The Most Underappreciated Slugger of the Steroid Era 

One of my all time favorites along with Beltran, beyond what they did for the Mets. He was so damn good and even after looking at his numbers in the past before seeing this, I didn’t realize he was only a 2x All-Star. CRIMINALLY underrated!

He was so good on the 06 Mets and I thought he’d be a HOF for sure. He could absolutely rake.

The MLB Power Pros music sent me back to 2008. One of my favorite players on the Mets around that time!

What always got me about Delgado was how sweet and effortless his swing was, yet so much power.

I love the Power Pros music so much in the background. One of my all time favorite games and wish they'd make another one. No baseball game has ever had the charm or personality like it.

Thank you for doing this video. He was my childhood hero. I was heartbroken when he left the Jays (I was a kid... I didn't understand free agency) and i was shocked when he was dismissed so quickly from HOF contention. Like you said, I hope he gets in like McGriff. 👏

Delgado should absolutely be in the Hall, if that injury in 2009 didn't end his career he definitely would've reached 500 homers and maybe could've even reached 600 and gotten in on the first-ballot.

I saw Delgado hit 3 hrs in a game against the Rangers in 98. Was my 1st MLB game to go to.

MLB Power Pros music from the top rope! Another great one, Jolly.

Carlos was the reason I fell in love with baseball. He played for my hometown in Syracuse and was close enough to go see him in Toronto every year. When he was on the Mets, I was able to watch my favorite player every night on SNY. Now I’m a lifetime Mets fan and hope to work in baseball, really because of him. Been saying this for years. He should be in the hall!

As a Jays fan, he was a treat to watch. Such a shame we wasted the years we had him and Halladay.

Been saying it for years.He's one of my Top 5 Favorite Mets of All Time, he's a phenomenal human being and a credit to the island of Puerto Rico🇵🇷🇵🇷

If you grew up watching him you know what a great hitter he was!

I have a baseball card from when I was a child (of me) and I had Carlos Delgado as my favorite player because he was an up and comer and also a catcher. One of the best players in Jays history!

Carlos was my boy, he definitely needs more love! Thanks Jolly!

1-derful, well deserved endorsement, definitively he belongs in the HOF, should be our 🇵🇷 6th enshrined, along with Clemente, Cepeda, Alomar, Iván & Edgar. Hello Veterans Committee guys, what do you have to say ???

I genuinely forgot about his brief stint in Florida. He's such an iconic player in my youth but that one season I NEVER would have remembered.

I wholeheartedly agree. He was a legend and the only reason he isn’t recognized as such is because he played for the Jays when we were in our darkest times. He should have been the second HoF with our hat on its plaque.

I hope this restarts the Delgado case for the HOF, I’m a huge fan of him and he should be in the hall already! Great vid holly jolly olive!

Growing up a Yankees fan in Toronto I had no shortage of respect for him. He was also one of the few baseball players who spoke out against on-field militarism and the Iraq war. I don't know if he's not in the Hall because he's underrated though. In the age of WAR it's harder for slugging first basemen to get into the hall, because their defence and speed is factored against them.

Really love the MLB Power Pros music recently, making me want to find my disc and boot it up lol

2006-2008 Mets was a blast to watch BP. Beltran/Delgado/Green/Wright/Floyd. They would all hit absolute missiles.

Thanks so much for bringing these 90s 2000s legends their flowers. This was my era of baseball and pulling videos like this is so nostalgic 👍🏾

Not to mention he is an amazingly humble guy. My friend was the ball boy for the Mets and he took me into the clubhouse. Delgado shook my hand and actually said "I'm Carlos".

Carlos Delgado was a Feared slugger I'm a 35 year old Angels fan and saw him all the time insane power he hit so many of the glass in Toronto

In the game MVP Baseball 2004, he is one of my favorite players to use.

Lisa's husband, Andy here. I am from the UK, I am, however, a baseball fan and was lucky enough in 2003 to get a trip to Toronto and go and watch the Jays. One of the reasons was to see Delgado. Many people go on about homers but his RBI records were amazing. Unfortunately, he played at a time when the Blue Jays were being carried by Delgado and Roy Halliday. Some of the other guys were useful but they were seriously lacking in strength in depth at that time, whereas, the Yankees had a galaxy of stars and the Red Sox were beginning to rise again. I think that's why he was overlooked. To me he is up there with my heroes of sport, Kevin Keegan (football/soccer), Dan Marino (NFL), Mats Sundin (hockey), and Mal Meninga (Rugby League). GO JAYS 👍💙 I pleased you are giving him recognition because if he was a Yankee, Red Sox, Dodger or Giant he would have books written about him.

That intro music really is a change from what I expected, but a great video on a guy who I always enjoyed watching on the Mets

I always thought the HOF writers (especially in certain markets) punished him for choosing to sit in the dugout during "God Bless America". I went to a Blue Jays game in NY in 2004 and I heard a little boy call him "evil" 😄. Here in PR we're proud of him and he'll always be a HOFer to us! 🇵🇷

I remember him. He was a BEAST. He is a hof worthy player 💯

the MLB power pros soundtrack in the background is GOATED

Watching Carlos Delgado play while on the Jays was the reason I started playing baseball, so I watched this video with a huge smile on my face! Thanks Jolly!

I have a few Carlos Delgado cards and love looking at the back of them and his Baseball Reference page. Thanks Jolly!

Me and my dad still talk about how great Del-got-it was. I loved watching him play on the Jays or Mets and miss his style of 1b. Great vid Jolly. Would love to see one like this about Alfonso Soriano btw. I know you did one about his 40-40 season but his whole career numbers are crazy

I remember getting his jersey when I was a young Blue Jays fan. The place that embroidered it put DEGALDO on the back and I was furious haha. Got that fixed. Him, Shawn Green and Doc Halladay were my heroes growing up. Loved the video and it's a joke he isn't in the HOF!

Good video choice my dude. I pulled up his numbers when McGriff got in the HoF and was shocked at how similar they were actually. Carlos was a very underrated masher.

Great video man. As a Jays fan I already knew he should have been in but WOW you make an impressive argument. Seeing those numbers and knowing just how long he did it first hand it is CRIMINAL that he isn't in Cooperstown. Great video pal.

Another great vid Jolly!!!

Small correction. Delgado did not move to left field in the minors. He made the switch at the major league level. In 1994, they moved him to left and he played over 80 games there. Trying to learn a different position in the majors caused his bat to fall off so he was sent down to work on both. If they had have left him down to make the switch to LF and come up when he was ready, he likely would have spent most of his career there and likely would be in the HoF. Awesome video though. I glad to see someone recognize what this man did for baseball. He was also an exemplary human being.

Hopefully the veterans committee or whatever they are called now will give him a second chance like Fred Mcgriff. Dude is highly underrated.

Thank you for making this video. He was one of my favorite players. I remember watching that 4 homer game when I was a kid.

One of the players that made me appreciate baseball as a whole growing up, really the first out of market player that I really came to enjoy. Glad you made this video, hopefully more people continue to appreciate what he did

Great vid Jolly!

Thank you for this Jolly!

Love the inclusion of the MLB Power Pros music Jack! Great video as always!

As a Jays fan, it hurts to see the team fail to rally around Delgado, insane stint he had. Also the MLB Power Pros music is an elite choice.

As a young Mets fan in 06-08, he was exciting to have on the team

This absolutely does stand as a testament to how underrated and how consistent he was! I remember how good he was because I was just getting into baseball when he was in his prime.

One of my fav players ever. Loved the '98 Jays too!

Man i am from puerto rico and he is one of my alltime favorite players he was a beast and deserves to be in the hall of fame! Side note got to meet him and he is a super nice and humble person he comes by every once in a while to eat in my restaurant such a respectfull person! Nice video big fan!!

Awesome vid Jolly. You never fail to entertain! Little side note, Delgado’s MLB the show cards are absolutely cheat codes lol.

Sorry to say, but I think part of the reason he missed out on HOF consideration etc. was for his political views. The guy was openly critical of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq in a time where that was rather unfashionable. He also stood up against the US training base in Vieques, PR, which also got on some nerves. So much for freedom of speech and all that.

Glad you did a video on Delgado. He was my fav player growing up as a jays fan. It’s criminal that he fell off the ballot after just one year.

Carlos Delgado is my favourite hitter of all time and I'm pretty certain the only reason he's not in the Hall today is because of the 7th inning "stand" he took in support of Puerto Rico. It's hip to do that kinda stuff today, but back then he was absolutely vilified for it.

I remember him playing for the Jays when I was a kid. I remember jumping up and down at the bullpen with the other kids trying to get a ball from him. Never got one, but it was always exciting the few times I did go to a Jays game.

I loved Delgado, even if I was afraid of him coming to bat if he was playing my team. Always a favorite in my neighborhood growing up too!

Yet another great video. I was thinking about him when McGriff finally got put through to the HOF. He will forever be one of the best players that Toronto had.

Well informative video regarding Carlos Delgado.

My guy jolly thanks for the great video on a player who doesn't get talked about enough seriously!👍💯

Carlos Delgado was an absolute beast!

Delgado was my favourite player as a little kid and one of the big reason I love the Jays... Side note, is the background music from MLB Powerpros??? Elite game

Everything I've ever anecdotally heard about about Carlos from people around Toronto, is that he's the nicest dude. Thanks for the vid, Jolly.

Delgado carried the Blue Jays for years. Then he went to Queens near the end of his prime and didn't miss a beat. That hardly ever happens. Normally, big time players flounder in NY for at least one year. What a beast. The numbers speak for themselves.

Been a Blue Jays fan for a long time and Delgado is one of my favorites. I feel like he’d be in the hall if Gary Sheffield wasn’t also on the outside looking in. Hopefully he gets a serious look from whatever veterans committee handles his era. If Toronto hadn’t been run by an incompetent owner and front office during his time, he’d have so much more.

Great vide I, keep doing underrated players please!

Great video. I grew up during that horrible jays era but the memories of delgado, halladay and wells are great. Even guys like alexis rios

I’ve been on the Delgado HOF train for a while now. Look up his stats compared to Fred McGriff. Very similar careers.

I suspect it also didn't help he was 1) in Canada and 2) in the AL East with the ESPN circle jerk known as Boston/Yankees. If he were in LA, Chicago, hell even Houston, I suspect he would have had more recognition

Piazza, Delgado, Beltran, and Reyes. My childhood idols right there. Glad this guys finally getting some recognition. Man's for sure belongs in the HoF.

Jolly thanks to you I bought MLB Power Pros 2007 and 2008

The MLB Power Pros music always gets me feeling good. I loved that game and put wayyyyyyy too many hours in it lol

I was never a fan of the teams he played for but I enjoyed watching him play and always thought he was a really good player but your video showed me how much better he was! It really shows that the voters for the Hall of Fame don't do their homework and research players. There's no reason he shouldn't have received enough votes.

It was fun watching Delgado. Before teams had tablets in the dugout, Delgado would always be seen with a pen and little book after every at-bat taking notes. Very cerebral player.

Was just looking at his bbref the other day. Dude was solid.

Great video. I didn't even realize how great he was, but he definitely got screwed out of the Hall. Side-note, I noticed Bobby Abreu on there as one of the 4 players during that 2000-2003 span to walk over 100 each season. You should do a video on him too! In my opinion, he is also criminally underrated. 288 homers and 400 walks, a pair of 30-30 seasons, never had a season below 5.2 bWAR between 1998-2004, and almost 16 more WAR over Delgado, while only having 1 Silver Slugger, 1 Gold Glove (not really sure how he won it in 2005, though.) and only 2 All-Star appearances. If Delgado should be in the Hall, Abreu deserves a conversation about it too.

Man this baseball game needed you. You are recognized Real. Only a few know what your talking about.

Great transition to ad 👌

No question about it. Think about that almost 500 Homeruns with PED, at the Golden Era of PED. GREAT Slugger & overall Mlb player. Shame on those who didn't Recognize his Career.

I truly don't understand how CD isn't in the HOF. Him and Steib are both worthy of being in.

I never grew up watching him but he will always be one of my favorite players and in my opinion the most underrated player ever

great vid, where you finding these delgado homerun clips?

As a Jays fan I still to this day think that Delgado is the greatest hitter in Blue Jays history. Even above Bautista and Encarnacion. Shame the Jays couldnt build around Delgado and Halladay. I still cheered for both after they left.

I remember being at the sky dome as a teenager that first April that he started the season after coming up. He hit a monster homerun, like almost 500 level huge. And I thought this guys a star. He killed it that April then got bad🤣 but he straightened it out obviously.

If you watched him for ten years as a Jays fan, you'd know exactly how good he was. Now, that McGriff is in the HOF, Delgado should get in. John Olerud, too. The Jays had some really good first basemen over the years.

I feel as if they let Delgado play in the 93 World Series he would definitely be in the hall of fame. But that aside, as a met fan growing up he was one of my favorite players.

I'm discovering Delgado after the fact and I have to say, what a career. The complete slugging package. Home-runs, RBI's and Average get all the glory for hitting. And he had those. But Carlos also had great on-base and slugging percentage. So he walked and doubled a lot. Also the longevity of his career at a high standard of play. Definitely belongs in the Hall. I suspect him being buried in Toronto on decade of lean teams led to him being criminally underrated. That and the homer-hitting steroid freaks of the era getting the glory.

McGriff, Stieb and Carlos may have been the most overlooked trio of overlooked players, all jays. One aleady got his due.

Loved delgado on the mets his swing was so powerful! He deserves a hall seat!

the hats on abreu, thome, and giambi gave me a chuckle. good shit bro

He should definitely have been a HOF. I love your videos and I learn so much from them

You sir earned a sub solely from the use of mlb power pros music. But other than that great video excited to check out more of the channel.

As Jays fan he was a bright spot during relatively dark times, contender for triple crown one year from what I remember.

I met him when he was in Knoxville with the blue Jay's organization... got his autograph on his double a card... was pretty cool

Been loving the mlb power pros background music jolly

As a Jays fan, we knew what we had in Carlos. It was so frustrating to have him and arguably the best pitcher at that time in Halladay and noting to compliment them. Kinda like the Angels now.

Amazing video. Delgado is easily the biggest hall of fame snub currently. A question I’d like to ask is if he did get voted in by the veterans committee, who would he go in as? A Jay or a Met? (I’m gonna exclude the Marlins cause of his shorter time spent there). I’m a Jays fan so I’m a bit bias to him going in for us, and even though I was only 2 years old when he left Toronto, still growing up hearing about all the franchise records he holds makes me see him as arguably the best player in franchise history. Still he was good in NY and made the playoffs. I would be very excited to see another player go in to the hall of fame as a Jay, but overall, this man was a great ball player, seems like a caring and good hearted person who deserves the best of the best. So just the idea of him getting in would make me feel very happy for him.

Delgado is actually a better hitter than another Puerto Rican first baseman who is in the HOF - Orlando Cepeda. It's insane how MUCH better he was as a hitter and I'd LOVE to hear the writers justify why Carlos is NOT in the HOF - but Fred McGriff is. What a HOF'er like Willie McCovey has over Delgado is only a couple dozen homers, a few more hits and a handful more RBI - but he played 21 seasons to Delgado's 17. If you look at Frank Thomas power stats and compare them to Delgado - they're pretty similar. Delgado is one of the best slugging 1st basemen of the expansion era (last 60 years) and deserves his flowers. It's a shame his career ended the way it did because at 37 he was having himself a heck of a year for the Mets before he went down, in fact I remember him being on fire right before that. That man has a per-year average of 38 homers 120 RBI, a .383 OBP, .546 slugging, 929 OPS and 138 OPS+. Which is actually much better than both McCovery AND Cepeda - who are BOTH in the Hall. Now if those aren't HOF worthy numbers then I don't know what is. How that man only made TWO All Star teams when you look at the staggering numbers he posted nearly every season of his career is quite literally INEXPLICABLE and actually has no excuse. Because I doubt Toronto has ever had a better and more consistent power hitter. He was also a pretty good fielder. He was a better hitter and has better numbers than a lot of 1st baseman who are in the Hall. Him not being a first ballot guy is ridiculous. BOTH Carlos's, Delgado and Beltran - deserve to be in the HOF.

My fav player! He was robbed of the 2003 mvp especially knowing A-Rod juiced now. Had the pleasure of watching him at the Dome. Still no idea how he isnt in the hall of fame . I didnt even know he was only a 2x all star. Wow!

He was also a very good defensive 1B. I heard the reason he receives such few HOF votes was cause he didn’t stand for the anthem after 9/11. Something like that. He’s the greatest blue jays player of all time.

Seen him play live a few times when he played for Toronto