MLB's Top 50 Prospects from 2014. Where are they Now? 

I have decided that I probably should've put Seager into the HoF category, but it's too late to change that now!

Jorge Solar getting a “meh” is a crime. Bros a World Series MVP come on now

Albert Almora Jr tagging up from first in game 7 of the World Series is an often overlooked part of that Cubs win, couldn’t have done it without him, and he’ll forever be remembered in Chicago

Jorge Soler's 48-homer season is always gonna be the stuff of legends in KC!

Actually mad props for the Yordano Ventura description. Wish he could have blossomed

Imo, you can’t say Tyler Glasnow is a meh because he can’t stay on the field and then turn around and say Byron Buxton is a hit when he also hasn’t stayed on the field

Soler a meh and JBJ a hit? Soler is an all star, WS MVP, and has a 48 home run szn under his belt lol smh

12:50 All of a sudden, I have so much respect for Kyle Crick.

I completely forgot about Addison Russell. He was so good on that championship cubs team his decline was so rapid and surprising. But it is hard to not call Javy Baez a meh. He was always a streaky hitter and that dropoff was HARD. It was always surprising the Tigers gave him so much money.

It seems everybody on this list has been on the cubs before😂

4:40 giving up a homer to Jeff Mathias is absolutely brutal that sucks

man as a royals fan Ventura still hurts when brought up so tragic

Meh for soler is kinda crazy it’s not like he was a top ten prospect he was 49 and he lived up to the slugger role he was supposed to be. Still tho love the content

I was at Singleton's return to Houston. They put a note in the bottom right of the scoreboard showing how long it had been sonce a home run, and congratulating him. With Jose Abreu not performing like Jose Abreu. Jon Singleton has his chance and so far us doing excellent. At home, he's batting exactly 300. With 6 hits in 20 plate appearances. Half of those hits have been fir a home run. Im so happy to see more Homerton bat flips.

Gausman's time in baltimore is around the same time Arrieta went to the Cubs and turned into God himself. The Orioles just didnt know how to make good pitchers at the time. The best pitcher they could produce in that time was Chris Tillman and granted Tillman had some really solid seasons including 1 sub 3, no one feared him.

Regardless Soler is an everyday starter so I'd call that a success regardless of how good he is. A majority of players signed don't even touch the MLB.

big ups kid, much love

Lindor getting the HOF badge over everyone else is crazy. I’ll take Seager, and Xander over him for the hall. Both have won it all, Cory being a two time WSMVP. Xander is always in contention for a SS and batting title. Lindor is great, but without the accolades he’s not sniffing the hall imo. Especially since the Mets won’t do anything after October for a few more years.

Love the video!! I respect your opinion but have to heavily disagree on Glasnow. I understand eating innings is huge, but I also believe there’s something to be said about what he does when he is healthy, and what he does is get people out. Definitely love videos like this and would love to see more!

put some respect on Mark Appel. Dude battled hard to get his stuff on track, and then quit baseball because he never thought he’d make it. Went to philly, found his love for the game, and made it to the show. Didn’t have the career he wanted, but at least he made it where he thought he wouldn’t.

We can still trade Clint Frazier and Miguel Andujar for David Bednar and Ke’Bryn Hayes

Mondesi was an absolute menace in MLB The Show!!!

Really appreciate this video. I have a habit of looking up past prospect rankings, and seeing how they turned out when I have nothing better to do😂

Please please do more of these! Great work!

17:26 Franco was my favorite philly as a kid that’s how bad it got

as a Red Sox fan, happy to see jbj getting some recognition. Always fun to watch Edit: It's such a shame the Sox traded bogie. The devers/bogarts infield was great

"I found out I'm still paying for a car sharing service that I haven't used since my freshman year of college" says the guy who looks like a high school junior. J/k mate, awesome vid!

Hearing that indigo plateau in the background makes me wanna play soulsilver again 🔥

Absolutely amazing video one of the most entertaining baseball videos I’ve seen in a while

Syndergaard’s regression is so sad, that man SHOVED in a way that was so dominant and overpowering.

Idk if you can call a guy that had an ERA+ of 140 from 2015-2018 a bust. Like I get it, he was drafted as a starter and didn't really pan out, and his career had a steep decline, but I would argue the Cubs got more than enough out of him during that 2015-2018 stretch. Obviously taking a whole career into account, maybe I agree with you, but if we're judging him strictly as a reliever and from what the Cubs got out of him, I believe they would say they hit on Carl Edwards Jr. From 2017-2018 alone he had an ERA+ of 153, with 118.1 innings combined over the two seasons. Great video and definitely enjoy the content, we may just have different criteria for what a bust is. You don't necessarily need to have extreme career longevity, especially for relievers, I believe a 3-4 year stretch of great pitching is more than enough to say he was at least meh.

I remember that Almora clip, that alone makes the case for the safety nets along the foul lines now. I think the safety they add far outweighs any detraction that comes from catching less foul balls.

appreciate you going into the stories of these guys and not just calling them "busts"

Joc had tons of potential. 30/30 guy in AAA and was an overall elite athlete (WR1 over Davante Adams in HS!). Unfortunately he found out he loves food a little too much which is why he’s now a RHP only DH.

The Pokémon music in the back is soo damn nostalgic

Just a day late with Holliday making the O’s LOL

Bros needs to do more of these

Great video, I think the grading system presents an interesting question on which kind of careers you would take from a prospect. The Blue Jays would probably take the career of Aaron Sanchez, who was a very good starter for them during their contending years in 15-16 over someone like Heaney who has made a longer career but hasn't had Sanchez's peaks. Both are "Mehs" though

I remember watching Lindor in Triple A. I thought he was one of the best players Ive ever seen in the minors. Him and Desmond Jennings were monsters in the Minors. Glad to see Lindor has kept his level of play at the majors

Mets fans wouldn't call d'Arnoud a bust, because we've seen him way too much as a Brave. (Though he was a bust probably in his Mets tenure)

You know, this is some good quality content.

6:33 I've always felt bad for Carl Edwards Jr since he was pulled from the mound in the 10th inning of Game 7 - he had the opportunity to be immortalized by throwing the last pitch of the Cubs' worlds series. Good to see he had some metrics of success, though

Love this channel

Man... I will never forget that slow grounder to Bryant to finish that World Series. still crazy how much he has dropped off. (but you can say that about that entire 2016 team except Schwarber and Rizzo

Babe wake up new ‘And That’s Baseball’ just dropped. And almost 40 minutes? Chills

The GTAV intro song bumping at 11:28 sent a shot of nostalgia right into my veins

Great video! Love this kind of content

the mario super sluggers music is throwing me off 😂😂😂 love it tho

Early in the video, but is the blurred out name in Jackie Bradley Jr’s segment also in the list? Edit: I see what you did now, also OPS+ under 50 is worse than some seasons Neifi Perez had I think.

22:38 Man I did not want to remember this

Please do more of these

If Billy Hamilton played the Pirates every game, he'd be a first ballot HOFer. Dude was a menace against Pittsburgh

6:35 His dad use to race in NASCAR. Pretty cool.

Feel like the ratings could be adjusted a bit. Maybe something like All-Star > Regular > Backup > Bust

Glasnow as a meh is criminal. I dont like the guy but he’s on of the best pitchers in the league regardless of injuries

Dude put Lindor over Seager for a few games a season. LOL! Seager has 2 WS MVPs.

please do another video like this it so good

Shouldn't even really be a meh category. A lot of these meh guys are consistent MLB players who are still doing it, and that alone is a huge hit when it comes to any prospect. Thats all you can hope for.

Re: Gregory Polanco, that .762 OPS doesn't sound "pretty successful" from the jump but NPB's ball has been dead since around 2021. Polanco's 26 HR in 2023 were tied with Kensuke Kondoh and Hideto Asamura for most in the Pacific League, and he did it in 125 games, 18 fewer than either of his competition.

Here in STL we expect the best 💯 I can tell he was nervous because he was terrible today!BUT it’s a long season and I still got faith in my Cards.

Lmao what’s the name of the song for Billy Hamilton? Great vibe

Every time I hear David Wise's music in a video I go on a tear listening to DKC music. Not mad about it though.

“Despite having 4, the Pirates had 0 hits.” Says it all about that organization. Either their player development system/major league coaching staff screws up the players or their prospects are all hype and no substance. It’s so much FUN being a Pirates fan the last 32 years…

Mark Appel should have signed with the Pirates when they drafted him the year before. Back then they had the staff that would have helped fix his issues

great video

What you said about Glasgow makes sense but he should still be considered a hit, doesn’t have to be high on the list of hits, but a hit

watching Allen Wevsters first start as a 14 year old sox fan in 2013 was a core memory

the ventura moment hit me like a truck. damn.

Love Albert almora that broke my heart all over

I'm a Yankees fan that is still a big Gary Sanchez fan AND thought Frazier got a bit of a raw deal from the team and press

ventura will always be my favorite baseball player and pitcher. RIP ace

So you’re just not going to talk about Syndergaard’s hitting prowess

Anyone realize how many pitchers came up with the pirates in the mid 2010s and were mid then went somewhere else and became amazing

I’m not even going to lie, I was SHOCKED to see it wasn’t Baez on that OPS list. I was already telling my friends it was going to be him 😂😂😂

Unimportant info: Carl Edwards was CJ Edwards as a Texas Rangers prospect, he was traded in a package for Matt Garza.

Indigo plateau music from heartgold soul silver on top of mlb prospect video has found my niche

16:32 Sounds like Glasnow has a glass arm. I'll see myself out.

29:00 This man really was the one who jinxed Lindor

It’s a completely different world than 2014 as far as prospect go. Everything prospects is different. How good the actual prospects are, the rankings, the amount of rankings and people involved(prospects is big business now). How important prospects are to a franchise is even different and they are more coveted and thought of more highly(smaller market teams spend more of development than payroll now). And as early as 2019 everything has changed as far as the quality of the prospects. Ever since the pandemic the quality of the baseball athlete has completely changed. Look at College Baseball and the Prep players now. It has never been this talent laden(especially the pitching). And like I said, it all changed during the pandemic. Athletes(at least in baseball) all got their sh*t together and found all those outside baseball physicality where they are getting stronger, faster and smarter(with all the data). And in turn everything has changed as far as the quality of prospects. And like I said, prospects is also big business now too(baseball is catching on with the Spring breakout game). The NFL draft has already been big business for the NFL for years and now MLB is catching on. The amount of people involved in prospects now compared to 2014 is substantial. And that’s not even mentioning Fantasy and Dynasty baseball. Everything has changed!!

I think Polanco at a Bust is wild. But I have Pirates Bias.

Archie Bradley also gets alot of points from me for his, um, honesty...

I think instead if the 'hit, miss, or meh' system, should have possibly just ranked each player from a 1-10. 4-7 could have been considered meh. If Soler falls into the meh category he'd be a high meh, 7 out of 10 im thinking.

Lindors defense declining is crazy other than that good list

Nice video, very Jon Bois-esk with the jazz and infographics

Definitely a Mets fan!

you should do this with the 2011 first round

No way Austin Hedges is a bust! One of the best defensive catchers in baseball for a decade. That’s what’s made him a good prospect, that’s what’s made him a good ballplayer.

9:15 that's his dad Raul!! 😂

Hedges defense has to make him a "meh" imo. Elite catcher defense is so valuable!

love the representation from the cubs championship team.

Gary Sanchez is a San Diego legend.

It’s unfair to not mention all the terrible injuries Polanco suffered. He had a cannon for an arm and then had a bunch of shoulder injuries and just couldn’t throw anymore

Not putting Seager in HOF but putting Lindor just proves how underrated he is

Is that the Indigo Plateau at the start

honestly, the loss of oscar tavares really changed the cards organization in so many ways.

You know Alan Webster was bad when his segment ends on a Jeff Mathis Homerun. As amazing as mathis was, he was significantly better behind the dish than with a bat. Ok thats understatement. God tier Catcher, Bartolo Colon Level hitting.

A day after uploading and you shouldn’t have editted it to say Norfolk Tide for jackson… tough

Jeez the Cubs had every single guy on this list at some point

Superman catch or flash Dela Cruz player of the week so far

what's the music at 34:33 ?