MLB's Top 50 Players for 2024, ranked | The Foolish 50 

Fallen off the list from 2023: #50 Justin Verlander #49 George Springer #45 Jeff McNeil #44 Wander Franco #43 Will Smith #41 Byron Buxton #39 Xander Bogaerts #38 Max Scherzer #37 Brandon Woodruff #36 Brandon Nimmo #35 Shane McClanahan #28 Carlos Rodon #25 JT Realmuto #16 Sandy Alcantara #12 Carlos Correa #9 Jacob deGrom

Requested the day off so that I could watch the Foolish 50, and my boss said that I never have to come into work again 😀 thanks for your help Bailey 👍

“He hit 24 homers and 1 Tim Anderson” had me rolling 😂

"Crashing a motorcycle into a pile of steroids" never change 😂

Wow. I did not expect to see Kim Ha-Seong to not only take up every spot in your top 10, but also be your favorite for the NL MVP. Bold take, even coming from one of his biggest fans.

I feel like Jose Ramirez has been the 11th best player in baseball for like 5 years now

And that's why Edwin Diaz is the #1 ranked player in- Whoops wrong channel

"Fabled Chad plate appearer" is my new favorite way of referring to a hitter

Forgot Jung Hoo Lee at 1 I'm afraid

Kerry Carpenter number 1 wow Bailey you are so smart

the ha seong kim phobia is crazy

Didn't have a "No More Parties in LA" reference on my Foolish Bingo card today

teams without players here: A’s, Tigers, Marlins, Nats, Reds, Pirates, Rockies

Great to see Bailey posting to his third channel again. :)

Fun fact: Buttercup Dickerson had a 6 hit game.

22:36 absolutely terrific joke

I had almost given up hope of getting this video

I love these main channel video premieres Bailey!!!

I swear I have been waiting forever for this. It will be interesting to see Gerrit Cole's ranking, if he's ranked at all that is, since he is gonna be on the IL to start the season for 1-2 months.

“Crashing a motorcycle into a pile of steroids” is one of the Foolish quotes of all time

yknow i didnt expect you to put yourself at #34 as a dh but honestly, you made some valid points. rooting for ya this season!

William Contreras in the top 40 and Will Smith not on at all is an absolute crime Bailey

"He was given the physique of Prime Albert Pujols but just wanted to be Dustin Pedroia"

Corey Seager being a top five player in the game is a world I love living in

Wasn’t expecting a blonde boys reference, made me very proud

Seattle doubled the number of players on the Foolish 50 (it’s now two)

Love these main channel videos, keep up the great work 👍

Thanks for including Trevor Bauer as an honorable mention! I think people are overlooking his stellar performance against Dodgers minor league players a couple weeks back

no Ha-Seong Kim and no Snell is kinda wild Bailey, I guess we'll see

i really like this channel, i'm getting back into baseball and your commentary this video really helped get me caught up. Thanks for sharing

Another great main channel video! Keep it up!

Splitter go BRRRRRRR is the kind of analysis we need

So glad to see another great video on the Foolish main channel!

24:09 “Ohtani needs to work on his gambling issues this year.” Bailey knew…. Somehow he knew!

Luis Castillo not making the list but George Kirby does, interesting take.

🔥🔥 Great list as always!

This video is an excellent addition to the main channel

Been waiting PATIENTLY for this

“Boy Zach Wheeler is good. should he be higher on this list? Am i dumb? Am i big dumb dumb” … chuckled loudly after that one 😂

I’m a firm believer in Bo Bichette Crash Theory. This is the idea that you can’t sustain a .360 BABIP, K/BB ratio above 5:1 and linearly declining power for more than three seasons before the bottom falls out of the tub. It was formerly known as Tim Anderson Theory, and before that the Law of Juan Samuel. Bichette has reached his allotment of three such seasons and will thus see a dramatic fall from grace in 2024.

"until morale improves", made me think of that spoof Andrew Luck civil war twitter account - great stuff.

Where is Ozzie, he hit .280 with 30+ HRs, 100+ RBIs, .849 OPS, .510+SLG, and a .336 OBP

judge at 1 is so real

Great list and great one liners. Never change lol

This is clearly Braves bias on the part of Bailey. How else can you possibly explain Bailey accurately reflecting reality by putting so many Braves on the list? /s

Amazing as always

Bro i needed this a week ago before my fantasy draft

Needed this about 2 weeks ago for my draft 😂😂

Always love these. Great to see you respect Lindor with that ranking he’s really earned it. That Tatis line got me🤣

Im happy to see Judge still recognized as the best player in the league. I do think you're selling him a bit short as a hitter by considering guys beneath him as better hitters with holes in their game. I do think that Shohei deserves a top 5 spot though, even without throwing a pitch.

always good to see another video on bailey's main channel

So glad to see you owning up to your snubbing of Logan Webb from last year's list Bailey. Also the Ohtani gambling comment was brilliant

Wow! So happy to see Orlando Arcia get the recognition he deserves in the Top 10!

Betting on Judge to stay healthy is kinda wild and Acunas season is more repeatable additionally the on base value from Acuna makes up for any defensive slack.

glad to hear you recognize whomps per whiff as a real stat

13:25 - BlondeBoyz reference. Cyndago is still alive

oh boy i'm always so excited to watch some content on Bailey's main channel

MLB teams by amount of players on the list: ATL: 7 PHI, HOU: 4 LAD, NYY, TEX, TOR: 3 STL, ARI, NYM, SDP, SEA, BAL: 2 CHC, KCR, MIL, CHW, MIN, SFG, CLE, LAA, TBR, BOS: 1 OAK, COL, DET, WAS, MIA, PIT, CIN : 0

i think you nailed it this year pending any more injuries. i think mookie at short is gonna be disappointing until at least mid season. it’s funny considering the elite defenders theyve had at that spot and just let em go lol

We love our high OBP catchers!

Gleyber Torres snubbed, u will regret this

13:24 this Blonde Boys Cyndago reference made my day. thank you foolish

Witt might have been the first Royal on the 50 but next year don’t be shocked if there are 3. Witt, Ragans, and Pasquantino all on the 50 next year

Great list. I feel like this is the year for Pablo Lopez to really come in to his own as an elite pitcher.

I loved this main channel upload

This is a great main channel vid

Bailey: Now you know who my number 1 player is Me: Finally Tommy Edman is getting the respect he deserves

Like the list. Surprised Snell didn’t make it

Very nice of Bailey to give us another video on the main channel

10:19 Bubble Butt Sean Murphy 😂

Freddie freeman weeping openly being something he is known for is perfect and made my day.:0

I’m glad Bailey’s main channel is doing well 👍 Also. Buttercup Dickerson.

"He hit 24 homers and 1 Tim Anderson" is an all time line

You just know ball Foolish Bailey. It’s beautiful thing to see

Love the Kirby at 39 ❤️

Wow actually including Adolis Garcia is bold, but I like it. Even discounting what he said in the video, Adolis is also surrounded by the absolute best lineup that he ever has and hes almost surely going to *need* to score to win with the “meh” pitching of the rangers. Hopefully he should benefit from the rangers lineup and the absolute hell that is seager-semien-langford-lowe-carter tearing it up, but who knows. Even as a ranger fan I might not be convinced that he puts up a WAR in the top 50 again, but hopefully the consistency and improvement in the rangers dugout push him even further.

“Well now you know who number one on this list is gonna be” “Ernie Clement” they all say in unison.

Good list overall, I think Ozzie Albies deserves to be there, but the walk rate hurts him.

8:23 did not see that reference coming, honestly thought you listened to classical music or something like that

I get why Tarik Skubal wasn't included but I feel like he'll definitely be a player you bring up at the end of the reaction video as someone you should've included.

Can’t wait to see a bunch of these comments getting flamed when Bailey reviews his rankings after the season

JP Crawford snubbed again

George Kirby mentioned. Monumental W baseball man

Im a big fan of the George Kirby love also known as the 2024 Cy Young Winner

3:2 Paul G Oldschmidt, he plays with the Will of G. 20:29 Spencer must've felt bad about his potential competitors not being there and wanted to join them.

Interesting choice of words for Shoheis season 🤔🤔

This list is beautiful. I will say, putting the guy at 20 ahead of the guy at 21 is a slight hot take, but I'll eat my words if 20 guy really pops off again. 24:06 ...Oh ffs

10:40 god that was nasty

I don't have many disagreements here. I still think RAJ is more rounded than Judge due to all the base swiping, but, nice list. You're one of the best guys putting out baseball content these days.

A note on Rutschman: Last year he had the highest called strike rate, with more outside pitches called strikes than any other qualified batter. His plate discipline is elite, but he was unlucky in 2023.

I feel like the Austin Riley ranking will either be a kick in the ding dong or will make Bailey look like Nostradamus…there is no in between.

Ozzie is a top 50 player Bailey 😢

Lets go Rutsch! Even though i’m generally a Red Sox fan, Rutschman is the first jersey I’ve ever actually bought. He’s my current favorite player not named Ohtani

Bobby Witt proved me wrong. I really wasn’t sure. Didn’t think he could hit enough. I was wrong. Hopefully he keeps it up cuz he’s fun to watch play

That gambling line about Ohtani was insanely smooth and straight poetry 😭😭😭😭😭😂😂😂😂😂

6:41 how would you compare him to Brash? Also how is Snell not on the list since Strider is top pitcher Am I blind or is Elly not on list?

as a biased yankees fan i dont think judge is better than acuna you are right that his defense is better but judge doesn’t seem to have a base stealing aspect to his game anymore while acuna stole 19 more bases than the next highest. I dont think the difference in defense can bridge that much of a gap in baserunning, but I hope you are right cause I love judge and want him to be the best player in baseball lol

BIG shocker for number 1.... and you know what fooly? I agree!

Top tier cyndago reference there Bailey

Searched the channel earlier today because I was like “haven’t seen the foolish 50 yet this year”