Just a small fun fact about Pujols:
He's the only 1B since integration to rack up more than 2.0 dWAR for a season according to BRef.
Elite in every facet of the game.

No other baseball youtuber is putting this much effort. Spending months on this is crazy. Quality work here.

averaging 8 war for as long as pujols did is insane on its own, but him doing it as a first baseman is whats really impossible

I can’t believe I was lucky enough to grow up watching the best player of my generation, and he just happened to play for my favorite team. Watching Albert Pujols play was like playing MLB the show on rookie difficulty because he made everything look that easy. Not only putting up elite numbers, but carrying the team for long stretches, including carrying the team with the worst record ever to win the World Series in 2006. He won 3 MVPs, but that sells him short because he also had 4 second place finishes that just happened to occur during Barry Bonds historic run, Ryan Howard’s 59 HR season, and a great season from Votto. And the man had 3 home runs in a World Series game, which only 4 players have ever done. Oh, and he even put up a 30+ DRS season at first base, lapping the field in 2007. There’s not enough time in the world to talk about all he accomplished in St Louis, truly an all-time player

the best decision the cardinals ever made was extending albert pujols.  the second best decision decision the cardinals ever made was not extending albert pujols. damn that is poignant

97-03 Pedro was the best pitching Ive ever seen in my life. Could have extended him by eleventy billion dollars and Id call it smart.

Fun Fact for 15:30 -- Dave Steib Played for league average salary in 1981-83 after losing an arbitration hearing to increase his pay to 350K.  He just wanted a little more than league average, and he was the Staff ACE for the Blue Jays.  His WAR for the season he wanted the raise and lost, was over 7!!!

Ronald Acuna Jr and Ozzie Albies.  Absolute bargains extensions for the talent level that those 2 have.

The movement on Greg Maddux's stuff from 22:40-22:48 is NASTY work 😮‍💨

watching this in 2026, and a Phillies fan, Sale has DEFINITELY bounced back. Dude is as dominant as ever

Brett was determined to stay in KC.   He had the biggest hometown discount of all time IMO.   In the '80s, he got what was essentially a lifetime contract and is still with the Royals to this day.   When you see interviews with him, he has no regrets and openly acknowledges that he could've made a mint as a FA.   He just wanted to stay with the Royals and believe me, the fans appreciated it.

No idea how you don’t have at least 500k+ subscribers, incredible content love the analytical side of contracts.

25 times the players got so screwed they should probably be considering suing their agents/agencies

Another thing about Henderson's record, there is not a single active player at the moment in the top 100 of stolen bases all-time. Yeah. The most recent two to retire? Ichiro, aaaaand...Rajai Davis. Both of whom retired in 2019 (Davis played his last game in September 2019, while Ichiro was March, but let's forget the semantics). In addition, Henderson played for 25 years. Vince Coleman, who is in the top 10, played from 1985-1997. Henderson debuted 6 years before Coleman, and played his last game 4 years after he retired. Sometimes, one individual comes along and says, "I have a special set of abilities that will make me set a record that nobody before, now, or in the future will or can ever beat, and there is nothing anybody can do about it." That was Henderson. Some records can't be broken, because the original record still doesn't make sense all of these years later.

Jose Rijo started a youth baseball team up here in Seattle and he trains his teams at his own facility and everything, always wondered how he got the money to start that program, now everything makes sense😂 good dude

People thinking Ricky’s stolen base record is being touched simply don’t know ball

Great analysis! The first time the economics of baseball ever hit me was back in the day, when the SF Giants couldn't afford (or claimed they couldn't afford) to keep both Robbie Thompson and Will Clark. Broke my teenage heart!

I've recommend your channel to any of my friends looking to get into baseball. You explain everything so clearly and give a great introduction into advanced stats

The best intro song in all of YouTube. So happy to get more content from this awesome channel.

It’s always a good day when Baseball’s Not Dead uploads