had the foresight to trade them for some legitimate prospects who already are on the field

Excellent video. I like how you relate a lot of these advanced metrics to what goes on in at bats. Quite helpful for those of us who didn’t grow up with this stuff.

If you’re gonna talk about Abreu I feel like you should mention his very good September after he got off the IL and his playoff performance too

Correa had an ongoing Plantar Faciatis issue that likely affected his production. It’s rupture was what caused him to eventually miss time but it probably affected him before that

With Javy there's a bit more to the equation on both the professional and personal level: His biggest issue to me is that the stance is all off. Tigers commentators started calling attention to it near the end of the year but I've noticed it since Spring training. Idk if it's the pitch clock or the yips or what, but his timing is completely off, his high leg kick is not consistent, and even the way he holds/moves the bat pre-swing changed day to day as if he was never comfortable in the box. Couple that with things like getting hit on the same spot on the same hand several times causing clear discomfort and other little injuries from his diving plays, a lowering in bat speed, loss of his grandfather, lowering in confidence, being moved down in the lineup to spots where he can't make an impact, etc and you get this down year. I do think he will bounce back, not just because I'm a Tigers fan and he has been my favorite player since well before he even came to Detroit, but because of his RISP numbers this year. With RISP Javy produced a line of .312/.361/.468 with an .829 OPS, when the team performs around him he improves greatly, and with a solid core developing in Detroit I think he will have the opportunity to continue that trend. (sorry for the whole ass essay, I just have a lot to say on this)

Jeremy pena bro trust me the only reason his average looks even decent is because of the last month of the year, hasn’t hit a homerun since July 5th, lead the Astros in Ks

All these young players aren't even in the mlb for the championships they're in the mlb for the multi million dollar contracts

Giancarlo Stanton became Mr. Doubleplay/Groundout.

Great video! You have an entertaining style of narration and the popup stat graphics are clean

As a Mets fan, I hated Rendon since he killed us. It's sad though seeing how far he's fallen since leaving Washington...

This is a great video. I love the analysis of each player

Lots of MLB players don’t deserve to make that much money this year Diamondbacks are in the World Series with players that make less than 15 million dollars and they’re in the finals, all those players who makes more money and they don’t prove that they are better that sucks. Like Alex Rodriguez who used to make $234 million dollars that makes me believe that just him by himself can play against a whole team making all game positions like catcher , pitcher out fielder etc. why having all the other players if him was making even more than the whole team?

That Tim Anderson segment was hilarious.

Donaldson added that pop and veteran presence that Milwaukee needed late in the season

This was a great video. I'm subscribing now. Hopefully, Rizzo, Story, and a few other players in this video have better years next year. As a Red Sox fan, I noticed Story was really good on defense compared to the people that were there before him this year. He just never got his timing back for some reason. He certainly is no Xander Bogaerts though.

abreu got better down the strech and was pretty awsome in the playoffs

I think when Giancarlo took Fiers fastball to the face, it changed him as a player and as a person, too

LOL all the fighting puns for Anderson

As a Mets fan you could literally put like half our lineup on this list and it wouldn't even be a stretch. Being a Mets fan is just painful sometimes.

But isn’t disappointment a matter of the distance between expectation and reality? No one who’s been paying attention should be disappointed about what Correa, Stanton, Bryant, Anderson, Rendon, Story, Buxton, Baez, and Rizzo did this season. We’re talking about guys who’re never healthy, guys who haven’t been good in half a decade, guys who are undergoing obvious, rapid declines. You might as well put Miguel Cabrera, Zack Greinke, Joey Votto, and Nelson Cruz on your list. Some actually disappointing players? Off the top of my head, I’d mention Guerrero Jr., Cease, Burnes, Nola, Urias, and Tatis Jr.

the NFL is hard to watch sometimes because your favorite player will get hurt. MLB is hard to watch sometimes because your favorite MVP player will randomly turn to dogshit one year lmao. like imagine if Steph Curry trotted out this year and shot 20% from 3

Great video but i cant get over how you said LA @9:45 im fucking dead 🤣🤣🤣

Austin Nola. His eyes are giving out on him and he may never be able to play in the majors again

Jeremy Peña should be on this list

For what it's worth, if I can narrativeball, Tim Anderson led all qualified hitters in average home run distance this year.

The Tim Anderson puns were elite.

I will say ppl talked so much shit on jose abreau but he came in so clutch during the post season. Hit 2 bombs in 1 game against the twins went ridonkulous

Would have UNDOUBTEDLY put Trea in this list IF he DIDN'T turn his season around in early August.

As a yankee fan, we failed Rizzo. I hope he has a good year next year, for himself.

Why are rbi’s not included in your stats?

“Roll with the punches” LMAOOOOOOO

Great video but I was ready for it to be over so I didn’t have to hear that music anymore.

The 2016 world series cubs players had a rough 2023

I think Baez just isn't on a team or with a crew he likes or jells with, and so it may be affecting his play. Because look at him in the WBC, seemed to be on point.

Kris Bryat

If Trevor story can finally get a healthy year in Boston I feel like he can get back to being one of the elite shortstops

Rendon should genuinely be sued for how he scammed the angels franchise and the fans of baseball. The dude took the money and ran off because he doesn’t even like playing baseball.

I feel like Rendon shouldn’t be on this kist. No one expect shit from him ever lol

A pair of Blue Jays come to mind, Vlad Jr. and Matt Chapman.

Every cardinal but gorman, Donovan, and Palacios

Kolten wong was absymal for seattle

As a Phillies fan I thank Bryant for snubbing us and having to sign Swerbats

Kris Bryat and Anthondy Rendon will bounce back once they get their names under control.

9:45 💅

I wonder if there s any correlation between paying a player 500 million a year and them stinking the next year. Maybe they re concentrating on which u s city to buy instead of how to hit the slider. Looks like😮

Ty France and Eugenio Suarez should be at the top of the list

Javy Baez has sucked for the past three or four years. You can throw the ball to first and he will swing.

Auto-out Austin Barnes.

The whole Yankees lineup except Torres and judge

As a Sox fan I forget story is even in that team

Rendon just got paid and that was it

What about Soto they gave up the farm and 💵 almost the same as what Seattle did what they gave up to reds is criminal!!!!

He is right the Yankees screwed up not Rizzo

Correa doesn’t know what pitch is coming anymore

Great video and analysis, great voice, but man you can’t just sit there and read off the same stats for every player… I can see the stats on the screen. Ends up being boring and repetitive. Just want to encourage an improvement to the videos.

Mitch Haniger :(

Seeing a lot of ex Cubs on this list

How bout St Louis lineup

To me it is starting to look like trout can't stay healthy

Kolton Wong missing from the list lmaooo

Gimenez had a 97 wRC+ with 15 HR, 30 SB, 5.1 bWAR, and platinum glove defense. There’s absolutely no disappointment there. I’d take that from my 2B each and every year.

Ok at least Correa showed up in the postseason tho

Correa should be a lesson to all, don’t talk shit about Derek Jeter

Is there some reason that you refuse to use the old hitter stats. You know: average, homers, This. Who do you think you are? Bill James has a book for anyone who wishes to play baseball professor. You are too clever for you own good.

Correa *was* dealing with injury all season, his plantar facetious was a huge headline and a huge hit to his foot speed, plant-ability swinging, and range. That's just incompetent ignorance - that's a volume of "I didn't even Google the player" that can't be excused.

Baez BAEZ. And Baez;;;;;;;;;;😢😢😢😢😢😢

MIKE TROUT

I'm an Astros fan. Abreu and Pena better be in this list

Giants lineup in general 😂

Modern player is an embarrassment

For Correa the most likely answer is that he is nowhere near as good as he is when he knows what pitches are coming.

Most of them couldn't use steroids. That's why they couldn't hit!

OMG....you completely left Jeremy Pena off of this list? He went from RoY, ALDS MVP and WS MVP (only person in history to do this) and this year he was an automatic out all year long. How did you miss this?

Video shows that u don't pay anyone lol

ayyyyyye lmao #420

Yt has pushed this commercial sh*t to its limit. I'm out. Rumble here i come..

bro does not know what barell % means Lol

Correa, thats what happens when you dont know what pitch is coming.......................lol

The correa simps kill me😂😂😂 alot harder to hit the ball when you dont know what's coming.

Old big humans cannot catch fastballs. 97 MPH + = Out. Lighter Bats.

Correa will bounce back he’s to good not to

Have to give it to Rendon , raking in a shit ton of money for doing absolutely NOTHING

Anthony Rendon is a disgrace.....what a leech. Poor Angels